Handmade Christmas pudding coins - a final sneak preview!
10 October 2006 - by Simone
If you’ve been paying attention (as I’m sure you have!), you will know that I’ve been working towards creating sets of pure silver Christmas pudding tokens - and finally I’m ready to go. I plan to put the tokens into my Etsy shop tomorrow.
If you’re not familiar with Christmas pudding coins (because you’ve not been paying attention afterall!), the idea is that they are mixed into a traditional plum pudding (yes, the pudding that actually has no plums in it) and whoever finds one or more in their piece of pudding on Christmas Day has good luck for the forthcoming year. You can learn more about Christmas puddings, coins, charms and other such traditions right here.
The tradition has been increasingly difficult to keep alive since silver ceased being used for coins and the base metals now used were deemed unsafe to cook with. So I’ve decided to create my own tokens to make up for this!
My own take on this tradition has been to create sets of six pure silver tokens, each of which has been etched with a vintage Christmas illustration.
The sets will be selling in my shop on Etsy for US$65.00. They include six pure silver pudding tokens, along with recipes for my family’s traditional Christmas pudding and very delicious brandy sauce.
Below are photos of the the packaging I’m planning to use (the cherries fabric wrapping is for buyers in Australia). You can see more photos of the set on Flickr.
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Oh Simone they are PERFECT. Do you think checking your etsy store every day for a week is counted as paying attention? =P
by MissMeshell on 10 October 2006 at 1:04 pm |
What an interesting tradition…I’ve never heard of it! Needless to say, being American, I’ve also never had the pleasure of plum pudding. What is that?
I love the fabric packaging, by the way!
by Brandy on 13 October 2006 at 1:42 am |
Hi Brandy! Plum pudding is a pudding that actually has no plums in it at all - apparently that name refers to the way that it’s cooked. It usually has mixed dried fruit (raisins, sultanas, cherries, etc.) in it. It’s a little bit like a fruit cake, if you know what they’re like - quite heavy and dark. It’s very common to have a very rich and sweet creamy or buttery sauce made up with brandy for flavouring which gets dolloped over the top. Yum!
You can find out a bit more about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pudding.
I was really surprised to learn that this tradition doesn’t exist in the US. You’re missing out!!
by Simone on 13 October 2006 at 11:30 am |
Brandy!
It’s a tradition worth acquiring. Once you have a Christmas Pud’ on Christmas day - you’ll never go back.
And Simone,
Excellent idea - well done.
Crashinoz
by Crashinoz on 7 January 2008 at 10:15 pm |