Pudding head

On Sundays I love listening to the BBC Food Programme, and today was my lucky day since the show was all about puddings. I am all for food soft and warm which requires no chewing. Sheila Dillon invited an ex-colonial to cook her steamed figgy pudding with an extra lime rum twist. Since the Jamaican grandma was very tight about her recipe, I will just have to slosh in some lime and rum in my usual batter this year. I tried to hang up my Christmas stockings but it didn't feel right so I hid them away.

On many a Sunday, I bicycle over to 4th street for a pumpkin cream cheese muffin. C likes his blueberry polenta scone. Living in Berkeley, one bakes less that one wishes. It's hard to compete with the pros. My baking pans have not seen serious service in months. Sigh.

Cold tonight. I'm gone to make a hot toddy.