Pork can be used to make White pudding but beef suet tastes better. The Irish breakfast wouldn't be the same without it. I remember when Dublin began to sprawl into suburbia, the Council built lots of houses in Clondalkin. This had previously been a Country village where farmers would come to sell thier Turkeys in the run-up to Christmass. All the newcomers( the Dublin townies) thought this was great fun. But the Turkeys were still alive, the seller would supply you with a piece of twine to lead the bird home, anyway, the twine broke on this man+the Turkey ran down Moorfield Cresent + was never seen again, obviously someone grabbed him in. God that was so funny, peple out there still talk about it. It's great to hear about all your Christmass experiences. Maggie