I had better get my two penneth worth in before I'm too late! My mother (of half Perthshire Scottish descent) made yummy plum/fruit puddings using suet, mostly from the home slaughtered sheep. I seem to remember she grated the fat from around the kidneys. Being the 2nd youngest of 7 with 3 older sisters I was not very interested in cooking at that stage, but absolutely loved eating the puddings. If there was any left-over we would fry it in butter too, like Ella mentioned, yum. I also loved the 'skin'. At Christmas we had thruppences and sixpences together with charms too sometimes, if Kissin Sing the Indian hawker had been around, and I can remember eating until I nearly burst trying to get one! When my children were growing up, to save bloated tummies, I used to push a silver coin into their piece of pudding. Ours were not wrapped but sterilised in methylated spirits; well I did anyway, and as decimal currency had arrived when my kids were into Christmas I would swap their 'winnings' for the comparable cents. I am way behind the eight ball, I only have a pair of Australian thrupenny earrings. Oh, and by the way, because of failed efforts with water getting in I'm not into the boiled version, my puddings are steamed but still quite tasty, although not as good as mother's! Lorraine In Victoria, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maisie Egger via Sent: Monday, 7 December 2015 2:07 PM To: Jeannette Walton; lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Clootie dumpling Scottish tradition The last from me on the subject of the clootie dumpling: http://www.lovefood.com/journal/opinions/14211/how-to-make-a-clootie-dumpling My bracelet made of silver sixpences is more valuable that yours made of silver thruppennies, Jeannette, in more ways than one. Bear in mind that in my childhood a sixpence or threepence (thruppenny) was a small fortune as to get into the Saturday matinee was only one penny. We were also given a penny for our Sunday School collection, and a ha'penny could get you a small bag of sweeties (candy). The silver coins, sixpences and thruppenies (three pence) wrapped in wax paper and mixed with the clootie dumpling ingredients were in addition to the wee 'toty' (small) charms, also wrapped in wax paper: (From Google) :Charms also got stirred in so diners got a piece of their future with their slice of pudding (dumpling). Finding a coin meant wealth; a ring signified marriage; and a wishbone promised the finder his/her heart’s desire. The man who found a button and the woman who got a thimble were destined to stay single.: Then there was a tiny doll the length of a thumbnail but I've forgotten its significance. Maisie --------------------------------- From: Jeannette Walton via Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 6:13 PM To: ianrodney ; Maisie Egger via Subject: Re: [Lanark] Clootie dumpling Scottish tradition Silver Threepence! When I first visited Scotland in 1959, a friend knew the "thrupennies" were out of circulation and was able to find a dozen for me, which I had made into a bracelet. Didn't remember about the clooties. No, sorry I won't divide my bracelet. It's a really great memory of a special friend and a special visit to Scotland. I've been hooked on Scotland since. Jeannette On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 6:16 PM, ianrodney via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Finding silver threepences is a bit like finding hens teeth. I remember my > mother putting them in dumplings back in the 50s /60s wrapped in > greaseproof paper. My birthday would not have been complete without a > clootie. Last one I had was made by my daughter for my 60th Birthday. > Hopefully get on for the 65th next year > > All the best from very wet Scotland > > Ian ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message