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 > > > > > Sent from Samsung tablet > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Margaret McNab via <lanark@rootsweb.com> > Date: 06/12/2015 22:54 (GMT+00:00) > To: Dora Smith <villandra@gmail.com>, lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Clootie dumpling Scottish tradition > > Just have to jump in here. > I have been making mine with vegetable oil for many years. A Scottish > lady told me that was what she used since her husband had heart > problem.Suet is hard to get now too.I have also tried the micro wave > version. It is pretty good but I still like the old way.More > therapeutic.Wish I could find some silver threepence!!! Margaret > From: Dora Smith via <lanark@rootsweb.com> > To: Susan Hamilton <rmshamilton@bigpond.com>; lanark@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 5:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Clootie dumpling Scottish tradition > > You know, I bet it's often made with vegetable shortening. ;) > > Dora > > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan Hamilton via > Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 4:30 PM > To: 'Maisie Egger' ; lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Clootie dumpling Scottish tradition > > So that is where my mum's Christmas Pudding comes from! Growing up it was > always a tradition to help with making it (the recipe is very close to > clootie dumpling recipe, except for the beef suet). Everyone had to have a > stir and make a wish and until our currency changed from the pound to the > dollar we could expect to find a threepence or sixpence buried deep as a > surprise. I have made this a few times and my brother still expects one at > Christmas. My g-grandmother was from Glasgow and all the family were > involved in either Scottish dancing or the pipe band in Tenterfield where > they had transplanted themselves. Music seemed to be a recurrent theme in > the family. Are the Glaswegians a musical lot? > Thanks for stirring the memories Maisie. > Susan > Qld, Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Maisie Egger via > Sent: Monday, 7 December 2015 5:29 AM > To: LANARK@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Lanark] Clootie dumpling Scottish tradition > > Culture and tradition: Clootie dumpling. > > When I was growing up in Glasgow, no child of my acquaintance ever had a > birthday cake. The pièce de résistance at small birthday parties, > Christmas > or New Year was the ubiquitous clootie dumpling. (An English friend had > never heard of such until recently.) > > > http://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/food/a-history-of-the-clootie-dumpling-including-a-recipe-for-making-your-own/ > > Time and change, and how! My daughter’s children and theirs are very > involved in 4-H and FFA (Future Farmers of America), so even working with > and showing their animals, not one of them had heard of suet. I was going > to very proudly show them how suet added to the taste and texture of a > clootie dumpling last Christmas, but alas! > > There is no way that I can back this up, but I am sure that there was > hardly > a person growing up in Scotland who never tasted clootie dumpling...built > into their Scottish DNA. Of course not. I am just trying to make the > point > that this wonderful concoction was very much a part of the culture. I hope > it hasn’t gone by the wayside now that so many “mammies’ are out to work > and > may not have time to watch the clootie dumpling ‘bilin’ its heid aff’ for > three hours to make sure the water doesn’t boil in. > > Maisie > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. 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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

Maisie, Your friends are correct.  European flour does give significantly different results than North American flour.  It has something to do with the protein in it - less in Europe, if I recall correctly.  Much of it now comes from Turkey too. There is a wonderful flour made from an even higher protein wheat grown in Montana.  I forget the name of it now, but I used to buy the wheat by the sack and mill it myself until some fool decided to run a red light and changed my life.  The flavor is superb. Good hunting, Cliff. On Sunday, December 6, 2015 9:08 PM, Maisie Egger via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: 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