Cherry soup was made with cherries from Grandpa's orchard.  Grandmother would can them in the summer and use them later.  I know the cherries and juice were thickened with a tapioca type mixture.  I wish I had the recipe!!  The cherries were sweetened with sugar.  I haven't had any cherry soup since the early 1950's when my father's mother died.  I don't know if the recipe was every handed down to my two aunts or not -- they are both deceased so I can't ask. :-(   Sandra   --- On Sat, 12/24/11, Dorothea Sanderson <ebenordms@tds.net> wrote: From: Dorothea Sanderson <ebenordms@tds.net> Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Christmas Eve To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, December 24, 2011, 5:20 PM I had several English plum pudding recipes all from England during my travels there. One of the was from his family  who came from Preston Lanc. I also have the fancy steamed pudding molds bought  in England which I steam them in  have about fifty of them.    They are  indeed steamed puddings  for which the English are well known, but not to be classed with fruit cakes. Real fruit cakes are  seldom on a preferred list of deserts, but plum pudding were along with others of the same method of cooking.   I made them in September, and by Christmas were ready to give a gifts. I would include recipes for sauces, and directions for re-steaming before serving.  I served mine with a Brandy hard sauce that my husband preferred.  Those I gave as gifts, I sent a sauce recipe with it depending upon which recipe I used.   I would use about three different puddings in one year, all giving a slightly different flavor.  I also made American Mincemeat which I packed and gave for gifts.  In fact, I have some in my Freezer that I made long ago, but don't want to throw away.  There is so much alcohol in it that I am sure it could still be used, but am not likely to use it.    Although my Mother In Law made fruit cakes when she retired,   I never did.  I'd have had to eat them myself if I had, because I didn't know anyone else who would.  I did get them from others though including her.   She always sent bourbon  balls which she said my husband liked.  I decided to make a batch for him  and he had a fit.  I said, "Mother told me you loved Bourbon Balls."  He said, "I hate them, but she makes them for me every year."  That was the last of bourbon Balls.  I didn't like them much either.      How did they make Cherry soup??? Dorothea Mother's ancestry was mostly English, so we had English Plum Pudding on Christmas Day.  It's like a fruitcake with not so much fruit and is steamed rather than baked.  Topping was rum sauce, or lemon sauce.   I'm one of those people who likes fruitcake though I've never made one myself.  I have Mother's recipe and helped her a time or two.  Her paternal side was German but I haven't proven which part of Germany they came from.   Sandra Schroder Tennyson     ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cherry soup with semolina dumplings, to die for Heidi -----Original Message----- From: schleswig-holstein-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:schleswig-holstein-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandra Tennyson Sent: Sunday, 25 December 2011 10:32 AM To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Christmas Eve Cherry soup was made with cherries from Grandpa's orchard.  Grandmother would can them in the summer and use them later.  I know the cherries and juice were thickened with a tapioca type mixture.  I wish I had the recipe!!  The cherries were sweetened with sugar.  I haven't had any cherry soup since the early 1950's when my father's mother died.  I don't know if the recipe was every handed down to my two aunts or not -- they are both deceased so I can't ask. :-(   Sandra   --- On Sat, 12/24/11, Dorothea Sanderson <ebenordms@tds.net> wrote: From: Dorothea Sanderson <ebenordms@tds.net> Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Christmas Eve To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, December 24, 2011, 5:20 PM I had several English plum pudding recipes all from England during my travels there. One of the was from his family  who came from Preston Lanc. I also have the fancy steamed pudding molds bought  in England which I steam them in  have about fifty of them.    They are  indeed steamed puddings  for which the English are well known, but not to be classed with fruit cakes. Real fruit cakes are  seldom on a preferred list of deserts, but plum pudding were along with others of the same method of cooking.   I made them in September, and by Christmas were ready to give a gifts. I would include recipes for sauces, and directions for re-steaming before serving.  I served mine with a Brandy hard sauce that my husband preferred.  Those I gave as gifts, I sent a sauce recipe with it depending upon which recipe I used.   I would use about three different puddings in one year, all giving a slightly different flavor.  I also made American Mincemeat which I packed and gave for gifts.  In fact, I have some in my Freezer that I made long ago, but don't want to throw away.  There is so much alcohol in it that I am sure it could still be used, but am not likely to use it.    Although my Mother In Law made fruit cakes when she retired,   I never did.  I'd have had to eat them myself if I had, because I didn't know anyone else who would.  I did get them from others though including her.   She always sent bourbon  balls which she said my husband liked.  I decided to make a batch for him  and he had a fit.  I said, "Mother told me you loved Bourbon Balls."  He said, "I hate them, but she makes them for me every year."  That was the last of bourbon Balls.  I didn't like them much either.      How did they make Cherry soup??? Dorothea Mother's ancestry was mostly English, so we had English Plum Pudding on Christmas Day.  It's like a fruitcake with not so much fruit and is steamed rather than baked.  Topping was rum sauce, or lemon sauce.   I'm one of those people who likes fruitcake though I've never made one myself.  I have Mother's recipe and helped her a time or two.  Her paternal side was German but I haven't proven which part of Germany they came from.   Sandra Schroder Tennyson     ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message