I generally make my own up before Thanksgiving- just so it can sit in the refrigerator for a few weeks so the flavors meld together. It will last several weeks well wrapped in the fridge. Stir up Sunday was the 26th of November this year, so if you mix it up now you won't be very late to the party. As Nancy mentioned, there are those who will mix up NEXT years pudding this year, and store it cold until then. I've never done that myself, but I know they will make it six to eight weeks if stored properly. Once upon a time, our first child was due in early November. I anticipated not being so disposed to cooking for a bit, so made it up the first day of November. And it was lovely for Christmas, not just for having our daughter to join in.
Lori - nice story about the year you were expecting first child and made the pudding early. Does your daughter now make them with you and/or on her own? Nancy
My daughter, and the siblings who followed, all joined my husband and I in the pudding mixing up every year. Now she is married, and makes a smaller version for herself and her husband. My other three kids and I still mix one up every year, since it's unthinkable for them not to have it for Christmas dinner dessert. And for breakfast the next day if there is any left.
In England it is customary to make this pudding a minimum of four weeks before Christmas and store it in in a cool room, or, in warmer climates, in a refrigerator.
There are many apocryphal tales of puddings having been stored one year or more, then steamed - sometimes for hours - and safely eaten, tasting good.
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Nancy
There are many apocryphal tales of puddings having been stored one year or more, then steamed - sometimes for hours - and safely eaten, tasting good.