HELLO FRIENDS! we'd heard the carol, but we've never tasted the pudding - so we decided to try and make it, the old fashioned way! well, the victorian way, not the medieval way... what did you guys think of our "speckled cannon ball"? also - re: the saf channel, i know it's been a while since we posted on there, and we were hoping to have a video up before the end of the year, but we sort of took on a big project that ended up as 2 60 minute long videos that we're still working on 💀we're really excited for them, but unfortunately it looks like they'll probably go up in early january! so sorry for the long hiatus there. happy holidays to all of you and thanks for watching this year! we'll see you guys a-next time. EDIT: also no, saf is not pregnant - she would not have been consuming cake with brandy in it if she were!

Safiya looks more and more like Morticia everyday and I’m here for it

Fun fact! Wine glasses used to be much smaller than modern glasses in that time period. It would have been 5 to 7 times smaller in the 1800's! So if your glaze/sauce was too watery and alcohol heavy, that's the reason.

Our students sang this song during the holiday concert,but one sweet child didn’t quite know the words. He proudly shout/sang “so bring us some friggen pudding!”

Soak your dried fruit. Most people use alcohol (rum, brandy and cognac) to soak the dried fruit and peel, but you can use orange juice or strong black tea. This helps both puddings and cakes cook with the steam from the fruit as it cooks. A lot of people who don't like fruit cake because it is dry simply because it is not made with soaked fruit.

there are 3 different renditions of "god rest ye merry gentlemen" in this video - can you find them all? 🙃

As a brit, I never realised Christmas pudding wasn't a thing in other countries. That's so fascinating! *also Saf looks stunning, like a Gibson girl version of Morticia Addams. Very beautiful. Now I just want a video of Saf doing different decade renditions of Morticia x

As a Devonian native, it’s pronounced Devon-sheer 😊 Some tips from my mum - 1) it’s good with warm ambrosia custard or brandy cream. It definitely needs moisture with it. 2) the candied peel it better when it’s chopped very little. 3) you get a better flaming effect when you heat up the brandy in a ladle until it’s turning to vapour - it’s the vapour that ignites 4) if you do try it again, do it in a pudding basin with a circle of greese-proof paper in a slow cooker Good try though guys! If you want to carry on the theme of steamed puddings I highly recommend Spotted Dick (it can be done in the microwave in like 5 mins)

Glasses in the period (wine and otherwise) were smaller then they are today. So you’ve added about 3 times as much liquor into the sauce as it actually calls for. Should be nice and strong! Lol

"Let's get figgy with it" would be quite fitting for a holiday merch drop 😂😁 I love the channel!

I love that Christmas Pudding is an utter novelty in the US but here in Britain it’s iconic.

As a British person, I find this surreal. They are treating making a Christmas Pudding like food archeology. I have this all the time at this time of year, I don't often make it from scratch though.

Yes you can buy it in any supermarket in Britain during the Xmas season. Pudding doesn't mean a specific dish, but anything which is steamed, the steam is the key to what is a pudding not the content.

We call it a Christmas pudding in the uk , pour brandy on it and set it on fire and serve with cream or Ice cream,

My family would have this every year for Christmas. Light it on fire and sing Joy to the World as it's walked into the dining room. I highly recommend it with brandy butter/hard sauce! 2 things: 1. I actually only found out that figgy pudding and plum pudding was the same thing as an adult. 2. Kinda shocked at the alcohol content and how my family found this dish appropriate for consumption by children under 10.

Reminds me of a funny family story: one of my relatives (cousins?) was in the merchant marines during the Korean war, and during Christmas, my great grandmother decided to bake him a fruit cake to send to him. The problem was, my family were all strict methodists, and never even used alcohol even to cook with. My grandma was not to be deterred though, and bought a bottle of brandy which she completely drained into the cake. It was apparently QUITE a scene when the mail clerk brought a package reeking of alcohol to the straight laced methodist kid (and it apparently make him VERY popular in his unit)

Fun fact: “Figgy” was a term for *any* dried fruit. It didn’t have to be figs. Banana chips are technically “ figgy”. It’s not limited to “ raisins”

I love that even when Tyler is narrating, Safiya can't help but do hand motions.

Saf really does looks like a very happy Morticia! And glowing with that beautiful chaotic energy she has in Tyler's videos. Love it!

Christmas pudding is still an expected xmas MUST in many of the colonies, we had one today. Never had a xmas without one in 44 years. ETA: They have replaced suet with butter for the most part.

the figgy pudding just dangling is such a mood

When you were lighting the pudding I was willing you to turn the lights off. That was part of the tradition in our house, mainly because then you can actually see the blue flaming brandy so it’s more impressive. The whole flaming pudding was a big part of Christmas dinner when I was a kid and we always ooh’d and ahh’d as my mum brought it in (the early 90s we’re a simpler time lol). Also definitely have cream or something with the pudding because it’s so rich. That sauce was mental, probably best left in the 1800’s!

I live in Australia and every year my family mixes together a big tub of vanilla ice cream and a good ol’ store bought Christmas pudding to make our own pudding ice cream! It’s great when we want that pudding taste but can’t stand to eat anything hot during our boiling summer Christmas’ 😅

dont know if anyone else does this but every year when my grandmother makes christmas pudding, we all take turns to mix and you make a wish while stiring. she says its tradition lmao

Your punch sauce came out so strong because wine glasses were *much* smaller in the Victorian era than now 🤣. Another traditional sauce for Christmas pudding is Bird's custard, which is my favourite 😉

British person here, I used to make the Delia Smith version every year until gluten wanted me dead, Waaaay more alcohol and a few more spices, smells like Christmas to me and everyone has to stir and make a wish xx

This is one of my family Christmas traditions. We serve ours with a brandy cream sauce so you get less of a citrus and more of a creamy vanilla vibe with it. I never liked it as a kid, but love it as an adult.

I’m English and I never realised that other countries don’t have Figgy Pudding at Christmas! We tend to call it Christmas Pudding not Figgy Pudding, but it feels mandatory to have on Christmas Day. Most people buy them pre-made so it was super fun to watch you guys make one. When we light it we sing “we wish you a Merry Christmas” until the flame goes out. I’ve never liked it because I don’t like fruit in a dessert, but we have a chocolate version now that’s just the same shape that you warm up to eat. MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄

They were 100% sipping the brandy during those 3.5 hours of tending to the pudding. Saf said “wow” SO MANY times-

In the US, especially in the South, fruitcake was the Christmas tradition. It's a rich, dense, molasses, spiced cake with lots of candied fruit, nuts, raisins, currants, candied orange and citron peel. It was baked a couple of months early, wrapped up, and stored in a cool place. Periodically, either brandy, rum, or bourbon whiskey was applied. People make jokes about it, because there have been so many bad fruitcakes sold in stores, but a good old fashioned fruitcake is delicious and festive.

I’m English and we eat Christmas pudding every year, I had no idea that this was a uniquely British thing. I have never made it from scratch though and now I’m second guessing exactly why we eat it, it really doesn’t sound appetising 😂

As a Mrs. Crocombe stan from The English Heritage, I’m very happy you showed her 🙌🏻

YASSS TASTING HISTORY!!! I'm so pleased by the idea that you guys watch Max too!!

I remember growing up, our British neighbour made plum pudding one year for us. Set it on fire and everything. I remember loving it. Never had it since though. Seems like a tedious process. 😬❤️

The lighting of the pudding is done with the lights turned off so it has a better ooo factor. Glad you liked it!

So additional fact: this tradition is super old, during the 12 days of Christmas (a time of feasting and merry making and rest starting the 25th to a little into the new year) in the, I believe, 1300s on in the u.k. where they would celebrate a saint on each day. A variation of this has existed since then with more ingredients added over time as things became cheaper and easier to procure. There was one similar to the Mardi gras cake only with a pea instead of a small baby. Where on the 12th day the town would have a feast and whoever found the pea would be lord of the day. Which allowed whoever found it do act as though they were the actual lord of the day. This tradition also existed in ancient Rome in a slight variation allowing a slave to control the household for a day. Additionally caroling would be townsfolk going around houses singing a selection (very small) of songs to neighbors and requesting items to keep them full for winter and could become violent. The violent part still existed in Georgian and victorian england. There is a documentary called "the 12 days of Christmas" if you would like more not so ADHD written information. Opposite to that is something called the dark History of the 12 days of Christmas if your looking for more excitement in your life beyond watching historians role play medieval presents and falconers. The head of the pig, additionally, you've probably seen this through in older pictures of Christmas dinners. It was a tradition kept from before the Roman chatolic church came through forcing conversion or death as such with st. Patty exercising the snakes (technically meaning demons and there was an ancient Irish goddess I believe whose symbol was also of such so just expelling pagans). It was originally a big boar and not a domestic pig that would help with feasting. Definitely an interesting look into if you like history and want to seek the information yourself.

Safiya: "It is a stunt!" Me, a British person who's very aware of Christmas/figgy pudding: "Oh, lord"

Warning! If you are allergic to lobster, crab, shrimp or shellfish, you will almost certainly be allergic to eating bugs

I love Max Miller!

I remember as a kid when my nan would bring out her Christmas pudding and I was always mad us kids weren't allowed to have any of it because she would feed it various alcohols for NINE MONTHS!!!! I don't think she hung hers though, she stopped making it because she didn't want to put so much effort into making something only a handful of people ate. Also it got people "Merry", veeeeerrrry merry.

Watching you guys try a dense, boozy, steamed pudding for the first time was a blast 😂. I guess Americans don’t do Christmas pudding, which had never occurred to me. We’re all learning something! Also bless you with your flaming tablespoon of brandy, my dad always used a ladle. You have to turn the lights off for the fire part!

In Italian culture (I'm a decendent of italians), we have something very similar to this, but much easier to make. LOL It's called a "baba rum" cake (can be translated as drooling rum). It has this name because its batter is prepared with raisins and lots of rum and after it's baked, we pour a sauce made of rum and sugar. It's delicious, but can get you a little loopy.

The brandy sauce makes the pudding good most of the time

I just saw you guys in Tivoli Gardens two days ago!! Was telling my husband a story, saw a familiar face I couldn’t place, and then saw another right next to. And in the middle of my story told him: “That was Safiya and Tyler!” According to my husband it looked like I short circuited 😂

Love the old recipe choice! So glad y'all gave a shoutout to Tasting History with Max Miller too. His channel is wonderful and I recommend it to anyone and everyone.

What an excellent Christmas gift!!! So happy to see you all having fun ❤️💚❤️💚

Brit here! Just made our Christmas pudding with my mum today, we use my nan's recipe which is quite a last minute one but she made sure we could still get some brandy in it 😂 We have it every year, and I couldn't do Christmas without one!

This pudding is still a tradition in ireland - not sure about the rest of europe - and we light it on fire too🎄🔥

I always enjoy how you all explain the history or give added details of what is being done

I love Max's channel, cool that you guys tried this one! Two worlds colliding rn

This video is just what I’ve been needing man

Oooo I'm so excited!! I love watching yall make old fashioned recipes!! 😁😁💗💗

Safiya gets so excited around Tyler it’s adorable

Yall bring me so much comfort and joy. Love to see you both happy

That Beeton's cookbook was really famous in its time and I've even heard of it many times! It's cool that she stayed relevant 150 years later.

You guys are the ultimate Christmas gift 🎁

Safiya "Let's explore bugs." My ADHD mind connecting with hers through the screen and understanding she meant baking with them right away.

Loving Tyler's energy in this one! He looks so joyful throughout the video 😄

My sister got me fiendish merch for my birthday & gave it to me early & the same day you guys upload 🥹 love the videos Tyler! I hope you keep this channel up, I love this content!

I love this series of cooking experiments! It’s so fun and entertaining 🥰

I love hearing more of Carly! She is funny and a great addition to the team! WE WANT MORE CARLY!!!!!

My mum makes this every Christmas, and it's always a hit, so I thought I'd give you a few tips! 1) Put your raisins, currents, peel, canned cherries etc (I've never seen apple in it!) in a big bowl and cover it with a combination of the alcohol you're using and some orange juice to keep it moist. My mum usually uses scotch/brandy and all the dregs of random spirits that we have left over from the year. Then she covers the bowl and leaves it soaking for at least 3 WEEKS, adding more juice/liquor if it dries out. This way the fruits swell with liquid, providing more flavour (like marinating them) and they are also rehydrated to avoid a dry pudding! We often have nuts in ours too, which you 'marinate' with the fruits. 2) The ratio of the fruit to batter seemed slightly off, but that might be because the fruit wasn't soaked. It needs more flour to hold it together and give it a slightly more cake-like texture. 3) Just because it looks more aesthetic, I'd use a cake bowl like the one shown. It avoids 'extra ball bag(!)' and looks much smoother and nice. 4) We use brown muscovado sugar and brown sugar because it's stickier and richer, which gives it just the right rich Christmassy taste. 5) To light it, make sure the pudding has been heated up and has enough alcohol in it to begin with. I always push down the middle of the top of the pudding to create a small indent where you can put the alcohol so it's easier to light. Then you pour a big ladle of brandy (or any spirit you have) like the size in the video and then put a lighter/match to the pudding. You can also heat up the spirit in the ladle and then set it alight before pouring, but I find the first method more effective. I hope you give it another go because I think you'd love a British Christmas pudding done right! :)

You guys should do a collab with Tasting History. That would be awesome!

When I was younger (like 18) I was obsessed with wanting to cook a traditional Victorian Xmas meal and do everything they would've done to celebrate Xmas back then, including to make Figgy Pudding. I remember my dad being so against the idea because he despised Figgy Pudding. My dad was originally from the Ukraine and his grandmother who he said was a phenomenal cook would make it every Xmas and make him eat it and he just absolutely hated it. Still never made it to this day or had my traditional Victorian xmas...maybe one day.

As someone who used to make Christmas pudding every year with my nana, this video was very funny to me and also brought back a lot of really nice memories 💖 merry Christmas guys! 🎄

Awesome! I think this is my favorite Tyler Williams video!! Good job. Very funny and informative. 🎄

I think you should find one online, Christmas pudding is best aged, it's dark and moist. It's also served hot which might be why it didn't light up well

Love the Safler/Tyfia and Max Miller crossover!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Saf, Tyler, and Cosmo xx

This was genuinely so fun to watch and I laughed The whole time

I love all the clips from other channels I watch haha! Townsends, English Heritage, Tasting History… I’m beginning to sense a trend in my interests 😂

I love Tasting History with Max Miller! So happy to see you following his recipe

my favorite part of this video has to be tyler chasing saf through the house with the sack of pudding on a clothes hanger, and then tyler proudly posing next to his pudding hanging in the closet.

It's so hard to choose because I love the videos from this channel, but this might be my favorite one yet!! ❤ ❤

I live in the UK and Christmas pudding is a staple here. My Nan makes ours and begins the cooking and soaking progress end October. I always love it being lit alight at the end of dinner

It’s delightful watching Americans discover Christmas :) this year we somehow had only gin to light the pudding… it went up very quickly and the placemat caught fire

Merry Christmas! All the best!

You both look happy in your latest videos! That makes me glad :)

It looked amazing! I love figgy pudding, or as it's currently known in the UK, Christmas Pudding. It's lovely with cream, ice cream, custard and brandy butter. It's just lovely! Thanks for making the figgy pudding. My mum used to make it when I was very young. This video took me right back to her kitchen, God bless her. She used to put a silver sixpenny bit in it. It was good luck to find it in your bowl when you ate the pudding. Merry Christmas to you all and God bless you all and those you love!

This whole video was full on culture shock to me. My mum makes Christmas Pudding for the family every year, it's a tradition that we all have to have 'a stir' of the mix for good luck. She uses the Delia Smith recipe. I also always have suet in my kitchen as a staple. Suet pastry is elite.

I have a grandmother from the UK, and for her Christmas Pudding, she makes a brown sugar and rum sauce, which is amazing.

As a Brit who eats Christmas pudding every year this was fun to watch. I was pleasantly surprised how much you guys liked it. We gave it to a German friend last year and she hated it. 😂😂😂

Loved your video! I made plum pudding as a teenager from my grandmother's recipe. Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy New Year!🎆

Merry Christmas, Safiya and Tyler!

For a first try, you guys did a fantastic job in the figgy pudding. The more brandy, the better the pudding.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, dear Tyler & Safiya!

Thanks for making me curious to try this. The two of you making faces and chewing was priceless

Wine glasses were considerably smaller in the day so that might have thrown a few factors off but figgy pudding is tricky! Excellent first go

As an English lady, we have Figgy Pudding (now just called Christmas Pudding) every year. It's a tradition. Also - great wine choice, its one of my favourites!

Love the dedication, team. Amazing work.

If you make it again, I would suggest using a modern recipe 😂 we generally steam them rather than boil now, and use less flour and more fruit, so it tends to be lighter and less chewy. Also usually brandy sauce is more creamy now. Glad you enjoyed it

Was laughing all the way through this 🤣🤣 (also for some reason Safiya was giving me Goth Jennifer Coolidge vibes. I have no explanation, but it IS intended as a compliment)

Merry Christmas and have a Joyful New Year to you guys !!! 🎄❤️🎄❤️

I loved the video. You guys never fail to make me laugh and smile, I'm not able to see a lot of my family and was feeling pretty down but I can just find one of your guys' videos and I feel so much better already so thank you. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. :)

We have this every year with brandy butter and creamy white sauce. I didn’t know it was only still done in Britain! So excited for this year’s now 🎄😄

Oooo i never realised america didnt have christmas pud i just assumed it was the same as the uk

Missed you guys!!! Loved this. 😘 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!! 🎉🎄💖🪅

Thanks for sharing your efforts. It brought back a favorite Christmas memory. My maternal grandmother made figgy pudding but instead of the liquid sauce you made, she made a thick creamy white hard sauce using butter, confectionary sugar with brandy, and rum. Also, she evaporated the brandy in a ladle until it was a vapor and then poured that over in a dimly lit dining room.

Merry Christmas guys! ❤🎄✨

As a brit i am both mortified and entertained at you two making Christmas pudding. A: the earlier you make it, the better. And B: YOU FORGOT THE BRANDY BUTTER AND CLOTTED CREAM!!! BLASPHEMY!!! 😂😂😂 Plus you have to douse it in brandy first!

Thank you for making this video. As a child growing up my family would have this on Christmas and my grandfather would say a prayer and then light the pudding 🍮