Real Puddings

[davidrodgie]

On my last trip over i found that The Cricketers on International drive have started selling real homemade puddings as specials, on offer were Sticky toffee pudding which was to die for and treacle sponge, well worth a visit folks.:D:D

[mfairhurst]

Sounds good David we will try it when we go as we are a pudding persons .
Be a different eating place as we have not been before
[msnsmile2]
MAUREEN
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[atush]

Why when in hot steamy FL do you want stodgy british puddings?

Makes no sense.

[mfairhurst]

ANDREA Sticky toffee pudding is AMERICAN ,M & S sell them in UK but not as good as the real thing as made in AMERICA [msnsmile2]
MAUREEN
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[davidrodgie]

andrea you should try them they are in no way stodgy in fact they are very very light and a wonderful way to finish a meal and its refreshing to find a dessert thats not Key lime pie, cheesecake, or something sickly chocolate. People must be happy to buy them as the night i was in plenty were sold.[ihop]

[luckylady]

Thank you David for the information, I am not a pudding person but my Grandson loves sticky toffee pudding in fact that is the only pudding he will eat.
My DIL buys the them by the dozen,we will definitely take him there on his next trip to Florida.[msnwink]

[Katys Grandad]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by mfairhurst
ANDREA Sticky toffee pudding is AMERICAN ,M & S sell them in UK but not as good as the real thing as made in AMERICA [msnsmile2]
MAUREEN
www.onlinefloridavillas.com/villas/1683.aspx
[/quote]

Not true - it's about as American as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding and originated in the Lake District of England.

I have actually had it in a hotel in Virginia and they imported it from the UK!

[luckylady]

There are a couple of versions of how this dessert originated. One is that it was created in 1960 by a hotel owner named Francis Coulson who served the dessert at a hotel he owned located near the Scottish border (could possibly explain references to this being a Scottish dessert).

Francis Coulson and Brian Sack. Francis was by all accounts a bit of a genius in the kitchen. He devised the recipe (originally called 'icky-sticky toffee sponge) back in the early 1970s. He was never precious about the recipe, and passed it on to whoever asked for it.
Now the plot thickens.[msnwink]

[florida4sun]

Sounds great, does not matter where it comes from as long as it is good[msntongue] I love any pudding with treacle in it. My nanas treacle tart was the best in the world:)


<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by davidrodgie
On my last trip over i found that The Cricketers on International drive have started selling real homemade puddings as specials, on offer were Sticky toffee pudding which was to die for and treacle sponge, well worth a visit folks.:D:D
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[Katys Grandad]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by luckylady
There are a couple of versions of how this dessert originated. One is that it was created in 1960 by a hotel owner named Francis Coulson who served the dessert at a hotel he owned located near the Scottish border (could possibly explain references to this being a Scottish dessert).

Francis Coulson and Brian Sack. Francis was by all accounts a bit of a genius in the kitchen. He devised the recipe (originally called 'icky-sticky toffee sponge) back in the early 1970s. He was never precious about the recipe, and passed it on to whoever asked for it.
Now the plot thickens.[msnwink]
[/quote]

Both Francis and Brian are dead now. They opened Sharrow Bay in Ullswater as the first 'English Country Hotel' and Sticky Toffee Pudding was very much their signature dish. They were wonderful hosts and the hotel remains as a special place to this day.

They'd both be turning in their graves if it was thought it was an American invention. So, to them, it would have mattered really quite a lot.

[davidrodgie]

Phil your story is spot on we actually live very close to Lake Ullswater and know the story behind the Sticky. The owner of the bar (another Phil) said he is getting them from a British owned company based in Tampa and the Sticky recipe is the original from Sharrow Bay, after tasting it I wouldn't disagree as it was one of the best I have ever tasted.

[mfairhurst]

Sorry about not knowing it was British but I was going on having it since 1989 in USA and M&S have it in there american range of food as well .
But we will still try it in INTERNATIONAL DRIVE .[msnsmile2]
MAUREEN
www.onlinefloridavillas.com/villas/1683.aspx

[Pamela]

whenever we go to America we have never been able to get a pudding, have always been too full from main course!! [msneek]