A blog by Calgary freelance writer Jeremy Klaszus.

Bob Edwards Yuletide recipes: Part 1

Posted by Jeremy Klaszus in Klaszus Corner

Alright blog readers, you're in for a Yuletide treat. Each day this week I am going to post a recipe from that venerable Calgary foodie and newspaperman, Bob Edwards. (For those that don't know about Bob, he's the best journalist this city ever had.) I don't know that ol' Bob intended these recipes specifically as Christmas dishes, but regardless, they'll do.

Please note that Fast Forward Weekly isn't responsible if you retch or spew or croak after consuming any of the forthcoming recipes. I'm not responsible, either.

So with that nasty business out of the way, here's the first recipe:

Bread Pudding

Gather up all the chunks of bread that have been leftover on the plates for the past week and dump them into a bucket of water. Let them soak overnight and in the morning pound into a pulp with the butt end of an empty beer bottle. Take a handful of plums and chuck into the mess. Stir with a big spoon and add a little sugar. Dump into a pan and stick it into the oven. As soon as it begins to look a trifle less disgusting, take it out and serve it as plum pudding.

— Bob Edwards Summer Annual, 1923 (as found in Irresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers and Unabashed Grafters: A Bob Edwards Chrestomathy, edited by former Fast Forward columnist James Martin.)


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