Mother fuming I let her child eat Christmas pudding because of the alcohol??

[eddownton]

(NCed)

Looked after a work colleague's son after school today and we had some of those mini Xmas puds left. My kids wanted one and so did he, so I thought nothing of it.

Would you be annoyed?? I didn't think the alcohol in that would be a problem at all. They're not age restricted or anything are they??

Oh ffs. That’s crazy. No trifle either then! Or cough syrup come to that.

As link above, there is actually often a decent level of alcohol (spirits) left in food like Christmas pudding, either because the cooking process hasn’t been enough to drive it off, or booze was added by manufacturer after cooking the pudding - often the case, albeit in small quantities, as this is obvious from taste/smell and indicates a premium product, which sells better to some consumers.
Food needs to be boiled for a surprisingly long time to drive off all alcohol.

I am very laissez-faire, but actually wouldn’t give my own child something with clearly labelled neat spirit in. I wouldn’t dream of doing so to someone else’s child either - sorry, would think this is common sense, and not at all similar to giving sweets/chips etc.

I’ve many friends and colleagues who don’t use alcohol for health/religious/moral reasons, so am used to letting them know if home-made cake I have brought to work I still ok for them - if fruit soaked in alcohol, or if vanilla extract with alcohol for the stricter.

Jaysus, my mother used to slosh cointreau into the fruit salad on Christmas Day, sherry in the trifle, brandy in the christmas cake.

I think she just wanted a quiet afternoon.

Although I did grow up thinking my mother was extraordinarily talented at cutting up fruit, as no other fruit salad was ever as good as hers. I was in my 20s when she told me.

wanders off to buy cointreau

Forget it. Alcohol flavoured food is just alcohol flavoured- it won't make you drunk. Maybe didn't even have alcohol in it.

It depends on the reason really. If they have an absolute personal prohibition on any alcohol, eg for religious reasons, then she WNBU. And yes she shouldn’t assume you knew, but equally she probably didn’t think it would come up during an after-school visit.

On the other hand, if she just thinks there was too much alcohol for a child, assuming they’re not teeny tiny, it’s a bit

Memories of when the Home Ec teacher sent home a recipe for Christmas cake, yes it was back in the day when they actually cooked, it included brandy essence )optional), one parent went ballistic, complained to the Governors, threatened the Head etc etc., her child was going to be turned into a drunk. Took ages to sort it out.