To consider serving a four year old Christmas pudding

[moofolk]

I am unsure here. I have a 24 month aged Christmas pudding that I have failed to prepare after cooking massive Christmas dinners for the past two years.

If it's aged already does that mean it's better when it's doubly aged or just out of date?

They're not wildly expensive so I don't mind buying another but it's been taking up valuable cupboard space and needs rid one way or another. It makes me feel like a failure every time I see it and it cannot still be here on Boxing Day.

Well prepared to get flamed here for my lack of kitchen knowledge.

Yes this is the 48 yr old pudding they ate they said it was dry but tasty

@RadoxBubbles

I thought you were asking if you could serve a four year old child Christmas pudding 😂

Me too!

'Best before' or 'Use by' and how long out of date is it?

I had a ten-year-old pud a couple of years ago, it was fine, I'm still alive.
Eat it! (Or send it to me...)

I too thought you were asking if you could serve a 4 year old child Christmas pudding

It would be considered a delicacy at my parents' house and they would most certainly eat it. I would too. My parents might let it mature for a few more years first.

@mynameiscalypso

I'd probably bin it (and not buy another...it doesn't sound like it would be missed).

Incidentally, what is the general view of serving Christmas cake/pudding to small children? FTM here...

It’s fine but don’t expect them to actually eat it.

I too had a pudding lingering in the back of the cupboard for years. Maybe older than yours! It was absolutely fine. Smelt fine with the film remove, sliced a piece off and microwaved. Why steam for hours???

Another option is to microwave, let it cool and turn it into rum balls. Yum!

Have a look and see if it smells and looks ok. Any mould then bin it but if not, I would eat it. It has high sugar and usually high alcohol content, plus the fruits would have been dried so wouldn't go off.
www.goodto.com/food/do-christmas-puddings-go-off-4290

If it he date is a “Best Before”, I would use it. If it is “Use By”, then No, I wouldn’t.

Probably not for Christmas Dinner though. You kind of want that meal to be the best it could be.

It's vacuum-sealed and is a pudding created to be eaten later.

We have two that are 5 years out of date.

I don’t eat Christmas pudding as it’s frankly, revolting. But it will probably be fine, my mother seems to cook ones that predate modern civilisation every year that I think she stockpiled for some bizarre reason. They are always “fine”