Plum Pudding

Plum pudding has roots in medieval English sausages when fruits, spices, and fat used to be combined with grains, meats, and vegetables, then packed into animal intestines in order to keep as long as possible. First records of plum puddings can be traced back to the 15th century, and plum was a generic term for any dried fruit – mostly currants, prunes, and raisins. Near the end of the 16th century, dried fruit became more common in England, and plum pudding started to evolve from savory to sweet. Nowadays, plum pudding refers to a wide variety of puddings such as Christmas pudding or Spotted dick.