The Heart Triumphant
Nov. 18th, 2012 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyI meant to say yesterday when I was talking about Christmas that the supermarket was making something of a fuss about its Christmas pudding range. Only to be expected, I suppose. Anyway, one of them was a pudding with a hidden orange inside it. Very festive. Like so:
Anyway, searching for that photo to show you revealed that this hidden orange phenomenon is old hat in Britain, where it was unveiled in 2010 as the brainchild of Heston Blumenthal. So, almost disappointing in its blandness, then.
I have been contemplating whether I like this idea. On balance, no: I think it looks interesting, but I find candied orange a bit chewy, so I wouldn't be thrilled to find a great chunk of it where I wasn't expecting it.
Anyway, searching for that photo to show you revealed that this hidden orange phenomenon is old hat in Britain, where it was unveiled in 2010 as the brainchild of Heston Blumenthal. So, almost disappointing in its blandness, then.
I have been contemplating whether I like this idea. On balance, no: I think it looks interesting, but I find candied orange a bit chewy, so I wouldn't be thrilled to find a great chunk of it where I wasn't expecting it.