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Wednesday, December 28, 1988

sula.

sports story and more.

Parkland School.

last January.

bat to ball. .

cyclists raced by.

| fashion.

rales:

. Plum puddin 9:

Besides dricd fruits, the plum “°
pudding generally contains. beef
suct, brandy, almonds, sugar and
eggs, and is redolent with many of
the customary Christmas spices —-

‘cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, mace

and cloves — making it rich. and
filling, though: not terribly sweet,
or dessert-like, in the modern
sense of the words.

Topping the plum: pudding off,

traditionally, is “hard sauce,’” a:

buttery, brandied. sauce which is

_ spooned over cach portion, »

Like King’s Cake, another ages-
old Yuletide dessert, plum pud-
ding contains some. “ingredients”
which are distinctly non-edible,
For, stirred intocthe batter are. a

eo handful of silver trinkets a cing:
8 thimble, .
"According 10 popular custom, .
the person whose portion cone: ~
tained the ring, could look forward -
10 marriage in the year to come;

a comand a button,

the thimble signitied spinsterhood,

sand: the button, hachelorhood: -
“while the coin, reasonably enough, -
predicted wealth for its-finder:

_. Another symbol garnished the
top of the plum pudding when it
Was served: According to time.

honored: usage, a single sprig of |

holly, whose presence takes us

: ay back to Druidic times (recalling

the lucky evergreen boughs whose:
presence. pervades . this pre-
Christian religion), and which, in
fact, was adopted: into: Christian
Yuletide practices many centuries
before its appearance an the top of
the plum pudding,

Because, like fruitcake, plum
pudding: improves as ‘tages, the
batter for it was begun tradition:

Advatth == Stil Up sunday
Named for the collect read: in
church on that day, whose first
ure, stir wpe,
Sur Up sunday was the. day on
which housewives across England
began their Christmas culinary

@ preparations in carmest,
ooo The: whale, family took part in

Images ‘88
WHETHER THEY WERE riding, running, swimming,
sailing, checking or shooting, Peninsula athletes were
busy pursuing fitness and recreational goals in amateur
sport during 1988. Although not all athletes or sporting

pursuits could be represented, the facing page is
dedicated to all those involved in sports on the Penin-

The 1988 Winter Olympics, and its Torch Run which
came through the Peninsula in January, not only
involved local athletes like Ron Cunningham (centre
photo), it also recognized numerous outstanding ama-
teur sports enthusiasts through the Celebration ’88
awards. The Petro Canada-sponsored trek bonded the
nation and the Peninsula in patriotism, making it a

Other photos from 1988 show (clockwise from bottom
left) the Peninsula’s premier ladies’ field hockey team,
the Hotel Sidney Hobbits in action at their home field at

The annual. eight-kilometre Central Saanich Pioneer
Road Race drew more than 500 runners to the start line,
and nearly all of them finished despite chilly weather

Bowlers during the Easter season at Miracle Lanes in
Sidney kept the balls rolling despite costumes designed
for.an Easter parade. Here Helen McLeod shows her
form with decorative eggs hanging from a bonnet.
Little League baseball teams on the Peninsula enjoyed
numerous sunny and sometimes sweltering days to put
. and dirt to trousers while sliding home.
Roads in Central Saanich were the scene for Peninsula
cyclists competing in the Terry Oldford Two-Day event,
sponsored by the Victoria Wheelers Cycling Club last
June. Spectators caught a momentary glimpse as the

Cross-country riding events at Island View Beach
Regional Park were held to the delight of area horse
enthusiasts during their annual event.

And 1988 was brought in with a chill as members of the
Vancouver Island Netherlands Association hosted: a
Polar Bear Swim at Elk Lake New Year’s Day.

The Parkland Panthers senior boys’ basketball team is
-hoping to go right through to a top provincial finish this
year. Last year the junior Panthers, many who make up
this year’s squad, won the Island championship.
Swimmers, such as the one shown, and other members
ofthe: Piranhas Swim Club, based at North Saanich’s. °}
Panorama Leisure Centre pool, placed well in the annual:
swim meet at Crystal Pool in Victoria last fall.
Parachutists from the Canadian: Armed Forces filled the
sky with red smoke as they descended to start the 1988
B.C.: Summer Games, hosted by Greater Victoria, in fine’

Peninsula: Lacrosse Association players: had a good

“season based from the box at Centennial Park in Central
_ Saanich. Wrestlers weighing over 200 Ib. were featured ..
at Sanscha ‘Hall.in early spring to the delight of.fans. |
| -weighing considerably: less. Soccer action involved =}:
|) numerous’ teams playing under the banner. of the.»

{Peninsula Soccer Association. ‘These fellows were © :

jame. at Centennial

“And the Peninsula'can boast a junior hockey team this oPpoe
| year. The Junior B Eagles have, since forming, kept.a. |>
} Strong hold on first place in the four-team South -
_Vancouver island Junior Hockey League. Here a member:
is shown about to set up a shot for a teammate in front of of.
| the Juan de Fuca Gull’s goalie. Fan support is also
building for the first-year team whose members wear a
bright: yellow eagle crest during home games: at Pano- |

ybody who took a turn-at this task:
was entitled to make a wish. -

Thereafter, the pudding was
stirred weekly, until Christmas
morning, when it. was. put-up to.
steam, in a mold, a basin or a bag
(a seven or cight-hour process), so
that it would be done in time for -
Christmas dinner late that aifter-
noon,

If this all sounds like @ great

“deal of work, imagine the labors

involved-in creating the largest

plum pudding ever made, which
‘dates back to 1819 when, in the
town of: Paignton, in Devon, Eng- °
land, which used to make acon |
—mMunal plum pudding once every
SO-yearsy-a phim. pudding WHS 2
- concocted that weighed in. at 900

pounds, so heavy that it required
Centerpiece of: the. Victorian,

Christmas table, and dating back

it least to the 17th: Century, the

~plum pudding is a holiday: dessert ;

is: traditional as they. come,

Enshrined in the pages of Dick-
ens, this “wonderful pudding” is.
the culinary. incarnation of the
“Yuletide spirit, and is familiar not.
only in England, its home territory,

but around the world, . '

People who have -never caten
plum pudding, never even seen
one, suill are familiar with the
image of the phim pudding, car
ried Naming to the table, the piece
de resistance which naturally fol-

lows roast poose on classic Victor=

han holiday menus,

So, what exactly is a plum
puddine? First of ally despite its -

Hime, i usually. contains no

plums, Rather, because the British:
esteemed dried plums, many other

“dbicd (iiits ~~ raisins of cucants,

for instance, which are copiously
Present in the traditional plum .
. pudding -—~ are, on -oceasion,

_telerned to also as plums.
Another Merpretation has it that
the plum in the dish's tide: may
refer to the pudding’s tendency to

swell when cooking =~ altemately, >

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