Mulberry Pudding Delight - 18th Century Cooking

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[@theBaron0530]

I used to make mulberry jam. I also used to make a Rumtopf, a German recipe that the Pennsylvania Dutch brought here. You take a couple cups of the berries, a cup of sugar, some lemon peel, and add it to a crock or a large glass jar, with a quart or so of 100-proof dark rum. Store it in a cool place, and in 6 weeks, draw off the liquid and bottle it. You have a homemade liqueur, and brandied fruit, which can be baked in a pie, put over ice cream, etc. The formal recipe has you draw off one fruit and add the next ones that come in season to the batch. But I made separate batches for different fruits. Besides mulberries, I used peaches, and strawberries. The downside to having a mulberry tree or bush is that the birds eat them and crap them all over the place.

[@Chichirumiru]

These are called "Germknödel" in germany, one of my favorite dishes. They are usually filled with plums, and then covered with molten butter, powdered sugar and poppy seeds.😋

[@gunjirox7485]

yes but are Germknüdel not steamed?

[@Chichirumiru]

@@gunjirox7485 You can boil or steam them👍 If you reheat them or they were frozen, steaming is better because otherwise they'll just suck up all the water like a sponge.🤮

[@Sheepdog1314]

Germknödel are made with yeast dough. "Germ" means "yeast" in Austrian German

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@@Sheepdog1314 I know, but you don't have to use yeast. The only difference is more compact or fluffy depending on if you use yeast or not.

[@Ranger_Kevin]

We also make "Hefeklöse" which are smaller, usually a single plum (the stone taken out and replaced with a sugar cube) wrapped in yeast dough and boiled in water.

[@HLBear]

Mulberry is such a delicious fruit. Underappreciated nowadays. This is a perfect use for them!

[@mamaseesa3122]

Yeah I just discovered a white mulberry AND black mulberry in my dad's backyard. The white is so good, I'm spoiled for all other berries!

[@aileenpayne6215]

I love them! All I ever hear is they're too seedy but the seeds are fun to crunch lol

[@azurephoenix9546]

Agree, 100%!! Never had it before until last summer and it really is a perfect summer fruit! We made syrup for pancakes and waffles, and it's so delicious!

[@patrickdurham8393]

The season is short and they don't store well so I think that's why they were never a big thing.

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Mulberry jam?

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[@tmm2684]

I grew up on a Kansas wheat farm. In the middle of the farmyard, under the shade of a very old and very large mulberry tree, my dad would repair the farm equipment. We would always be barefoot, stepping on the fallen mulberries, staining our feet with the juices. I'm going to visit the farm next week and will go take a look and see if I can harvest some mulberries from this tree to try this pudding and possibly can some mulberry jam! That tree must be close to 100 years old, if not more. Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@PlayaSinNombre]

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[@gamergirl209]

Growing up, my mom made mulberry/rhubarb jam. I would steal spoonfuls of it while waiting for it to go into jars. It's sad they're kind of rare where I am.

[@kimstuff2086]

My mum used to make something very similar here (uk) when I was young. Only with apples. The pastry was made with suet and the sugar was layered in with the apples before the whole thing was sealed up and boiled. We knew it as an apple dumpling. One of my all time fav deserts growing up.

[@kimfleury]

That's interesting to know. The dessert we call "apple dumpling" is made by peeling and coring apples, then wrapping the whole apple uncut in an appropriate-sized circle of pie dough. Drop brown sugar and butter into the core, seal the top, and bake.

[@peterblum613]

I have had mulberries so many times in my life -- but only outside standing under the tree.

[@bgmaple47232]

We recently discovered a mulberry tree on our property. I didn't know what to do with them, now I do! Thanks Jon!

[@adreabrooks11]

I imagine you might have done a bit of research by now, but as a fellow mulberry-keeper, I thought I'd offer some suggestions. As you might guess, you can do pretty much anything with mulberries that you can do with other berries (pies, infusions, scatter them on a salad with vinaigrette) - but my favourites are mulberry pies and jams. Since mulberries aren't as sweet as many other fruits, jams and pies (which usually need lots of sugar) don't end up as cloyingly sweet as other options. Believe it or not, I also occasionally put them in hamburgers. I make my own patties, and a handful of crushed berries mixed into a kilo of ground beef gives it a sweet, tart note that blends well with the savoury meat.

[@tresand9595]

Yay! I have a mullberry tree in my yard! It's currently fruiting and now I have an orphaned baby bluejay to go with it.

[@PWL1371]

Mulberry must have played a very important part in people's lives back then. I actually have a Great Great grandfather whose middle name is Mulberry. His grandfather was from the 1790s. We have one of these trees on our property, but I never knew what it was till now. I will be trying this dish! Thanks !!!

[@DungeonMiser]

Pig farmers used to plant them near stys to pump up the herd, along with black walnut, oak, and persimons

[@williamelliott]

I planted a small mulberry tree 2 years ago. Maybe 4 ft tall. It's 15 ft tall now. It produced so many wonderful sweet berries. I love them.they are also very healthy. Now I want a white mulberry.

[@danswansonguitar]

One of my favorite childhood memories of growing up in northern Indiana are of hot summer days climbing into the mulberry trees for the shady coolness and the almost endless supply of mulberries. We would sit in those trees for hours. Just watching this recipe brings me a smile.

[@FaerieDust]

Mulberries are so lovely. My dad's family home has a giant mulberry tree that hangs over the veranda, my cousins would hold out a big blanket or sheet underneath and just shake a couple of branches to get the ripe berries to fall off. Delicious. I haven't been back there in like a decade, but I still remember how lovely they were.

[@Chungustav]

That's how I harvest my tree too and I get about half of the berries that are ripe black) so I usually fill the kitchen sink and soak and sort them picking out the ones that aren't ripe and leaves. It usually takes me about a half hour but I usually end up with about 10 lb of mulberries

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[@kimfleury]

My Grandpa Fleury had one mulberry tree in his orchard, or more correctly, on the edge of his orchard. I think it was the only fruit he didn't harvest to sell in his greenhouse & produce business. There was one apple and one pear tree there, as well. Those three trees were for us grandkids to harvest at will. My favorite was the mulberries. It was the only mulberry tree I've known in this area, and when Grandpa sold the farm, reserving the former pig lot to build his new home on, we could no longer have mulberries. I didn't see another mulberry tree for about 30 years. It was in an historic New England cemetery. I picked a bunch and enjoyed them. I haven't seen another mulberry tree since then. That was about 18 years ago. Boy, I wish I could get some mulberries!

[@Erewhon2024]

Morus alba are hardy, spread everywhere by birds, and available at many nurseries. Unfortunately they also tend to be insipid (sweet but no acidity and usually only moderate aromatics). Morus rubra (the USA native, z5?) often has better flavor but is a big tree and usually half are male. Morus nigra and macroura have the best reputation for flavor but aren't cold hardy (& M. nigra hates humidity so is mostly a western US or Old World species). Hybrids between M. alba and M. rubra (e.g. Illinois Everbearing) are probably the best tasting options for cold areas.

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[@EnglishCountryLife]

Mulberries are associated with nobility here because James I in 1607 ordered the planting of 10,000 mulberry trees to start a silk industry. Unfortunately black mulberries, not white mulberries were planted - better for fruit than silkworms.Some of those trees still stand!

[@Kliest3]

Here on the farm, mulberry trees were always seen as a weed tree. Because they are very plentiful around the barns and when the fruit drops, the flies swarm, not to mention the stain. My wife and parents were told by elders that mulberry was toxic so they've never tried it. Last year i convinced my wife to try some, and we were hoping to make jam this year. I'll have to try making a pudding for the parents. Just have to fight off the mini donkeys when i start shaking branches.

[@sortius_]

I think the reason mulberries are used for drinks a lot is that there's antibacterial properties with the fruit, so it's easy to make a long lived drink that doesn't make you ill. On a side note, my kids both go nuts on the mulberry trees in people's yards where I live in Australia, and I still remember climbing mulberry trees in Tonga and here in Australia as a kid. Mum always knew, as I'd ruin my T-shirt every time.

[@adreabrooks11]

I must say, John: you've become a master at pudding presentation; that one looks absolutely perfect! Also, I always love these old recipes: "If a small pudding, X; if a large pudding, Y" - no indication of what "small" or "large" means. "When it is enough, turn it onto your dish." Finally, as a long-time fan of mulberries, I highly recommend them to those who haven't tried them. They're neither as sweet as most modern dessert-berries, nor are they as tart as raspberries, wild strawberries and so on. This isn't to say their flavour is mild per se; just not cloying. They're among my favourite fruit, and a perfect addition to jams, pies and other high-sugar baking - as well as to dishes where one wants a depth of flavour beyond just sweetness, such as scones/tea biscuits.

[@NathanBenedict45]

I love mulberries! I just made infusions with gin and whisky. They're great!

[@AndyViant]

Ooh... Gin infused mulberries sound great.

[@SmokinJoesPitBBQ]

That looked so good! Nice hot cup of coffee and I'm set!👍🏼

[@Morrisonsgirlfriendforever1971]

Oh yes

[@rosemcguinn5301]

This would also be nice with ice cream.

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[@kinjiru731]

As a cobbler lover, I was definitely green with envy at seeing this one. Well done!

[@1One2Three5Eight13]

I grew up in a house with a giant mulberry tree in the back, and only just now (over a decade after leaving home) decided to try and forage some from the wild trees in the area. This year we had such a bad mulberry crop locally though, that I didn't end up getting any. I wish we'd had this recipe when I was a kid though. I have nothing against mulberry-rhubarb pie, but variety is always nice.

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[@sorchaOtwo]

Raspberry, mulberry sauce is delicious! Simple to make cook down your berries with sugar. When fruit is cooked, strain out stems. Use on anything you want, top shortcake biscuits, on toast, pancakes, over small cakes, over brownies, even blended into something to drink. Yummy!

[@mrdanforth3744]

Mulberry bushes were an important resource for the making of silk. The best quality silk comes from silk worms fed on mulberry leaves. If you find "wild" mulberry bushes around an old farm site from the 18th or 19th century there is a good chance the farm wife went in for sericulture or the raising of silk worms. So they had the silk and the mulberries besides.

[@sallymoen7932]

I found out mulberries do grow in western Washington, but they aren't native and haven't been planted in too many places. The taste is said to be tart and "berry-like", whatever that means. I would like to try some jam from mulberries. The most common mulberry here is a decorative, non-fruit-bearing plant, called a weeping mulberry.

[@lugo5678]

There are several mulberry trees at home and I will definitely be trying this pudding this summer.

[@thebratqueen]

I appreciate how this video has captions on it. The accessibility is nice for those of us who need them.

[@opybrook7766]

Crusts are my favorite part of all types of pies! I often prefer the crust to the filling 😄

[@pjstatenisland1575]

Love it! Just picked mulberries this past weekend....can't wait to try it ❤

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[@beverly3397]

I have been blessed with a Mulberry tree. I wouldn't have notices but this year it has berries. I am very happy 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@thefoamcollective1308]

So jelly! Thanks for the recipe! The mulberries are late around here this year, looks like a low yield. But one of our favorite fruits! ... Home made yogurt, a bit o vanilla and honey and a good helping of berries is heavenly. Yay mulberries!

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[@Dexterity_Jones]

What a fun recipe! I recently planted a mulberry in the fall lf the year here in my country. Cannot wait.

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[@Amanda-kw1vi]

We have mulberry trees in the yard (thanks birds!) But they usually eat all them before I get to them. Maybe I'll try and grab some. They grow like crazy! I literally cut feet off a month or so ago and it already grew another 3 feet!

[@Ritabug34]

We had a mulberry tree in my yard growing up, every year we loved picking and eating them! Delicious looking recipe and love the channel

[@lordnichard]

I just spent all morning harvesting mulberries and I see this on my feed. I'm making wine though.

[@TheUnkBoogie]

I would love to make that wine. My brother has a tree in his yard and hates it. But I plan on putting it to good use! Any tips?

[@cristywyndham-shaw5111]

Looks good! We still make this boiled fruit pudding here in Scotland with fresh berries or apples. So nice to serve it warm on a cold, rainy day with a cup of tea. Tfs!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen you make it. Great job Jon, thanks for sharing with us. Fred

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[@arthurrapson8183]

Been watching the channel for years. Nobody doubts your research or passion for the 18th century but there have not been any good cooks on your show. It’s just apparent. Consistently.

[@jessej7111]

I might have to finally make a boiled pudding! This looks amazing!

[@JohnGault2398]

There was a mulberry tree in the school yard when I was young. It was in a part of the yard we were not supposed to be, but we snuck over at recess and lunch during mulberry season.

[@virginia7191]

I recently planted 2 mulberry trees in my yard. Can’t wait until they produce so I can try this wonderful recipe!

[@frankmacleod2565]

Mulberries are the best berry. I wish they grew around here. This looks fantastic, thanks

[@moniquem783]

I’ll try it with apples and raspberries as that’s what I’ve got. I’ll have to do it in my pudding basin as my pudding cloth has been packed. Seems like a fabulous way to use up some of the leftover brandy butter from Christmas!

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Cotton kitchen cloth, great for using as a pudding cloth www.townsends.us/products/cotton-kitchen-cloth-s3472-p-1528

[@supergeek1418]

I'd bet that a wee dram of Sack or brandy added to the butter and sugar put in at the end would be delightful!

[@robertgreen6027]

@Townsends Would the same cooking equipment found in an 18th century kitchen, have been used to cook aboard a ship too? Or did ships have their own pots, pans and equipment made specifically for a ship at sea? That pudding looks amazing by the way!!!

[@margiemasih990]

Mulberries are so good . My grandmother had a tree with white mulberries.she said it was rare but they were mulberries.

[@stockton1856]

Just picked a bucket of mulberries and saw that you posted this! Great timing!

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[@jmkupihea7630]

Hear me out, currants and pumpkin pie filling for fall. Make the crust orangeish by making it gingerbread style, use currants to make a little jack o lantern face, fill it with pumpkin pie filling, wrap and tie it so it’s pumpkin shaped!

[@trishoconnor2169]

I love the affection with which you say, "The butter mellllted …"

[@deborahscotland8819]

That looks delicious. And I'd never heard of mulberry wine before, interesting.

[@KLGChaos]

My grandparents had a mulberry tree in their front yard. We used to love waiting for the fruits to ripe and then dipping them into some sugar and eating them.

[@theampski3794]

Perfect timing! I just had the first ripe berries off the tree today.

[@neilwickman]

I just some mulberry jam! It's a lovely, fussy kind of fruit

[@lincolnmcgowan]

Oooh! I’m starving now haha as I watch the video. I have all the ingredients right now so I’m definitely going to try this recipe later 🥧😋❤️. Thank you Jon Edit: I forgot to mention the huge mulberry tree growing in my backyard!! The summer always brings sweet delights like these :D

[@rainydaylady6596]

I've never had mulberries. Are they like blackberries?

[@Morrisonsgirlfriendforever1971]

@@rainydaylady6596 yea me neither

[@lincolnmcgowan]

Well for taste they’re kind of like a combination of grapes and blackberries with a woody aroma. Like cedar and also not as jam-like as blackberries

[@Morrisonsgirlfriendforever1971]

@@lincolnmcgowan yummy

[@wendyhutchins945]

I love mulberries. This looks great. I find myself thinking that your paste wants a little salt. Love your channel. :)

[@oakmaiden2133]

We are deep in wild blackberry season right now. No mulberry trees. I do remember one hot sunny day at a friends apartment complex, where the was a mulberry tree. It was the perfect size for climbing. 3 teen girls (at the time) gobbling berries and smearing each other in a flash food fight. My mother was appalled at our appearance, what a great joy!

[@cyruskhalvati]

Love me some mulberries. If you can find them half purple half red (almost fully ripe, like one or two days from) they are the best in my opinion. When eaten at that stage they are nearly as sweet as they would peak out as but also have a very nice tartness.

[@susan_elizabeth]

This looks wonderful! Thank you for sharing! 💜

[@Jackson-stewart_]

Growing up we had many mulberry trees in our yard. I remember getting juice stains on my hands and clothes, good memories.

[@MiscMitz]

Yum. Still haven't tried a boiled pudding

[@alifetomake]

Me neither, but you know what? Life is short... It's time!

[@alteredstateskustom]

I grew up eating clootie pudding Boiled puddings are a great memory for me

[@jessicaneidlinger6353]

It's very much like a fruit dumpling really. Looks so delicious!!

[@kattkatt744]

Lol, I was thinking the same. Very big sweet dumpling!

[@cedarcottagefarm2885]

I make mulberry jelly. My mother-in-law made mulberry pie. It’s nice to see a different recipe.

[@BangBangBo]

I love mulberries. Planted many in my yard. Birds and animals are a fan too.

[@josh24441]

Lately I’ve been studying life during the 18th and 19th century and historically, that kitchen he’s in would’ve been considered a luxury kitchen. Just wanted to share my studies here :).

[@annalepper457]

This reminds me of picking mulberries at my parents house to make cobbler!

[@innubibus2000]

I love these pudding videos!

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[@rosemcguinn5301]

"And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street." Great episode, guys! 😋😋 And I love Townsends Plus!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

That is one amazing looking pudding. Cheers, Rose! ✌️

[@diannamarsolek]

We usually role ours out a bit then lay in our pudding bowl add fruit and then use water on the edge of the dough to help seal as we close it

[@singer3188]

I also have access to almost unlimited mulberry trees in my area. Definitely going to try this recipe!

[@elizam9652]

oh yay. mulburry season just started

[@JW-yt7lr]

Such a great use of Mulberries . I make this dessert with blackberries and apples in a suet crust paste . Use vegetarian or animal suet [ the best is made by Atora ] line a pudding basin with the suet paste , fill with fruit and top with a paste lid . Wrap tight in a pudding cloth and boil or steam . Serve with ice-cream or a wine and butter sauce . Perfect

[@shadodragonette]

I miss mulberries. They don't seem to grow near where I live now. I can't plant them because I am renting. Used to pick them right off the tree as a kid before they were ripe, I was too hungry for fruit. I know now it was vitamins lacking in my diet, but I still love mulberries.

[@kimfleury]

It's a good thing you had mulberries to supply your vitamin needs!

[@horseslove45]

Yesssss!! I love mulberries and been waiting forever for a recipe from you on this!! So excited

[@kleoqwer]

In Boston area there are very few mulberry trees left. More houses and marking lots, less and less trees.

[@jameshaulenbeek5931]

There was a beautiful, large mulberry tree growing on the back field of my elementary school. The teachers tried to keep us from eating them by telling us they were poisonous...🙄 I'll still eat them by the fistful, along with any berry!

[@kimfleury]

That was mean of those teachers! I know my local schools don't allow any tree-climbing, so it's unfortunate that if we had mulberry trees on the property, the kids would be forbidden to climb for snacks. But I wouldn't lie to the kids and tell them mulberries are poison!

[@jameshaulenbeek5931]

@@kimfleury I assume they didn't want us going home with berry juice stains on our clothes... don't know. But yeah, they're delicious! Always have been!

[@rheamorales1329]

I was the deviant teacher who allowed my students to eat the mulberries from the tree when the other teachers told them not to eat them. The branches were loaded and low enough so no one had to climb. Probably the healthiest thing many of them ate all day.

[@nordicson2835]

This looked really good , and nit as hard as l thought it would be , thank you , glad that you arent digging your well in this heat.

[@sirrichardwhitney5452]

I have an abundance of wild Mulberries, and Boysenberry , on the property , when in season here in Michigan I have to pick them twice a day,. I'm using this recipe this year.

[@CatsPajamas23]

👍 I love mulberries, (the bane of summer whites) and have always wondered why they're not more popular. They're great on cereal at breakfast, or in pies if you add a little citrus and don't over sweeten. This recipe is really intriguing; I've never seen pie paste boiled in a pudding bag!

[@wendynordstrom3487]

My plum tree is going crazy right now. Plum pudding here I come!

[@dalevodden1359]

To John Townsend Please do a video on making mulberry wine seeing how you got all the mulberries might as well do a video on making mulberry wine God bless

[@frankbeenies]

You are awesome thanks for the great channel. It's a nice slice of where we came from :)

[@madisonhasson8981]

I know what I'm making next mulberry season... unfortunately our mulberry season ended a couple weeks ago.

[@pattheplanter]

Mulberry brandy was an 18th century recipe as well. William Salmon described it in _The Family Dictionary, or, Household Companion_ Probably better than his suggestion that turnip brandy could be a major English product. :0)