Christmas Food Preparation

As Christmas puddings and mince pies are not easily acquired in the 'desh, we embarked on a mission to create our own. Many ingredients were unavailable so a little creative license was used and a few ingredients were swapped. Dates replaced raisins, local sweet bread replaced regular bread for crumbs, and the rind and juice of something green and round that could be either a lime or a lemon was used.
Grated date molasses became a good substitute for brown sugar (with a little extra white sugar.)
Then the standard 6+ hours boiling.
All the while fueled by Si's spiced tea.