Can I take a break from steaming my Christmas puddings?

whitesatin

My puddings have been cooking for almost 5 hours now and I want to go out. I'm just turning off the heat and leaving them sitting there till I get back. I don't want to poison anyone on Christmas day, should I continue to cook them tomorrow for a couple of hours and then again on Christmas Day?

Wraithlady

IMHO you should be fine - there's nothing that will go off after 5 hours of cooking so I doubt you will poison anyone.

If you're concerned, use your nose on Crhistmas Day - if it smells musty, don't eat it but otherwise, heat it in the microwave and make sure it's up to temperature.

Murphybear

I tend to make smaller puddings now rather than one or two large ones. They are quicker to cook /reheat and you can keep unused ones for ages.

We have a homemade pudding and uncut Christmas cake from last year

McKneff

Icant see a problem at all.
If you are bothered, cool them and then freeze them till christmas eve

Katiehound

I bet they were fine.
Out of interest was this boiling in a saucepan or cooking in a bain marie in the oven?