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Sugar plums are widely associated with Christmas, through cultural phenomena such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker (composed by Tchaikovsky, 1892), as well as the line, "The children were nestled all snug in their beds/While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads," from Clement C. Moore's poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823), better known as " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas".
The Victoria plum is a type of English plum. It has a yellow flesh with a red or mottled skin. This plum is a cultivar of the egg plum group (Prunus domestica ssp. intermedia). The fruit is oval or ovate in shape. The ground colour is greenish yellow, mostly covered with purple.
Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, [3] common persimmon, [4] eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples, [5] or sugar plum. [6] It ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida , and west to Texas , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Kansas , and Iowa .
As techniques for meat preserving improved in the 18th century, the savoury element of both the mince pie and the plum pottage diminished as the sweet content increased. People began adding dried fruit and sugar. The mince pie kept its name, though the pottage was increasingly referred to as plum pudding. As plum pudding, it became widespread ...
while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap. When out on the roof there arose such a clatter,
Sugarplum is a common name for several plants and may refer to: . Amelanchier canadensis, native to eastern North America; Diospyros virginiana; Prune plum (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica)
Replacing jelly or jam with smashed berries on toast or a sandwich reduces added sugar and increases fiber, vitamins and minerals. Malkani recommends smashing the berries with the flat side of a fork.
Smoking bishop is a type of mulled wine, punch, or wassail, especially popular in Victorian England at Christmas time, and it is mentioned in Dickens' 1843 story A Christmas Carol. [1] Smoking bishop was made from port, red wine, lemons or Seville oranges, sugar, and spices such as cloves.