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In this episode, Robert and Lisa share fond memories and hilarious stories of the annual making of the Boiled Christmas Pudding hosted by Robert's mother and his Aunt Carol. If the holidays are a time for catching up with old friends, laughter, and taking a respite from the drudgery of every day life, this is the ultimate holiday episode. Between high school and college, I spent a gap year in Japan. There I met Robert, truly one of the funniest and fun-loving people I know. After that year, we stayed in touch as he met and married Lisa. They raise their family in Japan. Our families only see each other every 4 or 5 years. However, as you will hear, those times are as joyful and familiar as if we saw one another every day.

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• A lot of laughter
  
• What is a Christmas Pudding anyway??
  
• Memories of stirring the pudding for good luck
  
• Interpreting multiple versions of the same recipe
  
• More laughter
  
• 4 generations born in 4 different nations
  
• A non-food Christmas tradition from Robert's family that deeply affected me
  

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  186 (Holiday Classic) Family First: Building the Kelly Bronze Turkey Empire
  
  
  
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  179 What Happens After Happily Ever After? Alison Kay Returns
  
  
  
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  160 Christmas in Bruderhof with Diana Rutherford
  
  
  
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  149 Mythology, History, and Irish Stew with Shauna Lawless, Author of The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
  
  
  
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  145 Christmas in South Africa with Kate Jack
  
  
  
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  136 What is Ancestral Eating with Alison of Ancestral Kitchen
  
  
  
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  105 A Turkey Fit for The Queen with Paul Kelly of Kelly Bronze Turkey
  
  
  
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  072 Making Bread the French Way with Danielle Ellis, World Bread Awards Judge
  
  
  
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  069 A Recipe for Fearlessness with Kimberly Espinel of The Little Plantation and Eat Capture Share
  
  
  
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  067 A Wild Idea to Bring the Slow Cooker to Greece with Entrepreneur Eleni Vonissakou
  
  
  
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  060 "I Wanted to Encourage People" Letitia Clark, Author of "Bitter Honey"
  
  
  
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  015 Bonus Episode: All My Questions About British Food Culture
  
  
  
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  014 "We'll Fight 'Em On The Beaches" with Tilda Bourne
  
  
  
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  013 The Christmas Pudding Episode with Robert & Lisa Stewart