First proposed by J. J. Thomson in 1904 soon after the discovery of the electron, but before the discovery of the atomic nucleus, the model tried to explain two properties of atoms then known: that electrons are negatively charged particles and that atoms have no net electric charge.

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Plum pudding is a boiled pudding that resembles a cake because of the use of flour and binding ingredients. Most foods are not invented; they evolve and pudding is no exception. It’s likely that the name plum pudding was created because of the pre-Victorian use of the word “plum” instead of prunes or raisins.

The Tradition of the Christmas Pudding. Christmas pudding originated as a 14th century porridge called ‘frumenty’ that was made of beef and mutton with raisins, currants, prunes, wines and spices. This would often be more like soup and was eaten as a fasting meal in preparation for the Christmas festivities.

Christmas Pudding (also known as plum pudding or figgy pudding) is a dish as famous as it is misunderstood. In America, Christmas Pudding (also known as plum pudding or figgy pudding) is a dish as famous as it is misunderstood.

Dry fruit intake from your Christmas pudding will help you keep your blood pressure, blood cholesterol and sugar control in check! Raisins, also referred to as “nature’s candy” is rich in antimicrobial compounds, fibre, and iron. This helps by lowering the risk of heart disease and relieving constipation.

You’re forgiven if you think Christmas Pudding is the round English version of an American fruitcake. While it has similarities, they are altogether different. Both improve with age and include dried fruits, chopped nuts, hearty spices, and steep in a cold dark spot for weeks, but that is where the similarities end.

English pudding, however, can be sweet or savory. The savory versions include Yorkshire pudding (fried batter doused with meat gravy), black pudding (sausage made with congealed blood) and suet pudding (boiled or steamed mutton or beef fat).

Another difference between fruit cake and Christmas cake is their ingredients. While both contain dried fruits and nuts, fruit cake contains butter to hold them together, and Christmas pudding contains eggs and suet. Furthermore, some people cover fruit cakes with marzipan and royal icing, but not Christmas puddings.

Fruit and fruitcake, as well as many variations, are slang or even sexual slang terms which have various origins, is a homophobic slur, tend to primarily refer to gay men and sometimes other LGBT people.

Consuming a piece of fruitcake in the morning as a healthy energy booster is good due to its dense caloric package of dried fruits which contain little or no fats and are regarded as a natural source of energy for players and kids.

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Most fruitcake recipes include dried nuts, dried fruit, and “candied” fruit or peel (meaning the fruit has been both dried and preserved in sugar). “In practical terms, this makes most fruitcakes extremely shelf stable, so they would be safe to eat for a long time – a really long time,” Chapman says.

Guinness World Records doesn’t have an entry for the oldest fruitcake, but as for cakes in general, the Ford fruitcake is nowhere near the world’s oldest, The Detroit News reported. That honor goes to a 4,176-year-old cake that was found in an Egyptian tomb, according to the Guinness organization.

95 years (1911–2006)

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