When we saw the release promising us that "Victorian produce shines at Gulfood in Dubai," The Spin was hoping for a trip down memory lane, where you could feast on sheep's trotters, hot eels and plum duff before a bracing outing on the penny farthing to whip some orphans.
"Did you know, if you placed every plum sold in Worcestershire - the beleaguered fruit's powerbase - during the season in a straight line along the M5 fastlane it would, within minutes, become too slippery to use?" I've also discovered plum duff is not a pregnant plum.
Captain Andy Legg led a team of eight men in Operation Plum Duff, part of the response to the sinking of HMS Sheffield by an Exocet missile in May 1982.
The mini melee that followed at least brought energy to an encounter that had been plum duff at a time of year when we're all anticipating a brandy soaked pudding.
" These moments of high enthusiasm filled my chest, or at least a girth already padded with mince pies and generous helpings of plum duff. At the final "O come let us adore Him" my zealous, if untutored baritone, was the loudest voice in the grand assembly.
Christmas will be a miserable affair this year with a twig for a tree, turnips for presents and families having to make do with sausage and mash instead of turkey and plum duff.
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