What is a Clootie cloth?
What is a Clootie Dumpling? A Clootie Dumpling is a Scottish dessert traditionally made of dried fruit, spices, oatmeal or breadcrumbs, flour, and beef suet. It’s boiled in a cloth, called a “cloot”, hence the name.
How long can you keep a Clootie dumpling?
The best place to store your Clootie Dumpling is in a cold dark place; we always recommend the refrigerator once you have taken your Clootie Dumpling out of the vacuum bag store in the fridge for 2-3 days or freeze.
What is the difference between Clootie dumpling and Christmas pudding?
How is it different from a Christmas pudding? If you look back far enough you will find the origins of a clootie dumpling are really just a plum, or Christmas, pudding. Clootie dumpling, however, is plainer, not as rich and has a lighter texture.
Where did the Clootie dumpling originate from?
Scots
Clootie Dumpling is a traditional Scots dish that has been around for centuries. It was around 1650, when people realised that a pudding cloth could be used to steam or boil puddings in a bubbling pot of water over an open fire.
Where did Clootie dumpling originate?
Why do people wrap cloth around trees?
Horticulturists tell us the tender stems of young transplanted trees are securely wrapped in a layer of cloth in order to prevent sun scald, which is injury to woody plants like trees that can result in local death of plant tissue and even to death of the entire tree.
Why do people put cloth on trees?
The ‘cloots’ of the clootie well are scraps of cloth hung from trees surrounding a sacred well or spring. Those afflicted with an illness or injury would wash an affected area with water from the well, then attach their cloth to the tree, the idea being that as it rotted and faded away so did their affliction.
How do you store Clootie dumpling?
Vacuum packed Clootie Dumpling has a shelf life of 12 months but once opened you can store it in the following ways:
- Place in an airtight container and use within 2 days.
- Wrap in foodsafe film, store in a refrigerator and use within 2 days.
- Wrap in aluminium foil and freeze.