I had to pick some chips up for tonight's tea, so I took the liberty of adding three Chirstmas puddings to my basket. I will review them all side by side. So here they are:
Sainsbury's Taste the difference, Cognac laced Christmas pudding (TTD)
Sainsbury's SO organic Christmas pudding (SO)
Sainsbury's Luxury Christmas pudding (SL)
Purchased: Today! (Dec 2008)
Best Before: March 2010
Cooked: Steamed
Lit Up: No
Cream or Custard: Cream
Packaging: All three puds are in regular plastic tubs. TTD is black, SO is green and SL is red. TTD has a lovely purple box, SO a green box and SL a gold sleeve.
Appearance: All are flat bottomed puds, because of the plastic tubs they are in. All pretty shiny, but the SO one was noticeably lighter in colour.
Texture: All three were very similar in texture. TTD was nuttier than the other two, but all crumbled nicely when eaten.
Taste: This is where they differ. SL was a solid pudding, just the sort of thing you expect from a Christmas pudding. Nice and fruity, but nothing extra special. SO was very similar, but had something a bit more that made it taste "nicer"! Struggling to find the words to describe how it differs. Both E and I agreed it was tastier. It's lasting flavour was also better. TTD was altogether a bit different. We really did "taste the difference", but unfortunately it was not for the better. I liked the larger nuts (almonds I think), but E is not so keen. The main problem is that the pud was too alcoholic. The others were not so. TTD was a big disappointment.
Scores
TTD: 4/10
SO: 7/10
SL: 6/10
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