Why do we put coins in Christmas puddings?

sequoianoir

So that we might get a chance to perform the heimlich manoeuvre. Dec 21 03, 4:43 PM

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It was a typing mistake in the recipe. It should have been currants instead of currency Dec 21 03, 5:01 PM

MaggieG 5

Was it a ploy brought about by Dental technicians to boost their trade for repairing sets of falsies on boxing day? Dec 21 03, 5:54 PM

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It was from a recipe in a Cannibals cook book. Several Jewish holiday makers were marrooned on their island in december. The cannibals originally put the Cohens in the pudding and it must have lost a bit in translation. Or http://www.lisawoods.co.nz/tradition.htm if you want a more plausible answer. Dec 21 03, 6:12 PM

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