Zurich Legacy Kitchen Cookbook - Book - Page 37
L e g ac y K it c hen
Helen
Coombs
Mum was a lovely, gentle soul, and her
One of my favourite memories is of
presence was larger than life. Looking after
Christmas time, when Mum would decorate
a family of five, she was a great feeder, too.
oranges with cloves, and there were always
It wasn’t until I was ten years old that
satsumas tucked into the bottom of our
I found out I was adopted at six weeks old,
stockings, without fail.
receiving all the paperwork to go with it.
Bread pudding is one of the treasured
Mum always said I was a scrawny baby, and
handwritten recipes I have from Mum.
that she had made up for it ever since by
It was inexpensive to make, but never
feeding me too much.
lacking in love, and it filled us up whenever
Every evening, our family of five would
we were craving some pudding.
gather around the table, eating dinner and
These days, I sometimes swap the
pudding together. I remember getting the
fruit for dark chocolate, which is better for
giggles when my brother set me off, time
the heart, but the memory of Mum, and the
and again, until I was sent away from the
table full of laughter, stays exactly the same.
table to finish my food in peace. Looking
back, we still laugh about it now.
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