Marsden took 18kg of Christmas pudding. Muslin is the material for the traditional cloth wrapped around a Christmas pudding. December parcels included a Christmas pudding and marzipan sweets. Christmas pudding developed from a meat dish. Most dined on turkey, ham, roast potatoes and Christmas pudding, and Christmas services were held. Brandy is traditionally poured over Christmas pudding and set alight. Similar to the English Christmas pudding the "Mohr im Hemd" is cooked in water. The meal is finished with Christmas Pudding, Ice cream or trifle. In America, the traditions of the Christmas Pudding had already arrived in pre-revolutionary days. Christmas pudding with custard or brandy butter. The Christmas pudding and Christmas cake evolved from this tradition. Prior to the 19th century, the English Christmas pudding was boiled in a pudding cloth. The cleit in the Village meadows is said to resemble "a giant Christmas pudding". For dessert, pumpkin or apple pie, raisin pudding, Christmas pudding, or fruitcake are the staple. Christmas Pudding is no better, which Grandad has literally burnt to a cinder.