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I am curious, reading through these questions, exactly what is pudding? I have read about it and hear it mentioned in plays and movies but have never found out exactly what it is. Pudding seems to be popular in UK.
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All you ever need to know about Pudding !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudding
Christmas Pud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pudding
You can get them ready made these days and just bung them in the microwave .)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pudding
You can get them ready made these days and just bung them in the microwave .)
USALady.
You've just asked what pudding is, which a four year old could answer. Then you ask what curry paste is. Another question which would probably not trouble the most cerebrally challenged amongst us, not even most Americans.
Either you are taking the pi55 or you are yet to venture outside your front door into the big wide world full off pudding and curry paste.
You've just asked what pudding is, which a four year old could answer. Then you ask what curry paste is. Another question which would probably not trouble the most cerebrally challenged amongst us, not even most Americans.
Either you are taking the pi55 or you are yet to venture outside your front door into the big wide world full off pudding and curry paste.
Lucy seems to forget that 'American' English and 'British' English often vary greatly. (I was surprised when I found that an American correspondent didn't understand my use of words like 'fortnight' and 'alight').
Shaneystar2's link provides a comprehensive answer to the question The most important thing about that information is that it shows that 'pudding' can be used in many ways.
For example, if someone says '"What are we having for pudding?", the word 'pudding' is synonymous with 'dessert' but, as the Wikipedis page shows, there are various specific meanings to 'pudding'.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary offers two culinary definitions of 'pudding':
Definitiion 1: 'Soft or fairly firm food consisting of ingredients mixed with or enclosed in flour or other farinaceous or ceral substance and cooked by boiling, steaming or baking'
That definition encompasses a wide variety of dishes including Yorkshire pudding (which is normally a savoury accompaniment to a meat dish but which some Yorkshire people eat as a starter, served with gravy, and some Scots eat as a dessert, served with custard), plum pudding (which Christmas pudding is derived from) and milk puddings (which are semi-liquid dishes baced on rice, semolina or tapioca).
(The use of 'pudding' to simply mean 'dessert' is given as a derivative of Definition 1).
Shaneystar2's link provides a comprehensive answer to the question The most important thing about that information is that it shows that 'pudding' can be used in many ways.
For example, if someone says '"What are we having for pudding?", the word 'pudding' is synonymous with 'dessert' but, as the Wikipedis page shows, there are various specific meanings to 'pudding'.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary offers two culinary definitions of 'pudding':
Definitiion 1: 'Soft or fairly firm food consisting of ingredients mixed with or enclosed in flour or other farinaceous or ceral substance and cooked by boiling, steaming or baking'
That definition encompasses a wide variety of dishes including Yorkshire pudding (which is normally a savoury accompaniment to a meat dish but which some Yorkshire people eat as a starter, served with gravy, and some Scots eat as a dessert, served with custard), plum pudding (which Christmas pudding is derived from) and milk puddings (which are semi-liquid dishes baced on rice, semolina or tapioca).
(The use of 'pudding' to simply mean 'dessert' is given as a derivative of Definition 1).
Definition 2: 'Intestine of pig etc stuffed with oatmeal, blood, etc'.
That definition includes the wonderful British 'black pudding', which is comprised of blood and oatmeal with peeper and spices. (It's usually served as an accompaniment to fried meats and is totally delicious).
With regard to your question regarding (British) Christmas pudding, there's no single recipe but, basically, it's usually a fairly 'heavy' (dessert) pudding, packed with dried fruits and (frequently) drenched in alcohol. (The traditional way to serve Christmas pudding is to set light to it - or, more accurately, to the brandy that it's soaked in - when it arrives at the table).
Chris
That definition includes the wonderful British 'black pudding', which is comprised of blood and oatmeal with peeper and spices. (It's usually served as an accompaniment to fried meats and is totally delicious).
With regard to your question regarding (British) Christmas pudding, there's no single recipe but, basically, it's usually a fairly 'heavy' (dessert) pudding, packed with dried fruits and (frequently) drenched in alcohol. (The traditional way to serve Christmas pudding is to set light to it - or, more accurately, to the brandy that it's soaked in - when it arrives at the table).
Chris
Buenchico.....thank you for your most gracious answer. I was somewhat taken aback by Lucy's answer as I was referring to Christmas pudding specifically which is not something we are familiar with in the US. I have ventured far outside my front door but have never heard of curry paste. I am quite familiar with curry powder. I've just noticed frequently on some of the recipes I've seen on this site that it includes curry paste. I do not plead to be an ignorant person just someone not familiar with the UK's definitions of some things. I have enjoyed viewing the AB as I am quite facinated with the UK although I have never visited. Lucy makes me feel as though I would not be welcome anyway if I did.
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