Felice wrote:

> You've got it! My father made a three-legged wire rack and my mother stood
> it in the pudding pan. Being from a Brit family, she tended to overcook the
> roast, but the Yorkshire was incredibly good. I can't imagine it without the
> drippings!

While I prefer roast beef rare to medium rare, sometimes you need to
overcook it to get the fat for Yorkies and the drippings for gravy.