"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>
My mother never made a really good YP (although she was a superb cook) but
was from East Anglia. She always poured off the excess fat before making
the gravy, however, and stored this in the fridge. Perhaps you could do the
same and then have proper YPs with rare beef.
Graham