"Wayne" wrote in message >

"limey" wrote:
> > Well, Wayne has answered for me, but he's correct. One thing to
> > know, though, is that the dessert called bread pudding here in the US
> > is called bread and butter pudding in the UK. Bread pudding in the UK
> > is as I described it in the recipe - totally different from B&B
> > pudding.
> >
> > Dora
>
> Dora, for many years I didn't know that they were two different
> puddings, not until I spent some time in the UK. Personally, I prefer
> the bread and butter pudding over bread pudding. From what I've heard,
> I gather that bread and butter pudding is often considered "nursery
> food" in the UK, while bread pudding is considered a more proper
> dessert.

I think that it's whatever the cook feels like making and what she has on
hand! <g>. We had bread and butter pudding more than bread pudding, but I
suppose that's what my mother preferred to cook.
>
> Here in the US there doesn't seem to be a distinction between the two.
> Both are made (depending on where you are), and both are called "bread
> pudding". Until I learned better, when I encountered both puddings, I
> assumed it was just a difference in the cook's interpretation.

Then I just learned something, Wayne - I have never run across the UK
version of bread pudding here in the States, just the US version of bread
pudding (which I love with a rum custard sauce).
>
> I don't think most folks in the US are aware of the seemingly endless
> variety of puddings in the UK. AFAIC, they are missing a lot.

You couldn't be more correct. They run the gamut from the heavy steak and
kidney pud and Christmas pud all the way to light steamed puddings of
endless variety. I even have a recipe for summer pudding, made with bread
and berries and uncooked, plus its counterpart made with autumn fruits.
Yum.
>
> Cheers!
> Wayne in Phoenix

Dora