"limey" > wrote in :

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> "Wayne" wrote in message >
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> "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.

I was taught how to make a summer pudding when I stayed with friends in
the Lake District years ago, and it's a favorite at our house. I made
one a couple of weeks ago with blackberries and raspberries. Though I
wasn't taught how, I was served a wonderful Christmas pudding on another
visit and given the recipe. Now I make one each December for the
following year. Unfortunately, I've never developed a taste for kidneys,
but I do like the same pudding without them. <g>

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Wayne in Phoenix

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