"Lucretia Borgia" wrote in message > >
>
> I am not sure if anyone pointed out that bread pudding came into its
> own during the war. The flour in the bread replaced the loose flour
> that was not available most of the time. Ingredients were very
> flexible, in other words what one could find, and if the mixture was
> not too appealing, well it would be covered in custard to make it
> somewhat better. I remember fairly frequently when it was mostly
> bread and suet with just the odd trophy currant if you were the lucky
> kid who got that slice
>
> I prefer the bread and butter pudding to the bread pudding simply
> because I had the latter ad infinitum as a kid.
>
> Sheena

Well, I hate to give away my distinguished years, but I was eating bread
pudding as a small child long before the war. I think it was just an
economical way to use up stale bread. Although the stuff fills me with
nostalgia, I can't say it was my favourite - I'd rather have a good
gooseberry pie, myself. <G>

Dora