Why is Yorkshire Pudding called a pudding?!
Why is Yorkshire Pudding called a pudding?
It is more like a bread type thing.
Answers:
I am not English but I just love Yorkshire Pudding.
Pudding is either of two general types of the second deriving from the first. Which of these foods are regarded as puddings differs between geographical regions.
1st type - The older puddings are foods that are presented in a solid mass formed by the mixing of various ingredients with a binder, which might include batter (as in Yorkshire pudding), blood (black pudding), eggs (bread pudding), or a mixture of suet and flour or some other cereal (plum pudding).
2nd type - The newer type of pudding can be either a dessert-type dish or one eaten for snack. The usual preparation is for sugar and other added ingredients to be solidified by means of some gelling or structural agent, including cornstarch, gelatin, eggs, tapioca (cassava), and other starches. Forms of these include custard and blanc-mange. They are available in forms which require cooking or in instant form.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pudding...
If I recall correctly, in Britain, a "pudding" is any type of dessert. Somehow, we on this side of the ocean got the idea that a pudding is a creamy cornstarch confection, but never anything baked.
Especially if it features currants.
But, we need answers from British people, who actually know what they're talking about.
I think that in England, pudding is their word for dessert.