Do Americans have 'Yorkshire Puddings' or are they called something else ?!
Answers: Been over a few times and never seen them over there, anyone ever had a Yorkshire pud with gravy in America ?
Yes and no!
If you visit Vegas, and this is highly rec commended, you will see many fancy hotels. Toward the southern end of "the strip" you will find the Excalibur; looks like something out of Disney.
On the second floor (where the good restaurants are located), you will find Sir Galahad's; this one specializes in Prime Rib and has both creamed spinach and Yorkshire Pudding.
Now the story demonstrating what we A-Mur-A-Kins are likely to think Yorkshire Pudding might be.
I was there on business and even though Excalibur caters to families (kids), I stayed there because of Sir Galahad.
I was enjoying my Prime Rib when, at the next table, two matronly American females, in their 50's, told their waiter they didn't get their pudding as promised on the menu.
The waiter explained that the pudding was the pastry there on their plate. They seemed to think he was conning them. When he left I said, "ladies, if you think that's different wait until you visit England and ask for a biscuit and get a cookie.
I had a good laugh and I'm not sure they believed me any more than they did the waiter. lol
But of course. Often called popovers here. A must with the Sunday roast.
of course they do but bigger and thicker
MMMMM..you can get pre-mix at the grocers.. It's called Jiffy popover mix.. very good poured over hot drippings in a sheet-pan and baked...I'm getting hungry.
my mother used to make it for thanksgiving with prime rib roast.
yeh theyv had them o freinds before at thanksgiving
My Mom used to make this only she would pour it around the pan that the roast was cooked it. It made for to die for little tasty crumblies. Hold the gravy though I like mine crispy;
They're not standard fare over here and I've not seen them in restaurants, just made at home. YUM
I'm American, born and raised in New Orleans, and although I've heard of popovers I have never heard of them being used this way. Perhaps it's a more northern thing? In the south, we always cooked popovers in a muffin tin, and then the individual breads would be opened and filled with, for instance, scrambled eggs. i have never heard of them being poured over beef drippings, but I'm glad to learn about this, as it explains to me what on earth Yorkshire pudding is really like. I had always wondered about that, and reading the recipes didn't really help me visualize what that would be like. innnnteresting. :)
The American version of Yorkshire Puddings is called, "Popovers".
Popovers are made in muffin tins.
Popovers are typically served with a beef roast (and gravy) and usually made using the beef fat drippings from the roast.
I tend to believe that they are both the same thing, but whoever invented Popovers didn't want to use the name Yorkshire Pudding since people wouldn't know what the heck that was. It's not a pudding in the sense of a custard-like dessert that Americans are used to when they hear the term "pudding".
In most parts of America, something called a "popover" is what the English now call "Yorkshire Pudding". Invented by Cletus Farnsworthy in Yorkshire, Pennsylvania, (as a food supplement for his horses during the winter months) the recipe for "Yorkshire Pudding" made its way to Yorkshire, England in around 1760, where its dull, stodgy "horse-feed-like" consistency was eagerly embraced by English Northerners.
And the rest, as they say, is history...
Your having a laugh they dont even know what Gravy is and whilst im at it I bet you had a wonderful cup of tea there too." PG Tips"
As close as can be and called popovers.
If you think the UK has the monopoly on gravy. You haven't a prayer. US has the rest of the world beat on that score.
It's OK - I'm Canadian. Can't beat American gravy.