British Foods

[annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at n...>
wrote:
> Sherry
> >
> > Spotted dick is a pastry that has raisins in it.  That from of all
> > things the movie King Ralph with John Goodman, lol.  Hope that helps.
> > Have no idea what treacle tart is.  Although in another scene Mr
> > Weasly puts treacle in his porrige so maybe it is like cinnamon sugar
> > maybe?
> >
> 
> K
> wrong on both counts unfortunately!
> 
> Spotted Dick is a sponge-type pudding (that's not a great
description so I
> hope there's someone out there better at describing food than me - my
> speciality is more along the lines of eating it ...) with raisins in it
> usually eaten hot with custard.

Annemehr:
Well, "pudding" means vastly different things on either side of the
pond. As far as I can make out, British pudding is most like, maybe, a
cross between a pastry and a cake (and I'm only judging by one
Christmas pudding). American pudding is maybe more like a *very* thick
custard (i.e. you can mound it up on a spoon), and it comes in
flavors. American pudding is milk-based.

Which is also not to mention that in Britain, "pudding" is the generic
term for "dessert" you eat after a meal -- so "What's for pudding?"
over there means the same as "What's for dessert?" over here.

Annemehr