Yorkshire Pudding: and other Brit Food

[sistermagpie]

> Tonks:
> > I agree with someone else who said the Yorkshire Pudding is some 
> > sort of bread. I expected a pudding. If I remember correctly, it 
> > isn't even sweet. Why is it called 'pudding', when it isn't sweet?
> 
> Geoff:
> Well, it's certainly nothing like bread....
> 
> But, when eaten in conjunction with beef and vegetables etc. it's 
very nice. 
> 
> Why pudding? Dunno. It's a bit like some types of pastry you use to 
top a 
> dessert pudding.

Magpie:
I'm trying to think of how I'd describe it--my mother always made it 
when I was growing up. It never seemed odd to me that it was called 
pudding, I guess because I was used to the name, but no, it's not like 
bread. It's kind of eggy in my mind.

-m