Pudding most often refers to a dessert Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. The word comes from the French language as dessert and this from Old French desservir, "to clear the table" and "to serve." Common desserts include cakes, cookies,, but can also refer to a savory A savoury is the final course of a traditional British formal meal, following the sweet pudding or dessert course. The Savoury is designed to "clear the palate" before the Port is served. It generally consists of salty and plain elements dish in some dialects.

In the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with and some Commonwealth The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-three independent member states. Most of them were formerly parts of the British Empire. They co-operate within a framework of common values and goals, as outlined in the Singapore Declaration. These include the promotion of democracy, countries, pudding refers to rich, fairly homogeneous starch- or dairy-based desserts (e.g. rice pudding Rice pudding is a dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and sometimes other ingredients. Different variants are used for either desserts or dinners. When used as a dessert, it is commonly combined with a sweetener, Christmas pudding Christmas pudding is the dessert traditionally served on Christmas day. It has its origins in England, and is sometimes known as plum pudding, though this can also refer to other kinds of boiled pudding involving a lot of dried fruit), or, informally, is used to refer to any dessert. The word is also used for fairly homogeneous encased savory dishes, e.g. black pudding Black pudding or blood pudding is a type of sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. It is also called blood sausage . Although "blood sausage" is often labeled as a North American term, it is also found in British English (e.g., in the story "The Name-Day" by Saki). ", suet pudding Spotted dick is a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit , commonly served with either custard or butter and brown sugar. Spotted refers to the dried fruit (which resemble spots) and Dick may be a contraction/corruption of the word pudding (from the last syllable) or possibly a corruption of the word dough. Another explanation offered for the.

In the U.S. The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the, pudding denotes a sweet milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards Custard is a range of preparations based on milk and eggs. Most commonly, custard refers to a dessert or dessert sauce, but custard bases are also used for quiches and other savoury foods. As a dessert, it is made from a combination of milk or cream, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla. Sometimes flour, corn starch, or gelatin are also added as well as to more traditional puddings such as bread pudding or rice pudding.

The word pudding probably comes from the French boudin, originally from the Latin botellus, meaning "small sausage," referring to encased meats used in Medieval European puddings.^[1]

Baked, steamed and boiled puddings

The first type of pudding is a solid mass formed by mixing various ingredients with a grain product or another binder (e.g., butter Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying. Butter consists of butterfat, water and milk proteins, flour Flour is a powder made of cereal grains. It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many civilizations, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history. Wheat flour is one of the most important foods in European and North American culture, and is the, cereal Cereals, grains or cereal grains, are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their fruit seeds (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis) - the endocarp, germ and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple crops. In their natural, eggs An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of any number of different species, consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo and its nutrient reserves. Most edible eggs, including bird eggs and turtle eggs, consist of a protective, oval eggshell, the, suet Suet is raw beef or mutton fat, especially the hard fat found around the loins and kidneys). These puddings are cooked by baking Baking is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by convection, and not by radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. It is primarily used for the preparation of bread, cakes, pastries and pies, tarts, quiches, and cookies. Such items are sometimes referred to as "baked goods," and are, steaming Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. Steaming is considered a healthy cooking technique and capable of cooking almost all kinds of food or boiling Boiling, a type of phase transition, is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which typically occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding environmental pressure. Thus, a liquid may also boil when the pressure of the.

This type of pudding is still common in various places and is served as either a main-course dish or a dessert. In Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland, which is both the world's smallest continent and the world's largest island, the island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 It is the only area of land simultaneously considered a continent,, pudding is usually used to describe this type, though the term also may be used to refer to the creamy dessert (see below).

Many puddings of this type resemble cakes Cake is a form of food that is usually sweet and often baked. Cakes normally combine some kind of flour, a sweetening agent , a binding agent (generally egg, though gluten or starch are often used by vegetarians and vegans), fats (usually butter, shortening, or margarine, although a fruit purée such as applesauce is sometimes substituted to avoid, characteristically with more moisture and usually served in chunks rather than slices. Others are types of sausages A sausage is a prepared food, usually made from ground meat, animal fat, salt, and spices , typically packed in a casing. Sausage making is a traditional food preservation technique. Dessert pudding is often accompanied by custard or ice cream.

Boiled pudding was a common main course aboard ships in the Royal Navy The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s. In World War II, the Royal Navy operated almost in the 18th and 19th centuries. Pudding was used as the primary dish in which daily rations of flour and suet were prepared.

Suet pudding

Steamed pies consisting of a filling completely enclosed by suet pastry are also known as puddings. These may be sweet or savory and include such dishes as steak and kidney pudding.

Creamy puddings

The second and newer type of pudding consists of sugar Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple (in maple syrup), and in many other sources. It forms the main, milk Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals . It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborn mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. The early lactation milk is known as colostrum, and carries the mother's antibodies to the baby. It can reduce the risk of many diseases in the baby. The, and a thickening agent such as cornstarch Cornstarch, or cornflour, is the starch of the corn grain. It is also grown from the endosperm of the corn kernel. It has a distinctive appearance and feel when mixed raw with water or milk, giving easily to gentle pressure but resisting sudden pressure (see Non-Newtonian fluid). It is usually included as an anti-caking agent in powdered sugar (10, gelatin Gelatin is a translucent, colourless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, derived from the collagen inside animals' skin and bones. It is commonly used as a gelling agent in food, pharmaceuticals, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing. Substances containing gelatin or functioning in a similar way are called gelatinous. Gelatin is an, eggs An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of any number of different species, consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo and its nutrient reserves. Most edible eggs, including bird eggs and turtle eggs, consist of a protective, oval eggshell, the, rice Rice is the seed of the monocot plant Oryza sativa, of the grass family . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, the West Indies, East, South and Southeast Asia. It is the grain with the second highest worldwide production, after maize (" or tapioca Tapioca is a flavorless, colorless, odorless starch extracted from the root of the plant species Manihot esculenta. This species, native to South America, is now cultivated worldwide and has many names, including cassava, bitter-cassava, manioc, "mandioca", "aipim", "macaxeira", "manioca", "boba", & to create a sweet, creamy dessert. These puddings are made either by simmering Simmering is a cooking technique in which foods are cooked in hot liquids kept at or just barely below the boiling point of water , 100°C (212°F) and higher than poaching. To keep a pot simmering, one brings it to a boil and then adjusts the heat downward until just before the formation of steam bubbles stops completely. Water normally begins to on top of the stove in a saucepan Cookware and bakeware are types of food preparation containers commonly found in the kitchen. Cookware comprises cooking vessels, such as saucepans and frying pans, intended for use on a stove or range cooktop. Bakeware comprises cooking vessels intended for use inside an oven. Some utensils are both cookware and bakeware or double boiler or by baking in an oven An oven is an enclosed compartment for heating, baking or drying. It is most commonly used in cooking and pottery. Ovens used in pottery are also known as kilns. An oven used for heating or for industrial processes is called a furnace or industrial oven, often in a bain-marie A bain-marie is a French term for a piece of equipment used in science, industry, and cooking to heat materials gently and gradually to fixed temperatures, or to keep materials warm over a period of time. These puddings are easily scorched on the stovetop, which is why a double boiler is often used; microwave ovens A microwave oven, or a microwave, is a kitchen appliance that cooks or heats food by dielectric heating. This is accomplished by using microwave radiation to heat water and other polarized molecules within the food. This excitation is fairly uniform, leading to food being adequately heated throughout , a feature not seen in any other heating are also now often used to avoid this problem and to reduce stirring. They are typically served chilled, but a few types, such as zabaglione and rice pudding Rice pudding is a dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and sometimes other ingredients. Different variants are used for either desserts or dinners. When used as a dessert, it is commonly combined with a sweetener, may be served warm. Instant puddings do not require boiling and can therefore be prepared much quicker.

This is common in North America and some European countries such as the Netherlands, whilst in Britain egg-thickened puddings are considered custards Custard is a range of preparations based on milk and eggs. Most commonly, custard refers to a dessert or dessert sauce, but custard bases are also used for quiches and other savoury foods. As a dessert, it is made from a combination of milk or cream, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla. Sometimes flour, corn starch, or gelatin are also added and starch-thickened puddings are blanc-mange Blancmange is a sweet dessert commonly made with milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, cornstarch or Irish moss, and often flavored with almonds. It is usually set in a mould and served cold. Although traditionally white, blancmanges are frequently given a pink color as well. Some similar desserts are Bavarian cream, panna cotta, and. Pudding may be made from scratch or a mix or may be purchased ready to eat. Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in the United States and the second largest in the world (after Nestlé SA), under its gelatin dessert The most common culinary use for gelatin is as a main ingredient in varieties of gelatin desserts. Unprepared gelatin for desserts is often marketed as a flavored powder or concentrated gelatinous solid. Prepared gelatin desserts are marketed in a variety of forms. Popular brands include Jell-O and Knox from Kraft Foods in North America, Royal in brand Some people distinguish the psychological aspect of a brand from the experiential aspect. The experiential aspect consists of the sum of all points of contact with the brand and is known as the brand experience. The psychological aspect, sometimes referred to as the brand image, is a symbolic construct created within the minds of people and Jell-O Jell-O is a brand name belonging to U.S.-based Kraft Foods for a number of gelatin desserts, including fruit gels, puddings and no-bake cream pies. The brand's popularity has led to its becoming a generic term for gelatin dessert across the US and Canada. Because of this, in the United States, packages of Jell-O are marked as Jell-O Brand, is the primary producer of pudding mixes and prepared puddings in North America.

List of types of pudding

Baked, steamed and boiled puddings

Savory

• Batter puddings, including Yorkshire pudding Yorkshire pudding is a dish that originated in Yorkshire, England, and has attained wide popularity. It is made from batter and most often served with roast beef, chicken, or any meal in which there is gravy and popovers
• Black pudding Black pudding or blood pudding is a type of sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. It is also called blood sausage . Although "blood sausage" is often labeled as a North American term, it is also found in British English (e.g., in the story "The Name-Day" by Saki). "
• Boudin Boudin describes a number of different types of sausage used in French, Belgian, French Canadian, Creole and Cajun cuisine
• Cheese pudding
• Corn pudding Pudding Corn is a gelatinous food product made from stewed corn, water, any of various thickening agents, and optional additional flavoring or texturing ingredients, typically used as a food staple in rural communities in the southeastern parts of the United States, especially in Appalachia
• Goetta
• Groaty pudding
• Haggis Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish. There are many recipes, most of which have in common the following ingredients: sheep's 'pluck' , minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours
• Hog's pudding Hog's Pudding is a type of sausage produced in Cornwall and Devon. Some versions of the recipe comprise pork meat and fat, suet, bread, and oatmeal or pearl barley formed into the shape of a large sausage and are very similar to a White pudding, whereas others versions of the recipe contain a high percentage of offal such as lung and liver and can
• Kishke Kishka or kishke refers to various types of sausage or stuffed intestine with a filling made from a combination of meat and meal, often a grain. The dish is popular across Eastern Europe as well as with immigrant communities from those areas. It is also eaten by Ashkenazi Jews who prepare their version according to kashrut deitary laws. The name
• Kugel
• Liver mush or Liver pudding, common in the southern United States
• Pease pudding
• Pennsylvania Dutch The Pennsylvania Dutch are the descendants of Germanic peoples who immigrated to the U.S. , from Germany and The Low Countries prior to 1800. The Dutch are generally regarded as one of several Germanic peoples. The German, Deutsch, the archaic Dutch, Deitsch, and the modern Dutch, Duits, each mean 'German' yet are all cognates of the English, ' hog maw
• Plantation skillet cake, a South Carolinian specialty in the United States and similar to Yorkshire pudding.
• Polenta Polenta is a dish made from boiled cornmeal. Although the word is borrowed into English from Italian, the dish is popular in Italian, Slovenian, Savoyard, Swiss, Austrian, Portuguese, Bosnian, Croatian, Cuban, American, Hungarian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Corsican, Argentine, Uruguayan, Brazilian, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Haitian, (mămăligă, cornmeal mush)
• Red pudding
• Scrapple
• Spoon bread, commmon in the southern United States and is made with white cornmeal.
• Steak and kidney pudding
• White pudding

Dessert

• Bread pudding
• Bread and butter pudding
• Cabinet pudding
• Carrot pudding
• Chè
• Cheshire pudding
• Chocolate pudding (British Isles and Australasian version)
• Christmas pudding ("plum pudding" in the United States)
• Clootie dumpling
• Cottage pudding
• Duff
• Grape-Nuts pudding
• Indian pudding
• Figgy duff
• Figgy pudding
• Fruit pudding
• Hasty pudding
• Jam Roly-Poly
• Rice pudding
• Spotted dick
• Sticky date pudding
• Sticky toffee pudding
• Summer pudding
• Tapioca pudding

Creamy puddings

• Angel Delight
• Bavarian cream
• Blancmange
• Crema catalana
• Creme anglaise
• Crème brûlée (burnt cream)
• Creme caramel
• Cornstarch puddings, including banana, butterscotch, lemon, pistachio, vanilla and chocolate (North American and Asian version)
• Custard
• Flan
• Fool
• Haupia
• Junket
• Jell-O
• Mango pudding
• Mousse
• Panna cotta
• Pot de creme
• Pudding Pops
• Rice pudding, including kheer
• Semolina pudding
• Syllabub
• Trifle
• Wintringham
• Zabaglione (sabayon)

Miscellaneous desserts

In these examples, the word pudding is used in the British sense meaning "any dessert," rather than the specific puddings discussed above.

• Bakewell pudding
• Pudding cake
• Pudding pie
• Queen of puddings

Cultural references

• The proverb, "The proof of the pudding's in the eating" dates back to at least the 17th century.^[2] The 17th Century saying translates .... for whatever the ingredients, let the final-sweet taste alone be judged.

• "Puddin' 'n' Tain" was a popular doo-wop song by the Alley Kats. It is based on the old children's joke, "What's your name?" "Puddin' tain. Ask me again, I'll tell you the same."

• The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain reflects the term's use as a metaphor for the gray matter of a fool.

• "Pudding" is sometimes used as an affectionate nickname in England and the United States (used for close couples and parents addressing their offspring).
• Pink Floyd -"The Wall" - "If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding" probably refers to dessert in general.

• "Pudding" is a British term meaning dessert. It is generally less formal.

See also

• Bill Cosby

References

1. ^ Olver, Lynne (2000). "The Food Timeline: pudding". http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpuddings.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
2. ^ title =Ask Yahoo | http://ask.yahoo.com/20020903.html

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