why are yorkshire puddings called pudding?

Answer 1

i think becuase it's a kind of bread pudding almost it's not quite a full on bread and not quite a pudding, pudding =-)

so hence bread pudding and the name yorkshire puddin

Answer 2

Originally it was eaten in England as a pudding (dessert) with sweet sauce etc.
In Yorkshire they made it more light and fluffy, yet more crisp and it was eaten before the main meat meal so that the person would be full and not eat as much meat, which was expensive.

Just as a sideline: the elbow macaroni that we use in, say Kraft dinner, used to be a pudding/dessert as well - made with milk and sugar....

Times were tough and not much money to buy food, so anything that was cheap to make and fill people up was used....

good question!

Answer 3

I've often wondered that same thing.

The British seem VERY liberal with the term 'pudding'. I've seen it mean lots of incongruous things like a trifle, a biscuit, a popover, a cake, a soufflee, a custard, and a dinner roll.

Hopefully somebody can makes some sense out of this!

Edit: In the US, if you tell someone that puddings are baked in the oven, they are going to laugh in your face. Puddings in the US are NOT savory, ever.

Do the British call pudding pudding even?
Pudding is a cold creamy dessert in the US.
What do the British call this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chocolate_pudding.jpg

Answer 4

They are baked in the oven like any other pudding and made from flour, milk and eggs like most other puddings. Traditionally Yorkshire puddings can be eaten with savory food and as a sweet pudding with jam.

Answer 5

Pudding can have several meanings, since you can get suet pudding and steak and kidney pudding. Pudding must refer to batter or pastry being made into a savoury dish

Also traditionally Yorkshire puddings should be served prior to the main course of roast beef and all the trimmings.

Answer 6

because years ago when the war was on. people used to cover any left over from dinner, in jam and eat them for pudding, so thats were they got there name from. hope this helps

Answer 7

I understand they originated as a way to provide 'filler' when there wasn't much meat around. I also believe the dough was placed under the cooking meat so as to catch fat and drippings for flavour. As such, it would have looked like pudding!

Answer 8

cus they used to be a pudding that you had jam on after your meal in the good old days

Answer 9

Just differences of cultures I suppose...the English also call crackers,"biscuits" ....the hood of a car a "bonnet" the trunk a "boot", an unbrella a "brolly"...and on and on....it may be that in old english, it was what any kind of "pie" like dish was called pudding...(??)

Answer 10

Because they used to be,and still are, eaten as a desert, with jam. Trust me I'm a yorkshire lass.