Do Americans eat Yorkshire Puddings with Roast Beef?

Question

Come to think of it, do the Frenchies as well?

Do Americans eat Roast Beef? Do they eat it with potatoes gravy and two veg like the English? Do they have Horseradish Sauce?

Or is it just British-Americans?

not the Germans, Irish, Italians and Sicilians, Chinese, Spanish, Mexicans, Asian Indians, and Navajo and other natives?

Answer 1

I am an American chef and have worked in many restaurants. some old fashioned steak restaurants like a chop house will serve yorkshire pudding or yourkshire popovers with their prime rib because its tradional. I live in michigan and have only seen this once or twice it's not that popular in todays restarant trends around michigan. I'm sure it depends on the region. maybe on the east coast theres more british/english influence and it's more popular out there.

Answer 2

Just the British Americans. We are not big on puddings here .Those of us whose families came from England/Scotland/Ireland aren't big on meat pies either, even if we have older relatives that grew up on them. It just seems very heavy food to our American taste buds :)

We eat roast beef with mashed potatoes, gravy and veggies too, but I think everyone does (what else would it go with it I wonder?) We do use horseradish, but that isn't so common, used mostly on cold roast beef sandwiches. That's a fairly common American meal for European descended people and Latin/Spanish descendants who have assimilated, but it's more of a family Sunday type of meal, not an everyday meal. For non european descended Americans, the first generation usually sticks to traditional foods, and then the second generation branches out to have more variety. Americans eat a bit of everything really as we have so much variety in our backgrounds.

Answer 3

I've eaten roast beef all my life, but I haven't ever had a Yorkshire pudding. I don't suppose I'd know what one looked like if I saw it. We usually eat potatoes, gravy, and vegetables with roast beef; I don't know of anyone who eats horseradish sauce with it, but I'm sure somebody does.

My ancestry is English, Welsh, Dutch, German, French, and Native American

Answer 4

I've never had Yorkshire pudding with roast beef. Yes, potatoes and veggies, and sometimes gravy (though not often--usually horseradish or Worcestershire sauce). I was raised in California to Irish-American parents.

Answer 5

For the benefit of confused Americans reading this, in Britain (just like in America) the word "pudding" usually means "dessert". However, when used in certain contexts the word can mean a savoury, stodgy food. Yorkshire Pudding is basically a batter (similar to pancake batter) roasted in a special tin in a very hot oven with oil or lard. During cooking it rises and puffs up into a large cup-shaped "pancake", slightly crispy. Another example of a savoury pudding is Steak and Kidney Pudding, which is like a pie but it has a suet topping instead of pastry.

Answer 6

I've never heard of any American eating roast beef with pudding.

We do like roast beef - with potatoes, veggies, and on sandwiches. We like horseradish sauce.

Answer 7

Not sure about Americans, but here in Canada we do. Can even buy the stuff frozen, check out www.presidentschoice.ca. We also eat Horseradish Sauce. My mom is from England, so of course we always ate it this way but it is common in most households.

Answer 8

We ate dinner with an English family once, years ago, and the lady of the house served Yorkshire Pudding. I was just a kid but if I remember right, there wasn't too much to the pudding, it was like meringue, and not too tasty..too fluffy.

Answer 9

Traditionally, of course, Yorkshire Pudding was a precursor to the main course, served in impoverished households in the hope that it would fill stomachs because there was a shortage of meat. The French call us (sometimes affectionately, but often not) "les rosbifs"

Answer 10

WTH is yorkshire pudding? and yeah I eat roast beef and horseradish sauce, and veggies.