It's not like they taste of much unless they're drowned in gravy. I have been to Yorkshire and had the home made ones in pubs - they're nothing special.
2007-02-21 21:40:49 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Hope I haven't offended anyone. Also I live in the UK.
2007-02-21 21:53:40 · update #1
Just wait till the adverts all start! Next we'll see is a supermarket question asking "What is your favourite Yorkshire pudding recipe" when we all know it's nothing more than flour egg milk and air!
2007-02-21 21:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yorkshire puddings were very popular during war time and the rationing afterwards when meat was very hard to get and rather expensive. The puddings are made from simple, easy to get ingredients (flour, fat, water) and when covered in gravy replaced the need for lots of meat.
A proper English Sunday roast is not complete without them!
2007-02-21 23:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by Claire Bear 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh I totally agree - I moved to Yorkshire from the south and can't see the attraction. They're just dull and frankly take up too much room on the plate when I could have extra roasters. Not only that but I get complaints if I make roast lunch and don't make them. Where I come from you only have Yorkshire Pudding with Roast Beef - not every kind of roast.
2007-02-21 23:48:17 · answer #3 · answered by bumblebee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You dont find good ones in pubs.They dont take up any room on the plate if you eat them in the traditional yorkshire way which is before the roast on their own with lashings of onion gravy.They were served like this to lessen the appetite so people would eat less meat whentimes were hard
2007-02-22 02:26:38 · answer #4 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look you - you cannot have a roast dinner without Yorkshire pudding.
I come from London & have always had this.
It is the only good thing that came out of Yorkshire.
Why go to Yorkshire?
2007-02-22 00:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by ANDREW H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But have you tried Aunt Bessies Yorkshire Puddings?
2007-02-23 10:41:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No big deal, but when everybody had fcuk all many years ago, canny Yorkshire folk hit on the idea of filling people up before the meat was served. YP was served on it's own before the main meal for that reason!
2007-02-22 09:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree; what is the big deal?
Then again, I also don't get polenta (or haggis) - what is that crap?
Maybe there is a common thread here. I reckon they began as "poor man's food", and gradually worked there way into the hearts and minds of the relevant population. They now occupy an exalted, and illogical, place for that group. To the rest of us, it makes no more sense than a superstition.
Maybe we should just be grateful we don't have to eat it.
2007-02-22 10:30:51 · answer #8 · answered by bonesetter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely love Yorkshire pudding. I make them myself and I have never even been to Yorkshire!
2007-02-24 07:45:50 · answer #9 · answered by maria bartoninfrance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are mental - yorkshire puddings are delicious.... I quite like cold roast beef sandwiches with leftover (I know it's unlikely there would be any left over) yorkshires and horseradish... mmmmmm...
2007-02-22 03:02:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋