I sometimes feel like the British authorities would ban sex altogether if they could find people some other way that would be willing to eat kidney pie.
But when the British use the word “pudding“ I have absolutely no goddamn idea what they mean. I have been trying to figure it out for decades, immersing myself in British culture, and I am no closer to figuring it out than I was when I started.
Its used as another word for ‘dessert’. Its not that fucking confusing.
Then again with Americans believing Jesus walked with dinosaurs and that Trump would give them cheaper eggs I’m not shocked you can’t comprehend cultural differences.
As another 'Murican, the way I understand it is that if it’s boiled or steamed inside of an animal intestine or stomach, that’s a pudding. And even if it’s fried later, it’s still a pudding. See: Black Pudding, a British blood pudding.
And if it’s only steamed, often wrapped in a cloth, it’s probably a desert.
In any case, if some British person offers you a “pudding” don’t ask questions you really don’t want the answer to. Just shut up and eat it. They ARE British after all. And if you really don’t want to risk it, ask if you can go to a curry shop instead. Blessed be the Indians who taught the Brits to cook at least one edible dish.
I think their pudding was introduced in food rationing during some war or another. To let the meat and such go farther, they made pudding from things like leftover bread and whatever.
The word pudding was around long before there was a Britain. It was much simpler back then. A pudding was anything you stuffed into an animal intestine or stomach and boiled the Hell out of it, (See: Holy Water).
At some point, when ingredients like eggs, sugar, and flour became common, the Brits kind of went off the rails and completely lost the whole thread as to just what is a pudding.
Having lived here for the better part of a decade….they keep trying to report them. I always like to say that the US kept all the worst bits of being British.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 1 day ago
I sometimes feel like the British authorities would ban sex altogether if they could find people some other way that would be willing to eat kidney pie.
cruseo@piefed.world 1 day ago
When it comes to British culture, the thing I’m most hung up on is their definition of “pudding“. As an American, this is what “pudding“ means to me:
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But when the British use the word “pudding“ I have absolutely no goddamn idea what they mean. I have been trying to figure it out for decades, immersing myself in British culture, and I am no closer to figuring it out than I was when I started.
jobbies@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Its used as another word for ‘dessert’. Its not that fucking confusing.
Then again with Americans believing Jesus walked with dinosaurs and that Trump would give them cheaper eggs I’m not shocked you can’t comprehend cultural differences.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
As another 'Murican, the way I understand it is that if it’s boiled or steamed inside of an animal intestine or stomach, that’s a pudding. And even if it’s fried later, it’s still a pudding. See: Black Pudding, a British blood pudding.
And if it’s only steamed, often wrapped in a cloth, it’s probably a desert.
In any case, if some British person offers you a “pudding” don’t ask questions you really don’t want the answer to. Just shut up and eat it. They ARE British after all. And if you really don’t want to risk it, ask if you can go to a curry shop instead. Blessed be the Indians who taught the Brits to cook at least one edible dish.
cruseo@piefed.world 18 hours ago
This doesn’t really answer any questions, but at least I’ll end up at a nice curry shop.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 1 day ago
I can’t guarantee it isn’t any or all of those.
cruseo@piefed.world 1 day ago
THAT’S WHAT’S SO FUCKING FRUSTRATING!
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
That’s a chocolate mousse.
cruseo@piefed.world 18 hours ago
A chocolate mousse is whipped and much lighter and fluffier
mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
Always room for a little pud
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
It means desert.
cruseo@piefed.world 19 hours ago
Thanks for clearing that up
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Katana314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The only one I know is the Christmas cake they agreed was so terrible they simply set it on fire.
cruseo@piefed.world 1 day ago
I’m relatively certain that was a Hercule Poirot Christmas story told by Agatha Christie
bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 day ago
I think their pudding was introduced in food rationing during some war or another. To let the meat and such go farther, they made pudding from things like leftover bread and whatever.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
The word pudding was around long before there was a Britain. It was much simpler back then. A pudding was anything you stuffed into an animal intestine or stomach and boiled the Hell out of it, (See: Holy Water).
At some point, when ingredients like eggs, sugar, and flour became common, the Brits kind of went off the rails and completely lost the whole thread as to just what is a pudding.
cruseo@piefed.world 1 day ago
Oh great, that only narrows it down to the last millennium or so
djdarren@piefed.social 1 day ago
Pudding is dessert.
So it’s what you posted, plus every other sweet treat you might have after your tea.
cruseo@piefed.world 1 day ago
OK, but that was open everything the British might classify as “dessert”, which could be literally anything, including everything I listed previously
iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app 1 day ago
Tea being a code word for dinner, which probably does not involve any tea.
Sturgist@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Having lived here for the better part of a decade….they keep trying to report them. I always like to say that the US kept all the worst bits of being British.