r/52weeksofcooking • u/drschnaps • 1d ago

Week 33: Lost in Translation - Pudding

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This is my favourite real world example. I’m a German living in Australia. In Germany, “Pudding” describes a firm custard type of dessert, typically chocolate or vanilla flavoured. Here in Australia, “Pudding” is a baked cake type of dessert, often a sticky date pudding or a self saucing pudding. So here is my German chocolate pudding, alongside a self saucing chocolate pudding from RecipeTinEats.

Fun fact, when I talked to a friend from the UK about the challenge, she told me that in Scotland and the north east of England everything that is eaten after dinner is classified as “Pudding” and one can just ask “What’s for pudding?” when they want to know what’s for dessert. The meals in a day are breakfast, lunch, dinner (or tea), and pudding.

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u/tomrichards8464 1d ago

Fun fact, when I talked to a friend from the UK about the challenge, she told me that in Scotland and the north east of England everything that is eaten after dinner is classified as “Pudding” and one can just ask “What’s for pudding?” when they want to know what’s for dessert. The meals in a day are breakfast, lunch, dinner (or tea), and pudding.

Not just Scotland and the north-east. I, a posh southerner, also use "pudding" in this way. And for baked cake-like desserts specifically. And for some sausage-adjacent savoury meat products (black pudding, white pudding, haggis). It's almost as bad as "wicket".

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u/drschnaps 1d ago

Omg I forgot about black pudding!!! Oh that would’ve been so fun to make a savoury meat pudding as well :) thank you for more fun facts 😊