tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post6484231745517290406..comments2024-03-16T00:21:43.240+00:00Comments on Separated by a Common Language: puddinglynneguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-41830253883933674322022-02-20T13:25:30.982+00:002022-02-20T13:25:30.982+00:00This is not true, at least where I'm from, aro...This is not true, at least where I'm from, around DC. Custard is made with eggs and pudding has no eggs, which leads to a different richness level, texture and taste. If you get frozen custard, it's basically a French vanilla ice cream(if it's vanilla), since that's made with eggs. Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01590734471045160949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-36738398228352939652022-01-13T02:01:30.181+00:002022-01-13T02:01:30.181+00:00always found it laughable when my British in-laws ...always found it laughable when my British in-laws wd ask "What's for pudding?"!<br />(I would never say, "What's for jello?! ETC.!)broohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607378160626450616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-76998135367185128692021-12-31T22:36:07.097+00:002021-12-31T22:36:07.097+00:00Wasn't there a version called "Noegg"...Wasn't there a version called "Noegg" because it used no egg?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699714529297258388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-78728681837506028252021-12-31T22:34:34.308+00:002021-12-31T22:34:34.308+00:00It's like how Americans would never be referre...It's like how Americans would never be referred to as "Staters" or "United Statishers" or something ridiculous like that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699714529297258388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-50340118252048384852021-12-31T22:28:23.940+00:002021-12-31T22:28:23.940+00:00Yes. And the "skin" or as some say the ...Yes. And the "skin" or as some say the "skim" is disgusting Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699714529297258388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-90156646197319437672021-12-31T22:26:56.568+00:002021-12-31T22:26:56.568+00:00Ok now we have to discuss what is "granary br...Ok now we have to discuss what is "granary bread"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699714529297258388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-49017997314849278512021-12-27T22:45:19.083+00:002021-12-27T22:45:19.083+00:00That's how jelly came in the 40s too.That's how jelly came in the 40s too.April23rdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724313023666248594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-73545482265222751912021-12-27T22:42:35.405+00:002021-12-27T22:42:35.405+00:00The proper stuff, "Cambridge burnt cream"...The proper stuff, "Cambridge burnt cream" has no sugar in the custard part, only in the caramelly top.<br />Trust the French to bugger it up.April23rdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724313023666248594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-30839944672678878892021-12-27T22:39:55.084+00:002021-12-27T22:39:55.084+00:00Right about our nationalities, however. "Brit...Right about our nationalities, however. "British" to me is geographical; "English" is national.April23rdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724313023666248594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-74023703378805170122021-12-27T22:37:51.757+00:002021-12-27T22:37:51.757+00:00Sweet, not as in "Suite, follow", but &q...Sweet, not as in "Suite, follow", but "Sweet", as in Dolce.April23rdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724313023666248594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-48153540572014104252021-12-27T22:34:15.048+00:002021-12-27T22:34:15.048+00:00"Oatmeal", in UK English, is uncooked, g..."Oatmeal", in UK English, is uncooked, ground oats. The cooked stuff is porridge.April23rdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724313023666248594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-12075834418419525252021-12-27T22:32:16.517+00:002021-12-27T22:32:16.517+00:00Yes. Most supermarkets have real Greek yogurt.Yes. Most supermarkets have real Greek yogurt.April23rdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724313023666248594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-43360966490487498642021-07-07T01:29:52.556+01:002021-07-07T01:29:52.556+01:00Both English and Yiddish are (at their cores) Germ...Both English and Yiddish are (at their cores) Germanic languages, so they may share a common root. Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901616635549791579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-62353974614238397042021-06-26T12:10:48.972+01:002021-06-26T12:10:48.972+01:00What brand of English do you speak, Unknown? For ...What brand of English do you speak, Unknown? For me, Southern BrE, an apple pudding is a pudding, and and apple pie is a pudding, and a plain apple can also be a pudding! Dessert is either restaurant-speak or something quite different (sweets, nuts and fruit eaten after the pudding, with coffee and/or port; in my family we used to have it on Christmas Day, but we are too old now and it is often substituted for pudding on Boxing Day instead).<br />Mrs Redboots (Annabel Smyth)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11270027663691257254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-7446080468110706202021-06-26T11:55:47.136+01:002021-06-26T11:55:47.136+01:00Not in my dialect (BrE, southern, elderly) - I wil...Not in my dialect (BrE, southern, elderly) - I will have apple pie for pudding. At that, I might have an apple for pudding! "Dessert", for me, is restaurant-speak.Mrs Redboots (Annabel Smyth)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11270027663691257254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-74083013944340755252021-06-26T05:58:00.244+01:002021-06-26T05:58:00.244+01:00Pudding is subset of desserts.
An apple pudding i...Pudding is subset of desserts. <br />An apple pudding is a pudding but also a dessert.<br />An apple pie is a dessert but not a pudding.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559887377669457899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-91998080345935428912021-06-26T05:46:34.096+01:002021-06-26T05:46:34.096+01:00Even if you serve your porridge with something swe...Even if you serve your porridge with something sweet always cook it with a pinch of salt, it really improves the flavourAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559887377669457899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-28612475634550382252021-01-04T03:32:57.847+00:002021-01-04T03:32:57.847+00:00Do they have Greek Yogurt in Britain (like Fage)? ...Do they have Greek Yogurt in Britain (like Fage)? If so, that’s the consistency of AmE pudding.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17432572608423461235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-82674161258682864662020-08-12T11:58:10.114+01:002020-08-12T11:58:10.114+01:00Peanut butter definitely goes with things like mar...Peanut butter definitely goes with things like marmite and cucumber, so savoury (although, having said that, it also goes very well with banana and apple); as for porridge, my (NI) husband prefers it salt, and adds as much salt as I would sugar to mine! So we don't eat it! Or, perhaps I should say we don'g "sup" it? In O Douglas' books, set mostly in the Peebles area, the characters always "sup" their porridge and then "eat" their breakfasts!Mrs Redboots (Annabel Smyth)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11270027663691257254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-53275210138449783762020-08-11T20:55:51.915+01:002020-08-11T20:55:51.915+01:00My understanding is that salted oatmeal is a very ...My understanding is that salted oatmeal is a very Scottish thing. I would be very taken aback if someone suggested I fancy up my oatmeal with anything that *wasn't* sweet, and I think that's pert-near universal for Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-61490712179946692452020-08-07T19:49:42.808+01:002020-08-07T19:49:42.808+01:00BrE (Scot, 60+) should peanut butter be eaten with...BrE (Scot, 60+) should peanut butter be eaten with sweet or savoury things. I don’t know. I do know that I shudder at the thought of having anything sweet (sugar, syrup, fruit) with my porridge (AmE oatmeal). I eat mine with added salt and milk.Shy-replyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891566073375322808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-23123338554036459232018-12-22T21:06:21.591+00:002018-12-22T21:06:21.591+00:00If you're lower or middle class English, you&#...If you're lower or middle class English, you're saying dessert because it sounds, "Posh." It's used in most cheap chain restaurants and on children's menus. <br />The correct term and indeed, the upper class word is pudding.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-89596439171214135552018-11-01T18:26:31.274+00:002018-11-01T18:26:31.274+00:00Going back to calling it the sweet, rather than pu...Going back to calling it the sweet, rather than pudding or dessert, I went on one of those railtours last year and we splashed out to pay for first class dining. At the end of the meal, you could choose between "the sweet" or "the savoury". I know a savoury was often an item of an upper-class British meal before the war (or even during it, when sugar was too scarce for a sweet course to be practicable), but I'd not come across one "live" before.....Mrs Redboots (Annabel Smyth)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11270027663691257254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-61848602662696193122018-11-01T15:17:27.439+00:002018-11-01T15:17:27.439+00:00I read somewhere that Mr. Bird had a wife who was ...I read somewhere that Mr. Bird had a wife who was allergic to eggs. That prompted him to invent custard powder. Very useful, of course, in WW2, when eggs were very scarce and selling cream was illegal!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124189702947794859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-66146457394146286892018-11-01T15:11:04.605+00:002018-11-01T15:11:04.605+00:00I make a trifle every Christmas, which contans pro...I make a trifle every Christmas, which contans proper custard, made from cream, with a little milk, and eggs. The trifle also has raspberries, sponge fingers, flaked almonds, lots of sherry and is topped with whipped cream, walnuts and glace cherries. Yum!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124189702947794859noreply@blogger.com