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Introduction: Blessed Be He that Invented Pudding

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Pride and Pudding: The History of British Puddings, Savoury and Sweet
Pride and Pudding

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2016

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When we speak of pudding we will all, British or not, think of a sweet course concluding a meal. But the term ‘pudding’ has only been connected to this last part of the meal since the twentieth century. In its early days, pudding started out as a savoury dish which was mostly meat-based, such as a haggis or a sausage.

The etymology of the English word pudding leads in several directions. A very possible explanation for its ancestry is the Latin word botellus, meaning sausage, from which very likely came the French word boudin. Another option is the West Germanic stem pud which meant ‘to swell’, or the Westphalian dialect puddek meaning ‘lump’. One that is very close is the Low German pudde-wurst which was the word for their black pudding.

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