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Stale bread's redemption arc, drowned in custard and forgiven completely.
means A baked dessert made by soaking stale bread in a sweet egg-and-milk custard, often with sugar, spices, and dried fruit, then baking until set.
from A thrifty cook's invention, born of the old refusal to waste food. English cooks called early versions "poor man's pudding," and recipes go back centuries in Britain — bread being the cheapest thing to rescue from going hard. The word "pudding" itself has a winding past, possibly from Old French "boudin" (a sausage) via Latin "botellus" (a little sausage or gut), which is why it once meant something stuffed and boiled before it came to mean anything sweet and baked.
- origin
- Called poor man's pudding by frugal medieval cooks
- anti-waste
- Invented to rescue bread headed for the bin
- versatile
- Eaten savory in some cultures, drenched in sauce in others
- royal range
- Served everywhere from prisons to palace banquets
new orleans bread pudding — dessert served with whiskey sauce at commander's palace and café du monde in louisiana since the 1800s
dublin coddle bread pudding — irish savory bread pudding made with sausages and bacon, traditional dublin working-class dish
portuguese broa pudim — portuguese bread pudding made with cornbread and custard, regional specialty in central portugal