Puddings
Sweet puddings have been devoured and enjoyed by our families for many decades. A pudding could be steamed or boiled in a large saucepan or cooked in the oven and was served after the main meal. As a child I always asked, "What's for pudding?" I never asked, "What's for dessert?" I remember puddings were never refused by anyone at our family table. Blessed Be He That Invented Pudding, Chapter IX 1970, p148. Bailey, A. et al, Editors. The Cooking of the British Isles. Time Inc. My mother, Bridget Ascoli, (nee Gooley, 1906-1993), cooked the majority of those puddings and they were always varied, for example with jam, syrup, butterscotch, honey, fruit, dates, chocolate, and of course the classic plum pudding. Some everyday favourites were lemon self-saucing pudding, chocolate pudding, bread and butter pudding, and rice pudding. The puddings were always served with custards and sauces, and later in my own family with ice-cream. Steamed Apple and Date Pudding. S