Just wondering - do you up there eat your Yorkshire Puds seperate from the main roast dinner - how you should. Or do you eat it with the roast?

Down here, its the second option.

Alex

Well my grandparents always used to have them first on there own with gravy and then serve up the main sunday lunch.

Grandma also used to make them sweet with raisens in and serve them up as a sweet after the main meal.

I personally can't be arsed and aunt bessie makes mine and they sit on the plate next to the mash.

Traditionally Yorkie pud was eaten as a first course to take the edge off the appetite so that the more expensive meat part of the dinner would go further.

As a child we used to have it as a seperate course but nowadays I think that most people incorporate it into their dinner.

Do they call it Yorkshire Pudding where you live because when I lived down south they called it batter.

Altogether with the rest of the meal in our house. Unless we have a curry or something, then we don't tend to bother with the Yorkshire pud.

Except when we do.

Originally posted by Mo
Traditionally Yorkie pud was eaten as a first course to take the edge off the appetite so that the more expensive meat part of the dinner would go further.

As a child we used to have it as a seperate course but nowadays I think that most people incorporate it into their dinner.

Do they call it Yorkshire Pudding where you live because when I lived down south they called it batter.

No, still Yorkshire Pud.

Alex :)

Yorkshire puddings are best eaten with treacle as a snack!
:P

Originally posted by beckb
Yorkshire puddings are best eaten with treacle as a snack!
:P

I've only ever had them as a part of the main course. Sorry Beck but that sounds horrible.

I hate Yorkshire pudding. It makes me heave.

Originally posted by t020
I hate Yorkshire pudding. It makes me heave.

They're lovely!!

Alex

Also wondered, do people have Yorkshire puddings with all meats? We do in my family and I got frowned upon because apparently it's only meant to be with beef? :s

We do too Claire so you're not alone there!:D

Originally posted by wendy
I've only ever had them as a part of the main course. Sorry Beck but that sounds horrible.

Have seen on the net that some people have yorkshire pud with jam, so maybe its not that weird

Originally posted by rtapper
Have seen on the net that some people have yorkshire pud with jam, so maybe its not that weird

I've heard of that one before but the idea of it with treacle sounds horrible to me. I think I'll stick to it with savoury dishes.

Yorkshire Pudding with treacle... eh? don't like the sound of that but , hey, each to their own.

Yorkshire puds first with gravy.

Also.. a BIG Yorkshire pud full of my Mom's stew

And my old Nannan (God bless her) used to make a fabulous 'Season Pudding', it had sage and onion in it and was really sad and stodgey.. beautiful.

Yorkshire pud with bramble jelly, my Grandad's favourite!!

"Mucky pudding" - yorkshires with sage - beautiful.


Friends down south add custard powder to the batter to make it stodgy---that's weird.

Yorkie pud + jam definately works. With golden syrup also sounds good.

In Brighton (where I was born) we always had a little Yorkshire on the side of the plate whenever my mum cooked a rost, but up here my friend cooked a huge one and out all the meat, veg etc inside it - is that the proper Yorkshire way to have it?

Well we used have yorkshire pud for all three courses, as a starter with gravy, then with the main course, and best of all as a pudding with butter and sugar on.....Delicous

Definitely good with golden syrup - you need to make lots so you can have it with the main course and be sure of some left over to have with the syrup as a pudding - seem to remember some of my relatives pouring milk over the syrup too, but wouldn't recommend it. Can also remember my mother and grandmother adding sage and onion sometimes, which was good.
My mother-in-law - from Lancashire - always calls it batter pudding. Other side of the Pennines, I don't think they like to refer to Yorkshire unless they really have to!

A friend of my grandfather used to say that Yorkshire pudding was "a seaside landlady's invention to stop you eating as much meat........"

I like mine before the main course, or with it.

My dad and sister both prefer theirs first, with sugar and vinegar on. They do the same with pancakes. There's no accounting for taste eh?

And talking of having it sweet, I saw Nigella Lawson serve it with a big dollop of cream and golden syrup...... it looked glorious!

I've also had the seasoned sort - usually done by putting stuffing mixture into the batter. It is a lot heavier, but just as nice!

When I was a kid in the 40's & 50's we had it only Sunday, as a first course.Flour and water being much cheaper than meat and veg.I used to put Hendersons on mine.
Now I serve it with the meat and veg.I also make the seasoned variety with sage and onion, which we have with roast pork.
Living in Canada and being married to a canuck I do the cooking if I want Yorkshire Pud

They are great with any sweet filling. If there are any leftovers, try 'em, wi' a bit o'jam on'em, thall luv'em.

If that's not to your taste, get a BIG yorkie and fill it with chips and mince in gravy, a great dinner that one.

My dear MuM always gave it first.
But now I get it with the main meal.
Seems t b a lot of fast food around now.

My mother used to make them in a square baking pan ,in the oven .
They used to rise up and were light .
I make them in individual muffin tins using lard.
When we had them with jam or syrup the batter was a little thinner ,and they were done on the top of the stove in a frying pan .They did no rise.
We called them pancakes or flapjacks.
Spread with strawberry jam ,roll up and enjoy.

"mmmmm Yorkshire pud, droooool" as Homer Simpson would say if he was ever lucky enough to get some. We have ours as a starter, and my wife makes fabulous Yorkie puds, with thick gravy and loads of Hendersons on. But even better in my opinion are the seasoned ones with sage and finely chopped onions. Only in God's own county could such a great form of nosh been invented.

try this - yorkshire puddings coated in onion gravy with hendersons relish on top - gorgeous!!!

Its not so strange to have sweet puddings.

After all its only pancake mix done in the oven! And we all like sweet things in our pancakes dont we.

(My mum always used to do us stew and pancakes)

I hate Yorkshire pudding. It makes me heave.
The thing that makes a good Yorkshire pudding is to make sure the batter is light, well whisked up and full of air bubbles and NEVER wash the pudding tin.
Then place in a red hot oven.
Then eat them before the main meal.

I hate Yorkshire pudding. It makes me heave.
Get out. You're no longer welcome here :nono:

Get out. You're no longer welcome here :nono:
Why cus he dont like Yorkshire puds? :hihi:

How can anyone not like Yorkshire pudding ???? Some psychotherapy called for here. Probably relates back to a childhood trauma. He should be force fed big squares of Yorkie Pud with thick gravy until he sees the light. He'll thank us for it eventually.

how do i get"air" into the batter because they dont always rise with a dip in the middle

I hate Yorkshire pudding. It makes me heave.

Try to think of it as a big Crepe if that makes it any easier, ask cook to make you one.

I love 'em on served on the same plate as my sunday lunch. However, I once went to my mate's nan's house and she served them up as a starter with gravy. She had piccallili (sp?), branston and mint sauce on the table and was spooning the stuff onto the plate. Sounds disgusting with the gravy but I tried it and it was unbelievably tasty.

how do i get"air" into the batter because they dont always rise with a dip in the middle
You get Air in the batter by whisking vigourously until there are loads of bubbles, leave to stand a minute then pour mix into a scalding pudding tin.

Oh i love this thread! Yorkshire puds are the best! We eat them with all meats, not just beef. We've always ate ours with the main meal. My fave used to be my mama's(nan's) season puds or onion puds, yum!! I've had a pud with jam before and it was lovely but i do prefer it as a savoury thing.

What is the best thing to use in the pan? Fat, butter, oil?????

Traditionally Yorkie pud was eaten as a first course to take the edge off the appetite so that the more expensive meat part of the dinner would go further.

As a child we used to have it as a seperate course but nowadays I think that most people incorporate it into their dinner.

Do they call it Yorkshire Pudding where you live because when I lived down south they called it batter.

Don't understand are you a Yorkie pud or not ----- yorkshires have never been batter 3 yorkshire priorities....


Sex
York Pud
Football !!!!!!!!!

I hate Yorkshire pudding. It makes me heave.


Good theory for you then ---- eat more Y pud ----- heave harder----- get that hod up them ladders son !!!!!:hihi: :hihi:

What is the best thing to use in the pan? Fat, butter, oil?????

Beef Drippin.... baby

So what do people like to have with there puds??? With a roast or meat its got to be a little thick gravy and mint sauce, or with hash/stew good old hendy's relish, yum!

what is a yorkshire pudding
aka a guy from yorkshire ?