 While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday. Make haste! June 27 is National Indian Pudding Day. If you’re not from the Northeast, you may not be familiar Indian pudding. Here’s a hint: the “Indian” the name references the Native American population. When the British came to America, they brought with them a love of pudding. The British version, however, resembles a really moist cake. One in particular is called a "hasty pudding." This type of pudding is made from boiling flour in milk or water until it forms a mushy porridge. Indian puddings have both sweet and savory variations, with salty meat drippings often used for the latter. For the former, the Brits use an ingredient that was in abundance in the Northeast - molasses. The result is a soft and sweet pudding perfect with a scoop of ice cream. |
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Isn't it time we stopped calling Native Americans – Indians. We know they are not Indians so why refer to them as that. Perhaps this thread is a wrong forum to discuss this topic!
I'd love a recipe for this- sounds great!
The recipe is linked in the final sentence of the article. It's by James Beard and while simple, it does look good.
Yes, I see the link. I'll have to look at it when I get home- the link doesn't work here at my job computer, unfortunatly. Didn't know it was by James Beard! In general, Indian pudding sounds like something that would be great for Thanksgiving, as a tribute but also as a conversation starter. The James Beard part would make it special as well.
Wow, that photo looks wonderful.