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pudding

A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.

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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.

Origin: From circa 1305, , puddynge, from , from . . * An alternative etymology assumes origin from , *pud- (compare dialectal , , , Westphalian Puddek, Puddewurst. More at pout. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

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  • “A very handsome looking pudding. Chapeau!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I'm in Vic and I've got 2. Both my grandmother's had them, my mother and most of my friends mums did too. My nan called the biggest of hers a pudding bowl and the smaller ones her mixing bowls. They help make an excellent chocolate pudding 🤭”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “He is a delightful weirdo, but not weird that way. Also, blood pudding is a food that sounds weirder than it tastes, but is hard to find in America.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “That pudding looks absolutely amazeballs!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “My grandma had pudding bowls like this.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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