I’ve been researching the history of one of our great British puddings and it makes fascinating reading.
As you might expect, bread and butter pudding was created to use up stale bread, and was first made as early as the 11th century. In the13th century, bread pudding, as it was referred to, was known as ‘poor man’s pudding’ because it was made to feed the ‘masses’ and was popular with the poor. Some time later it was also described as Victorian nursery food, because of it’s milky, more bland nature. It was also a wartime recipe recommended by The Ministry of Food in their ‘Puddings and Sweets’ leaflet issued during the Second World War.

I love bread and butter pudding - it’s a wonderful comfort food and very cheap to make. All you need is some dry bread, egg, milk, sugar, dried fruit, cinnamon and a little butter and you have a delicious pudding😋. Click for recipe.