Pudding cloth

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A pudding cloth is a culinary utensil similar to a cheesecloth or muslin. It is a reusable alternative to cooking in skins made of animal intestines and became popular in England in the seventeenth century for boiling a wide range of puddings.{{cite web |title=English Puddings |website=Historic Food |url=http://www.historicfood.com/English%20Puddings.htm |accessdate=28 December 2013}}

Typical uses

=Sweet=

Prior to the 19th century, the English Christmas pudding was boiled in a pudding cloth.{{cite book |last=Broomfield |first=Andrea |year=2007 |title=Food and cooking in Victorian England: a history |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |pages=149–150 |isbn=9780275987084 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJ_JDp9OgJEC&dq=christmas+pudding+england&pg=PA149}} Clootie dumpling, a traditional Scottish dessert, is boiled in a pudding cloth.{{cite web |last=Nairn |first=Nick |title=Clootie dumpling |website=BBC |department=Food |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/clootiepudding_9528 |accessdate=28 December 2013}} The traditional way to cook jam roly poly is using a pudding cloth.{{cite web |title=Jam Roly Poly Pudding |website=ASK mum now - NZ |url=http://www.askmumnow.com/in-the-kitchen/recipes/dessert/jam-roly-poly-pudding/ |accessdate=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232729/http://www.askmumnow.com/in-the-kitchen/recipes/dessert/jam-roly-poly-pudding/ |archive-date=December 30, 2013}}

=Savoury=

Pease pudding was first made possible at the beginning of the 17th century with the advent of the pudding cloth.{{cite web |last=Olver |first=Lynne |author-link=Lynne Olver |title=Pease |work=The Food Timeline |url=http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpuddings.html#pease |accessdate=28 December 2013}}

References

External links

[https://www.youtube.com/video/Q4o1wYwkv9g?t=468 The ORIGINAL Christmas Dessert], includes an explanation and example usage of pudding cloth

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Category:Food preparation utensils