Rag pudding

{{Short description|English savoury dish}}

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| name = Rag pudding

| image = Rag Pudding, with Chips & Gravy.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Rag pudding, with chips and gravy

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| country = England

| region = Lancashire

| course = Main course

| type = Savoury pudding

| served = Hot

| main_ingredient = Minced meat, onions, suet pastry

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Rag pudding is a savoury dish consisting of minced meat and onions wrapped in a suet pastry, which is then cooked in a cheesecloth.{{sfnp|Jack|2010}}{{sfnp|Yarvin|2012|p=96}} Invented in Oldham, the dish is also popular in Bury and Rochdale, and is eaten across the Lancashire area.{{cite web|url=https://ilovemanchester.com/the-manc-foods-you-must-try-before-you-die-and-one-to-avoid/|publisher=ilovemanchester.com|title=The Manc foods you must try before you die – and one to avoid|first=Dianne|last=Bourne|date=8 February 2019|access-date=11 June 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926051843/https://ilovemanchester.com/the-manc-foods-you-must-try-before-you-die-and-one-to-avoid/|url-status=live}} Rag pudding pre-dates ceramic basins and plastic boiling bags in cookery, and so the cotton or muslin rag cloths common in Oldham were used in the dish's preparation during the 19th century.{{sfnp|Jack|2010}}{{sfnp|Yarvin|2012|p=96}} Rag pudding is similar in composition and preparation to steak and kidney pudding,{{sfnp|Jack|2010}} and may be purchased from traditional local butcher's shops in Lancashire.{{cite web |url=http://www.visitmanchester.com/articles/green/local-delicacies/ |publisher=visitlancashire.com |title=Lancashire local delicacies |access-date=3 February 2013 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214120305/http://www.visitmanchester.com/articles/green/local-delicacies/ |url-status=dead }}