1958 Bread and Butter pudding

[katmax1.livejournal.com]

An interesting ad and recipe from an old Country Life magazine

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[ihasstopwatch.livejournal.com]

You know it's good if you've made it yourself!

Well isn't that disturbingly optimistic.

[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

It's basically bread pudding polished up to shake off associations with waste-not-want-not. Bread pudding is a yummy thing--rather like baked french toast. I usually just smash up bread that has gone hard (a good re-use for a Tyvek shipping bag), crusts and all, and dot a bit of butter on top. It's also good with chocolate chips instead of currants. I've seen it made with brioche, which just seems over the top.

[katmax1.livejournal.com]

we still make it with raisins in my family and I agree it's yummy...

[bitchie-poo.livejournal.com]

i made a bread pudding a few weeks ago with some leftover croissants. it was luscious! i think brioche bread pudding is an excellent idea, as opposed to throwing the brioche away.

[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

Oh certainly! I just have a hard time imagining leftover brioche.

[janecpb.livejournal.com]

Bread pudding is one of my favorite foods ever.

[jekni.livejournal.com]

Well I'm guessing this recipe is English as it's called Bread and Butter Pudding not Bread Pudding - which in the UK is something completely different. Being both UK-born and Australian, I call the milk-based pudding B&BP and yes it's made with currants or sultanas (which I believe are called golden raisins in the US, no?). Often made with croissants if served in a cafe although that's too expensive for family cooking!

The truly austerity-related Bread Pudding OTOH is made with torn up pieces of stale bread soaked in warm water or tea until soft then squeezed out a bit, mixed with dried fruit, spices, eggs and melted butter then baked until set. As a kid growing up in England, both bread pudding and B&BP were part of my mother's arsenal of Sunday puddings (along with Rice Pudding and Sago Pudding).

[beansofdeath.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I decided to make this recipe, and when I gave it to my British-born husband, he called it "bread pudding" and said that he'd never heard of "bread-and-butter pudding".