pudding

Everyday

1. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, pudding (or «pud») can mean any sweet dish eaten after the main meal (dessert). tree →
2. A pudding is a soft, sweet, cooked dish such as rice pudding, bread-and-butter pudding or Christmas pudding. tree →
3. In the USA, pudding usually means a soft, creamy dessert like chocolate pudding. tree →
4. Some puddings are not sweet: Yorkshire pudding, black pudding. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life children ask «What's for pudding?» after dinner. In stories and at Christmas a pudding may have a coin hidden inside. Phrases: «What's for pudding?», «Christmas pudding», «rice pudding», «the proof of the pudding is in the eating».

Examples

• What's for pudding tonight? tree →
• We had sticky toffee pudding at Grandma's. tree →
• In America I ate chocolate pudding from a cup. tree →
• Yorkshire pudding is eaten with roast beef. tree →
• Eat your vegetables first, then you can have pudding. tree →
• The Christmas pudding was set alight with brandy. tree →
• «The proof of the pudding is in the eating» means you test a thing by using it. tree →
• So they both made a pudding. tree →

Note

Countable (a pudding) and uncountable (some pudding). Meaning differs by country: UK «pudding» = any dessert; US «pudding» = a creamy dessert. Not every pudding is sweet.