People who will only have Yorkshire pudding with beef

strongermummy · 29/12/2025 18:56

Yorkshire puddings are a great addition to all sorts of meals
including sausages
cranberry and Brie
Nutella
strawberry jam
and yes. With a roast. All of them. Not just beef!!

bumphousebump · 29/12/2025 18:53

Westfacing · 29/12/2025 15:04

If I'm given a Yorkshire pudding in a restaurant or as a guest I'll eat it no matter what the meat is - but out of choice I would have it with beef.

I love all food, well mostly all, but don't want everything with everything.

Just as Italians wouldn't put parmesan on a fish dish; or Indians wouldn't serve curry with mashed potatoes - some things are traditional, tried and tested, etc.

Bit different but a masala dosa is basically curried mashed potatoes in a pancake. Delicious Indian breakfast.

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 29/12/2025 15:32

I don't particularly like them at the best of times. Therefore happy to confine them to beef.

There, I said it.

Shatteredallthetimelately · 29/12/2025 15:15

I'd be hung, drawn and quartered.
I eat Yorkshire puddings with a mid week pork chop, chicken Kiev or whatever else takes my fancy.

It really doesn’t bother me what people choose to eat with what...I love a packet of chocolate buttons added to a packet of Walkers cheese and onion crisps.

What I do take objection to and what does bother me is people telling me it's not the done thing.
It hurts no one, as you say why does it bother them, I'm not insisting anyone else do it, I enjoy eating them and that's all others need to know.

Westfacing · 29/12/2025 15:04

If I'm given a Yorkshire pudding in a restaurant or as a guest I'll eat it no matter what the meat is - but out of choice I would have it with beef.

I love all food, well mostly all, but don't want everything with everything.

Just as Italians wouldn't put parmesan on a fish dish; or Indians wouldn't serve curry with mashed potatoes - some things are traditional, tried and tested, etc.

mummabubs · 29/12/2025 14:49

Growing up we never had yorkies with Sunday lunch, but then we always had roast chicken - never anything else. So as an adult I cook yorkies every single Sunday regardless of whatever meat we do (ironically we pretty much never do roast beef). Good luck to anyone who tries to take my right to Yorkshire puddings away from me! 🤣

AuntieDen · 29/12/2025 13:25

not only with every roast (I don't eat meat so I ignore what the meat eaters are having anyway) but also a big one as a brunch wrap (slap a full (veggie) English in it and roll it up) is delicious.

ImTheLyricalDanceFlap · 29/12/2025 13:17

FunkyFringe · 28/12/2025 16:35

Exactly, and the problem now is that a pub Sunday roast will serve huge Yorkshire puddings with every meat in order to make the plate look full. I don’t mind a small one, but hate the huge ones which take over the plate.

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I agree and they are almost always over cooked and hard as they’ve been reheated.

NotYoCheese · 29/12/2025 00:44

Mithral · 27/12/2025 17:20

Oh yes I wonder if that's it - that makes some sense as the origin of it.

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Not sure it does though - chicken is cheap now, but wasn't in the past. DM was telling me over Christmas they rarely had roast chicken when she was growing up as it was expensive.
Traditionally, Yorkshire pudding was cooked under the beef in the dripping, so wouldn't have worked with other meat... I'd think the idea of it being 'common' was more about people not adhering to tradition. Perhaps the upper classes felt these people weren't educated enough to know how things 'should be done.'

boundarysponge · 28/12/2025 22:21

I don’t like them, weird things. Haven’t eaten one since I was a child.

mydogisthebest · 28/12/2025 17:31

Me and DH are vegetarian so according to some we should not be eating them ever!

In fact we have them with every roast

tilypu · 28/12/2025 16:38

GillyGillyOssenfeffa · 28/12/2025 15:49

You don't have bacon rolls and pigs in blankets with your turkey at Christmas? Shock, horror!!!!😱

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It's worse than that.

I don't even have turkey....

FunkyFringe · 28/12/2025 16:35

TheNightingalesStarling · 27/12/2025 17:16

The original point if Yorkshires was to full you up with something cheap so you need less expensive meat.

Ergo, they work with any meal.

Exactly, and the problem now is that a pub Sunday roast will serve huge Yorkshire puddings with every meat in order to make the plate look full. I don’t mind a small one, but hate the huge ones which take over the plate.

SwedishEdith · 28/12/2025 16:32

I'm in the 'different accompianments for different meats' camp re roasts so Yorkshires with anything other than beef would taste "wrong" to me. I also love fruit with meat - don't get why that's considered weird. And Christmas dinner as a child (so 70s as my living memory) had chipolata sausages and bacon served separately - never called 'pigs in blankets' until sometime in my adulthood. Feels like only the last 30 years or so that I became aware of that name.

Boomer55 · 28/12/2025 16:17

isargosaword · 27/12/2025 17:11

Can I ask why? Yorkshire puddings are a nice addition to any roast meat. I’ve just never understood why you would deprive yourself of Yorkshire pudding on a roast because the meat isn’t beef, what is the reasoning? Some people seem to feel quite passionately about it.

Bit daft in my view. I serve Yorkies with all meat and batter pudding as part of Toad in the Hole.

muddyford · 28/12/2025 16:13

Delicious cold with raspberry jam!

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 28/12/2025 16:12

TheNightingalesStarling · 27/12/2025 17:16

The original point if Yorkshires was to full you up with something cheap so you need less expensive meat.

Ergo, they work with any meal.

My Granny (from Yorkshire) used to serve Yorkshire Pudding from a square tray (not individual round things) with gravy as a 'starter'. To fill you up before the main meal.

DilkushaKitchen · 28/12/2025 16:06

ErrolTheDragon · 27/12/2025 18:19

Why on earth is that not a Thing? Pancakes are…Pancakes, bacon and maple syrup are in the US, toad in the hole is Yorkshire pud and sausage … perfect fusion food brunch.

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Have you ever had a Dutch baby? They are essentially a Yorkshire pudding, but usually sweet. Lovely for breakfast with fruit compote.

WarmGreyHare · 28/12/2025 16:04

ErrolTheDragon · 27/12/2025 18:19

Why on earth is that not a Thing? Pancakes are…Pancakes, bacon and maple syrup are in the US, toad in the hole is Yorkshire pud and sausage … perfect fusion food brunch.

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Not enough gravy with breakfast 😅

ChrimboLimbo · 28/12/2025 16:01

Best with beef, but great with anything.

I like them for lunch the next day, stuffed with veg and cheese, cold though.

DilkushaKitchen · 28/12/2025 16:00

We only have yorkies with roast beef, mainly because of tradition, I suppose. We were talking about it yesterday and thought if we had them with every roast, they wouldn't be as much of a treat.

I am, quite happy for other people to have them whenever they want.

ChocoChocoLatte · 28/12/2025 15:57

Have them with ice cream - you can thank me later

GillyGillyOssenfeffa · 28/12/2025 15:57

Sixgeese · 28/12/2025 15:47

My Yorkshire Grandad used to eat the leftover Yorkshire puddings with jam for tea.

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Leftover Yorkshire Pudding?
What's that?

Throwmoneyatit · 28/12/2025 15:56

I always have homemade Yorkshire puddings in the fridge for snacking. Make myself a small pot of gravy and dunk. Mmmmm...
Yorkshire puddings can go with anything. YADNBU

Parker231 · 28/12/2025 15:54

genesis92 · 28/12/2025 15:43

It’s a bit common to have it with other meats. It’s also what makes a roast beef that extra special. Each to their own though

Why is it common to have with other meats?