To hate the word "pudding?"

[Misswrite89]

I hate it when people use the word pudding instead of dessert. AIBU?

Dh is a Yorkshire man of the pudding variety. He's lived down south for years and no longer has an accent, but some of his turns of phrase are just lovely and proper Yorkshire. He had me in fits of laughter in a restaurant a couple of weeks ago when he asked to see the menu to choose a pudding. It just sounded odd and totally out of place in a restaurant, but weirdly at home it seems right and has never elicited the same reaction from me. It just tickled me (and the waiter).

I say pudding but I see this from both sides as I'm a Midlander and the product of a union between a southern, vair u mother and non-u father from the Midlands.

Mother's family had lunch, supper and pudding. Father's family had breakfast, dinner and tea (no dessert, afters or what-not). We had breakfast, lunch, tea, supper and pudding so a mixture of both. Maternal grandmother tried to get me and my sister to speak RP but failed.

Family gatherings were very uncomfortable if both sides were attending. I think it's both a class marker and a regional marker but I can see where American culture has influenced how we speak in this respect. I notice now that most young people turn their fork over and use it to shovel, as is done in America and they refer to dessert. I quite like the mixing of different behaviours I have to say. It makes things interesting.

I hate the word 'supper'. It's tea if it's before 6.15 and dinner after (northern).

This is correct (fellow northerner)

Steak & Kidney pudding with custard? err no ta.

I fucking hate the word pudding, Yanbu. Even as a child, it made me wince and it still does. It's such a snobby word for dessert, my snobby paternal family always used the word.

Pudding is also incorrect. Pudding is usually that stodgy cake type stuff served with custard. Whereas dessert is a catch all term for sweet food after lunch/dinner. And no, fruit is not a dessert, neither is a yogurt ffs.

Pudding

Pudding comes from boudin - black pudding- so all the sweet ones are going against the ancient spirit of puddin'/ boudin!

Steam I read your link too late..

Pudding is nice and comforting sounding

From my OED:

Dessert: A course of fruit, nuts, sweets etc served at the end of a meal. Also, (orig. US), a pudding or sweet course.

Doesn't pudding in the US generally refer to sloppy mixtures like apple sauce or stuff with Angel Delight type consistences?

DMIL says 'sweet'

It's the only time I want to stab her.

I was brought up to say pudding and that dessert was pretentious and only for restaurants. But I agree it's not suitable as a word for most things we have as a sweet course now. I don't really care what people call it but we do say pudding, just from habit.

It's weird it's seen as snobby (though given my Granny was a raging snob I do concede the point) because it's like loo - "toilet" sounds a lot primmer and Frenchified than "loo" or "bog"!

Lol Arf

Pudding, napkin, and sofa are decidedly 'U'. Your 'posh' version are actually the common ones. Welcome to the U Side

Applesauce would not be called pudding in the US.

Pudding in the US is a cooked custard-type dessert made with milk, eggs, some type of thickening agent, and flavorings.

Dessert sounds really posh. The only time I ever hear it is in a restaurant where the waiter or waitress asks if we'd like to see the Dessert Menu. Otherwise it's pudding!

There's also corn pudding, which is not a dessert, but a side dish (and very good.)

Anything that is french, like dessert, sounds odd to me.
I like a pud.
But it is a cringy class marker so here we go again!

Which category does Angel Delight fall under?

'Dessert'? Oh no, you'll be calling the living room a 'lounge' next.

Which category does Angel Delight fall under?

Food of the Gods!

We don't have Angel Delight in the US, but it looks like what we would call instant pudding. We do have instant puddings, powder that you mix with milk to make pudding.

Yes, that's basically what it is, Seneca. Like Instant Whip. Don't mind this Food of the Gods baloney; it's pure muck...

I'm with you Steam - muck or not it sure tastes delightful. Surely it's mostly milk, therefore nutritious?