Pudding cloth

A pudding cloth is a culinary utensil similar to a cheesecloth or muslin. It is a reusable alternative to cooking in skins made of animal intestines and became popular in England in the seventeenth century for boiling a wide range of puddings.[1]

Preparation of a pudding with a pudding cloth

Typical uses

Sweet

Prior to the 19th century, the English Christmas pudding was boiled in a pudding cloth.[2] Clootie pudding, a traditional Scottish dessert, is boiled in a pudding cloth.[3] The traditional way to cook jam roly poly is using a pudding cloth.[4]

Savoury

Pease pudding was first made possible at the beginning of the 17th century with the advent of the pudding cloth.[5]

References
  1. "English Puddings". Historic Food. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. Broomfield, Andrea (2007). Food and cooking in Victorian England: a history. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9780275987084.
  3. Nairn, Nick. "Clootie pudding". Food. BBC. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  4. "Jam Roly Poly Pudding". ASK mum now - NZ. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  5. Olver, Lynne. "Pease". The Food Timeline. Retrieved 28 December 2013.


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