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David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
I think the Brits are the same as us. However, for us a pudding must be
hot and baked. We can still say "What's for dessert?"
I think it is a matter of dialect in England. Our family have always
called it pudding, regardless of being hot or cold. Pudding as part of
the name implies hot, just as Sundae suggests ice-cream (though we have
one chain of restaurants at the moment that has a non ice-cream sundae
on its menu). Dessert in terms of the name of the course is a word we
see more on restaurant menus, and puds are also referred to as "sweets".
It used to be that after the main course in certain restaurants, the
"sweet trolley" would be brought round - these would be cold, though.
However, we all use dessert spoons to eat them with, no matter what we
call them!
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Jane Partridge
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