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Pudding vs Porridge - What's the difference?

pudding | porridge |

As nouns the difference between pudding and porridge

is that pudding is a sausage made primarily from blood while porridge is a type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

pudding

English

(wikipedia pudding)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
  • Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
  • * 2004 , Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet , page 313,
    • The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings', including a few surprises like a chèvre popover '''pudding''' and a bread ' pudding with lettuce and cheese.
  • * 2004 , Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices , page 199,
    • Steamed and boiled puddings' have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early ' puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire.
  • A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
  • * 2007 , Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook , page 265,
    • Steamed puddings , a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.
  • A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
    • We have apple pie for pudding today.
  • (slang) An overweight person.
  • (slang) Entrails.
  • (obsolete) Any food or victuals.
  • * Prior
    • Eat your pudding , slave, and hold your tongue.

    Synonyms

    * (sausage made from blood) black pudding (UK), blood sausage * (dessert) afters (UK informal), dessert, pud (UK slang), sweet (British) * (custard-like dessert) custard, , flan, mousse

    Derived terms

    * bread-and-butter pudding * bread pudding * milk pudding * plum pudding * pudding basin, pudding bowl * pudding stone * rice pudding * sago pudding * Yorkshire pudding

    See also

    * dumpling ----

    porridge

    English

    (wikipedia porridge)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
  • A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
    • Eat your porridge while it's hot!
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  • (British slang) A prison sentence.
    • Just do your porridge and keep your head down.

    See also

    * gruel * oatmeal