Pudding

[Hopkirk]

Are you a desserts person?

Personally I don't understand why, after a nice savoury meal, there is a tradition to squeeze in a sugary and fatty follow up.

[barry1010]

I used to be before I was diabetic. I was brought up on suet puddings, apple pies and crumbles, tinned fruit and cream, rice pudding, figgy pudding - every day there was a pudding after dinner (at lunch time) and home caked after tea.
I developed a love of sticky toffee puddings, cheesecake, roulades but can't remember the last time I ate any pudding.

[jourdain2]

I'm not bothered about puddings, but to Mr. J2 they are an integral part of a meal. Sometimes, if we go out, I'll have a pudding to keep him company and I enjoy it. Different tastes, that's all.

[gingejbee]

Yes, I do like a dessert - but it doesn't have to be "sugary and fatty".

[-SharonA-]

I love pudding. But I only & mostly have a pudding when dining out.
My fave is a banofee pie!

[Cloverjo]

I’ll have a sorbet if it’s on the menu.

[Canary42]

I love savoury puddings (e.g. Yorkshire, Steak and Kidney, etc.)

[sandra4444]

You don't have to squeeze it in. If you fancy one and your not bloated from the meal just eaten then whats the problem if you enjoy one

Most people I know let their main meal go down before diving into a sweet. Everything in moderation they say.

[burlyshirley]

I can't always eat a 'sweet', but sometimes if I still feel a little hungry my favourite is a passion fruit and mango sundae at my favourite eating place, they are SO delicious ...

I also agree with sandra too.

[david small]

I enjoy the custard, not fussed about the pudding.

[tiggerblue10]

Regardless of how full I am after a meal I always need something sweet afterwards. No wonder I'm putting on weight! Arrgghh!

[Peter Pedant]

// nice savoury meal, there is a tradition to squeeze//

oh read a book on food history and you will understand

Pepys mentions mixing and matching sweet and savoury ( mince pies being er mince)
Parson Woodruffe listed everything he ate for forty years
( a LOT of meat) 1758 - 1800
Escoffier cooked for George IV and this is minutely described
and today - dinner ladies serve lunch to kids and not dinner

and you get to see why

[Barmaid]

Sometimes! Sometimes we will not bother with dessert; sometimes it will be nothing and sometimes it might be cheese and biscuits later. And sometimes I knock up something like a lemon-meringue roulade and we indulge for a few days.

[Patsy33]

Very rare. Sometimes if out in pub/restaurant and got room for pudding, I will have something.

[Peter Pedant]

// And sometimes I knock up something //
you can knock me up anytime Barmaid hur hur hur
alphabet soup served with a legal ladle
statutory suet with cootar - hard bits difficult to digest

[DTCwordfan]

Give me a Pav that looks like this, what my sisters made...
https://imgur.com/XgZ2lwl

[jno]

sorbet for me too - preferably lemon and not sweet.

[MissTerious]

I prefer to be left with a savoury taste in my mouth. Not keen on desserts. If still hungry, then yogurt and fruit is ok. Years ago cheese and biscuits was always available in restaurants, which I loved. I haven't got sweet tooth, but do like sweet and sour dishes.