hasty-pudding

Quick-cooked grain dish

Hasty pudding is a simple porridge made by stirring flour or oatmeal into boiling water or milk—so called because it can be prepared quickly.

In Britain, the term usually means an oat-based porridge; in New England, it traditionally refers to cornmeal mush, often served with molasses or maple syrup.

colonial

New England

Northeast U.S. region

  • YankeePerson from northeastern states
  • HarvardPrestigious Cambridge university
  • AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music

eighteenth century · pilgrim · colonist · hearth · historic · traditional · folklore · Thanksgiving · cornmeal · maize

dessert

custard

Cooked egg-milk mixture

cinnamon · nutmeg · cream · butter · sugar · treacle · brown sugar · sweetened · warm · thick

comfort

coziness

Comfortable warm intimacy

soothing · hearty · satisfying · contentment · snug · solace · reassurance · filling · wholesome · simple

quick

instant

Briefest unit of time

hurried · simple · easy · fast · rushed · impromptu · makeshift · one-pot · weeknight · effortless

Opposites
preparation time and complexity

hasty-puddingChristmas pudding

Steamed holiday fruitcake

plum pudding · beef Wellington · wedding cake · cassoulet · coq au vin

cooking method

hasty-puddingbread pudding

Baked custard with stale slices

baked custard · rice pudding · Yorkshire pudding · soufflé · cake

social class and refinement

hasty-puddinghaute cuisine

Elevated culinary artistry

fine dining · trifle · charlotte russe · French patisserie

Family

hasty, puddle, pudding, haste, hastily, hasten, puddings, hastiness, hastiest

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Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G