History of Bread Pudding

The origins of bread pudding go as far back as the early 11th century when creative, penny-wise cooks sought to find a use for their leftover, stale bread. Fast forward two centuries and bread pudding was popularized amongst lower classes and consequently became known in England as the “poor man’s pudding”.

Nowadays, bread pudding is anything but poor man’s food as it can be found in many trendy, upscale restaurants all over the world.

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