steak-and-kidney pudding

plural steak-and-kidney puddings

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of steak and kidney pudding.

   "Excuse me," he said, raising his hat, "but am I right in supposing that this is a steak-and-kidney pudding?"

   1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 20

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   Once upon a time, a gentleman in the newspaper business, who is partial to steak-and-kidney pudding—with plenty of onions—had a pudding compounded specially for him by his favourite daughter.

   1890 April 11, Oculeus [pseudonym], “Oculeus”, in The Ayrshire Post and Irvine Express, number 682, Ayr, page 4, column 6

   They then organized a petition to the matron complaining of “corrugated cardboard pastry, steak-and-kidney pudding like cork matting and rubbery lemon-meringue pies.”

   1977 August 16, “Oldsters “can” cook”, in The North Bay Nugget, 71st year, number 52, North Bay, Ont., page 9

   About the only time that you can safely overcook kidneys is in an old-fashioned British steak-and-kidney pie or steak-and-kidney pudding. Covered with a crust and gently simmered for a long time, the kidneys become soft and toothsome again.

   1981 July 16, James Beard, “As babe he loved organs”, in The News and Observer, Raleigh, N.C., page 5-F

   IT’S often hard to keep to any kind of diet if you are catering for the needs of a family. Nor is it much fun, you may think — there you are, nibbling a lettuce leaf, while husband and children are tucking in to a hearty helping of steak-and-kidney pudding.

   1982 September 3, “How to eat well and keep your figure”, in Evening Post, number 4420, page 5

   Animals are slaughtered every day and have been for many years to make food for us. Perhaps people ought to think about his^([sic]) as they sit down to their steak-and-kidney puddings.

   1999 September 15, L Berrymen, “Never Ending Tory..”, in The Mirror, page 29, column 1