Meaning of steak-and-kidney pudding | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“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.”

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

“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.””

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“‘What’s that?’ said Ron, pointing at a large dish of some sort of shellfish stew that stood beside a large steak-and-kidney pudding. / ‘Bouillabaisse,’ said Hermione.”

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