# Bread Pudding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826 "2012-05-14T01:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/21 "2012-05-14T15:21:51Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I would say “yes, please” but only if there are no raisins. Dried cherries are better than raisins in almost everything, especially bread pudding. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/22 "2012-05-14T15:51:18Z")
No raisins but lots of custard. I use tart cherries in mine and my sister uses craisins. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/23 "2012-05-14T15:56:33Z")
Not a fan of wet, mushy bread or of custard. I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/24 "2012-05-14T15:59:03Z")
Oh my goodness yes! My favorite is a pumpkin bread pudding that’s actually low carb and sugar free but I’ll eat any of them. I’ve never had any with chocolate but I’d be more than willing to sample that too. I like mine to be less custardy and more bready. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/25 "2012-05-14T16:02:03Z")
Daggone it. Now I’m going to have to make some! ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/26 "2012-05-14T16:06:17Z")
The Best Thing I Ever Ate was bread pudding with a brandy cream sauce at a party thrown by a billionaire ex-boss. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/27 "2012-05-14T16:08:53Z")
Pile it high, both sweet and savoury. Since it hasn’t been mentioned, I like mine with layers of cheese and bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/28 "2012-05-14T17:26:43Z")
> [@YWalker](#): > > I utterly don’t get it. > > You’re recycling some stale bread by covering it up with some other stuff, and then trying to pass it off as a dessert. > > No thanks. Can I have yours, then? ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/29 "2012-05-14T17:33:03Z")
Use a little maple syrup and some crumbled bacon and you have a great brunch dish as well. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/30 "2012-05-14T18:14:00Z")
Yes, bread pudding with a nice sauce is probably the best dessert or sweet dish ever invented. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/31 "2012-05-14T18:57:29Z")
Chocolate bread pudding is a Christmas morning tradition at our house. ---
**Author:** ![BleizDu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/32 "2012-05-14T19:36:02Z")
Yes please! We finished it at dinner today ☹ I used to be “eww WTH, you’re making a dessert with stale bread??”, then my mate cooked me one. This last one we had was chocolate + raisins, prunes and alcohol soaked cherries. (And milk/cornmeal/sugar). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/33 "2012-05-14T20:12:13Z")
I have never had it. I’d try it though, in the right situation. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/34 "2012-05-14T20:53:04Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > We have it about twice a month. We keep all the heels of our loaves stuffed in the back of the refrigerator. When there’s enough, we make it. I’m an experimenter and will follow different recipes to see what I get. Hubby has his recipe. It is delicious and he shouldn’t change a thing. Ok, now I know what to do with the bread heels. Thanks BG! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/35 "2012-05-14T20:59:03Z")
The best I’ve ever had was at the Department of Water and Power cafeteria in downtown LA. And it was served cold… man I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/36 "2012-05-14T21:00:58Z")
Absolutely! Wiht plenty of butter please. Unless some fool has snuck teh ebil raisins in there, in which case, yeck! No thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/37 "2012-05-14T21:13:10Z")
Had some last week with my Grandma’s own recipe for lemon sauce! I didn’t get enough… ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/38 "2012-05-14T21:16:18Z")
For Og’s sake, don’t make it with white sandwich bread. Mom did that once and it was nasty. BP really needs a good chewy bread base to be right. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/39 "2012-05-14T23:06:42Z")
I love Nigella Lawson’s version, made with ginger jam sandwiches. Except that I gain several pounds every time I make it. I have to giggle every time I see a recipe for “baked french toast”. And that would be… um… bread pudding. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/40 "2012-05-15T01:30:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Have you ever tasted a good bread pudding or read a recipe? IOW are you imagining something based on insufficient experience and/or data? > > The “some other stuff” usually includes a high ratio of eggs and some milk/cream to the bread, and then, of course, you BAKE IT, so it winds up being very custardy. Have you ever had kugel? Same principle, only with bread instead of noodles. I’ve never tasted any that I enjoyed. I’ve probably tried it somewhere between a half dozen and a dozen times, including at some restaurants where I know they know what they’re doing and are putting out a good product. I’m considered a very accomplished baker, and I’ve read recipes and I’m aware that it’s baked. I just don’t particularly like the texture or the taste, and I usually think that the remaining ingredients would be better served by mixing them with some flour and making something with a more homogenous texture. I’ve never tried kugel — it doesn’t show up on menus around here very much. Hey, **Suburban Plankton** — since you asked first, you have dibs on my share. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826.md?page=3)