Originally Posted by
TMOliver
One assumes that the Bostonnais would have never developed "Indian Puddling" unless they had experienced substantial Southern exposure.
One assumes incorrectly...
Indian pudding is a corn based version of English "hasty pudding," cracked or broken grains boiled or simmered in milk until soft. Making of hasty pudding w/ Indian corn is recorded in diaries of the Plimoth colony in the first generation of settlement... apparently independent of any southern influence.