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1776-1800 - Colonial American households and early farm families.
Hasty pudding is a simple cornmeal porridge traditionally eaten for breakfast, traced to colonial America and The Revolutionary Table era. It historically used accessible grains and minimal ingredients to provide warm sustenance.
Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
5 minutes
Cook time
20 minutes
Total time
25 minutes
Servings
4
Region
United States
Era introduced
1776-1800
Introduced by
Colonial American households and early farm families.
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Hasty pudding is one of the oldest American breakfast dishes, with roots extending back to colonial times during the Revolutionary era. Made by quickly cooking cornmeal with water or milk until thickened, it provided an inexpensive and nourishing start to the day for settlers and farm families. The dish exemplifies early American cooking using native grains and minimally processed ingredients to sustain through hard labor.
Traditional American recipe with many colonial-era variations; cornmeal coarseness affects texture.
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