[Sca-cooks] how old
Gretchen R Beck
cmupythia at cmu.edu
Fri Aug 10 12:49:02 PDT 2012
Proof of the pudding is at least 1605 -- OED lists this quote:
1605 W. Camden Remaines xvii. 319 All the proof of a pudding is in the eating.
They are referring to it's quality (i.e. a well made pudding tastes good), not to a specific property of the pudding itself.
(s.v. pudding)
toodles, margaret
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From: sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] on behalf of Ian Kusz [sprucebranch at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 3:42 PM
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Subject: [Sca-cooks] how old
anyone know how old the saying is, "any port in a storm?" how about "the
proof of the pudding is in the eating."
and to what were they referring about the pudding? I mean, is it some
property of the sausages that are called puddings?
or something about dessert pudding?
--
Ian of Oertha
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