“The problem is if you rush a Yorkshire pudding wrap it goes soggy. It’s not a hotdog, you aren’t passing out a hotdog.”
A Sunday dinner is a British classic however, no dinner is complete without a mouth watering perfectly golden and crispy Yorkshire pudding. Originally the pudding was just served on only roast beef dinners, then it worked its way onto the plates of other meats and now us greedy Brits have made it the main event. The invention of the Yorkshire pudding wrap, a revolutionary idea. Could this be the new festive favourite?
The original Yorkshire pudding is made of a batter consisting of eggs, flour and milk. It is typically small and round in shape but is often consumed in larger and more rectangular quantities for meals such as toad in the hole, which is sausages inside of the Yorkshire pudding batter. The oldest mention of the Yorkshire pudding was in The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy by Hannah Glasse in 1747.
Like most great things as the years have gone by Yorkshire puddings have modernised. In this case, through the power of social media. In today’s day and age the pudding has been transformed into a well-sorted after Christmas delicacy. The Yorkshire pudding wrap may have been around longer than you think though. In recent years the rise of TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms has brought the Yorkshire pudding wrap into the spotlight and Manchester is home to one of the most notorious Yorkshire pudding wrap stands, Pork Pigs.
The owner of Porky Pigs, Eddie, started his business at Old Trafford when he was just 18 but now his stand is twice the size and better than ever. He said: “The demand gets bigger each year … We’ve got a product that’s really good and that everybody wants at Christmas time.”
Eddie takes care and precision into the Yorkshire pudding wraps that he serves to the streets of Manchester each year at the Christmas markets. “The problem is if you rush a Yorkshire pudding wrap it goes soggy. It’s not a hotdog, you aren’t passing out a hotdog, so you do need to take that bit of time to make sure it is done properly.”
The Yorkshire pudding wrap went viral on Tiktok, with thousands of videos being shared of the food from Eddie’s delicious Porky Pigs stand. Not only is this stand now attracting people from all over the world but the Yorkshire pudding wrap itself is now being served by many and being offered at markets, festivals and many more events.
The people have gone crazy for this silly little invention, some to the extent of recreating it at home and adding it to their monthly rotation of evening meals. Yorkshire pudding wraps are the main event this festive season, and we are certainly not mad about it.
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