DARLENE’S TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS RECIPE

Rate this post

If you do your fair day’s work, you are certain to get your fair day’s wage – in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

Alexander Smith

Hi there,

One of my favorite authors is Darlene Foster, http://www.darlenefoster.wordpress.com. Her delightful series of Amanda books are a must read. Amanda has all the spunk and sense of adventure that my fictional heroines had when I was growing up.

Darlene is sharing with us today another one of her delightful stories and delicious recipes.

Darlene Foster Yorkshire Pudding

I am German-Canadian, my husband is British, and we live in Spain. So our Christmas dinners can be quite eclectic. Yorkshire puddings were not served in my home growing up, but they are a favorite of my Yorkshire-born hubby. So I always include them in my Christmas dinner menu. They are easy but can be tricky; sometimes they turn out great, light and fluffy, and other times not so much. I recall one Christmas in Calgary when I was hosting Christmas dinner for 14, my family, my girlfriend and her daughter. Things were going well until that frantic last few minutes when the turkey was ready to be carved, the potatoes needed to be mashed, the gravy stirred, and the Yorkshire puddings cooked. I ended up with too many dishes needing the oven, all at different temperatures. To make a long story short, I burnt the Yorkshire puddings. I was so upset hubby found me outside, in tears, throwing them away. They looked like discarded hockey pucks lying in the snow. 

Everyone loved the meal, and no one even noticed the missing item, until my girlfriend said, “This is all so delicious, but where are your amazing Yorkshire puddings?” Hubby shook his head and mouthed, Don’t ask. I replied, “They’re outside in the snow, help yourself!” 

It took me a long time to find a fail-proof recipe, but this one has never let me down. I found it in one of mom’s cookbooks I inherited called “Hilda Town & Country Ladies Club 50th Anniversary Cookbook”. These small-town cookbooks are wonderful as everyone who contributes always provides their best tried and true recipe. 

Never Fail Yorkshire Pudding by Lorraine Mauch

Pre-heat oven to 400F (200C)

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

3 unbeaten eggs (room temperature)

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup water

Grease muffin tins and heat in the oven (the bottom of each should have a thin layer of fat or oil)

Put all ingredients except eggs in a mixing bowl

Beat until mixture is smooth

Add 1 egg at a time and whisk after each egg until well mixed

Pour into hot muffin tins filling 1/2 full

Bake for 15 minutes

Then turn the oven down to 350F (180C) and bake for another 20 – 30 minutes (be careful not to burn them)

Serve hot out of the oven with gravy

Note: Do not open the oven during baking. 

Wishing everyone Happy Holidays and Happy Eating!

— 

Darlene Foster

www.darlenefoster.ca

https://darlenefoster.wordpress.com

Well, on Darlene’s recommendation, I may even try making Yorkshire Pudding. I must admit that anything that requires rising in the oven is very intimidating to me, but I trust Darlene. Thank you, Darlene, for providing this wonderful story and recipe.

59 responses to “DARLENE’S TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS RECIPE”

  1. These Yorkshire puddings look fabulous! Thank you, Darlene, for this beautiful recipe!

  2. Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
    Darlene says:

    Thank you so much for sharing my Christmas story and recipe. I had a laugh remembering that Christmas dinner. And thanks for including the Alexander McCall Smith quote, he is one of my favourites and I had the pleasure of meeting him once. A charming fellow and very funny. Have a great day!

  3. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen – I'm a writer, cook, gardener, photographer, poet, quilter, and accomplished daydreamer. I'm also a wife, mother, grandmother, sister. cousin, aunt, and friend, no particular order on any given day. I've been a writer all my life, newspaper reporter and columnist, radio news writer, and magazine contributor, and poet and short-story writer as the spirit moves. Now, I turn my attention to my cookbook, the blog, and a cooking column "Memorable Meals," which runs in our county newspaper. Besides my family, I love dogs, cats, good coffee, and my never-dwindling pile of books I intend to read. Our family ran a small Vermont Inn for 18 years, with our focus on local, organic ingredients. After many years of daily serving up of our local delicacies, cooking classes, and catering, we are now only open for special events, and the odd cooking class as the spirit moves me. We also host musicians and artists, having helped produce a musical festival and other musical events for nearly 20 years. Many incredible artists have found a place at our table. Wonderful experiences, we will treasure always. My family and friends are my practice subjects. With a family that includes nut, peanut, tree fruit, and vegetable allergies, gluten intolerance, dairy intolerance, vegetarians, vegans, heart conscious, and a couple of picky eaters, there has to be a few quick tricks in the book to keep everyone fed and happy! Personally, I do not eat red meat or most dairy (usually) for health reasons, making the occasional exception at Thanksgiving and Christmas or our anniversary if the duck is locally raised. I do eat fish and seafood, so I try to come up with alternatives and substitutions when available. I serve local organic eggs and cheeses to my family who can tolerate dairy (My husband recently had a heart attack, and I need to watch my own cholesterol so I am careful, but have been known to let a little piece of really good cheese accidentally fall on my plate!). I believe strongly that eating in a way that is good for our planet is also good for our bodies! I cook by the seasons and draw on inspiration from the strong and talented women in my family who came before me, as well as the youth in the family who look at the world with fresh eyes. Food links us all, whether sharing a meal, cooking it together, or writing about it for others to enjoy. I love taking an old recipe and giving it a modern spin, especially if I can make it a littler healthier and use foods that are kinder to the Earth and to our bodies. I believe strongly in sustainable, delicious eating of whole foods, and the wonderful flavors we have at our fingertips! And finally, I love conversing with all the talented cooks and chefs out there who dot the globe! It's a wonderful, world full of culinary pen pals, and I cherish them all! XXXOOO Dorothy
    Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen says:

    Yorkshire puddings always make folks happy! This definitely looks like a winner recipe.

      • Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen – I'm a writer, cook, gardener, photographer, poet, quilter, and accomplished daydreamer. I'm also a wife, mother, grandmother, sister. cousin, aunt, and friend, no particular order on any given day. I've been a writer all my life, newspaper reporter and columnist, radio news writer, and magazine contributor, and poet and short-story writer as the spirit moves. Now, I turn my attention to my cookbook, the blog, and a cooking column "Memorable Meals," which runs in our county newspaper. Besides my family, I love dogs, cats, good coffee, and my never-dwindling pile of books I intend to read. Our family ran a small Vermont Inn for 18 years, with our focus on local, organic ingredients. After many years of daily serving up of our local delicacies, cooking classes, and catering, we are now only open for special events, and the odd cooking class as the spirit moves me. We also host musicians and artists, having helped produce a musical festival and other musical events for nearly 20 years. Many incredible artists have found a place at our table. Wonderful experiences, we will treasure always. My family and friends are my practice subjects. With a family that includes nut, peanut, tree fruit, and vegetable allergies, gluten intolerance, dairy intolerance, vegetarians, vegans, heart conscious, and a couple of picky eaters, there has to be a few quick tricks in the book to keep everyone fed and happy! Personally, I do not eat red meat or most dairy (usually) for health reasons, making the occasional exception at Thanksgiving and Christmas or our anniversary if the duck is locally raised. I do eat fish and seafood, so I try to come up with alternatives and substitutions when available. I serve local organic eggs and cheeses to my family who can tolerate dairy (My husband recently had a heart attack, and I need to watch my own cholesterol so I am careful, but have been known to let a little piece of really good cheese accidentally fall on my plate!). I believe strongly that eating in a way that is good for our planet is also good for our bodies! I cook by the seasons and draw on inspiration from the strong and talented women in my family who came before me, as well as the youth in the family who look at the world with fresh eyes. Food links us all, whether sharing a meal, cooking it together, or writing about it for others to enjoy. I love taking an old recipe and giving it a modern spin, especially if I can make it a littler healthier and use foods that are kinder to the Earth and to our bodies. I believe strongly in sustainable, delicious eating of whole foods, and the wonderful flavors we have at our fingertips! And finally, I love conversing with all the talented cooks and chefs out there who dot the globe! It's a wonderful, world full of culinary pen pals, and I cherish them all! XXXOOO Dorothy
        Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen says:

        Oh, they are easy! Little popovers, the kids call them, and they love popovers. The two tricks are have the tin really hot and don’t overfill them. Learned this, interestingly enough, from an elderly British lady named Hilda! Her favorite thing to cook was a prime roast, first four ribs only, and Yorkshire puddings cooked in the fat while the meat rested.

  4. This was a fun story! I’m glad to know that the challenge of pulling together every detail of an elaborate meal is universal. As a bread maker, I am sorry to admit that I never have warm dinner rolls on the holiday table either. Timing the delicate things is so tough to do when everything else demands the oven. Anyway, those Yorkshire puddings deserve to be the star of the show! Darlene could build her meal around them and it would be just lovely. 🙂

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      Thanks so much. Sometimes, when there is just hubby and myself, I do make the Yorkshire puddings the main part of the meal. We both love them!

  5. Hi Bernadette, this looks like a good recipe. I had a complete disasters with Yorkshire puddings once. I put to much oil in the pans and it boiled over in the gas oven. Black smoke billowed out of the oven and I nearly had a heart attack as I thought it would catch fire.

  6. Colleen M. Chesebro – East Lansing, MI – An avid reader, Colleen M. Chesebro rekindled her love of writing poetry after years spent working in the accounting industry. These days, she loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction. In addition to poetry books, Chesebro’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. She’s an avid supporter of her writing community on Word Craft Poetry.com by organizing and sponsoring a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, where participants experiment with traditional and current forms of Japanese and American syllabic poetry. Chesebro is an assistant editor of The Congress of the Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology & Gitty Up Press, a micro-press founded by Charli Mills and Carrot Ranch. In January 2022, Colleen founded Unicorn Cats Publishing Services to assist poets and authors in creating eBooks and print books for publication. In addition, she creates affordable book covers for Kindle and print books. Chesebro lives in the house of her dreams in mid-Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes with her husband and two (unicorn) cats, Chloe & Sophie.
    Colleen M. Chesebro says:

    How wonderful! I’ve never attempted to make Yorkshire Pudding, but you make it look easy. 🥳

  7. Carol Balawyder – Hi- Thank you for stopping by. I am the author of the Getting To Mr. Right Series which includes Missi's Dating Adventures, Café Paradise, Not By Design and The Longest Nine Months. I also wrote Mourning Has Broken , a memoire on grief. I am currently using my experience as a criminologist to write crime novels. I am mostly interested in domestic crime and noir fiction. You can read my first psychological suspense novel Warning Signs and my second novel Just Before Sunrise. Being a messy and unorganized writer I wrote two author notebooks to keep me focused on my character traits and my settings. I also blog regularly on my website. I hope to see you there at www.carolbalawyder.com/blog. You can check out my books on my author profile at: https://www.amazon.com/Carol-Balawyder/e/B00QYYX008%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share I wish you all peace and success.
    Carol Balawyder says:

    Oh, I love what you said to your girlfriend when she asked about the Yorkshire pudding.
    I love Yorkshire pudding with roast beef but haven’t made it for years!
    Happy holidays, Darlene, to you and your family! <3

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      Thanks, Carol. Yorkshire puddings are traditionally served with roast beef or pork but they go very nice with turkey too.

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      Yes, Liz, they are very similar. I associate popovers with a sweet filling like jam whereas Yorkshire puddings are usually filled with something savoury like gravy or minced beef.

  8. As I read your recipe, I noticed the warning: “Do not open your oven during baking.” Such a temptation, but I know that’s what oven lights are for. Hahaha! 😀

  9. Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life. – Wexford Ireland – My name is Sally Cronin and I am doing what I love.. Writing. Books, short stories, Haiku and blog posts. . I move between non-fiction health books and posts and fairy stories, romance and humour. I love variety which is why I called my blog Smorgasbord Invitation and you will find a wide range of subjects. Free Book Marketing, Music, Health, Book Reviews, Short Stories, Poetry and Humour. https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/about-sally-cronin/
    Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life. says:

    Fantastic recipe Darlene and I am quite partial to them too…thanks for sharing. x

  10. i love community cookbooks! and old cookbooks in general. always full of great family recipes. I was making a meat pie yesterday and almost threw it away thinking it was a disaster but turned out to be very tasty. Lucky I kept it :=)

  11. CarolCooks2 – Udon Thani – Enjoying life in The Land Of Smiles I am having so much fun researching, finding new, authentic recipes both Thai and International to share with you. New recipes gleaned from those who I have met on my travels or are just passing through and stopped for a while. I hope you enjoy them. I love shopping at the local markets, finding fresh, natural ingredients, new strange fruits and vegetable ones I have never seen or cooked with. I am generally the only European person and attract much attention and I love to try what I am offered and when I smile and say Aroy or Saab as it is here in the north I am met with much smiling. Some of my recipes may not be in line with traditional ingredients and methods of cooking but are recipes I know and have become to love and maybe if you dare to try you will too. You will always get more than just a recipe from me as I love to research and find out what other properties the ingredients I use contain to improve our health and wellbeing. This is now taking me into other areas like deforestation, chemicals and preservatives in the food chain. Exciting for me hence the title of my blog, Retired No One Told Me! I am having a wonderful ride and don’t want to get off, so if you wish to follow me on my adventures, then welcome! I hope you enjoy the ride also and if it encourages you to take a step into the unknown or untried, you know you want to…….Then, I will be happy!
    CarolCooks2 says:

    Yorkshires are a given with any roast I make and I too have had my share of disasters… More here I will add-smile-and a fail proof yorkshire recipe is a keeper although I must admit I never measure just eyeball the batter… Yours look delicious, Darlene x

      • CarolCooks2 – Udon Thani – Enjoying life in The Land Of Smiles I am having so much fun researching, finding new, authentic recipes both Thai and International to share with you. New recipes gleaned from those who I have met on my travels or are just passing through and stopped for a while. I hope you enjoy them. I love shopping at the local markets, finding fresh, natural ingredients, new strange fruits and vegetable ones I have never seen or cooked with. I am generally the only European person and attract much attention and I love to try what I am offered and when I smile and say Aroy or Saab as it is here in the north I am met with much smiling. Some of my recipes may not be in line with traditional ingredients and methods of cooking but are recipes I know and have become to love and maybe if you dare to try you will too. You will always get more than just a recipe from me as I love to research and find out what other properties the ingredients I use contain to improve our health and wellbeing. This is now taking me into other areas like deforestation, chemicals and preservatives in the food chain. Exciting for me hence the title of my blog, Retired No One Told Me! I am having a wonderful ride and don’t want to get off, so if you wish to follow me on my adventures, then welcome! I hope you enjoy the ride also and if it encourages you to take a step into the unknown or untried, you know you want to…….Then, I will be happy!
        CarolCooks2 says:

        I have made them for so many years, Bern that its one of those things that you don’t need a recipe for you must have those dishes where you just chuck in the ingredients and throw in the oven do you not?

  12. debrapurdykong – British Columbia, Canada – I'm a British Columbia author who's been writing for over 30 years. My volunteer experiences, criminology diploma, and security work inspired me to write the Casey Holland transit security novels set in Metro Vancouver. I'm also a part-time facilitator in Creative Writing Workshops through Port Moody's Recreation program. Feel free to contact me at dpurdykong@gmail.com
    debrapurdykong says:

    I love Yorkshire puddings, but mine never turn out light and flaky. I’m going to try Darlene’s recipe. It’s close to mine, but with a couple of differences.

  13. sue clancy – I create visual stories: fine art and artist books – in the genres of "animals in art" and "books in art". I tell my stories on walls, in books and even on "nontraditional" surfaces like coffee mugs. My fine art is represented by Caplan Art Designs www.caplanartdesigns.com and by Joseph Gierek Fine Art www.gierek.com – Thank you for letting me tell you a story!
    sue clancy says:

    Yum!!!

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      Thanks, Sue.

  14. petespringerauthor – Eureka, CA USA – I'm a retired elementary school teacher who spent thirty-one incredible years doing what I loved. I wrote a book about my experiences (They Call Me Mom) designed to teach and inspire the next generation of teachers. My new goal is to become a children's book writer.
    petespringerauthor says:

    I enjoyed Darlene’s story. We can laugh along because we can all commiserate in our own cooking disasters. Being able to look back and laugh at ourselves is a sign of a good sense of humor.

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      If nothing went wrong, we’d have nothing to laugh about later.

  15. Angela – New England-born, Pennsylvania raised, and 100% Italian-American, I've been writing since Sister Mary Dolores taught me how. My husband's a concrete sequential Leo and I’m a daydreaming Pisces, which makes life just a bit more interesting, as do our kids, grands, and the inimitable Miss Puppy Clouseau.
    Angela says:

    We have all been in Diane’s position. I have more than one holiday disaster in my history, I can assure you. I think of Yorkshire pudding as made with meat drippings in a big pan, which I have never done though would love to try, and what you’ve described, the individual ones, as popovers, which I make several times a year as a special treat. In US cookbooks, that is typically what I have read. But there are so many regional variables in how these iconic foods are made and described!

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      Made in muffin tins, which I do, they are very similar to popovers. You are right, recipes often change from region to region.

      • Angela – New England-born, Pennsylvania raised, and 100% Italian-American, I've been writing since Sister Mary Dolores taught me how. My husband's a concrete sequential Leo and I’m a daydreaming Pisces, which makes life just a bit more interesting, as do our kids, grands, and the inimitable Miss Puppy Clouseau.
        Angela says:

        Either way, you’ve whetted my appetite for them. My worst holiday disaster was a Christmas Eve sink clog. My expert baker cousin called yesterday to report a massive cookie dough fail! It happens!

  16. Awakening Wonders – Everyday life is filled with wondrous things and embraceable moments, but only if we allow ourselves to be fully awakened. I invite you to join me as I share passionate life adventures and ramblings that awaken my spirit. I look forward to awakening your senses to the simple, joyous wonders that are all around us. I feel that we are destined to become soulful adventurers!
    Awakening Wonders says:

    A nice classic!

  17. I bought a pop over pan and still haven’t used it! Thank you for the recipe.

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      Have fun trying these and good luck.

  18. Marje @ Kyrosmagica – Hi. Welcome to my blog: M J Mallon – Kyrosmagica Publishing. A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time – Book 1 – Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 – Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to several anthologies, created my own with some amazing international writers, bloggers and creatives during the pandemic: This Is Lockdown and written two poetry collections: Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity & Mr. Sagittarius Poetry and Prose. I write book reviews on my blog and on Goodreads, book bub and on my bookstagram. I have a penchant for travel and have relatives in far flung places, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore, (my birthplace.) I grew up in in Bonnie Scotland, in Edinburgh, and now live in Cambridge. I love sunny, hot places, particularly Rome, Venice, Portugal, Barcelona, and I forgot to mention the sun drenched beaches of the Caribbean, how could I? I am lucky to have been blessed with two lovely daughters and a husband who I fondly refer to in this blog as my black sheep. Family joke! With my passion for travel, culture, beautiful beaches, good food, books, theatre, writing, and humour, I hope to keep you entertained. I'm loving every minute of this creative journey, please join me.
    Marje @ Kyrosmagica says:

    I love Yorkshire puddings! And all the Christmas accompaniments Darlene. Nice recipe to share for the festive season. 🙂

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      Thanks, Marje. I know not everyone makes them for Christmas but it is a special treat for us.

      • Marje @ Kyrosmagica – Hi. Welcome to my blog: M J Mallon – Kyrosmagica Publishing. A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time – Book 1 – Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 – Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to several anthologies, created my own with some amazing international writers, bloggers and creatives during the pandemic: This Is Lockdown and written two poetry collections: Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity & Mr. Sagittarius Poetry and Prose. I write book reviews on my blog and on Goodreads, book bub and on my bookstagram. I have a penchant for travel and have relatives in far flung places, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore, (my birthplace.) I grew up in in Bonnie Scotland, in Edinburgh, and now live in Cambridge. I love sunny, hot places, particularly Rome, Venice, Portugal, Barcelona, and I forgot to mention the sun drenched beaches of the Caribbean, how could I? I am lucky to have been blessed with two lovely daughters and a husband who I fondly refer to in this blog as my black sheep. Family joke! With my passion for travel, culture, beautiful beaches, good food, books, theatre, writing, and humour, I hope to keep you entertained. I'm loving every minute of this creative journey, please join me.
        Marje @ Kyrosmagica says:

        Hi Darlene. It’s a great idea. I’m tempted! <3

    • Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
      Darlene says:

      Never too late to try. xo

  19. Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life. – Wexford Ireland – My name is Sally Cronin and I am doing what I love.. Writing. Books, short stories, Haiku and blog posts. . I move between non-fiction health books and posts and fairy stories, romance and humour. I love variety which is why I called my blog Smorgasbord Invitation and you will find a wide range of subjects. Free Book Marketing, Music, Health, Book Reviews, Short Stories, Poetry and Humour. https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/about-sally-cronin/
    Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life. says:

    Wonderful recipe Darlene and I do love a good Yorkshire Pudding.. and thank you Bernadette for hosting.

  20. the Painted Apron – Life is all about creativity for me, as long as I'm creating something I am happy! I hope I will inspire your daily life and give you ideas for your own wonderful creations!
    Jenna says:

    I’ve never had Yorkshire pudding! I think we can all relate to a last minute disaster in the kitchen 🙂

  21. olganm – Barcelona, Spain – I am a language teacher, writer, bookworm, and collaborator at Sants 3 Ràdio (a local radio station in Barcelona, where I returned in 2018), who lived in the UK for 25 years and worked for many years as a forensic psychiatrist there. I also have a Ph.D. in American Literature and an MSc in Criminology. I started publishing my stories, in English and Spanish, in 2012 and now have over twenty books available in a variety of genres, a blog (in English and Spanish), and translate books for other authors (English-Spanish and vice versa). In 2020 obtained the CELTA certificate as a language teacher, and offer Spanish and English classes. Writers and readers both in English and Spanish are my friends, colleagues, and allies, and after living in the UK for over twenty-five years, have returned home, to Barcelona, Spain, searching for inspiration for my stories. I also love owls and try to keep fit following fitness YouTube videos. Do feel free to connect with me. Here are: My website/blog: http://OlgaNM.wordpress.com
    olganm says:

    My mother likes them (she tried them several times when she visited me in the UK) but I haven’t tried cooking them here. Thanks, Darlene, and thanks Bernadette!

  22. Another recipe I have never made or tried, thank you for sharing your recipe!

  23. Toni Pike – Canberra, Australia – Toni Pike is a multi-genre author who enjoys writing page-turning fiction for adults, hilarious books for children, and non-fiction. She also loves travelling and being with family and friends. She lives in Australia and firmly believes that coffee and long walks are an essential part of any day. Do you like books that you can’t stop reading? Pike is the author of LINDA’S MIDLIFE CRISIS, DESOLATION BLUFF, DEAD DRY HEART and The Jotham Fletcher Mystery Thriller Series: THE MAGUS COVENANT, THE ROCK OF MAGUS, THE MAGUS EPIPHANY and HOLY SPEAR OF MAGUS. The Brody Cody Series is for children aged 6-9: BRODY CODY AND THE STEPMOTHER FROM OUTER SPACE and BRODY CODY AND THE HAUNTED VACATION HOUSE. She’s also the author of two non-fiction books. THE ONE WAY DIET is a no-nonsense guide to losing weight. HAPPY TRAVELS 101 is a short book of travel tips with advice for anyone who wants to travel overseas. To find out more, her website is tonipike.com.
    Toni Pike says:

    What a yummy recipe. You should come to Australia – we don’t tend to have Yorkshire pudding here.

Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. If you like this recipe, please give it to your friends. Cancel reply