Rag pudding

Rag pudding

Rag pudding, with chips and gravy
Type	Savoury pudding[1]
Course	Main course
Place of origin	England
Region or state	Lancashire[1]
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Minced meat, onions, suet pastry[1]
Media: Rag pudding

Rag pudding is a savoury dish consisting of minced meat and onions wrapped in a suet pastry, which is then cooked in a cheesecloth.^[1][2][3] Invented in Oldham, the dish is also popular in Bury and Rochdale, and is eaten across the Lancashire area.^[4][1] Rag pudding pre-dates ceramic basins and plastic boiling bags in cookery, and so the cotton or muslin rag cloths common in Oldham were used in the dish's preparation during the 19th century.^[2][3] Rag pudding is similar in composition and preparation to steak and kidney pudding,^[2] and may be purchased from traditional local butcher's shops in Lancashire.^[1]