My Mom worked for a number of years as a cook at Camp Wildwood. While some of the things she made would end up on the dinner table for years after, none had quite so unique a name as Tory Pudding with Liberal Sauce. Since its an election year let’s take a moment to look at this politically-named dessert.
The name contains a pun with ‘liberal’ both referring to the party and the generous portion of sugary sauce. Its a fun name for what is essentially a type of bread pudding but its not the only name. In Mom’s old Barbour cookbook it is referred to as ‘Radio Pudding’, presumably because people got the recipe off the radio. Searching either name brings up many alternate names such as ‘Halifax Pudding’, ‘Montreal Pudding’, ‘Half-hour Pudding’, and even ‘Unemployment Pudding’! Clearly this pudding has gotten around.