For the edification of the inquiring gourmet, hasty pudding itself is a type of Indian meal garnished liberally with cinnamon, sugar, spices, and cloves. It is so concocted that any type of alcoholic beverage will serve as a worthy accompaniment.
Originally the pudding was meant to be cooked in a large, black pot. For over 70 years it was served before and after each theatrical's performance. James Russell Lowell once paid this tribute to the doubtful concoction:
"'Tis the last pot of pudding
Left steaming alone;
All its jolly companions
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Are gobbled and gone:
No pot of its kindred,
No milk-can is nigh
To reflect back its pumpness,
And give sigh for sigh."
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