Covid cancelled last year's World Black Pudding Throwing Championship, but now it's back

[thomdunn]

Originally published at: Covid cancelled last year's World Black Pudding Throwing Championship, but now it's back | Boing Boing

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[shwonline]

One of my favorite Goon Show episodes. Goon Show: The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea. - YouTube

[Papasan]

Is the prize a “Pudding Bucket”?

[VeronicaConnor]

I like how goofy traditions like this always have to have a “just so” noble origin story to them. Those stories are told rather than how they probably all actually started— with someone saying, “Hold my beer and watch this…”. It’s okay to just enjoy something silly, fellow humans.

War of the Roses… suuuuuuuure…okay. Jennifer Lawrence gif

[Brainspore]

@thomdunn

since 1984 — but the tradition itself supposedly dates back to the War of the Roses.

But that movie didn’t come out until 1989!

[the_borderer]

I’m something like 99% certain that the story was a joke. Yorkshire puddings weren’t created until the 18th century, although there was a flatter predecessor.

[VeronicaConnor]

Hah! Well, even better then.

[FGD135]

The only sensible thing to do with black pudding anyway; throw it as far away from you as possible.

[Ryuthrowsstuff]

Well they’re throwing black pudding, even if Yorkshires are the target. So that shouldn’t be an issue.

I dunno if you’re going to find a plausible cutoff for blood sausage.

Though it sounds like the “tradition” only starts in the 80’s, inspired by the story. And wasn’t some continual sausage chucking thing.

[the_borderer]

@Ryuthrowsstuff

Well they’re throwing black pudding , even if Yorkshires are the target. So that shouldn’t be an issue.

We were referring to the quote about it’s supposed origin.

@thomdunn

Black pudding throwing is said to date back to the War of the Roses, where legend has it that during the final battle in Stubbins, the troops ran out of ammunition and resorted to throwing food at each other.

Black pudding was thrown by the Lancashire troops, while Yorkshire pudding were thrown by their counterparts.

It’s a fun story, but probably fake.

[anothernewbbaccount]

@the_borderer

Yorkshire puddings weren’t created until the 18th century,

Which is why the Yorkists got battered when the Lancastrians threw black puddings at them. Nothing to throw back, and with all that battering, they had to invent a pudding to use it up.