National Yorkshire Pudding Day: How do you eat your pudding?

It's National Yorkshire Pudding Day - how much do you know about the famous pud?

The first Sunday of February marks National Yorkshire Pudding day - a day to celebrate everything we love about this light, fluffy, crispy pudding.

Yorkshire puddings are a staple of British cuisine, and so it seems only fair that it gets a day of celebration in its honour.

While you might tuck into one with a roast dinner or maybe even have a nibble of one as a tasty snack - how well do you really know this national delicacy?

We've got all you need to know right here - so read on to find out more.

Where do Yorkshire puddings come from?

Without trying to stir up too much controversy - it's hard to say!

What we do know is the very first pudding recipes we know about were recorded in cookbooks that came from Yorkshire in the 18th century.

So it seems only fitting that the pudding is named after the county.

How is a Yorkshire pudding made?

A massive Yorkshire pudding made in Watford in 1975 - you'd need a big roast to eat all that pudding!

Traditionally, when meat - typically beef - was roasted over a fire, fat would drop from the meat and fall into the fire below.

Hundreds of years ago, meat was a very expensive food to eat and so not a bit of it could be wasted.

In order not to lose the fat dripping into the fire, a tray was put below the meat to collect it.

The tray was then filled with batter - a liquid mixture made of eggs, flour and milk - the same mixture we use to make pancakes.

As the fat dripped onto the tray, the batter would form into a crispy Yorkshire pudding.

It would be cut up and served either as a filling starter or alongside the roasted meat.

Today, Yorkshire puddings can be made the same way with fat from meat or just using cooking oils like sunflower oil.

They can also be bought ready made from shops and put in the oven.

How do you eat a Yorkshire pudding?

Do you prefer your Yorkshire pudding with a dollop of jam?

However you eat your Yorkshire pudding - we want to know!

Do you have it on the side of a roast and gravy?

Maybe you prefer it with sausages as a Toad-in-the-Hole?

Or perhaps you go rogue and eat it with a bit of butter and jam?

Let us know in the comments how you eat your pud.