hasty pudding

The definition of hasty pudding is a mush, generally made of cornmeal, with some sort of sweetening.

(noun)

An example of hasty pudding is cornmeal mush with brown sugar.

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See hasty pudding in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. ☆ mush made of cornmeal
  2. Brit. mush made of flour or oatmeal

Origin: so called because quickly prepared

See hasty pudding in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Cornmeal mush served with maple syrup, brown sugar, or other sweetening.
  2. Chiefly British A mush made with flour or oatmeal.

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