The savoury course may feel at odds with modern Britain, but so did Lancashire hotpot and steak and kidney pudding in the late 1990s.

"The steak and kidney pudding - what better thing to have on a cold winter day?"

Brendan's steak and kidney pudding is definitive.

As they became more expensive, they were replaced with kidneys to form the traditional dish steak and kidney pudding.

Yes, the perpetual defender protested: "Steak and kidney pudding, the jury system, presumption of innocence and Wordsworth."

Savoury versions include rabbit, chicken, game and Steak and kidney pudding.

There's the capon as was cooked with the leeks and a kidney pudding, and to follow, a ratafia dish and a bullace pie.

In particular, she thought that her oxtail and kidney pudding was "fabulous".

"I walked down the garden," Yasmin told me afterwards in the pub over an excellent steak and kidney pudding and a bottle of reasonable Beaune.

Monk cut into the thick, light suet crust of his steak and kidney pudding.