Surf and turf Surf and turf Surf and turf or surf 'n' turf is a main course which combines seafood and red meat. The seafood used may be lobster, prawns, or shrimp, which may be steamed, grilled or breaded and fried. When served with lobster, the lobster tail or a whole lobster may be served with the dish. The meat is typically beef steak, although others may be used. One standard combination is lobster tail and filet mignon. Surf and turf is eaten in steakhouses in the U.S., Canada and Australia, and may also be available in some British/Irish-style pubs in those countries.
Steak and kidney pudding Steak and kidney pudding Steak and kidney pudding is a savoury pudding made by enclosing diced beef steak and lamb's or pig's kidney pieces in gravy in a suet pastry. An early mention of Steak and Kidney Pudding appears in "Bell’s New Weekly Messenger" on 11 August 1839 when the writer says: Hardbake, brandy-balls, and syllabubs have given way to “baked-tates” and “trotters;" and the olden piemen are set aside for the Blackfriars-bridge howl of “Hot beef-steak and kidney puddings!” The first recipe for steak and kidney pudding to appear in print came from Sussex, in a book by Mrs