History of London people, which was one fifth of the population. Samuel Pepys chronicled the epidemic in his diary. On 4 September 1665 he wrote "I have stayed in the city till above 7400 died in one week, and of them about 6000 of the plague, and little noise heard day or night but tolling of bells." The Great Plague was immediately followed by another catastrophe, albeit one which helped to put an end to the plague. On the Sunday, 2 September 1666 the Great Fire of London broke out at one o'clock in the morning at a bakery in Pudding Lane in
Corn pudding sometimes served as a Thanksgiving dish. Pudding corn is not to be confused with hasty pudding, which is typically made from ground corn, rather than whole kernel corn. Corn pudding Corn pudding (a.k.a. "pudding corn, puddin' corn, hoppy glop, spoonbread") is a gelatinous food product prepared from stewed corn, water, any of various thickening agents, and optional additional flavoring or texturing ingredients. It is typically used as a food staple in rural communities in the Southern United States, especially in Appalachia. Corn pudding has sometimes been prepared using "green corn", which refers to immature ears of corn that have not