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Indian pudding

–noun
a sweet baked pudding made of cornmeal, molasses, milk, and various spices.

Origin:
1715–25, Americanism
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Indian pudding  
n.   New England
A pudding consisting of milk, cornmeal, egg, and molasses baked for several hours in a heavy casserole.

[So called because it is made with Indian meal.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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