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Before I put anything related to the topic I must put some facts before potential trolls take over. 1. Cooking is an art form which is why this topic is located under Art&Music 2.Just like Art&Music, cooking is heavily influenced by culture which is why I'm discussing culture in this section. Now that we cleared some things lets get back to the topic I made Flan last night and sent the pictures of it to my friends but received interesting results. Some replied "it's pudding! Yay, you made Pudding can I has?" while others said "Mmm~Flan is my fav, I'm coming to your house today to hang *not telling if it's because of the flan*". I was puzzled so I went to my British friend (because English originated in the UK) and asked what pudding was to him and he said "it's a type of sausage" and then I showed him the picture of what I made and he said that it was a "custard". So now I'm profoundly confused as to how it went from custard to flan to pudding? Why is chocolate pudding also called pudding in the UK if it has nothing to do with sausages? Why your average american calls it flan instead of custard? How do Asians prevent the confusion between pudding(flan) and pudding? This was not meant to offend anyone, I was just generalizing and extremely curious about le flan issue