A man is claiming the title of Britain’s biggest Yorkshire pudding addict, saying he eats at least 20 every day for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Jake Farrar, 25, from Middlesbrough, estimates that he has eaten 146,000 puds in his lifetime and he plans to eat 600 across Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, said ITV. “Anyone who doesn’t eat Yorkshire Puddings on Christmas Day is just plain wrong”, he said.
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