Loving this thread!!
Before I read it, I was thinking 'what do i have to offer to this thread?' and all I could think of from 'my own culture' was Yorkshire Puddings (my family are all from South Yorkshire, UK) then I read the thread and realised that the OP is also in England!
Personally, I don't cook a lot of 'English' food -I love Italian, Mexican, Thai, Chinese and Indian. I got brought up on a wide variety.. I've never actually made real-from-scratch Yorkshire puds!
But it's basically a batter similar to a pancake mix that you have to pour in a certain way so it rises in the right shape...