Does anyone know what the difference is between pappadums, puppodums or poppadums?
The Co-Op in Clifton Nottingham seems to sell all three.
Dunno… hands up all those who thought it was poppadoms
As with many words from foreign languages which have their own alphabets, there is no universally accepted way of transcribing the Tamil name of this food into English. The Concise Oxford Dictionary (1999) lists the word at poppadom, but mentions poppadum, and popadom, as alternatives. The variant spellings which have been listed in Oxford dictionaries include papadam, papaddam, papadom, papadum, papodam, papodum, popadam, popadom, poppadam, poppadom, poppadum, poppodam, puppadum, puppodam, puppodum. However, there is nothing to say that you cannot use the unlisted spellings papodom, popadum, poppodom, poppodum, puppadam, puppadom, and puppodom. Take your pick!
You learn something new every day!
The difference is how they’re spelt. 
It appears David that you are right!
Not only did I not know the difference, I’d never heard of pappadums before visiting your site (and thanks for visiting mine.)
Danielle - I’m glad I’ve enlightened you with this important knowledge!
I just call them big crisps.
/ignorance
It’s just crackers ain’t it…
Barnze, is that pun?!
The variant spellings which have been listed in Oxford dictionaries include papadam, papaddam, papadom, papadum, papodam, papodum, popadam, popadom, poppadam, poppadom, poppadum, poppodam, puppadum, puppodam, puppodum. However, there is nothing to say that you cannot use the unlisted spellings papodom, popadum, poppodom, poppodum, puppadam, puppadom, and puppodom. Take your pick!
wow, I should really read comments before posting my own - it seems Deb also uses google. Sorry 
Kev, if I wasn’t so lazy, I would have looked on Wikipedia in the first place!
I really have to dig deep down, to my very soul, and ask ….. am I bovvered? Does my face look bovvered, though? Poppadum, puppadom … I don’t care ‘cos’ … I ‘ain’t bovvered!
It all comes down to poppas that are dum.
