the proof of the pudding is in the eating

Etymology
This proverb dates back at least to the 14th century as "Jt is ywrite that euery thing Hymself sheweth in the tastyng", and stated it in 1605 in Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine as "All the proofe of a pudding, is in the eating", per Rogers' Dictionary of Cliche and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

A 1682 translation of Le Lutrin (written between 1672 and 1674) renders it "The proof of th' pudding's seen i' the eating."

The current phrasing is generally attributed to the 1701 translation by of a proverb  used in  (1615),.

The shorter form, which is found in an 1867 issue of the British Farmer's Magazine, and came into common use in the United States in the 1950s, is becoming increasingly common, despite missing the point of the original meaning.

Proverb

 * 1) One can only claim that something is a success after it has been tried out or used.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: المَيَّه تكَدِّب الغَطَّاس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: de praktijk zal het leren
 * Finnish: käytäntö sen vasta osoittaa
 * French: il faut juger sur pièces, la qualité se révèle à l’usage
 * German: Probieren geht über Studieren; die Praxis wird es zeigen
 * Hungarian: a puding próbája az evés
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 백문이 불여일견
 * Norman: la preuve du podîn ch'est dé l'gouôter
 * Polish: nie przekonasz się, dopóki nie spróbujesz
 * Portuguese: ao frigir dos ovos
 * Russian: не попробуешь, не узнаешь
 * Serbo-Croatian: ne znaš dok ne probaš
 * Spanish: el algodón no engaña, en la cancha se ven los pingos, no sabes la calidad de algo hasta que lo has experimentado.,
 * Swedish: puddingen bevisas i ätandet