Originally posted on June 26, 2006 @ 11:14 pm
Apparently Heinz has a product called Spotted Dick. From the picture below it seems to be some sort of sponge pudding and you can heat it up in a microwave.
Doing a little Google research this evening, I found a little bit of information about spotted dick:
Spotted Dick is a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants. The dessert is especially popular in the United Kingdom, usually served either with custard or with butter and brown sugar. Spotted refers to the currants (which resemble spots), and Dick is a corruption of the word dough.
Looking at my site stats, I have a lot of readers from the United Kingdom, so I’m interested in finding out what the real story is on spotted dick pudding.
Here in America, when I hear the words spotted dick, I don’t think of pudding but then again, in the UK, there are many words which have different meaning here in the United States… example “Rubber”. Hehe. Can you please pass me a rubber? I almost lost it when I heard that in England a few years ago. In England, a rubber is an eraser.