Spotted dick sounds nasty.

[ccharles000]

I was looking at English food and I saw this and it sounds icky. Spotted dick is a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit (usually currants), commonly served with either custard or butter and brown sugar.Eww!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick

[rucky]

1. Try it with bubble & squeak some time. n/t

[mcctatas]

2. or bangers and mash

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. How about spicy cock-flavored soup?

[ccharles000]

4. lol

[Chan790]

7. I have an envelope of that in my cabinet.

for the obvious prop comedy joke.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. It sounds rather zesty, doesn't it?

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

13. I think I know how you're supposed to stir that...

:scared:

[DeepBlueC]

17. I have bought that in a local store

I think it ended up in someone's Christmas stocking. I also used to be able to get Darkie toothpaste with the blackface logo here (until the law came down on the company).

[Kali]

24. OMG

We saw and had to buy that back in the 70's either in Taiwan or Japan, now I can't remember. It was so fascinating. So it was available here in the US?!!!:wow:

[DeepBlueC]

27. you mean the toothpaste?

It was in Chinatown in Toronto. In fact they still sell the more politically correct version now which is no fun at all. Had I known all this stuff was going to disappear I would have saved one for myself. I mentioned it to a Chinese friend who explained the sense of the logo matter-of-factly, how their teeth were very white against black skin. Couldn't understand how anyone might see this as racist. A young guy who had been in Canada most of his life, though pretty well insulated in a Chinese community.

[Kali]

29. yes Darkie toothpaste

top hat and all? it must have been Taipei if your source was Chinese. Oh how I wish I still had it. I have some fun packages in the bathroom and that would fit perfectly.

What does the more PC version look like?

[DeepBlueC]

32. It was in a local store here - I bought it right on my street

My Chinese source was not the source of the toothpaste. I just brought it to him and asked him if this could possibly be for real, and yes it was and very widely used in Asia and it was clear he saw nothing wrong with it.

In fact quite a few stores in Chinatown carried it and probably still do. Very popular toothpaste. I can't remember what the PC version is though I remember seeing it in my local drugstore not too long ago so I will make a point of taking a close look with an eye to reporting. The Chinese characters for the original sold in China translated as "Black Man Toothpaste" I am told. Here of course it appeared in the export English translated version.

Yes the Cock Soup and Darkie Toothpaste were both among my Kensington Market/Chinatown prizes. Other things I collected but could not buy were company names - the classic Wing On Funeral Home or the Wong Wei Moving Company, the first of which is less than 2 blocks away and Wong Wei trucks I used to see all the time but not for a while.

[DeepBlueC]

33. and, yes, top hat and all

First big wave (though not the first) of Chinese immigration came from Hong Kong - people with money getting out before China took possession. So their sources would likely have been there. But when Chinese emigrated, so did Darkie toothpaste.

[madeline_con]

22. YUMMMM eeee! Slurp!

Don't act like you've never had one, people!

[mwooldri]

5. Spotted Dick really isn't that bad at all.

I'd go with the custard, skip the butter & brown sugar. Also avoid those Heinz tins of Spotted Dick. Make fresh if you're really going to try it - oh and add plenty of fruit.

[meow2u3]

6. It sounds like a symptom of an STD

:rofl::spray:

[DeepBlueC]

18. It was evidence against MJ

in an deposition about improper sexual contact. The one he settled out of court.

[pink-o]

8. Even though Jamie Oliver will defend his country's cooking...

English Cuisine is still an oxymoron.

Seriously, I lived 5 years in London, from 1974 to 1979, and the only thing that saved me were the Indian restaurants on every corner. Albeit, back then most Americans didn't understand vegetarianism, whereas Brits got it straight away!

[cemaphonic]

10. The quality is better now, but the food is still pretty bland.

And to be fair, most of the Indian cuisine in England is Anglo-Indian - Chicken Tikka Masala is believed to be a Scottish invention.

[pink-o]

19. Maybe Onion Bajees are too! Cuz I can't find them in many Indian restaurants in the States. n/t

[jcarterhero]

11. Yeah, sounds revolting

Yuck.

[jumptheshadow]

12. If it's a choice between spotted dick and...

deep-fried Twinkies, then spotted dick wins.

[baldguy]

14. Amoxicillin will clear that right up. Usually.

Don't ask me how I know that.

[Arugula Latte]

15. Can it.

[surrealAmerican]

31. Calling it "sponge pudding" does not make it sound more appetizing.

It makes it sound like a cleaning product.

[GCP]

16. It's delicious

[old mark]

20. Try looking up Haggis.

Just don't eat it.




markO8)

[IcyPeas]

28. Hey, people actually like Haggis.

Along with their Cullen Skink and their Cock a Leekie soup.

:toast:

[madeline_con]

21. It's also called Spotted Dog. Sounds nicer to the Americans. n/t

spell edit

[pokerfan]

23. But do you like fishsticks?

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

25. pour some heavy cream on it

and a dash of cinnamon and bob's your fucking uncle. Delish.

[Demoiselle]

26. Spotted Dick is actually delicious.

I wouldn't trust the canned Heintz variety...but a properly steamed home made suet pudding studded with raisins, currants, whatever and bathed in whipped cream is really splendid.
I went to a girl's college (a thousand years ago) and had an English housemother who clearly encouraged the kitchen in the house to produce these lovely English steamed puddings...including Jam Sponge (Spotted Dick without the spots and smothered in preserves and cream) and a dark chocolate steamed pudding that was served with whipped cream and hot fudge sauce. Oh My God. Have you heard of the "Freshman Fifteen?" That's the fifteen pounds that every Freshman gained during the first year. Worth every ounce.

[Bucky]

30. Telling me it's a "suet pudding" doesn't make it sound any tastier. Suetty dick for dinner? No.