Spotted Dick was British Cuisine (was Chips)

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
> I'm with you. I love a bit of Spotted Dick (no rude jokes thank-you
> JW) and of course the Roast Beef of Olde Englande (BSE / F&M
> permitting). And don't forget Bubble&Squeak and Bread&Pullit ...
> 
> Foreign food, pah! :))
> 
> 
> W
> ***********************
> Are you and Catherine talking about homemade Spotted Dick, or the 
stuff that
> comes in a can, made by Heinz or whoever? A friend of mine from UK 
recently
> sent me a can of Spotted Dick by Heinz ... I had quite a bit of fun 
with it
> before I opened it and ate it. Iowan males in my town are not only
> homophobic, but they go all queasy at the very thoughts that are 
conjured up
> in their minds upon reading, "Spotted Dick" on a can. I asked one 
friend if
> he had ever had any Spotted Dick. His reply was, "Not that I would 
admit
> to."
> 
> Doreen, for whom the world became smaller when she got online.

I make it, as my husband is a big fan of any steamed puddings.  The 
Heinz stuff is disgusting.
Catherine