Unfamiliar Words in GoF

[Doreen Rich]

plus-fours from the Lexicon:

A type of long, wide knickerbockers (q.v.)popular among modern 
golfers.

Spotted Dick is a raisin sponge pudding. The "spotted" part is from 
the raisins. As for the "dick" part, I am clueless. 

I asked my British friend about it and he sent me a can of Spotted 
Dick made by Heinz. I had quite a lot of fun with it. I took it to my 
local grocery store and asked if they carried it. The clerk had to 
show all of his co-workers and they all got a big chuckle. 

The sponge pudding is spicey ... the closest thing I can compare it 
to is an apple-spice cake. I am sure that the homemade version is 
much better than the canned, but it was nice to be able to at least 
sample that. I ate it with ice-cream, as it was a tad on the dry side.

Hope this helps.

Doreen

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> Hello -
> 
> I've been reading GoF again and there are two things mentioned that 
> are unfamiliar to me:  plus-fours and spotted dick.  I'm assuming 
the 
> latter is a dessert, but I've never heard of it.
> 
> Can anyone help me out?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, who just drank a lot of lemonade and the 
sugar 
> is keeping me awake*********************************************