Unfamiliar Words in GoF

[meboriqua at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Doreen Rich" <corn_patch_witch at y...> 
> 
> Spotted Dick is a raisin sponge pudding. The "spotted" part is from 
> the raisins. As for the "dick" part, I am clueless.  
> 
> 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.>

Hmmm... I'll stick to Ben and Jerry's, thank you very much.

I just can't imagine a group of 14 year olds knowing that a dessert in 
front of them is called 'Spotted Dick' and not giggling incessantly, 
not to mention avoiding the dessert like the plague!  Or maybe 
American kids just aren't as mature as British wizard kids.

--jenny from ravenclaw******************************************