[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: British Foods

[Kathryn Cawte]

Sherry
>
> Spotted dick is a pastry that has raisins in it.  That from of all
> things the movie King Ralph with John Goodman, lol.  Hope that helps.
> Have no idea what treacle tart is.  Although in another scene Mr
> Weasly puts treacle in his porrige so maybe it is like cinnamon sugar
> maybe?
>

K
wrong on both counts unfortunately!

Spotted Dick is a sponge-type pudding (that's not a great description so I
hope there's someone out there better at describing food than me - my
speciality is more along the lines of eating it ...) with raisins in it
usually eaten hot with custard. Treacle tart is usually large and you get
slices of it, it's a round pastry case (sort of like the base for Bakewell
Tart if any of the non-Brits know what that is) filled with a sort of solid
(well not runny anyway) concoction made from golden syrup or treacle (which
are related substance but I'm not sure exactly how they differ other than I
like golden syrup and don't like treacle). Golden syrup is sort of the
consistency of runny honey and tastes similar, treacle is darker and less
runny and icky (in my opinion). A Gateau is simply another word for a cake
(in fact it's the French word for cake) usually layers of sponge and cream
or chocolate, often with fruit, needs to be eaten with a spoon rather than
with your fingers (well you can eat it with your fingers but it'd be really
really messy), Black forest gateau is the first type that springs to mind.

Yorkshire pudding is savoury. It's made from a kind of batter (not pastry
like someone else said) and is cooked in the oven till it's golden brown.
It's light and filled with air. It's round and has a depression in the
middle. They're either very large or individual in size, often covered with
gravy and usually eaten as part of a roast dinner.

But please feel free to brave the yahoo search facility because this comes
up every couple of months.

K