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- elahon0
What's the deal with "spotted dick"? I've had it, and it's tasty, but that name, man.
- 'Dick' as an insult is basically an Americanism that got real traction sometime in the 70s or 80. Prior it was a name / pet name with no penile associationNairn
- Well, other food names, too. Blood sausage, mucky dripping, clotted cream, it all sounds gross.elahon
- Blood sausage is Black Pudding - not sure I've ever heard of 'Mucky dripping' (that DOES sounds gross!) and clotted cream is .. well, clotted.Nairn
- Not sure what is worse sounding, blood sausage or black pudding, hahahaelahon
- for those that don't like the idea of blood, white pudding is also available.hans_glib
- spotted dick is a suet pudding, has currants in it (hence spotted) and has to be eaten with custardhans_glib
- And these postcodes have aerosol cheese in cans. The bloody nerve of it.MrT