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I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 2:29:53 PM

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'Spotted Dick'

Is that some sort of uniquely British STD?

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 3:43:17 PM

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Steamed pudding contains raisins or currants. Like a Christmas pudding, not like Yorkshire pud. And bears no resemblance to anything called a pudding here.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 3:49:22 PM

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Jeff, you use something similar to a scone ( your biscuits) dough for spotted dick. Throw in some sugar, some currants and a little extra baking powder. Stick it in a bowl and seal the top with alfoil or similar and steam it for as long as it takes. Serve it with English custard.
It used to be popular in the British Merchant Marine (Especially with the chief stewards) because it was cheap, easy to make, very filling and sat like a cannonball on the stomach. It was know as 'Duff' on those vessels

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:10:59 PM

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Jeff, you use something similar to a scone ( your biscuits) dough for spotted dick. Throw in some sugar, some currants and a little extra baking powder. Stick it in a bowl and seal the top with alfoil or similar and steam it for as long as it takes. Serve it with English custard.
It used to be popular in the British Merchant Marine (Especially with the chief stewards) because it was cheap, easy to make, very filling and sat like a cannonball on the stomach. It was know as 'Duff' on those vessels

WTF is a currant?

And, I am sorry, but the name does sound like a particularly bad STD.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:26:09 PM

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A currant is a small dried fruit about half the size of a raisin.
And what the Brits call custard is what I would call vanilla pudding.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:27:25 PM

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Spotted Dick recipe: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2686661/spotted-dick

Currant: Ribes, genus of berry plants, e.g. blackcurrant, redcurrant and white currant.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:31:50 PM

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Spotted Dick recipe: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2686661/spotted-dick

Currant: Ribes, genus of berry plants, e.g. blackcurrant, redcurrant and white currant.

Sounds like some thing on a marine chart to warn boat skippers, although I would venture to say it is some sort of fruit.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:36:26 PM

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They are a small, dried grape of some sort. Very sweet. Look vaguely like rabbit shit but I can tell you they don't taste like it. I tried the latter when I was a kid and my older brother thought he had a sense of humour.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:36:26 PM

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A currant is a small dried fruit about half the size of a raisin.
And what the Brits call custard is what I would call vanilla pudding.

The thing is, it's not a 'pudding' - it's a sauce made with eggs.

Custard: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/custard
A traditional British dessert sauce made with egg yolks, sugar and milk and/or cream, flavoured with vanilla. Proper homemade custard is an absolute dream, but don’t cut corners or it just won’t be the same. The key thing when making custard is to heat it just enough to thicken, but not too much so that it curdles. A neat trick is to add a little cornflour which will help stabilise the eggs.

Or you can cheat and use Birds Custard powder (not the 'add boiling water and whisk' muck).
Can be acquired from: http://www.britishimportsusa.com/
You can find custard powder at some specialty markets and some markets that specialize in imports from other countries. If you’re traveling abroad, you should be able to find it pretty easily. Birds’s is a big name in custard powder, but even Pillsbury produces it for other markets. If you can’t find it, instant pudding mix is a great substitute.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:40:04 PM

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Custard was invented by a bloke called Alfred Bird, way back in the dim dark days, because his wife was allergic to eggs. It's basically cornflour and vanilla flavouring and then as F.D. said, it's mixed with boiling milk and lo and behold you have what is laughingly called custard.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:41:16 PM

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They are a small, dried grape of some sort. Very sweet. Look vaguely like rabbit shit but I can tell you they don't taste like it. I tried the latter when I was a kid and my older brother thought he had a sense of humour.

No, not a grape - it's a berry. Slightly different.
Grapes grow on vines.
Currants (black, red and white) grow on bushes.
ETA: usually sold as a dried fruit rather than fresh fruit (like saltanas).

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 4:54:49 PM

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You're right F.D. and I stand corrected. They still taste better than rabbit shit though...............a variation of spotted dick would be Black Cap Pudding. Again, made with currants but with the currants bound together with a little jam and all piled at one end of the pudding itself. Again, served with the ubiquitous custard.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 5:06:23 PM

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I couldn't live without my custard.

It goes on almost everything - by the bucketload.
Sponge cake, christmas pud, bread pudding, spotted dick upside down cake - pretty much any type of baked/steamed pudding.
Great with a Strudel or any fruit pie.
Sometimes just on its own with a compote or stewed fruit.
Add it as a thick layer on a trifle before adding the whipped cream and let it chill.
Add food colouring to make 'tubby custard'. lol.

Custard: marvelous invention!

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 6:06:20 PM

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Yep, I had a restaurant in Addlestone ( Surrey) many years ago.( I called it 'Remember When) and served all those types of desserts and a lot of the old favourite Brit main courses. It was very popular. I even had a request for a special dish but I (not very regretfully) had to refuse it. I firmly believe there is a special level of hell reserved for the sadistic bastard who invented stewed tripe and onions. It looks and smells like stewed sanitary towels. I never ventured near enough to taste it.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 6:08:50 PM

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A couple of saraah's favourites, that she had never tasted until she met me, are Bread and butter pudding ( the one made with egg custard and loads of dried fruit) and Bread Pudding ( Irishmans wedding-cake) as served at the Busy Bee transport caff many years ago. Wanna come over for a visit some time F.D. ? *smile*

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 9:50:21 PM

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They are a small, dried grape of some sort. Very sweet. Look vaguely like rabbit shit but I can tell you they don't taste like it. I tried the latter when I was a kid and my older brother thought he had a sense of humour.

Ok I LITERALLY just *snorted* out loud....

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/24/2016 9:55:21 PM

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I cured my brothers yen for practical jokes by laying him out with a chair one time. He was bigger, stronger and six years older than me so I had to be sneaky. sneaky I was. Out cold he was. He never played another joke of that calibre on me again.

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RE: I have to ask.... - 9/25/2016 3:20:47 AM

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Currents and raisins are Satan's practical joke for when you think you're getting chocolate chips

I actually don't mind them in Christmas cake, and I do make my own (next month

), but there are much better things to put in puddings.

For instance; Why make bread and butter pudding with manky raisins when you can use brioche coated with homemade strawberry jam instead of butter, layered with chopped nuts, and then make your own custard with eggs from your own hens. So much nicer

The key ingredient for Spotted Dick is actually Suet. Unlike normal puddings it doesn't contain butter, or eggs, so traditionally was very much a winter pudding for when Hens stopped laying, and butter could be in short supply. It's also the same base for Jam Roly-Poly, or Dead Man's Arm.

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