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Spotted Dick and custard
Spotted Dick and custard
A tin of Heinz brand Spotted Dick

Spotted Dick is a steamed pudding, containing dried fruits, usually currants. The dessert originates in and continues to be especially popular in the United Kingdom, usually served either with custard or with butter and brown sugar. Spotted refers to the raisins (which resemble spots) and Dick may be a contraction/corruption of the word pudding (from the last syllable) or possibly a corruption of the word dough. [citation needed] It is also known as spotted dog, plum duff, steamed dicky, dicky pudding, figgy dowdy, as well as plum bolster, and Spotted Richard. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2189 KB) Description: Spotted Dick and custard, London Wikimeet 2005 Photographer: User:Justinc File links The following pages link to this file: Spotted dick Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2189 KB) Description: Spotted Dick and custard, London Wikimeet 2005 Photographer: User:Justinc File links The following pages link to this file: Spotted dick Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Spotted_Dick-640x480. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Spotted_Dick-640x480. ... H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), commonly known as Heinz, famous for its 57 Varieties slogan, is a processed food product company with its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States of America. ... Dried fruit is fruit that has been dried, either naturally or through use of a machine, such as a dehydrator. ... A Zante currant is a variety of small, sweet, seedless grape named for the Ionian island Zakynthos. ... Not to be confused with Desert. ... This article focuses on egg-thickened custards. ... For other uses, see Butter (disambiguation). ... Brown sugar typical of that bought in Western supermarkets Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. ... Raisins Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Dough Dough is a paste made out of any cereals (grains) or leguminous crops by grinding with small amount of water. ...


Recipes for spotted dick include the following: [citation needed] This article is about culinary recipes. ...


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What is Spotted Dick? (500 words)
Spotted dick tends to be either rounded or oblong resembling either a plum pudding or a small loaf of bread.
In most cases, spotted dick is not presented as plum pudding is, by being briefly set on fire to eliminate its alcoholic content and to add a breathtaking finish to its presentation.
Spotted dick may have been a popular dessert items on ships; in fact, it may have been one of the only dessert items offered on ships with tiny kitchens prior to the invention of steam and gasoline powered engines.
spotted dick - definition of spotted dick in Encyclopedia (77 words)
Spotted Dick, also known as the Spotted Richard, is a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants.
The dessert is served in the United Kingdom.
Many food companies have similar recipes for spotted dick, and the common ingredients include:
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