Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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I'm still working on the part where spotted dick is made of suet.
Suet??
Isn't that the stuff you leave out in your backyard in winter, so the birds won't starve? Isn't it basically congealed white animal fat?
I mean, okay, I can vaguely understand my grandma saving goose grease and cooking other things in it, but grease all by itself? With only raisins as a chaser?
Suet's just the shortening. There's other stuff in it -- flour, eggs, alcohol, spices.
Isn't it basically congealed white animal fat?
I guess - but it's only like butter, or lard, or whatever. And it's not like that's the only ingredient
It's a dumpling type thing. But sweet. I prefer Bread and Butter pudding, myself, but Spotted Dick is nice enough. Very stodgy, but sometimes that's what you want.
Wait, it's log-shaped and we're wondering why it's called "dick"?
? I don't think it is log shaped.
t /tentative
The town inside the stone circle? That would be Avebury.
That's the one. The Red Lion sounds right too. I don't remember it being log shaped and I think that's something that I wouldn't forget if it were.
The Red Lion always sounds right.
As in, there's always one nearby.
That's the one. The Red Lion sounds right too.
Glad to help. Stone circles are a minor interest of mine.
I don't remember it being log shaped and I think that's something that I wouldn't forget if it were.
No, when I've had it I didn't noticed log shaped. Cooked as a great big sticky mass, cube or round or whatever shape your cooked pot is, and then served in big lumps. And you don't notice the suet because it's hot and melted, and therefore see-through. IIRC, there's suet or similar in the mincemeat you put in mincepies, too, and that's not bad.
Popping in really quickly to say Happy Canada Day to our Canadian UnAms!
Have you seen what eating these kind of puddings makes the English look like?