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Spotted Dick

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Harry

Harry Report 16 Nov 2015 23:50

My mother used to make it with suet in a white cloth bag. Nowadays at hotels, it's nothing like that, and it is invariably a like an ordinary pudding and served with custard.

Happy days

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 16 Nov 2015 22:46

Are you sure he's British?

:-S :-S


:-D

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 16 Nov 2015 22:38

I once holidayed in The Isle of Wight, the Hotel we stayed in called this suet pudding. "Stand up Dick". the old ladies in our group had a great time asking for more. ;-)

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

PollyinBrum

PollyinBrum Report 16 Nov 2015 21:16

I wrap it securely in several layers of tin foil and leave in the slow cooker for six/eight hours. It's a show stopper ;-)

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 16 Nov 2015 20:46

wasn't it traditionally made wrapped in a tea /tablecloth? or something similar

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Phyll

Phyll Report 16 Nov 2015 20:46

Spotted Dick in steamer, slow cooker - but for how long and slow cooker on what heat
please. Used to make mine is a pressure cooker but that has been gone a long time now.
Thank you.

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

PollyinBrum

PollyinBrum Report 16 Nov 2015 20:13

You can make an excellent spotted dick in the slow cooker Sharron xx

Sharron

Sharron Report 16 Nov 2015 19:24

I am not married to him. What? Be related to somebody like that?!

Denburybob

Denburybob Report 16 Nov 2015 19:20

Divorce him!

Sharron

Sharron Report 16 Nov 2015 19:11

There is a suet one in my steamer at this very moment.

Mary

Mary Report 16 Nov 2015 19:03

SUET not sponge, my mum used to make brilliant spotted dick and jam roly poly.

Never attempted to make either as I knew I would be disappointed if it wasn't as good as mum's.

Maryb.

Researching:
Farrar, Jessop, Ward, Booth, Wragg, Walsh.

Sharron

Sharron Report 16 Nov 2015 18:57

OH has dared to argue with me over this matter. How dare he?

As far as I am concerned, a spotted dick is a suet pudding with raisins or, preferably, sultanas in it.It is steamed and eaten with custard.

He, and what does he know, thinks it is a steamed sponge with fruit in it.

What do you think?