SPOTTED DICK

Spotted dick is an English boiled suet pudding which contains bits of dried fruit, such as raisins or currants, and is usually served with custard. The earliest Spotted Dick recipe dates back to 1847.

I guess you can imagine why it is called "spotted" and if you can’t I will tell you: it refers to the dried fruits since they look like little spots. Here you can see it:

But I bet what you are wondering most is why it is called dick! Well, I have read many different explanations and one of them was that the word "dick" when applied to puddings was a derivative of the word "dough". This was also the case for the words “duff” and “dog”, as in the “spotted dog” which is a similar pudding using plums rather than currants.
Another explanation is that the word "pudding" became "puddink", then "puddick", and then just "dick".

The word "dick" was also used to refer to a type of cheese. ”Dick” would become "treacle dick" when a sauce called “treacle” was added and when currants or raisins were added, as I have said before, it would become "spotted dick".

Do you think that you would like this pudding? Or would you like to make it just to show your guests a funny named pudding? Whatever reason it is, if you want to try it, it is really easy to make:
Firstly, take a flat sheet of cloth, spread sugar and raisins on it and roll it up. Then you can boil it in a cloth, or steam it, as it was done traditionally, or you can bake it, as it is usually done nowadays.

But if you would like to make it for a serious meeting and you don't want to offer this so-called pudding, you can use the name that it was given by some hospital managers and catering staff: "Spotted Richard", so as not to use its original name which is a dysphemism for male genitalia in the English language.

Also if you are imaginative, you can make it look tasty or even more delicious.

By Clara Jiménez García