Note the location - this was on the Combos located in the check out aisle, by the candy bars. I think somebody probably carried those around as a joke for a while and then left them there. It was so random - kit kats, reese's, gum, spotted dick?! I had to share that immediately.
Oh Lisa!! Up until this point, I thought that a cell phone with a camera was not a necessity, but now I'm sold! What a shame if THAT had gone undocumented!!
I researched "Spotted Dick" on the web, because I'd never heard of it before. I found this: http://www.britshoppe.com/hespdipu10oz.html
From the product description, I can't say I'm any more enlightened on the origins of the name. I mean, what does the fact that this stuff is a favorite of English school children have to do with that name????
From the product description, I can't say I'm any more enlightened on the origins of the name. I mean, what does the fact that this stuff is a favorite of English school children have to do with that name????
Ah, this is what Wikipedia is for!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick
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.[1] It is also known as spotted dog, plum duff, steamed dicky, dicky pudding, figgy dowdy, dotted lloyd, dicky widmark as well as plum bolster, Spotted Richard. and it is sometimes even called a Dickie Burton after the famous actor.
God, I love the internet.
And phone cameras. I might have to get one of those!
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Note the location - this was on the Combos located in the check out aisle, by the candy bars. I think somebody probably carried those around as a joke for a while and then left them there. It was so random - kit kats, reese's, gum, spotted dick?! I had to share that immediately.
oh my!!
Oh Lisa!! Up until this point, I thought that a cell phone with a camera was not a necessity, but now I'm sold! What a shame if THAT had gone undocumented!!
I researched "Spotted Dick" on the web, because I'd never heard of it before. I found this: http://www.britshoppe.com/hespdipu10oz.html
From the product description, I can't say I'm any more enlightened on the origins of the name. I mean, what does the fact that this stuff is a favorite of English school children have to do with that name????
From the product description, I can't say I'm any more enlightened on the origins of the name. I mean, what does the fact that this stuff is a favorite of English school children have to do with that name????
Ah, this is what Wikipedia is for!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick
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.[1] It is also known as spotted dog, plum duff, steamed dicky, dicky pudding, figgy dowdy, dotted lloyd, dicky widmark as well as plum bolster, Spotted Richard. and it is sometimes even called a Dickie Burton after the famous actor.
God, I love the internet.
And phone cameras. I might have to get one of those!
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