[Request] Please add Spotted Dick to the game!

[Kobalos]

Hey another Brit! Yes Spotted Dick is a is a British pudding made with suet and dried fruit and served with custard, despite the name its rather tasty XD

[Gemina]

*Wonders if she should similarly petition SE to add lamingtons and Vegemite to the game as well.* (Okay that last one isn't a desert per se, but....).

You must be Aussie if you love vegemite. Definitely Aussie if you eat it by the tube. It would be interesting to see the description the devs would give it xD

I'll sign your petition for the lamingtons though, but I don't think we have anything that resembles coconut iirc, and that's one of the more important ingredients.

[Kobalos]

Recipe for Spotted Dick

You will need -

250g self-raising flour
pinch of salt
125g shredded suet (Hard beef or mutton fat)
180g of currants
80g caster sugar
finely grated zest 1 lemon
finely grated zest 1 small orange
150ml whole milk, plus 2-3 tbsp
custard, to serve

Method -

Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the suet, currants, sugar, lemon and orange zest.
Pour in 150ml milk and mix to a firm but moist dough, adding the extra milk if necessary.
Shape into a fat roll about 20cm long. Place on a large rectangle of baking parchment. Wrap loosely to allow for the pudding to rise and tie the ends with string like a Christmas cracker.
Place a steamer over a large pan of boiling water, add the pudding to the steamer, cover and steam for 1½ hours. Top up the pan with water from time to time.
Remove from the steamer and allow to cool slightly before unwrapping.
Serve sliced with custard.

BTW yah welcome

[Gemina]

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The photo itself makes me think of pumpkin loaf, though I believe Brits are not really known for turning pumpkins into mounds of sugary goodness like us yanks do with all of our pies, cookies, cakes, loaves, and spiced lattes lol. It also resembles spice cake, which can also have raisins. Why are raisins so awesome in these kind of desserts? Farge! Now I'm hungry. Thanks spotted dick.

[Avidria]

I hate that I ugly laughed at this...

[RyuSaarva]

I thought this was going to be some kind of a new blacklist thing.

[Enkidoh]

You must be Aussie if you love vegemite. Definitely Aussie if you eat it by the tube. It would be interesting to see the description the devs would give it xD

I'll sign your petition for the lamingtons though, but I don't think we have anything that resembles coconut iirc, and that's one of the more important ingredients.

Hehe I am. And that is why I mentioned it, not that I eat Vegemite out of the jar, I just eat it on toast (and even then spread very thinly over hot margarine). I'm not one of those strange people that eat it in cakes and confectionary, like that horrid Vegemite-flavoured chocolate Cadbury tried selling a few years back, no surprises that failed faster than an average day 1 Savage party.

Maybe it could be added as a "Bmite Sandwich' (thus avoiding name copyright issues) with the description "A mysterious alchemist from the southern islands apparently created the thick black spread that coats these otherwise ordinary slices of bread from yeast and various herbs and spices, that is something of an institution in his homeland, and hopes those in Eorzea may share his enthusiasm for the spread. So far there have been few takers..."

As for lamingtons, I'm sure coconut or something like it exists on Hydaelyn - there's plenty of tropical type areas around and I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard or lore breaking to implement.

I can even see the description for it: "Lamington: A cube of soft foamy spongecake with a centre of aldgoat cream and rolanberry jam, dipped in molten chocolate and coated in dissicated Thavnarian coconut. A delicacy of the southern islands, although a culinarian from Garlemald claims it was named after a certain Ilsabardian noble, but these claims are bogus..."

And getting back on track to the original topic: the description for... um... Spotted Dick: "A popular Garlean dessert, made from traditonal Ilsabardian ingredients of dried blackcurrants, sultanas and lemon, mixed with flour, sugar, milk and animal fat. It's traditional name however refers to it's spotty colour and is not a humorous pun on a man named Richard with a bad rash. Nor a jest on a certain part of the male anatomy. Honest." :P

Sorry for hijacking your thread by the way Theo!

[Glenfiddich]

Disgusting Food Name. I wouldn't serve it in my FC House.
Is this an example of the famous British Humour? Thinking up such names for food?
BTW, I'm pretty sure this Thread was created on purpose.
Having "Dick" in the Title and the Mods can't do anything about it because it's a real thing in GB? Right?

...and they're ever so eager to gobble it all up!

You were fully aware of what you did. Right?

[Kazrah]

I approve, although I have a fear the name might get changed to something like "Peppered Richard".

[Kobalos]

Disgusting Food Name. I wouldn't serve it in my FC House.
Is this an example of the famous British Humour? Thinking up such names for food?
BTW, I'm pretty sure this Thread was created on purpose.
Having "Dick" in the Title and the Mods can't do anything about it because it's a real thing in GB? Right?

Umm I hate to be that person but the name comes from an old English term meaning pudding - "dick" and "dog" (the dessert is also known as spotted dog) - It takes its name from the 'doh' used. Its an old English word and it has only recently been used in the crude sense...