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Thread #50573 Message #767320
Posted By: Peter Kasin
18-Aug-02 - 01:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: You Brits have gone too far
Subject: RE: BS: You Brits have gone too far
Spotted dick, or spotted dog, a Royal Navy dish from Nelson's time. It's a sort of bread pudding of bread crumbs, beef drippings, raisins (which gave it the "spots") and a few other ingredients. Could have spices such as nutmeg.