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Spotted Dick is now Spotted Richard on the menu in the government cafeteria in the North Wales town of Flintshire, the Daily Mail reports.
"It just seemed political correctness gone mad," Klaus Armstrong-Braun, a local politician told the Daily Mail. "There was a sign in the dining room for things like rice pudding and then this Spotted Richard -- I had to ask what it was. Whoever has changed it needs to be told they are being silly."
The pudding, made with currants and raisins, beef suet, breadcrumbs and flour, has long been a staple of the British pantry. They're sometimes called Spotted Dogs or Plum Duffs and are made by boiling or steaming the ingredients together.
A spokesman for the cafeteria told the Daily Mail that childish comments prompted the changing of the name.
"The correct title for this dish is Spotted Dick; however, because of several immature comments from a few customers, catering staff renamed the dish Spotted Richard or Sultana Sponge," he told the Daily Mail. "This was not a policy decision -- staff simply acted as they thought best to put an end to unwelcome and childish comments, albeit from a very small number of customers."
The paper said the term Dick likely evolved from Spotted Dog.
What do you think of the name change? Tell us in the comments below.
[Via Daily Mail]
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9-09-2009 @5:25PM Dick Lover said... As long as it's been tested for STDs, a spotted dick can be quite nice...
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9-09-2009 @8:47PM Babs said... What the heck is it? Has anybody tasted it? Funny name though. I love it!!
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9-09-2009 @9:01PM Darlene said... I always wanted to try the dish. Perhaps Spotted Dog is a better name. Sounds like it was the original one anyway. QUESTION: What does the word 'dick' mean in this case, in Britain? I know what it means in the U.S.
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9-09-2009 @9:05PM Sunfaccra51 said... And it's people like you and comments like yours that caused these people to overreact and change it's name.
Silly on their part, but totally understandable as long as there are juvenile minds like yours out there!
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9-09-2009 @10:53PM CookieCutter said... OH its a pudding for Christ sake!! People have such dirty minds !! OK I admit it I do too...but this is pretty tasty ...pudding that is.
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9-09-2009 @11:49PM big johnson said... When I was in Wales there was a dessert called "Giant Cock" that was pretty good if you like fried blood....
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9-11-2009 @11:02PM mezl said... ummm... how about just calling it by one of the other two names mentioned instead of calling it "richard"... and that won't stop the jokes any way. how about just telling people if they act like idiots they will be removed from the cafeteria by security? and then follow through on it... how about that? immature behavior deserves this kind of response. want to act like a baby- get treated like one. act stupid- get removed from area. just like with a child....
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9-10-2009 @12:26AM Mike said... Yeah, I see what got lost in translation - I think they call it a "willy" over there, how it became *ahem* "richard" over here I might never know.
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9-10-2009 @12:44AM Ruthie said... When in London a few years ago, I was embarassed to order Spotted Dick. But then considering that the Brits say "I'll knock you up" when we say "I will call you," I figured what the heck, when in UK do as they do. BTW, it was delicious!!!!
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9-10-2009 @1:54AM margie said... That was funny.
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9-10-2009 @8:12AM Louie A. Sims said... To react to an immature statement is to show even (more) immaturity...seems lots of people are doing that these days & calling it (political correctness). My 11th grade lit/grammer teacher would turn-over in her grave, if it were possible.
She would also give you a "0" for you actions!
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9-10-2009 @10:19PM Dick Harte said... As a life-long Dick, I am not surprised at this attempt at p.c. Even my friends are reluctant to call me by the name I have been called all my life. It's ridiculous. I cannot accept the fact that we must adjust our speech because it is supposedly offensive or derogatory to special interest groups, or that they have usurped the word for their own purposes, e.g. "gay" Locally our community is an uproar over the word "spook"...there goes Halloween!
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9-11-2009 @7:53AM Liz Goodman said... Ridiculous!
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