–modo ⚛️ 🧬 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇺🇦<p>TIL why the British dessert "Spotted Dick" is called that. The spotted part is obvious since it is riddled with currants, but "dick"?</p><p>Well apparently "dick" is a 19th century contraction of "pudding" which is still a British alternative term for dessert.</p><p>See: <a href="https://www.foodrepublic.com/1405606/what-is-spotted-dick-origin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foodrepublic.com/1405606/what-</span><span class="invisible">is-spotted-dick-origin/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GBBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GBBO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pudding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pudding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpottedDick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpottedDick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a></p>