Monday, September 23, 2019

Now that's good eating

From ten years ago, a culinary adventure of the humorous kind.

It's not what it sounds like

Really:
Flintshire County Council has been forced to swallow dick following its ill-considered decision to rename Spotted Dick as "Spotted Richard" - a rebrand it ordered following juvenile comments from sniggering staff.
According to the BBC, the powers that be pulled Spotted Dick from the menu after "several immature comments from a few customers" at its HQ in Mold. 
Cue a furious backlash from dick lovers, including Flintshire councellor Klaus Armstrong-Braun, who'd slammed the rebrand as "ludicrous" and triumphed to the BBC: "It's a great victory for Spotted Dick and for everyone who makes it."
I was going to post all sorts of security goodness, political snark, and Deep Thinking, but really, who can resist Spotted Dick?

For American readers, Spotted Dick is an English desert. The spots are currents. Quite tasty actually, especially as the name sort of lowers expectations.

7 comments:

  1. Ed BonderenkaSeptember 23, 2019 at 11:35 AM

    Thanks for explaining that.
    :)

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  2. Old NFOSeptember 23, 2019 at 11:53 AM

    Okaaayyyy... The reports are humorous for their 'serious' wording, oblivious to the comments that can't help but jump to one's mind...

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  3. SiGraybeardSeptember 23, 2019 at 1:28 PM

    My inner pedant requires I point out "The spots are not currents" but currants.

    Since one of the laws of the universe is that whenever I correct someone else's minor mistake, I make a bigger mistake, then I'll be brief.

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  4. libertymanSeptember 23, 2019 at 1:42 PM

    I wonder what the late NASCAR driver, Dick Trickle would make of this?

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  5. ShermSeptember 23, 2019 at 2:54 PM

    for the curious
    https://tinyurl.com/y5fdr5v5

    You put the can in hot water to heat it before opening. (As I recall)

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  6. libertymanSeptember 23, 2019 at 6:06 PM

    Initially, I did have it confused with this guy -- The slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus)a small fish.

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  7. Glen FilthieSeptember 24, 2019 at 8:50 AM

    The Brits cook about as well as they speak the language. No, I don’t want faggots and peas, thanks... and no, I don’t want to know what’s in them or how they’re made...
    :)

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