New England Off Topic and Banter as Most Brilliantly Proposed by Cape Cod MINI

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcsinnh

Oh, and then there's the $60.oo per day and free hot lunch.

Yes, but it's a SCHOOL DINNER..! Or aren't they as bad here as they were where I grew up..? (cue the British food jibes)
When I was a lad, you'd have to pay us $60 to eat a school dinner... (cue the Monty Python quotes)

[GBMINI]

Is was not *all* bad ... seconds of Jam Roly Poly and pink custard

[Windshadow]

Spotted for me please
Spotted D I C K for me please... Sheesh!

[Actual Size]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cape Cod MINI

Today I heard the winds carry the anguished screams of a hundred or more southern New Hampshire middle school students as their young minds were being irreparably poisoned. The clamor and din was gut wrenching. Poor young souls and minds being tainted by the sub from hell.

Yesterday's paper had over 20 parents reporting missing children after spring vacation started.

[jcsinnh]

Please, please do not start that SPOTTED D I C K stuff again this year.

My favorite school lunch was Mrs. Loftus' famous green meatloaf with LeSoeur peas from a number 8,000 can, phony mashed spuds with a grayish gravy....and, for dessert, of course, green JELLO with fruit mixed in and Redi-Whip. St. Augustine's School, Larchmont, NY bzc (before zip codes)

[GBMINI]

Sorry ... I just have to, OT or not


CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! MINI2 filters short richard out of [IMG] links too! Oh well, see the attachment ...

[GadgetGav]

Pink custard... blerch..! That was the worst..!
There will be no mention of spotted cheneys anywhere on this thread...! Funny that it''s easy to fool the filter with spaces between the letters... Maybe that raises a flag for the mods to come and have a look and see what we're talking about (and posting pictures of!).
Ian, do they have that Heinz Spotted Cheney in the Union Jack store..?
John, was there a time before zip codes..? Was that when there were 13 states in the union..? And why do they need a sub teacher during spring break..? Were you talking to an empty room for $60 and a free lunch..?

[jwardell]

Ian is that stuff somehow some distant cousin to Boston Brown Bread??

[GBMINI]

Josh,
Your guess is as good as mine
Honestly, I don't much care for spotted cheney anyway - I prefer the chocolate or syrup sponge puddings!
I would guess that there are many steamed puddings and presumably they all have something in common - maybe steaming was a good way to cook them in the past? Perhaps we should ask John if he can remember
Of course with microwaves now, I don't do much steaming ...

[MaxaMini]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

Pink custard... blerch..! ..? Were you talking to an empty room for $60 and a free lunch..?

I think Pink custard is Divine but I only eat the skin.
CCM reports after viewing the survelliance cameras that the room only began to empty as the substitute began to speak.

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by iancull

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! MINI2 filters short richard out of [IMG] links too! Oh well, see the attachment ...

Yet another perfect use for http://www.tinyurl.com

I've only used it for stealth links in the past.......

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by iancull

Of course with microwaves now, I don't do much steaming ...

Ian, there's still hope. I found this on the web for you, along with a full explanation of this delicacy.

And look! No need for steaming, just pop it in the microwave!


Spotted will require no explanation for most of you, readily bringing to mind unpalatable images of a visibly diseased male organ. The pudding itself, however, is eminently palatable, a favourite staple of school dessert menus throughout the whole of England. The spots are currents (the 'Real Fruit' on the packet - whoooo!), which are embedded in a suet pudding. Whether or not this sponge constitutes the is unclear, but possibly it does, since suet (I have just discovered) is "the hard fat found around the kidneys and loins of oxen, sheep etc." (OED). Yuk. Sometimes it is better not to know. Thanks to Martha for submitting this - it's been in her Arizona cupboard for over five years, as she is understandably loathe to put a spotted anywhere near her mouth.

[bakerjc]

Lookee me, another double post.....

This is for Ruthie the chef. We'll expect her to bring a fresh made to MOT?

Title: Spotted
Categories: desserts, english
Yield: 6 servings

8 oz self-raising flour
1 pn of salt
4 oz margarine
2 oz castor sugar (superfine)
4 oz to 6 oz sultanas (big -raisins)
6 tb water

1) Have ready a sheet of foil or a double thickness of grease proof
paper brushed with melted margarine.
2) Make the pudding crust: Sieve the flour and the salt. Rub in the margarine. Add the sugar and sultanas. Mix in the water to make a soft dough.
3) Turn out onto a floured board and form into a roll.
4) Wrap loosely but securely in the grease proof paper or foil. Tie or seal the ends.
5) Place in the steamer and cover tightly. Steam for 1.1/2 to 2 hours.
6) Serve with hot custard sauce or sprinkle with castor sugar.

Variation: At stage 3: Put the mixture in a medium-sized (1.1/2 pint) pudding basin with
a round of grease proof paper in the bottom and brush all round inside with melted margarine. Smooth the top. Cover with foil, or double grease proof paper brushed underneath with melted margarine and steam for 1.1/2 to 2 hours. Serve with hot Custard sauce or sprinkle with castor sugar.

Or go here: http://tinyurl.com/397fn

Just don't have a mouthful of coffee when you start reading the page. I love Brit humor, even when they're trying to be serious.

[GBMINI]

So thats why I hate spotted ... suet pudding
(I need Steves animated barf icon)

[Windshadow]

UGG margarine who in their right mind would make this without best quality BUTTER pref from Jersey or Guernsey herds with that wonderful natural yellow colour without the need for any artificial additives
and what is it with this item
Serve with hot custard sauce or sprinkle with castor sugar
And only a REAL Custard sauce not Bird's Custard will do for my version
there is no or about it! only and will do and be sure to soak the sultanas (NOT big Rasins but sultanas) in a good rainwater madera first
Ian I think you would like my "Spotted Little Richard" it is closer to the Suet version in the link but with 'best Butter' and I use the Madera in the custard as well