Spotted Dick and custard.

Spotted dick is a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit (usually currants), commonly served with either custard or butter and brown sugar. Spotted refers to the dried fruit (which resemble spots) and Dick may be a contraction/corruption of the word pudding (from the last syllable) or possibly a corruption of the word dough.^[1] Another explanation offered for the latter half of the name is that it comes from the German word for "thick," in reference to the thickened suet mixture.

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• Spotted Dick back on menu – a 10 Sept 2002 BBC article describing how the name was changed to Spotted Richard on Gloucestershire hospital menus, then changed back