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How To Swear Like A London Local

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Microwaveable Dick

Last night I had myself some tasty Dick. All right, you wankers, get your head out of the gutter. Ah, Sainsbury's Spotted Dick. From cold to hot and delicious in just two minutes in our new English microwave. It's basically raisin bread soaked in Crisco and covered with custard as far as I can tell. It wasn't bad -- not all that sweet, but according to the box it was 18% vegetable suet. For those interested in why its called Spotted Dick, just click here. I'm sure this is just the first of many immature posts -- it's just too easy here.

Tatties and Neeps

First post: Why is the blog called Tatties and Neeps? Well, 'Diary of A Kept Man' was taken, as was 'Bangers and Mash', and 'Fish and Chips', and 'Bubble and Squeak'. Eventually, I found one more UK food slang that wasn't taken and that was tatties and neeps.

I guess this is as much Scottish as British but all 'tatties and neeps' means is potatoes and rutabagas boiled and mashed separately. This is the common side dish, along with a dram of Scotch whiskey, to haggis. Haggis, by the way, is the heart, liver, and lungs of a sheep, ground and mixed with oodles of fat and oatmeal which is then stuffed in the sheep's stomach and boiled. Tasty! That shot of whiskey should make sense now.

I had this dish once but not in the UK. It was at the Five Flies restaurant in Cape Town, South Africa and thanks to 'So I Married An Axe Murderer', I knew what haggis was. For most, that would be reason enough not to get it. For me, there wasn't even a choice.