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  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    I'm going t suggest the following puddings to my grandson when we meet this week for a shared meal. T, (age 14), in common with his generation, seems to escue desserts:
    Jam roly-poly; peach cobbler, and of course, the fabled spotted dick. I doubt he will have a clue what I'm talking about!
  • We were eating in a restaurant a couple of months ago. One of the desserts had a fancy name which I didn't recognise; when I asked the waitress what it was, she replied, "Well, it's really Queen of Puds!". There's a blast from the past, reinvented.
  • We were eating in a restaurant a couple of months ago. One of the desserts had a fancy name which I didn't recognise; when I asked the waitress what it was, she replied, "Well, it's really Queen of Puds!". There's a blast from the past, reinvented.

    Just googled Queen of Puddings, and I can safely say that I had never heard of it or encountered it before in my life. I'm in early 50s and in the UK.
  • HeavenlyannieHeavenlyannie Shipmate
    edited 4:22PM
    I’m 56 and I made queen of puddings in high school in the 1980s. My sons would be familiar with jam roly-poly and spotted dick, from home and in restaurants. They probably wouldn’t recognise cobbler, although I have often made a savoury one (with scones as taught in school cookery lessons).
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