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LOL - RUN! Thats about what I did when I saw it on the grocery shelf.
Saw it here at Meijer in Columbus. Thanks for clarifying what it is, what a crazy name! Still don't know if I am brave enough to try. Bet it makes for a great gag gift if nothing else.
Question: have also seen Heinz sell "Salad Cream" here as well.
Is that like a watery mayo or something, perhaps a base for a creamy salad dressing where you add herbs and spices?
"Spotted Dick" is rather an acquired taste though very popular in the UK, it can be edible but I would not even try Heinz's version unless it was absolutely necessary.
Salad Cream is undescribeable really, a disgusting thick and sweet salad dressing, it really does nothing to improve the taste of anything. Best avoided like the plague...
I must admit I am not a great fan of Heinz anyway but those two have to be among the worst of its range...
Does anyone like "Toad in the Hole" another bizarrely named British delight ? How about a "Fat Rascal" ?
Or the Portuguese " Bimbo Sandwich", the Finnish ( and I kid you not, Finnish friends of ours always make them for us) "Jussi Pussi", "Bonka" coffee, "Smutti" ( lovely Estonian smoothie type drink), "Fart" ( juice from Poland", "Pee cola" from Ghana , "Cemen" sauce from Turkey, "Dickmilch" from Germany, "Prick" potato chips from Brazil,"Bog" canned pork ( Denmark), "**** soup" from Jamaica, "Bum, Bum" ice cream from Germany, "Cream Collon" from Japan, "Fart" candy bar from Poland, "Plopp" candy bar from the Czech Republic etc.. etc..
Stephen ( my SO ) and I have been doing home exchanges for almost 20 years now ( 49 exchanges under our belt so far) to many countries around the world and one of our real delight is to go around local supermarkets ( and markets of course) , we have had so much fun trying to decipher what some of the food is and some of those names really are hilarious ( I am sure it goes both ways and some English names are really bizarre to non AngloPhones too) and you will see us standing in the aisles looking either really puzzled or in hysterics...
Estonia was one of our favourites, with food which really was not that obvious and the deli ( my Estonian being rather limited) was an experience not to be missed . The person serving us did not speak a word of English, and we ended up with a smorgasborg of various items, some much nicer than others....
I loathe going grocery shopping at home but abroad it becomes an adventure.
We keep various labels and have a scrapbook ofr sorts of all kinds of hilarious and bizarre stuff.
Menus translated into English can also be a great source of mirth. Gentle mirth as I appreciate that my Estonian/ Turkish etc... would be a lot worse if I tried to translate the other way...
"Spotted Dick" is rather an acquired taste though very popular in the UK, it can be edible but I would not even try Heinz's version unless it was absolutely necessary.
I have to admit that I did Google it. The description didn't sound very appealing. I trust your opinion on this one!
Does anyone like "Toad in the Hole" another bizarrely named British delight ? How about a "Fat Rascal" ?
Or the Portuguese " Bimbo Sandwich", the Finnish ( and I kid you not, Finnish friends of ours always make them for us) "Jussi Pussi", "Bonka" coffee, "Smutti" ( lovely Estonian smoothie type drink), "Fart" ( juice from Poland", "Pee cola" from Ghana , "Cemen" sauce from Turkey, "Dickmilch" from Germany, "Prick" potato chips from Brazil,"Bog" canned pork ( Denmark), "**** soup" from Jamaica, "Bum, Bum" ice cream from Germany, "Cream Collon" from Japan, "Fart" candy bar from Poland, "Plopp" candy bar from the Czech Republic etc.. etc..
Interesting about that Polish candy bar; there's also one in France called "Plops" which is usually drunk with a soda named "P****t"
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