Salad cream

[danemodsandy]

Speaking of Mayo:

I recently found - to my delight - that my favorite mayo, Duke's, is available here in Iowa now. I grew up on Hellman's, when it was a high-quality product very different to today's, but over the years, the water content has increased and the flavor has become sharp and thin instead of rounded and full. Until I found out I could get Duke's here, I was buying ALDI's Burman's mayo. It isn't the greatest, but it's at least as good as Hellman's, if not better, and it's half the price.

Duke's is very thick (I like mayo thick enough to cut), and has the rich, rounded flavor you only get when oil and eggs are high on the ingredients list. It's the dreadful Paula Deen's favorite brand, but let's not hold that against a fine product.

 

[supersuds]

The big Kroger store here has salad cream, HP sauce, as well as something called Spotted Dick, which according to the label is sponge cake with raisins. It would make an amusing entry in one of those White Elephant gift exchanges.

It might be good, but it's hard to get past the name.

 

[launderess]

Spotted Dick

Is or was a nursery and school favourite for UK youngsters for ages, well before "dick" carried *other* meanings which would send an entire table of schoolboys giggling.

In the episode of "UpStairs/DownStairs" when "Master James" comes back from America all the man and such including making a fortune in stocks, Mrs. Bridges makes him is "favourite" Spotted Dick. Saying he's full or some such the man begs off when Hudson the bulter offers, however not as to hurt the cook's feelings Mr. Hudson orders the footman to cut out a huge slice of the stuff and send the rest back to the kitchens.

Mr. Lucas's Christian name is "Dick" on AYBS, something that sends Mr. Humphries into giggles as he quips "it's getting more informal every minute".

 

[fido]

Spotted dick is a steamed pudding made with suet. My mother used to put it in a basin and tie a cloth round the top then cook it in a large saucepan of water for a couple of hours. My grandmother didn't bother with the basin and just wrapped the pudding mixture in a cloth to form a ball and boiled / steamed it like that. The inside was good but personally I didn't like the soggy outer layer.

 

[launderess]

Meanwhile Back At The Ranch

One local supermarket has a pretty decent "International" section with healthy offerings from the UK.

Didn't have my camera but off hand here are a few items:

Lemon curd (Gale's)
PG Tea (Tips)
Salad Cream (Chef's)
Devon Pudding
Devon Cream
Various offerings of creams and pudding from Ambrosia
Various sauces from HP

and so forth.

 

[peterh770]

I think Publix used to carry Heinz Salad Cream, and Kroger I believe still does...

 

[jmurray01]

Oh no, not Salad Cream...

Even the smell of that makes me retch.

 

[launderess]

Oh Forgot

Local supermarket mentioned upthread has bottles of barley water as well.

 

[launderess]

"Even the smell of that makes me retch. "

So am guessing Kippers topped with salad cream isn't up your street then? *LOL*