Has any pudding’s name been as mocked as the beleaguered spotted dick’s?I don’t know anyone my age who’s actually eaten it, but I’ve heard jokes about its (admittedly, pretty ridiculous) title for as long as I can remember ― including Alison Hammond’s brilliant Great British Bake-Off quips last night.To be honest, I always just thought “well, English is weird” when it came to the dessert ― and I couldn’t help but wonder if it was called that partly because it sounded a bit funny. It turns out, though, that the moniker has a surprisingly historical meaning ― there were likely a lot more “dicks” in English kitchens a couple of hundred years ago than we thought (teehee).What does the name mean?Let’s first talk about what the dessert is for those (like me) who’ve never actually seen one. It’s a steamed pudding, like traditional sticky toffee pudding and Christmas pudding, that’s made with dried fruit (usually raisins or sultanas). The dried fruit form the “spotted” part of the name,