Ian, hang in there. You gonna do good.
Katie sounds like you made your dish come out OK. I just knew that recipe had to come out of New York. Although you know this is just jokingly spoken.
I have eaten and cooked some strange things. My wife is from Syria, what does that tell you, yep strange stuff.
On one of the BBQ forums I am on, we do have several members from Scotland and England. They are cooking some nice looking "Q".
And no I can not cook a spotted dick, And no I don't know what it is. But it might be really good. I will be looking it up. CF:)

Good evening - One of these days you'll have to share some of your wife's recipes! I'm sure they're differently cooked and seasoned in ways with which we're not too familiar - but I'll bet they're really good, too. As to spotted dick, if you should find a suitable recipe, just don't select one that doesn't include the suet....(some folks make it without and it's pretty flat). It's a stubbornly British steamed pudding ('tho it can be baked and some people do it that way, but it's simply not quite as good) full of currents or raisins (hence, the "spotted" portion of the name). I've absolutely no idea from where the balance of the name was derived although there are numerous suggestions - some of them even printable! But it's delicious - usually served with custard surrounding it and berries for garnish, and I've made it many times for my crew. If Ian likes it less than some, keep in mind that this is a fella who eats chille peppers right out of the garden - nothing as especially "bland" as an English pudding suits him! If you think others wouldn't be offended by the name, I'll one day post a recipe for this pudding on the forum and see what folks think of it. Squirreled away, in my grandmother's old cookbook there's a recipe for it, which is the one I use. In the meantime, you could post a barbeque sauce recipe, provided you're willing to share. Now that would be a real treat!

You knew I would look that recipe up. This is what I found. Looks good to me. Also look like a lot of work. But most things worth eating are.
I will post a sauce recipe, Ian will like it,it has Chiles in it. CF:)

Traditional British Puddings: Spotted Dick Pudding with an easy Spotted Dick Pudding Recipe

Yes, indeed, my offspring will love such a recipe as that! You know, it's so funny how parents always see their kids as "little kids" or "offspring" all their lives, even if they're 6' 5" tall and are 29-years-old! My kids just hate it when I refer to them that way......but they're still my babies! Anyway, the recipe you found is absolutely the right thing - the real MaGilla (that's Irish for McCoy, I think) and if you ever get around to actually making one you and your family will become addicted. I ask again, should I post it on this forum? What do you think? Could always call it "Spotted Dog" which is another name by which it's often called in England and Ireland.