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10 Unfortunate Food Names

Why wouldn't you want to eat something called Spotted Dick?

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 29, 2010 12:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – Food: It seems relatively inoffensive, but it has a history of names that are racist, shocking, or just plain gross. Salon recalls the 10 worst names in food history:

Spotted Dick: An English pudding filled with currants (hence the “spotted”). Why “dick”

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