jam roly-poly

{{Short description|Traditional British pudding}}

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| caption = Jam roly-poly

| alternate_name = Dead Man's Arm, Dead Man's Leg, Roly poly pudding

| country = United Kingdom

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| type = Pudding

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| main_ingredient = Suet, jam

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Jam roly-poly, shirt-sleeve pudding, dead man's arm or dead man's leg is a traditional British pudding probably first created in the early 19th century.{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/nom/nominations/jam-roly-poly |title=Icons – Jam Roly Poly |access-date=25 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312001543/http://www.icons.org.uk/nom/nominations/jam-roly-poly |archive-date=12 March 2007 }}{{Cite web |title=Cooking for Chaps by Gustav Temple and Clare Gabbett-Mulhallen |first=Carolyn |last=Hart |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=25 September 2014 |access-date=2014-10-10 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11116563/Cooking-for-Chaps-by-Gustav-Temple-and-Clare-Gabbett-Mulhallen.html}} It is a flat-rolled suet pudding, which is spread with jam and rolled up, similar to a Swiss roll, then steamed or baked and traditionally served with custard. In days past, jam roly-poly was also known as shirt-sleeve pudding, because it was often steamed and served in an old shirt-sleeve,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/what-it-s-like-to-be-a-recipe-tester-culinary-secrets-celebrity-chefs-foibles-and-what-happens-if-a6695476.html|title=What it's like to be a recipe tester: Culinary secrets, celebrity chefs' foibles, and what happens if you make a mistake|author=Debora Robertson|date=17 October 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=15 February 2016}} leading to the nicknames of dead-man's arm and dead man's leg. In the past it was known as roly poly pudding.{{cite web |title=Roly poly (noun) |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/roly-poly |website=dictionary.cambridge.org |publisher=Cambridge Dictionary |access-date=28 May 2021 |quote=a sweet dish made with thick pastry that is spread with jam, rolled up, and cooked:}}