Food of your youth
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I used to love prawn cocktail as a kid. It used to be the go to starter of any dinner party. Along with cheese and pineapple on sticks.
One thing my Mum used to do for our Sunday tea was egg layer salad. Two layers of lettuce, sliced cucumber, sliced tomato and sliced boiled egg, topped off with chopped spring onion and served with salad cream. I always got the job of slicing the eggs with the special egg slicer.
I still have it now. It is the only time I eat boiled eggs.
What was your family signature dish?
One thing my Mum used to do for our Sunday tea was egg layer salad. Two layers of lettuce, sliced cucumber, sliced tomato and sliced boiled egg, topped off with chopped spring onion and served with salad cream. I always got the job of slicing the eggs with the special egg slicer.
I still have it now. It is the only time I eat boiled eggs.
What was your family signature dish?
Tatie pot, a la Cumberland and served with home pickled red cabbage.
...the taties had to be sticking out of the top together with the black pudding with both nicely crisped. The beef had to be rotted down almost to a slurry...mmmmm.
Mince and dumplings as well, again with the little parcels of joy crunchy on the top with plenty of sage in them. And peas in the mince, of course!
...the taties had to be sticking out of the top together with the black pudding with both nicely crisped. The beef had to be rotted down almost to a slurry...mmmmm.
Mince and dumplings as well, again with the little parcels of joy crunchy on the top with plenty of sage in them. And peas in the mince, of course!
Mum’s ginger cake was a firm favourite - often served with custard while still warm. As was rhubarb crumble or stewed apple - cored apples stuffed with castor sugar and sultanas.
Braising steak in a really rich gravy was another and I’ve tried many times to recreate it but had no success.
Meals out were always gammon and pineapple for me.
Braising steak in a really rich gravy was another and I’ve tried many times to recreate it but had no success.
Meals out were always gammon and pineapple for me.
My Mum always used to put a bit of curry powder on roast beef. Strangely I don't remember the roast at all but the next day she would make a cottage pie with it - complete with loads of mash and a decent layer of melted cheese. Absolute heaven.
We lost her a year or so ago and my childhood meals and her cooking are the thing I reminisce about the most!
We lost her a year or so ago and my childhood meals and her cooking are the thing I reminisce about the most!
Chinese fried rice concoction, which was just basically loads of cooked rice, veg and prawns all steamed in a wok, with a smattering of fag ash..... thanks dad!
Spaghetti bolognaise, which oddly my mum would put a tin of baked beans in!
The cold baked beans and salad comment made me laugh as we had the same thing, I'm still a bit partial to beans straight out of the tin, accompanied with slices of cheddar!
Jars of chicken spread has been mentioned, it reminded me of my school packed lunches.
Liver and bacon, with the liver cooked so much it was like shoe leather, my dad also loved to massively overcook veg.
My dad did alot of the cooking which I was quite proud of at the time, however Iooking back, I realise he was s
t at it, my mum wasn't great either but unlike my dad she knew it and didn't try to pretend she was.
Spaghetti bolognaise, which oddly my mum would put a tin of baked beans in!
The cold baked beans and salad comment made me laugh as we had the same thing, I'm still a bit partial to beans straight out of the tin, accompanied with slices of cheddar!
Jars of chicken spread has been mentioned, it reminded me of my school packed lunches.
Liver and bacon, with the liver cooked so much it was like shoe leather, my dad also loved to massively overcook veg.
My dad did alot of the cooking which I was quite proud of at the time, however Iooking back, I realise he was s
t at it, my mum wasn't great either but unlike my dad she knew it and didn't try to pretend she was. My mum's Victoria Sponges were legendary and also prize winning. She baked pretty much every Saturday if we at home. sponges, Welsh cakes, pasties
My dad was the fussiest eater in the entire world - mainly because his mum was a dreadful cook who boiled the flavour out of everything. My Mum had got him to eat a bit more adventurously, but I usually knew what was for dinner by what day it was because there were only 7 or 8 set meals that he would eat.
I always used to love corned beef hash - proper comfort food, that I still love to have occasionally now - with loafs of brown sauce!
My love of a good beef stew in the winter comes from my childhood - we refer to the winter as stew season.
Edit - Mattessons liver and bacon pâté that came in a plastic sausage like tube - I used to love that on toast. I dread to think what was probably in it, but it never stopped me back then.
My dad was the fussiest eater in the entire world - mainly because his mum was a dreadful cook who boiled the flavour out of everything. My Mum had got him to eat a bit more adventurously, but I usually knew what was for dinner by what day it was because there were only 7 or 8 set meals that he would eat.
I always used to love corned beef hash - proper comfort food, that I still love to have occasionally now - with loafs of brown sauce!
My love of a good beef stew in the winter comes from my childhood - we refer to the winter as stew season.
Edit - Mattessons liver and bacon pâté that came in a plastic sausage like tube - I used to love that on toast. I dread to think what was probably in it, but it never stopped me back then.
Edited by Motorman74 on Tuesday 4th July 07:50
Corned beef sandwiches which I still love to this day.
Baked rice pudding with the skin on top.
Beef stew with suet dumplings.
A curry of sorts with raisins, apples and bananas through it.
Bolognese.
Banana sandwiches
Chinese spare ribs on a Saturday night every week as the old man used to work in a meat processing factory so we always had meat in the house and this was Saturday nights special, always had a box of the red stuff marinade too.
Baked rice pudding with the skin on top.
Beef stew with suet dumplings.
A curry of sorts with raisins, apples and bananas through it.
Bolognese.
Banana sandwiches
Chinese spare ribs on a Saturday night every week as the old man used to work in a meat processing factory so we always had meat in the house and this was Saturday nights special, always had a box of the red stuff marinade too.
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