My mum wasn’t a great cook growing up - but she’d make the most amazing blackberry crumble with the berries that my brother and I picked in the wild. It took us hours and a lot of scratches - but damn it was worth it!  |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"It’s not that often I have toad in the hole now. Just doesn’t taste like my gran used to make it  "
She probably put something in it like ale for the batter, or used a particular sausage. Even changing from Bisto to Maggi gravy (the one used in commercial kitchens) can make a huuuge difference. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"2 that my Italian mum used to make. Rustica Pizza, or Easter Pie and a type of Spaghettini omelette that I adored. I’m a shit cook so ain’t getting any anytime soon"
No point asking anyone else as italian dishes can vary from house to house, let alone twons and regions. |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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"a dish that you have not had for very long time. I was looking for inspiration and realised it has been years and years since I had any beef olives  "
I will miss them during the summer months. I'm too lazy to make them so ingetvthem from Morrisons and add some black pudding or a slice of haggis while they are cooking.
I'm missing a bit of meat on a barbeque. |
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"a dish that you have not had for very long time. I was looking for inspiration and realised it has been years and years since I had any beef olives "
We used to have beef olives made by Proudfoot the butcher when we were kids. Proudfoots’ is gone now probably retired. They were the best butchers around. I’ve had them since but they were never the same, so haven’t had any since. Kinda killed he memory |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Stovies. For non Scottish viewers, that's cut up sausages, onion and potatoes, cooked into a stew like dish
That sounds good "
Stovies made with mince, like mince and tatties, but with mashed tatties mixed in.. nae sausages! |
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By *ryandsee OP Man
over a year ago
Yorkshire |
"a dish that you have not had for very long time. I was looking for inspiration and realised it has been years and years since I had any beef olives
We used to have beef olives made by Proudfoot the butcher when we were kids. Proudfoots’ is gone now probably retired. They were the best butchers around. I’ve had them since but they were never the same, so haven’t had any since. Kinda killed he memory "
I know what you mean.  |
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By *eliusMan
over a year ago
Henlow |
"2 that my Italian mum used to make. Rustica Pizza, or Easter Pie and a type of Spaghettini omelette that I adored. I’m a shit cook so ain’t getting any anytime soon
No point asking anyone else as italian dishes can vary from house to house, let alone twons and regions."
Yep! Her sister could never agree with her on recipes.. |
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"Stovies. For non Scottish viewers, that's cut up sausages, onion and potatoes, cooked into a stew like dish
That sounds good
Stovies made with mince, like mince and tatties, but with mashed tatties mixed in.. nae sausages! "
You've not been in our canteen. Definitely sausages there |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Stovies. For non Scottish viewers, that's cut up sausages, onion and potatoes, cooked into a stew like dish
That sounds good
Stovies made with mince, like mince and tatties, but with mashed tatties mixed in.. nae sausages!
You've not been in our canteen. Definitely sausages there "
Definitely sounds vetter to me with sausages than mince |
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"a dish that you have not had for very long time. I was looking for inspiration and realised it has been years and years since I had any beef olives "
Beef olives were my former wife's speciality when having another couple around for dinner.
Both very 1980s. Back then the dinner party was a ritual taken very seriously. You had to have the right dining furniture, the right cutlery and crockery, the right wine and above all a signature dish. Other than in my house, which has a dining table, most people I know give you a tray to eat off (if you are lucky).
Like you, I haven't had beef olives for ages. |
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By *ryandsee OP Man
over a year ago
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"a dish that you have not had for very long time. I was looking for inspiration and realised it has been years and years since I had any beef olives
Beef olives were my former wife's speciality when having another couple around for dinner.
Both very 1980s. Back then the dinner party was a ritual taken very seriously. You had to have the right dining furniture, the right cutlery and crockery, the right wine and above all a signature dish. Other than in my house, which has a dining table, most people I know give you a tray to eat off (if you are lucky).
Like you, I haven't had beef olives for ages."
You are absolutely right about those dinners. |
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