The Great British Meal - Page 4

Margaret Pilkington · 17-10-2006, 15:05

three of my rustic pasties. Ok, I know they aren't beautiful to look at but they are scrummy to eat. Mmmmmmmm!

cherokee · 17-10-2006, 15:39

well im gonna have a go margaret so i will let you know how they turn out

Margaret Pilkington · 17-10-2006, 19:10

Cherokee.........
I've PM'd you my recipe along with some tips on pastry...hope you don't mind.

SPUGGIE J · 17-10-2006, 23:36

I like roast beef butties with horseraddish sauce but have yet to find a decent one.

Does anyone have a sugestion or recomendation?

cherokee · 17-10-2006, 23:44

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

I like roast beef butties with horseraddish sauce but have yet to find a decent one.

Does anyone have a sugestion or recomendation?

One of my fav snacks is a a hot roast beef and onion sarny

Morrisons batons (tried it with others but not the same )
fry some chopped onions in butter
micro beef for 1/2 mins
micro buttered baton for 15 secs
put beef on baton lace with onions .ummmmm yummy

SPUGGIE J · 17-10-2006, 23:50

Sounds good does that and I will give it a try. It always amazies me what we can do with tradional food to make it more exciting and avoid binning the left overs.

cherokee · 18-10-2006, 23:18

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Cherokee.........
I've PM'd you my recipe along with some tips on pastry...hope you don't mind.

Whey hey thanks Margaret
made some meat and onion pasties today using your tips on the pastry and they went down a treat ..
best pastry ive ever made .........cheers once again

Less · 19-10-2006, 10:12

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

And Less if you don't like Bread and buttter Pudding....i do a slightly up-market version using Madeira cake or swiss roll and dried fruit.....cherries, juicy plump sultanas, apricots, pineapple...whatever fruit you like.
This goes down a treat either hot or cold...with custard, or with cream and ice cream. I don't make it very often because it isn't good for the waistline...or the arteries......but it is good 'stick to the ribs' grub.

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Neil=Please will you adopt me Margaret?

Well Margaret, (or after Neils post should we now call you Maddona? (can I call you Mad for short)), that does sound delicious I hope you can make a few big bowls of it and bring them to the next meet.

I think you all deserve to know why I can't stand bread and butter pudding and it's like, (and just thinking about the following description is again making me gag).

Those of you that like myself grew up in the '50's will remember Sunday Tea, it was the highlight of a long and boring day of nothing to do because everywhere was shut and enjoyment of any form that didn't involve religion was frowned upon, even by atheists!

Anyway pudding,
My Dad like many others was ex-army having served through the second World War, which meant that at times while fighting there where days at a time when the troops had no time to eat.
This had the effect on him that no food should be wasted, so if buttered bread was placed on the table he expected it to be eaten.
I being about five was impatient to get to the sweet course Fruit cocktail and carnation milk, to assist in this I had foolishly hidden my bread under the table cloth, my Dad discovered it just as I was dipping my spoon into my pud', He then made me eat the bread by dipping it into the carnation milk and juices of the fruit, this causing the bread to become soggy and most unpalatable to me I then had to finish the rest , as soon as I was allowed to leave the table I had one quick dash to the toilet to relieve myself of my complete tea.

So you see I can't stand soggy bread of any kind, so 'Bread and Butter pudding' is one food I will never be able to stomach.

garinda · 19-10-2006, 11:03

Less your problem isn't really with bread and butter, it is actually your need to be more sneaky.

Aged two, I hid a bowl of fruit and carnation under the stairs. I hid it quite well, as I actually lifted a floorboard, and it wasn't found until the next people who lived in the house suspected they had a dead rat somewhere.

I still hate tinned fruit, and am still as thorough in my sneekiness.

Margaret Pilkington · 19-10-2006, 15:06

Less, you can call me anything you like...just don't call me late for tea

I can't imagine the Cabinet pudding(which is what the cake version of Bread and butter pudding is called) would go down that well with a pint or two of 'old and filthy'.....pasties seem to be a btter accompaniment.......!

And Cherokee...glad to have been of help.

Less · 19-10-2006, 15:12

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

pasties seem to be a btter accompaniment.......!

Yes, pasties will do fine, it will give you the perfect excuse to get down to the next meet, "Just nipping out dear, got my charity work to do, they can't exist on accyweb with parkin alone, they need something to line their stomachs while they drain the pub dry."