English Cooking

[morqthana]

My fave from the fridge is Kit Kats.

Plain chocolate digestives from the freezer.

 

[morqthana]

Rabbit stews etc.

Rabbit's not very "English", though..

 

[Deleted member 265726]

Rabbit's not very "English", though..

Why? Because The Romans are thought to have brought them here?

 

[morqthana]

I agree but not at the cost of our heritage. Bring back traditional English cuisine I say.

But you seem to approve of rabbit stew - how traditional is that?

 

[morqthana]

Why? Because The Romans are thought to have brought them here?

Which they did.

Then they died out, and were reintroduced in the Middle Ages.

 

[Deleted member 265726]

Which they did.

Then they died out, and were reintroduced in the Middle Ages.

So why don't you see rabbit as an English food? It wasn't a trick question by the way

 

[Deleted member 265726]

My grandmother grew up eating rabbit as did her siblings. It was regular food for them. As a child she would skin them herself and probably shot or snared them herself too.

 

[morqthana]

So why don't you see rabbit as an English food? It wasn't a trick question by the way

My questions might have been...

No but seriously, what is "English" food?

What is

traditional English cuisine

?

How long does an ingredient or a dish have to be here before it qualifies as "traditional"?

 

[Odds]

Used to set snares in woodland along the riverbank to catch coneys when i were a lad - right tasty, fresh n' furry...terrible job skinnin' 'em, but worth the effort when you watch 'em bubblin' in t'pot, along with spring veggies n' fresh 'erb.

 

[Mottie]

My family like bacon and marmalade.

Ever made your own bacon? It’s not as hard as you think. https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/bacon.479139/

 

[Notch7]

But you seem to approve of rabbit stew - how traditional is that?

My parents made rabbit stew when I was growing up, it’s certainly traditional English food and you could buy it from the butchers.

 

[ellal]

No but seriously, what is "English" food?


How long does an ingredient or a dish have to be here before it qualifies as "traditional"?

Chicken Tikka Massala?

Well ok technically it is Scottish, but it's a UK dish that the English have adopted and consume in large amounts.

A traditional after pub meal for many years!

 

[Odds]

My parents made rabbit stew when I was growing up, it’s certainly traditional English food and you could buy it from the butchers.

I haven't seen rabbit in t'butchers shop for many yonks - is it regular round your way?

 

[morqthana]

Our local butcher often has it. Domestic, free-range, not the Chinese imported. And it's bldy expensive.

 

[Odds]

I thought a Chinese rabbit was something entirely different...