English Cooking

[Highway Man]

Is there no pubs by you? They all do steak and ale pies

Not like my mother used to make or my grandma, that is the point, food that you just don't get anymore. You cannot compare a pie knocked up in a pub or one from Aldi.

 

[Highway Man]

Is there no pubs by you? They all do steak and ale pies

Exactly

 

[pete01]

Anyone remember dripping on toast? Used to love that.

 

[Highway Man]

Anyone remember dripping on toast? Used to love that.

yes and dippy bread OMG I loved that. You can still get dripping from butchers

 

[Highway Man]

A fish shop near to me does fish and chips. Traditional ones. that is a rareity in itself

 

[Vinty]

Anyone remember dripping on toast? Used to love that.

Bread on dripping in the frying pan it was.
Tasted better back then.
Nowadays, it's a no, no,

 

[Highway Man]

Anyone remember Lard? I used to eat loads of that but it is now considered bad for you.

 

[Deleted member 142255]

Anyone remember Lard? I used to eat loads of that but it is now considered bad for you.

Not as much as @pete01

 

[Highway Man]

 

[Highway Man]

Pigeon pie was another staple diet years ago. You never hear of it now.

 

[fillyboy]

Anyone remember Lard? I used to eat loads of that but it is now considered bad for you.

Isn't there some sort of substitute?, I think it's called 'I can't believe it's not Lard'.

 

[Mottie]

Pigeon pie was another staple diet years ago. You never hear of it now.

My Grandad used to keep racing pigeons. Sad fact but if they were no good, you couldn’t just let them go into the wild, they kept coming back so they had to be 'nutted'. Never wasted though - my grandad ate them. Also, you couldn’t let them keep breeding so you had to remove the eggs and replace them with China ones until they got fed up sitting on them. He would fry the eggs too.

I do like wood pigeon breasts as a starter though.

 

[Odds]

And bangers and mash with onion gravy.

Food of the Gods.

 

[noseall]

And bangers and mash with onion gravy.

Often have it, at the pub or at home.

 

[Odds]

Often have it, at the pub or at home.

I can only find them to my taste at Howarths in Buxton: tried others but nothing beats their tomato & pork banger. Chuck fresh parsley in the mash for flavour, and pile on the peas. As long as they're in stock all is well in my world.