Shameful food secrets
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Amyw wrote:My grandad always had a slice of cheese with his fruitcake and Yorkshire puddings as a dessert with golden syrup . When he was young and money was tight, he said they couldn’t afford a lot of meat , so extra YPs helped fill them up
We always had Yorkshires as a starter with onion & cucumber in vinegar and plenty of gravy. My mum still does them like that sometimes.
Always have a slice of Wensleydale with fruit cake too!
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My grandad always used to have the onion and cucumber and called it a Yorkshire salad (he's from Hull).
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Amyw wrote:My grandad always used to have the onion and cucumber and called it a Yorkshire salad (he's from Hull).
Yes, that’s what we called it too. Sometimes we had mint sauce and lettuce instead. I grew up in Hull but was born in York and my family are from a small town between York and Leeds. My husband is a born and bred Manc and thinks cheese with fruit cake is weird
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I'm a Lancastrian but I always have Wensleydale cheese with my (naked) Christmas cake.
I like to serve fruit loaf with a cheese board as well.
I like to serve fruit loaf with a cheese board as well.
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I'm a Southerner married to a Co Durham fella, who is also half Yorkshire. He has got me onto Wensleydale and fruit cake - it is a lovely combination that does sound weird on paper.. although i had heard of it thanks to the James Herriott books that I read voraciously as a teenager.
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My beloved uncle was a peripatetic woodwork teacher in the Dales. One of the schools he visited was in Hawes - this was just after the war. He always came home with a piece of fruit cake or apple tart and a chunk of Wensleydale.
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What we need is a role model
This 47min Youtube shows us food plates being prepared that our Queen and family are partial to. It is relatively simple although opulent especially in its wastefulness, so I don't recommend viewing by anyone on universal credit or queueing at food banks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbP3-1S7dk
This 47min Youtube shows us food plates being prepared that our Queen and family are partial to. It is relatively simple although opulent especially in its wastefulness, so I don't recommend viewing by anyone on universal credit or queueing at food banks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbP3-1S7dk
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Tesco champagne and Matteus Rose!!!!
The fish and chips looked nasty, although its bearnaise sauce looked tasty if posh.
Didn't watch much of it, it got a bit tedious, all very City and Guilds cookery courseish...
The fish and chips looked nasty, although its bearnaise sauce looked tasty if posh.
Didn't watch much of it, it got a bit tedious, all very City and Guilds cookery courseish...
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I’ve just made some finger sandwiches for my six year old granddaughters birthday tea. That shameful northern speciality, cheese savoury. Quite quite delicious they were.
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How lovely cherrytree! I live in the north west, but am not familiar with cheese savoury, although I love anything savoury. What do they contain?
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There's nowt wrong with a cheese savoury sandwich. IIRC it is grated cheese, onion and salad cream. Although I once had one from Greggs at Newcastle Station which had some grated carrot in. That was pretty good too!
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cherrytree wrote:I’ve just made some finger sandwiches for my six year old granddaughters birthday tea. That shameful northern speciality, cheese savoury. Quite quite delicious they were.
I made Staffordshire / Derbyshire oatcakes for a group of London foodies, and had trouble thinking of a filling - it had to be cold and transportable
Eventually I made a big tub of cheese savoury. They loved it, several made notes
Eventually
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There is a stall in the market hall in Derby that sells only Derbyshire oatcakes.
It is a place of pilgrimage when I venture to the big city.
It is a place of pilgrimage when I venture to the big city.
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They aren’t actually difficult to make, I followed Felicity Cloake’s Perfect recipe. Each took a 1/4 cup (60 ml) of batter in an 8 inch / 20 cm pan, so they were a bit smaller than the standard ones
Just needed patience
This is one of the places where I find a measuring cup useful, I have the mini-saucepan kind and I use them as a scoop / ladle
Just needed patience
This is one of the places where I find a measuring cup useful, I have the mini-saucepan kind and I use them as a scoop / ladle
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I have made crumpets in the past so I don't think these will be much different.
Will look up Felicity's recipe.
Will look up Felicity's recipe.
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Yes I always add a tiny bit of grated carrot and a minute scrape of red pepper. Cheese savoury is very unsophisticated food but there’s nothing wrong in that.
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Yes I always add a tiny bit of grated carrot and a minute scrape of red pepper. Cheese savoury is very unsophisticated food but there’s nothing wrong in that.
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There is absolutely nothing shameful about a cheese savoury, especially if it's in a stottie and the filling is made with salad cream - grated carrot optional, but nice!
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Definitely in a stottie or a traditional Cumbrian teacake!
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