Shameful food secrets

[smitch Profile]

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!

[Amyw Profile]

My grandad always used to have the onion and cucumber and called it a Yorkshire salad (he's from Hull).

[smitch Profile]

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

[WWordsworth Profile]

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.

[strictlysalsaclare Profile]

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.

[Joanbunting Profile]

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.

[jeral Profile]

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

[Sakkarin Profile]

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...

[cherrytree Profile]

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.

[Renee Profile]

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?

[strictlysalsaclare Profile]

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!

[Stokey Sue Profile]

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

[Renee Profile]

Thanks Strictly. It is something that I would enjoy!

[WWordsworth Profile]

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.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

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

[WWordsworth Profile]

I have made crumpets in the past so I don't think these will be much different.
Will look up Felicity's recipe.

[cherrytree Profile]

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.

[cherrytree Profile]

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.

[Joanbunting Profile]

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!

[cherrytree Profile]

Definitely in a stottie or a traditional Cumbrian teacake!