Foodies In The News
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herbidacious wrote:https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-british-studies/article/one-british-thing-a-bottle-of-welfare-orange-juice-c-19611971/7A3A07A71E9CFEA0214EC22984C486A7/core-reader
I remember it coming in little milk bottles but that may be a false memory.
This orange 'juice' was available from the milkman ... it was a real treat for me and my sister to get one of those, but it brought us out in hives. Our milkman (Express Dairy) also sold bottles of chocolate flavoured milk too ..
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The welfare orange juice changed its label a couple of times I think, and it was very sugary - the sugar and citric acid were the preservative
I remember having the little bottles of orange juice from the milkman as an occasional school holiday treat, glory knows what was in them Patsy, probably a lot of tartrazine to make it a nice bright colour - it’s still used (E102, I checked but it can cause hives and I think it’s no longer permitted in prescription meds
I remember having the little bottles of orange juice from the milkman as an occasional school holiday treat, glory knows what was in them Patsy, probably a lot of tartrazine to make it a nice bright colour - it’s still used (E102, I checked but it can cause hives and I think it’s no longer permitted in prescription meds
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i, too, loved the welfare orange. my aunt, a district nurse, used to bring it for us. i think i've said before that i found some 'sunqick' orange juice concentrate in an asian shop when i lived in london that tasted exactly the same. unfortunately, a few years later the recipe must have been changed as it was much, much sweeter and i haven't looked for it since.
i have one of the little orange juice/school milk bottles (⅓ of a pint?) along with a half pint milk bottle. - the things we save!
ps. it must have been milk as we never had the bottled orange juice - we were always told it was just the same as the bottled squash that our mother bought but already diluted - but then how would we have known if it was different‽
i have one of the little orange juice/school milk bottles (⅓ of a pint?) along with a half pint milk bottle. - the things we save!
ps. it must have been milk as we never had the bottled orange juice - we were always told it was just the same as the bottled squash that our mother bought but already diluted - but then how would we have known if it was different‽
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It was different from ordinary squash, but no nicer - a sort of forerunner of Capri Sun?
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Felicity makes toffee apples.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/o ... ity-cloake
And there are plenty of pumpkin recipes today.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/o ... n-squashes
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/o ... pkin-salad
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/o ... der-bhogal
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/o ... ity-cloake
And there are plenty of pumpkin recipes today.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/o ... n-squashes
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/o ... pkin-salad
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/o ... der-bhogal
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Tip from Pioneer Woman - the best sticks for toffee apples are those too-small disposable bamboo chopsticks that come with some takeaways
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I’m not sure my teeth could cope with a toffee apple these days. Good tip though.
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Rachel Roddy's semolina gnocchi.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/n ... mesan-sage
Weeknight vegan.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/n ... er-recipes
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/n ... mesan-sage
Weeknight vegan.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/n ... er-recipes
- Pepper Pig
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Just in case anyone is doing Bonfire Night. I like the comments . . .
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ght-treats
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ght-treats
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Priceless comments PP! Must say I was wondering about the chilli in mittens too. I love animals but adore bonfire night so feel very torn and sad that it seems to be dying out. I don't remember ever having special food as a child, we were too busy with the fire and fireworks but the proper traditions of parkin and cinder toffee do sound good.
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Thinking about gluten free Christmas cake anyone?
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/n ... stmas-cake
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/n ... stmas-cake
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Our bonfire food was baked potatoes (done in the fire), black peas, parkin, toffee apples and treacle toffee.
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There are lots of mentions of black peas in the bonfire comments. What are black peas please, which seems to be a Lancashire tradition?
I don't feel silly asking, since one commenter said they always ate them but never knew what they were.
A great comment is in the wording of a post suggesting parliament as a bonfire, adding "Bring your own spuds".
I don't feel silly asking, since one commenter said they always ate them but never knew what they were.
A great comment is in the wording of a post suggesting parliament as a bonfire, adding "Bring your own spuds".
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I have a packet of dried black peas aka Carlin peas - apparently they are boiled, dressed with salt and vinegar and eaten as a snack a bit like Popcorn
They are grown in the UK, have quite a strong flavour and the skins are very dark when dried. To me they resemble tropical pigeon (gungo) peas and in some parts of England they are called pigeon peas, though a different variety
I don’t like them much, Hodmedods, who sell them suggest using them like chickpeas but I can’t see that working
https://hodmedods.co.uk/products/black- ... arlin-peas
They are grown in the UK, have quite a strong flavour and the skins are very dark when dried. To me they resemble tropical pigeon (gungo) peas and in some parts of England they are called pigeon peas, though a different variety
I don’t like them much, Hodmedods, who sell them suggest using them like chickpeas but I can’t see that working
https://hodmedods.co.uk/products/black- ... arlin-peas
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Pampy wrote:They're cooked like any dried peas and served hot with vinegar.
Always available at Bury market, along with hot new potatoes and black pudding, one north west delicacy I haven’t bothered sampling. Just doesn’t appeal, having said that the stall is always busy with locals. It’s not a north east tradition so may be quite local to Lancashire?
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I thought Diwali had been, cancelled and gone.
https://www.foodandwine.com/holidays-ev ... thai-chaat
https://www.foodandwine.com/holidays-ev ... thai-chaat
- Stokey Sue
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No, it's mid-November this year (14th), it was the Jewish festivals that were toned.. So there will be more fireworks next weekend for Diwali/Deepavali
Rosh Hashanah Fri-Sun, Sept. 18-20, 2020
Yom Kippur Sun-Mon, Sept. 27-28, 2020
Sukkot Fri-Fri, Oct. 2-9, 2020
Hanukah is fairly early this year Thurs-Fri, Dec. 10-18, 2020
Rosh Hashanah Fri-Sun, Sept. 18-20, 2020
Yom Kippur Sun-Mon, Sept. 27-28, 2020
Sukkot Fri-Fri, Oct. 2-9, 2020
Hanukah is fairly early this year Thurs-Fri, Dec. 10-18, 2020
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