English Food Cooking

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:45 pm

RedGlitter;631030 wrote: Are you serious Pink?? :wah: I'm so relieved! I couldn't understand why someone would make a pie out of an animal's waste filtration system. Thanks for putting me right!

:wah:

Liver kidneys kidneys liver

Its fun Johhny eat it

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:46 pm

Lon;631003 wrote: I know Haggis is Scottish and rather than a narrow view, my view is based on having eaten many a meal in Ireland, Scotland and England as well as Australia and New Zealand.

Then IMO you should know better - unless you've been eating only in "fast food" outlets, or have been the butt of some practical jokes!

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:47 pm

I used to eat the bean dip at Casa Serrano. For years. Then I found they put chorizo in it! Which is a Mexican sausage that contains beef lips, cheeks, salivary glands and tissue. So the package reads anyway. No more bean dip for this chicklet!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:50 pm

RedGlitter;631023 wrote: Yeah but Pinky, explain kidney pie please. yh_sick

Mmm, kate & sidney. As a boy, I did not like it much. Now I do. It's best made with lambs kidneys, IMO. I can *see* the rich gravy and smell the vapours wafting out of the pudding (or pie). Mmm.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:51 pm

That's because Elvis grew up in Tupelo Mississippi and had not two nickels to rub together. Yeah...we need a restaurant that serves "Elvis Cuisine." Fried banana sandwiches, heart attack meat loaf, two pounds of bacon a sitting, jelly doughnuts...eat it all and you get your meal for free!

Ok, that's something about the States I don't get. You know those places where if you eat the giant steak you get it for free? Why? Who needs that much meat at once? And how about the Six Dollar Burger at Carl's Jr?! What's that all about?

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:54 pm

RedGlitter;631039 wrote: chorizo

AFAIK chorizo is a good Spanish sausage, air-dried, containing paprika, meat, fat. You don't cook it.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:57 pm

Over here, they like to scramble it with eggs and they cut it up and put it in some Mexican dishes. It's very popular with eggs though.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:57 pm

Pinky;631027 wrote: Steak and kidney pie...the kidney part is kidney BEANS, RG.

Not round here it isn't - best lamb's kidneys to thicken up the gravy.

Deviled Kidneys are also a traditional breakfast dish.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:02 pm

Bryn Mawr;631048 wrote: Deviled Kidneys are also a traditional breakfast dish.

Oh, stop it. I'll be dribbling all over the keyboard in a minute. They're *cheap*, as well as nice.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:07 pm

magenta flame;631050 wrote: Kidney beans? I mean't with real kidneys usually lamb.

It's an extremely high source of iron and so is liver. Must use puff pastry though not crust.

Puff pastry?! What an appalling notion! It should be suet paste, not puff paste, although "short" will do.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:13 am

I just read through this thread. How funny. There are aproximately 7,000 I hate America threads on this site, you question the British food and all hell breaks loose defending the British cuisine. Too funny.

:wah:

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:26 am

YZGI;631944 wrote: There are aproximately 7,000 I hate America threads on this site, D wah:

Can't say that I've noticed them...

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:30 am

YZGI;631944 wrote: I just read through this thread. How funny. There are aproximately 7,000 I hate America threads on this site, you question the British food and all hell breaks loose defending the British cuisine. Too funny.

:wah:

great minds think alike! :rolleyes: :wah:

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:24 am

Bill Sikes;631028 wrote: Bzzt!

Pecans? What are they?

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The state tree of Texas

It's a great nut to bake with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan

Bill Sikes;631045 wrote: AFAIK chorizo is a good Spanish sausage, air-dried, containing paprika, meat, fat. You don't cook it.

chorizo comes 2 way in U.S. markets. You can find it like you are talking about, but it can also be found in a wet runny state that firms up when cooking. This is usually the kind made with scrambled eggs.

Post by **spot** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:59 am

This thread malawks from start to finish. Nomad, all those recipes you're quoting are entirely foreign. Except the first which sounded quite fun. Sauerkraut? English?? Good lord.

Of course Steak and Kidney Pie has non-bean proper kidneys in it, where do you think the flavour comes from? Alternatives to kidney include onions, mushrooms or Guinness.

Dear oh dear.

When I first went to London to make my fortune there was a small cheap half-dozen restaurants which had been started by a music-hall comedian and singer called Bud Flanagan - the chap who sang the song at the start of Dad's Army (which, strangely, was written for the series but sounded exactly like it was meant to - but I digress). Flanagan's was started specifically to provide an all-English menu and it was perfect. I still dream about it. I loved the place. Treacle pudding with custard, proper mashed potato with onions, tripes cooked just so and no further, braised heart and dumplings, it was magical. The seating was all high-backed benches for privacy, the tables plain solid wood the same as the floor except the floor had sawdust on it. I've no idea why they closed eventually.