Mushy Peas

[AES]

Yeah, I know Bob. No help for some people is there? ("One simply must maintain STANDARDS my dear!")

 

[rafezetter]

When we were in the Netherlands years ago they put mayonnaise on their chips. It was quite nice. but gravy, No (hammer) . Mushy peas, ok. And all this talk of Cornish pasties with carrots and peas, my mother will be turning in her grave.

Nigel.

In Bristol there used to be a hole in the wall burger joint - literally a hole in the wall right next to the entrance of the Hippodrome Theatre, and a small kitchen inside.

Best Garlic mayo chips in the universe, really. Garlic mayo was proper strong with bits of garlic in it, obviously homemade and left to stew, ferment.... that thing where it's left for a while to get good, anyway and really good double fried crispy chuncky chips, no "french fries" nonsense. Used to buy that at least once or twice a week on the way home after my shift in Seargent Yorks Casino on Anchor Road (called something else now - I used to be a croupier before a suit) and the burgers were damn good too, I guess being a bit pricey is what spelled the end - £2 for a good portion of chips lathered in the mayo and £4 for the burger, but for a while it was my favorite restaurant

I still lament that place closing even now, 25 years later, and now I've got a hankering for it.

Sunnybob - that sounds amazing, I got introduced to Halloumi or "squeaky cheese!" as the person who introduced me called it, not that long ago, very nice stuff.

 

[rafezetter]

Bread and dripping, especially with the jelly from the bottom of the pot, with salt and pepper, delicious. Enough to give a cardiologist a heart attack though.

Nigel.

My father (74) still tries to nag his wife into keeping the dripping from a beef joint when she does the gravy (she scoops the fat off and disposes of it) - to which her response is "you've had 2 heart attacks already, you want a 3rd?"

Sometimes I can actually see him thinking about it

Never tried it - looks disgusting to me but then I don't eat pork or animal fat and detest crackling (which is another thing my father doesn't get).

 

[sunnybob]

Squeaky cheese was a very pleasant surprise when I came to Cyprus. But my daughter says the UK version is sadly lacking when compared to the original.
Fried or grilled slabs is good, but steamed, covered in breadcrumbs and rock salt....
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
Beef dripping on toast with lots of added salt... thats why the death rate was so high 50 years ago :roll: but tell your father he's missing nothing from modern dripping. The cows are now bred for lean meat, not fat as they used to be. Even if you have a big enough side of beef to produce any, it has no flavour. Although I never actually liked eating the fat, modern beef has definitely lost flavour because of its absence.

 

[Nigel Burden]

Bread and dripping, especially with the jelly from the bottom of the pot, with salt and pepper, delicious. Enough to give a cardiologist a heart attack though.

Nigel.

My father (74) still tries to nag his wife into keeping the dripping from a beef joint when she does the gravy (she scoops the fat off and disposes of it) - to which her response is "you've had 2 heart attacks already, you want a 3rd?"

Sometimes I can actually see him thinking about it

Never tried it - looks disgusting to me but then I don't eat pork or animal fat and detest crackling (which is another thing my father doesn't get).

Your father is only six years older than me. It must be an age thing as my two children, both in their mid thirties, would say that it's disgusting.

Nigel.

 

[Richard_C]

Our village pub has a very simple menu based around home made soup and sandwiches, I don't think the menu has changed much since the 1940's. They cook the meat themselves, huge joints of beef and ham. In winter you can order beef dripping on toast with your soup.

Nice with pint of Adnams ale delivered by gravity from a barrel.

AND its south of Watford Gap)

 

[Chris152]

Til I read about it here, I'd completely forgotten - my gran used to do dripping on toast for us as kids. I remember it was delicious and salty. Annnd, she used to cut criss-cross into the toast with a knife so it would soak in to the bread more. Good for the heart no doubt.

 

[sunnybob]

Beef dripping is legal! It says so here
https://efpra.eu/edible-fats/

 

[Jake]

Your claim is not consistent with this.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats- ... p-12606318

(It's also not consistent with the fact you can buy dripping in pretty much any supermarket.)

 

[woodhutt]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats- ... p-12606318

Love it! 'Harry Ramsdens - World famous' (in the UK and Ireland) :lol:

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I remember seeing a shop advertised as "World famous in Whangamata".

 

[woodhutt]

I remember seeing a shop advertised as "World famous in Whangamata".

Pretty common advertising slogan over here, Phil.
The popular soft drink 'Lemon and Paeroa' is advertised as 'World Famous in New Zealand'.
It's a tongue in cheek acknowledgement of our size and remoteness that seems to have worked in our favour recently

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Yes, I've been to the kiwi fruit capital of the world ............. and the kumara capital of the world.
(and Paeroa. )

 

[woodhutt]

What? Did you miss out on the 'Big Carrot' (Ohakune) or the 'Big Trout'(Gore).
Oh dear... :lol:

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I didn't (unfortunately) get as far south as the first, let alone the second.
Ever been to https://www.kaurimuseum.com/ or the one at Kaitaia? (I can't find a decent link to that one.)

 

[woodhutt]

Not been to either of the museums but I did get to see Tane Mahuta (Lord of the Forest) when we holidayed in Kerikeri about 20 years back.
Next time you're over take a trip to see the Redwood Forest (Whakarewarewa) at Rotorua. IMHO it knocks the Muir (San Fransico) Redwood experience into a cocked hat.
Pete

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Did both of them.

 

[Vann]

...Ever been to https://www.kaurimuseum.com/ or the one at Kaitaia?

I enjoyed the kauri museum at Matakohe - being into old woodworking machinery there was some to see. Not so the Kaitaia timber museum.

And back on topic: I had mushy peas (I think for the first time in my life) last week, while on holiday in Queenstown. They tasted okay I guess - but then I like peas.

We're allowed to go on holiday again now that it looks like we've eradicated covid (22 days without any active cases - although I dear say we'll get a few more as Kiwis return from overseas). And for a few statistics: we've had 22 covid deaths in a population of 5 million - that's 4.4 deaths per million people. Australia has had 4.12 deaths per million. USA 355 deaths per million. And a quick calc says you poor bug gers are at 613 deaths per million (41,662 deaths in a population of 76.89 million).

Cheers, Vann.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Certainly. Matakohe is superior by a mile, but Kaitaia is still worth a look.

 

[woodhutt]

And back on topic: I had mushy peas (I think for the first time in my life) last week, while on holiday in Queenstown. They tasted okay I guess - but then I like peas.
Cheers, Vann.

Eating mushy peas in Queenstown sounds a bit like scoffing bread and dripping in Paris. :lol:
Pete