Old family recepies you still make (with crave for)

[astroron (Ron)]

Stephen, you haven't lived till you have eaten Black Pudding.

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

In an effort to sweeten things up a bit I'll offer up my Grandmother's (passed on to my Mother passed on to my wife) secret 'Sugar Creme Pie' recipe...

I don't know the actual recipe (it is a secret) but I love the stuff...

Think of it as creme brulee in a pie crust (it is a custard)...glorious stuff with about 1 million KCAL per slice...but worth every one of them...

No special occassion can be held in my family without one...

With respect to Black Pudding, Rabbit, Squirrel, Venison, Possum etc. etc.
In the Michael Moore film "Roger & Me" there is a scene that is one of my favorites...a sign is up in front of a ladies house advertising rabbits...with the caption "For Pets or Meat"...

I grew up on a farm without much money and at one time or another ate most everything...if you could hunt it or find it in the woods or streams it qualified for dinner!

[DavidU (Dave)]

Crikey Ron black pudding, tripe, haggis.........blimey

[DistroMan (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by glenluceskies

Speaking to some work colleagues last week about eating rabbit. Some of people over the age of, say 40+ often reminisce about eating rabbit, but did anyone actually like it?? I certainly didn't.

I not only ate rabbit, I enjoyed it immensely. I'd love to get my hands on a pair right now. Soak'em for a couple of days in Red Wine. Mmmmmmmm.

[astroron (Ron)]

Just after the war in Britain most forms of meat where beyond most people's budget, so basic foods where the norm

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I remember as a kid the local deli would have skun bunnies hanging in the window.
I've eaten wild hare, which was pretty ordinary, even after marinating it in soy and honey.

[Karls48 (Karl)]

Nothing wrong with rabbits, or hare. Used to eat them when I was hunting. Like all game it is meat with little fat and you have to know how to cook it.
I’m in with Scott. I used to hunt and eat what I shot. Mind you I don’t recommend crows- kind of tough and chewy

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I'd expect a plump, well fed bunny would taste quite yummy.
I'm not one to turn my nose up at "different" foods, but I'd have to draw the line at insects. Unless I really had to eat them to survive.

[Benno85 (Ben)]

Not an "old family recipe", but one I've been working on for the last few months and have finally nailed it:

Clove of garlic, fried off in a small splash of olive oil, dump in a heap of butter and sliced mushrooms.......ramp up the heat for a minute then drop it back down to medium, add salt and pepper according to your taste then served straight on top of your favourite cut of steak.........

[Benno85 (Ben)]

Originally Posted by Karls48

Nothing wrong with rabbits, or hare. Used to eat them when I was hunting. Like all game it is meat with little fat and you have to know how to cook it.

I agree with that, I remember my Pop (cheers Pop Doyle!!) making curried rabbit stew.......oh the memories, it was delicious!!

[astro_nutt]

My Mum still makes A Maltese "Pudina"..which consists of white bread soaked in water, then drained then add the following...dried fruits, eggs, sugar, nuts, chocolate, coconut, butter, glacied cherries, sherry...mix well, bake then allow to cool overnight..the aroma throughout the house is delicious to say the least..thank good I learned how to do this!!!!...now where's my mixing bowl...

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Ooooh, that sounds delicious. I might have to try that one out. Thanks.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by astro_nutt

My Mum still makes A Maltese "Pudina"..which consists of white bread soaked in water, then drained then add the following...dried fruits, eggs, sugar, nuts, chocolate, coconut, butter, glacied cherries, sherry...mix well, bake then allow to cool overnight..the aroma throughout the house is delicious to say the least..thank good I learned how to do this!!!!...now where's my mixing bowl...

Sounds like "Bread and butter pudding" that we used to have when I was a kid but with a few more ingrediants Yum
Lovely all the same

[JimmyH155]

Now your'e talking Black pudding, yum yum. There was a deli in Kippa Ring a few months ago that sold great large pieces - I bought it by the kilo. Think it has closed, but the factory was in Caloundra - Franz small goods?? Fry it up and have it on toast. Another Pomme delight when I lived in the old country was "Faggots" (No you foul minded simpletons, these you ate!!) I would have a couple for lunch - got them from a butcher in Basingstoke. Never seen them over here.
Chitterlings - no thank you and tripe UGH UGH I agree with you, horrible.
Home made brawn oh yesss yesss. I once grew my own pigs, fed them on swill and apples and made my own brawn.
Nothing like the rubbish you get at Woolies deli.....
Baked apples for brekky, horrible, full of husks cos my mother used the cheap cooking apples.
Haggis?? Mother got some once - it turned out like a runny soup and was foul
Has anybody had a Lardy cake?? Used to be special to Hampshire - absolutely delicious and wickedly fattening. Never seen them here either

[astroron (Ron)]

I used to love "Pork Pies" not these little things they sell over here, but big ones with brawn
Another one is "Scotch Eggs"

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Originally Posted by Karls48

Mind you I don’t recommend crows- kind of tough and chewy

I read an old swaggy's joke that to cook a crow you boil it in a billy for a few hours with a large rock, after the cooking time is up drain the water, throw away the crow and eat the rock
Coming from a Czech background I really love schnitzel with sauerkraut or pork with dumplings and sauerkraut....mmmm

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

All this oldies talk about weird food and no mention of Mutton birds or dripping on bread?

[Barrykgerdes]

Originally Posted by astroron

I used to love "Pork Pies" not these little things they sell over here, but big ones with brawn
Another one is "Scotch Eggs"

I don't know how you ex-pmms eat that stuff. I tried them while I lived in Scotland and it took me a week to recover! Yuk!
I'd rather eat a Haggis!

Barry

[astroron (Ron)]

for our Irish friends Soda Bread and Tattie Fairens(spelling) I had some in Belfast when I was last their very filling

[Karls48 (Karl)]

Originally Posted by lacad01

Coming from a Czech background I really love schnitzel with sauerkraut or pork with dumplings and sauerkraut....mmmm

Tasty- how about Tlacenka, Jitrnice a Jelito (similar to English black pudding) Sorry I don’t know English names for other two. When I was kid back in Bohemia, when we slaughter
pig – everything was used. From the blood to the trotters.