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Post by Moose on Oct 7, 2017 21:43:25 GMT
Very important poll .. what do you have with the Christmas dinner?
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Post by tangent on Oct 7, 2017 21:56:39 GMT
When I was a young boy, bread sauce was made from bread crumbs, milk and a little salt. It tasted so bland, I never wanted it again after the first mouthful.
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Post by Kye on Oct 7, 2017 23:15:09 GMT
I don't think I've ever had bread sauce and from what tangent says, it's not anything that appeals. I like cranberry sauce the way I make it, but not the commercial variety.
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Post by jayme on Oct 8, 2017 1:19:28 GMT
Bread sauce sounds vile, unless you can spike it with bourbon or rum.
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Post by juju on Oct 8, 2017 14:15:01 GMT
Bread sauce is nice, but made properly it's not just bread and seasoning. It's made with breadcrumbs, onions, lots of herbs and spices, and butter and cream. It's very rich but you only need a bit as an accompaniment.
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Post by tangent on Oct 9, 2017 0:07:38 GMT
Such culinary delights were unknown shortly after the war.
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Post by Miisa on Oct 9, 2017 8:58:34 GMT
Um, won't it depend on that you are having it with?
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Post by raspberrybullets on Oct 9, 2017 11:07:43 GMT
Did we not have this exact poll a few months back? I remember the discussion about bread sauce.
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Post by Moose on Oct 9, 2017 18:54:43 GMT
Possibly but hey, nothing wrong with a bit of repetition
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Post by JoeP on Oct 9, 2017 20:02:27 GMT
We should revisit old topics regularly. Who knows when the board might go down, or be deleted.
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Post by Kye on Oct 10, 2017 0:04:57 GMT
I made cranberry sauce for our Thanksgiving supper this evening. Everyone liked it as well as my turkey which was not too dry this year.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Oct 10, 2017 9:45:51 GMT
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Post by Kye on Oct 10, 2017 11:17:01 GMT
Thanks, RB!
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Post by tangent on Oct 10, 2017 16:53:24 GMT
I made cranberry sauce for our Thanksgiving supper this evening. You made cranberry sauce? I thought it just came in jars, I didn't think anyone actually made it.
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Post by Kye on Oct 10, 2017 19:38:52 GMT
It's not hard to make, tangent: cranberries, orange juice and sugar. Boil till they pop and then cool.
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Post by tangent on Oct 10, 2017 20:56:57 GMT
Cranberries were unknown in the UK in the late 1950s. So too were the herbs and spices used to make a palatable bread sauce. And butter was too expensive to use in sauces. The expertise wasn't there either. No one knew how to make them. Basically, we knew how to make gravy and custard and that was it.
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Post by Moose on Oct 15, 2017 19:52:10 GMT
Ah, good old fifties British cuisine
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Post by Shake on Oct 25, 2017 19:21:55 GMT
I don't eat cranberry sauce and have no idea what bread sauce is, but the name alone sounds disgusting.
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Post by Moose on Oct 25, 2017 20:12:13 GMT
I am not partial to bread sauce I must admit.
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Post by Elis on Nov 14, 2017 10:46:29 GMT
Ah, good old fifties British cuisine I would have lived on custard only.
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Post by tangent on Nov 14, 2017 13:57:33 GMT
We lived on cornflakes, jam sandwiches and beef dripping mostly. But we did have the occasional roast beef and Yorkshire pudding followed by apple pie and custard.
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Post by Moose on Dec 8, 2017 21:53:09 GMT
AhI remember bread and dripping when I was a kid. My grandma swore it was good for us though looking back it certainly wasn't
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Post by tangent on Dec 8, 2017 23:09:03 GMT
Your gran was right. One hundred years ago, people would starve through lack of calories, and bread and dripping would be a life saver.
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Post by Elis on Dec 9, 2017 10:30:54 GMT
I think my grandmother also thought (maybe still thinks) that food with a lot of fat and calories is good. Ans I think at times she might have found us too skinny. Which is understandable, considering that kids who were on the chubby side probably had much bigger chances to survive tough times when there wasn't enough food. These days, that is different since fattening, sugary food is always available.
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Post by Moose on Dec 9, 2017 20:36:16 GMT
Steve - at the time yes, bread and dripping provided much needed fat and calories. Alas, that's the last thing I need these d ays
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Post by spaceflower on Dec 24, 2017 22:56:19 GMT
Bread sauce and cranberry sauces must be an Anglosaxon thing, don't think I've ever tasted any of them. Though cranberry sauce sounds good.
But no sauce at all with the Yule ham. Only potato and bread. Also sausage, bacon and brussel sprouts simmering in cream.
With the stockfish ("lutfisk") tomorrow we will have Béchamel sauce.
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