05-09-2014, 08:37 AM
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My mother was not a great cook, you could tell what day of the week it was by your dinner, veggies were boiled to death. however she used to make lovely broth, and puddings. Apple pie, Spotted dick Treacle sponge and she could bake well, Bacon and Egg pie, Scones Blackberry tart.As it was just after the war, the ingredients for cooking were still limited, and by the health police standards would be considered pure evil by todays standards, how come so many of us thrived to reach our present age ?
05-09-2014, 09:56 AM
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[QUOTE=Nom;528207]My mother was not a great cook, you could tell what day of the week it was by your dinner, veggies were boiled to death. however she used to make lovely broth, and puddings. Apple pie, Spotted dick Treacle sponge and she could bake well, Bacon and Egg pie, Scones Blackberry tart.Did your egg and bacon pie have eggs cracked straight into the pie base so each slice would have a piece of cooked egg yolk? That was a real treat.
I do remember the cabbage cooked to death, sometimes with added bicarb.
05-09-2014, 10:06 AM
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I don't remember my mother but my stepmother who joined us when I was 8 was a terrible cook and seemed to put everything in a pressure cooker so it all tased the same.By the time I was 9 my sister aged12 and myself did much of the cooking.
05-09-2014, 10:33 AM
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[QUOTE=Clementy;528263]
Originally Posted by Nom
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My mother was not a great cook, you could tell what day of the week it was by your dinner, veggies were boiled to death. however she used to make lovely broth, and puddings. Apple pie, Spotted dick Treacle sponge and she could bake well, Bacon and Egg pie, Scones Blackberry tart.Did your egg and bacon pie have eggs cracked straight into the pie base so each slice would have a piece of cooked egg yolk? That was a real treat.
I do remember the cabbage cooked to death, sometimes with added bicarb.
Yes the eggs were added just so, never heard about the bicarb with cabbage though i feel a google moment coming on
05-09-2014, 10:40 AM
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And I thought my mum invented that type of egg and bacon pie, ha ha.I think it was the cabbage she put the bicarb in, perhaps greens? I'm sure that was quite common then.
I've not heard of Paris Buns, we used to have some with icing and a cherry on top, don't recall the name.
05-09-2014, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Clementy
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And I thought my mum invented that type of egg and bacon pie, ha ha.I think it was the cabbage she put the bicarb in, perhaps greens? I'm sure that was quite common then.
I've not heard of Paris Buns, we used to have some with icing and a cherry on top, don't recall the name.
I think many people did, it was supposed to make greens tender but along with the overcooking removed the flavour and vitamin C 
05-09-2014, 10:56 AM
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I think the bicarb also kept the greens green? I suppose all the goodness was retained in the water.I don't know if she used that for the gravy. ah gravy - making a cold water paste with Bisto powder, adding warm liquid slowly and stirring to avoid lumps then finishing off with an Oxo Cube. Much quicker these days with the granules and no lumps.
05-09-2014, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Clementy
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I think the bicarb also kept the greens green? I suppose all the goodness was retained in the water. I don't know if she used that for the gravy. ah gravy - making a cold water paste with Bisto powder, adding warm liquid slowly and stirring to avoid lumps then finishing off with an Oxo Cube. Much quicker these days with the granules and no lumps.
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