Old-fashioned foods which should make a comeback

[BarbaraVineFan]

I am just making a cheese and potato pie for lunch, which I last ate circa 1988. It's basically mashed potatoes mixed with an egg and a fuck load of cheese, more cheese on top and then baked in the oven. Bloody lovely, relatively cheap and filling.

Which other old-fashioned foods do you make /have you made recently which you think should make a comeback?

Been waiting for this comment! Yes, my gran used to make them. I hated them (I hate any sort of milk jelly) but my cousins and sisters absolutely loved them. I remember a strawberry one and a ?maple one. It was brown and looked v unappealing!

My Mum used to buy braising steak from the butcher, and ask him to mince it for her.

Someone mentioned bacon and egg pie 🤮🤣

My dad was a fan; his other favourites were liver and onion, steak and kidney pie, Irish stew (thin and watery) and home made rice pudding with a skin on top.

Fortunately although mum wasn't an enthusiastic cook, these things were offset by things like egg and chips (beef dripping fried); suet puddings, spotted dick, treacle puddings, and a lunchtime favourite, bread soaked in warm milk and an oxo cube...

Elizabeth David talks about this in one of her books-possible Spices, Salt and Aromatics in the English Kitchen.
Does anyone remember a dessert mix called something like Dairy Tops? It made little creme caramel type desserts, but came with fruit flavoured toppings.

You'd rather have bread soaked in warm milk and an oxo cube than steak and kidney pie? Goodness me. I love all forms of steak pie.

I used to love it when pork chops came with a little bit of kidney attached.

You'd rather have bread soaked in warm milk and an oxo cube than steak and kidney pie? Goodness me. I love all forms of steak pie.

I would too and the soaked bread doesn’t sound appealing to me but kidneys taste of urine.

I love it already, its bookmarked!

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g, l think this was very common in our generation - you are probably a similar age to me. My parents were both born in the war and food was rationed until they were teenagers. I think there was almost a backlash to this in the sixties and seventies as many parents were determined that we should have what they didn't have. Full fat milk, butter, plenty of eggs and fresh fruit - especially oranges, for some reason. We also had sweets and biscuits within reason - certainly more than I allowed my own children. We also had fruit squashes. Ice cream was a treat and we rarely had fizzy drinks. I don't really like fizzy drinks anyway, especially coca cola. My mother was an excellent cook, so we had good, wholesome, traditional British food. School dinners were along the same lines and there was no choice in primary school. I was short and slightly chubby as a child, but not overweight or obese. However, smoking was everywhere.

I do very similar but add a little bit of crystal ginger and tend to used muscovado sugar.
Once I have cored the apple I cut about ¼ inch off the bottom of the core and put it back in place to use as a plug / bung to stop all the butter healthy apple juice seeping out.

The Crypt Cafe is my go to when I’m in London. Brilliant food, good price and a charitable cause.

Birds eye trifle mix in the box has it. I always give that packet to my mil.

I accidentally discovered that you can make something that tastes exactly like Dream Topping (unless my memory is playing tricks on me) by mixing a bit of icing sugar and vanilla essence into whipped cream.

I'm sure MN would approve, what with it being the non UPF version...

Manchester tart

So many people seem to miss milk puddings of various sorts. Would anyone be interested in a classic and easy Chinese one: ginger milk pudding?
It involves heating milk up to about 70° and stirring into a bowl containing a bit of fresh ginger juice (grate & strain). Cover and leave for 10' to set, texture like a soft blancmange! You can find more detailed instructions on YouTube etc.

yes, delicious

It's on amazon x

I still buy it in Morrisons. My DH hates custard so I make my own trifle with dream topping ( his choice too)

Supermarkets and M&S do haggis which is very similar.

That's milk jelly. Blancmange is basically milk thickened with cornflour, with added flavouring - you can use chocolate.

@angela1952 we have M&S haggis or mcsweeneys at least once a fortnight in winter

Unless you're Mr Pooter.

that is bread pudding, they've just given it its more fancy name to sell better

Tesco sell birds dream topping too

We love it too. I'd eat it every week!

Bacon pudding which I made recently, and steak and kidney pudding, lovely.