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?

I use semolina to coat the roasties at Christmas - think I bought it in Sainsburys or Waitrose.

No that's a milk jelly - different texture to blancmange.

Omg! I used to love a lardy cake! Saw one in a cake shop in Northumberland last year.

Miss Muffet junket tablets made a popular pudding in our house. When did they disappear?
We 3 sisters loathed milk jelly, blancmange and coffee flavoured Symingtons Crème (sp?).

If it had a bit of jam on the base I believe it’s called Manchester Tart?

trifle - particularly for those digestively challenged I doubt the m and s made without trifle was around back in the day but I was gutted when they stopped selling it!

@herecomesautumn Last time I wanted some - ypu could buy dream topping on ocado

I love stuffed baked apples.

I remember white pepper being on the table in every cafe when I was a kid.
But it’s amazing on carrot and swede mash 😋

Treacle Tart. Pastry case (or.maybe crunched cornflakes), white bread crumbs then drizzle.over golden syrup until they're covered. Bake. 😋

How about....
Homemade rice pudding with a nice nutmeg skin
Pease pudding
Butterscotch angel delight
Eves pudding (apple sponge)
Pineapple upside down pudding

Ooh, feeling inspired now. I'm off to make a Spooted Dick!

You r right I have mixed paper now which I like all diff coloured peppercorns

White pepper is far superior for certain dishes, scambled egg, cooked with butter and cream and served on mega buttered toast is one of them. God.

We were sophisticated because we had a toffee hammer 😀
It came free with a slab of Walkers toffee.

I still use it in mine my dad noticed when I cooked for him recently

Pineapple upside down cake.

White pepper on beans on toast as well

Did anyone else eat spotted dick with roast lamb (like Yorkshire puddings with beef)? Apparently my mother inherited the tradition from her mother.

Printedword · Yesterday 12:35
I’m not sure if it should make a comeback, but with news reports that there is taramasalata shortage, I was reminded of cod’s roe in tins that used to get served sliced and fried like a fishcake. I’m guessing taramasalata could be made with tinned cod’s roe.
@Printedword no, sorry, taramasalata is made from smoked cod roe. I love tge tinned stuff and eat it often, its on amazon to buy, but you can't make taramasalata with it.

Every christmas, my mum would buy my dad a tray of nut toffee with a toffee hammer. I have still got one of the hammers. Its around 60 years old.

Yup, no pepper grinders, cruets were two shakers, one for salt and one for ground white pepper a la Alices Queen and her song.

I'd written off white pepper but I think pps are absolutely right about it. Will add to shopping list

We used to have that but with a pastry base. Containing golden syrup and cornflakes baked in the oven served with ice cream or at school with fake cream

Used to be able to buy in in a box with 5 different flavours

Oh I love gypsy tart, especially homemade. Discovered Morrisons stock them from time to time, they’re almost as good at a push!

Loved baked apples(!) toffee apples, sponge (eg golden treacle) pudding and custard, bread and butter pudding, gooseberry tarte/crumble