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?

Sunday pudding during late '70s was Sara Lee gateau. Usually black forest. The height of sophistication!

Sometimes we had a tin of fruit cocktail with evaporated cream. There was only one, sometimes 2, half cherries which as one of 3 children, were always fought over.

First food I made in domestic science was leeks wrapped in ham (not Italian or anything fancy, just ham), with some sort of sauce on it - maybe bechamel? I quite liked it at the time.

Salmon in a tin was usually served with salad and I remember it (not fondly) as it was full of bones. 😖

As an (older) child, one game I loved playing was 'Tummyache' - I always tried to upgrade the baked apple dessert. It wasn't a 'tummy ache' card but it looked so dingy it might as well have been 😂

It was on Bake Off recently (nice one Paul), but spotted dick. Suet puddings in general. They have such a nice taste and are like armadillos with their crunchy outsides and fluffy, soft insides.

Aah yes, the Findus french bread pizza, toast toppers (the pizza flavour). There was also something called Cremola. I cannot describe it. I think Greens made it. YOu baked it

You've chucked out your Dairy Diary cookbook?! I got Amazon second hand ones for my kids when they left home, they still use them sometimes. We had a Greek friend with an English husband, she borrowed the book as he was pining for old-fashioned English food - I didn't get it back for ages, apparently her family often asked her to cook something from "the good book".

We've been trying to decide what to have instead of Christmas pudding this year and boiled jam roll has been chosen. It was my father's favourite but I've rarely cooked it, not sure if it will live up to their expectations!

Omg !! I love faggots and peas , and yes I haven't seen them for years either

you don't have to put any kind of gelatine in it, plant based or not. The cornflour sets it

posh folk took the bones, and skin, out. My mum and I used to take the bones out because we loved them and used to share them. You can now get tinned salmon that is skinless and boneless.

You’ve got to try making syllabub—it’s this old-school dessert that deserves a serious comeback. It’s basically a creamy, frothy mix of wine (or sherry), sugar, and cream, and it was a total hit back in the 1700s. Think of it as whipped cream’s boozy, fancy ancestor. It’s light, sweet, and ridiculously easy to throw together, making it perfect for dinner parties or just to impress someone with minimal effort.

The best part? You can tweak it however you want. Use champagne for some extra sparkle, or add a splash of lemon juice to brighten it up. A little sprinkle of nutmeg or some fresh fruit on top, and it’s suddenly this elegant dessert that feels like it took way more effort than it did.

Beef curry, Beef Italienne, Chicken Supreme and for a short while, Tacos. I think there was a Chili Con Carne too, but I can't be sure.

there was a spag bol type thing....was that the beef italienne?

Tesco do Belgian buns which satisfy my liking for Chelsea buns but they are sweeter. I'm sure I've seen Chelsea buns from a bakery online that are ready to bake at home 🤔Agree, do not enjoy those fairy cakes with more icing than cake!

Another issue is the size of the food for sale these days. Muffins, scones, and slices are so much bigger than they were when I was young, and it's been years since I saw a single sandwich for sale, they all seem to come in packs of two and with much more filling. This is in NZ btw. I was in another town today and stuggled to find anything I wanted to eat, everything was too big, and too rich.

Maybe. It was a creamy, tomatoey meat sauce, with pasta twists. I loved it.

Leeks wrapped in ham with bechamel sauce is delicious. Another thing my mum made in the 70s

That's how we always made whipped cream in our house. I used to be very disappointed if I had whipped cream somewhere else and could tell there was no icing sugar and essence!

Cream whipped with icing sugar and vanilla is called Chantilly cream afaik.

no it wasn't that. It had ordinary spaghetti but really short, a meat-esque sauce and a small packet of "grated parmesan"

I got some from Amazon

Vesta definitely did chili con carne. My husband loves CCC and probably ate it first as a Vesta meal!

The bones in tinned salmon are very soft and easy to eat. Excellent source of calcium. I have a tin in the cupboard now. Nobody else likes it here but sometimes I make myself a salmon and cucumber sandwich. Lovely. (I do like fresh salmon too but that's like eating a different food. Fresh and tinned tuna ditto.)

@augustusglupe

https://greenscakes.co.uk/products/pearce-duffs-raspberry-blancmange-35g?variant=40951478747195

Same here. Tinned salmon makes a decent fishcake too

Ihave somewhere the school recipe for butterscotch tart but it's not in the same place as gypsy tart which I have posted. Will have a look.

Eccles cakes. Possibly I’m in the wrong area, but I never see any!