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Old-fashioned foods which should make a comeback

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BarbaraVineFan · 17/11/2024 12:18

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?

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angela1952 · 19/11/2024 13:42

godmum56 · 19/11/2024 13:08

The late Sarah Kennedy spearheaded a return of these, their proper name was Kunzle Showboats and Waitrose stocked them but they were very expensive and didn't take off.

I'm not sure that Sarah Kennedy is "late"?!

godmum56 · 19/11/2024 13:49

angela1952 · 19/11/2024 13:42

I'm not sure that Sarah Kennedy is "late"?!

Gosh I was sure she was no longer with us!

Evenstar · 19/11/2024 13:51

Me too @godmum56 I had to look that up!

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angela1952 · 19/11/2024 13:53

godmum56 · 19/11/2024 13:49

Gosh I was sure she was no longer with us!

Poor woman, we shouldn't be killing her off!

PerkySnail · 19/11/2024 14:36

herecomesautumn · 17/11/2024 12:26

Dream topping. Cant find it anywhere

Homebargains do them in sachets. It's where the powdered custard is kept.😊

Deathraystare · 19/11/2024 16:01

Those members of a certain age and with a fairly sweet tooth might remember Cremola pudding, which used to be available back in the 60's. (Not to be confused with Cremola Foam, another extinct species). I remember you used to buy it in packets, Birds or Nestlé made it I believe.

As a dessert, it makes a change from plain old rice pudding etc. I had to scour the Web for a recipe, so there's no originality on my part -

Ingredients (Should be enough for 2 fairly large helpings, or 4 daintier ones)
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Two heaped tablespoons of ground rice

One tablespoon of custard powder

One dessert spoon of sugar (demerara or white)

One pint of milk (whichever you prefer - whole, skimmed or semi-skimmed)

Half teaspoon of vanilla extract

Butter or spread

Ground nutmeg

Mix the rice, custard powder and sugar together in an ovenproof bowl with a little milk to make a thickish paste, and add the vanilla extract.

Boil milk in a saucepan, pour into the bowl and stir until well mixed.

Return to the saucepan and heat until gently boiling, stirring continuously. Let it simmer for 3 or 4 minutes until as thick as custard.

Return to the bowl, put three or four half-teaspoonfuls of butter over the top and sprinkle with a few pinches of nutmeg.

Bake in the oven (Gas 5 or 375F) for about 45 minutes and serve hot or cold.

DeanElderberry · 19/11/2024 16:05

I presume I'm not the only one with recipes document filling up fast.

martinisforeveryone · 19/11/2024 16:25

Last week's Dairy Diary recipe was for roasted veg toad in the hole, which is an updated idea, this week has boiled fruit cake and next week has leek and bacon stovies.

slavetoendo · 19/11/2024 17:58

Iceland have them.my hubby loves them.

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 19/11/2024 18:47

martinisforeveryone · 19/11/2024 16:25

Last week's Dairy Diary recipe was for roasted veg toad in the hole, which is an updated idea, this week has boiled fruit cake and next week has leek and bacon stovies.

Oooh do you have a link to the toad?

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 19/11/2024 18:49

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 19/11/2024 18:47

Oooh do you have a link to the toad?

I’ve now found loads of recipes. That’s Sunday sorted.

JudgeJ · 19/11/2024 19:35

sueelleker · 18/11/2024 13:08

When we were first married, I used to make a lot of bean casseroles. Very cheap and filling.

I make a spicy bean and whatever soup, the spicy taco beans in tins from Aldi or Lidl, a tin of red kidney beans, a tin of tomatoes, chilli flakes, softened onions and any odds and ends of things like chorizo or other spicy sausage that's lurking in the bottom of the fridge drawer, absolute bliss when it's cold.

JudgeJ · 19/11/2024 19:37

Fgfgfg · 18/11/2024 18:43

White pepper in mashed carrot and swede. 😍
Must make it at the weekend now I've thought about it.

Lots of grated nutmeg in the carrot and swede and loads of butter!

SiobhanSharpe · 19/11/2024 19:41

godmum56 · 17/11/2024 14:25

you hollow out a BIG core. plug the bottom with butter. add brown sugar and sultanas, not currants which are the devil's work, more brown sugar then another huge plug of butter. Serve with custard or icecream

Plus a pinch of cinnamon and some chopped dates stuffed into the cored apple along with the butter, sultanas and sugar. The dates melt into a sticky, fudgy sauce. Also works well with dark brown sugar for a treacly flavour.

DeanElderberry · 19/11/2024 19:49

or a few blades from a cinnamon stick. Lidl in Ireland are having Bramley apples as one of their specials later in the week, I must stock up - they keep for months.

JudgeJ · 19/11/2024 19:50

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 19/11/2024 11:15

Thank you, but I’ve been told before that Waitrose stock them - mine never has them! Maybe they sell out very fast, but I’ve never once seen them. Maybe I’m in the wrong area (outer SW London).

Mum used to make Eccles cakes which were chunky and glazed before baking. If they were rolled out before cooking they were eaten buttered and were called 'flat cakes' that was in the North West.

bookbook · 19/11/2024 19:56

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 19/11/2024 10:48

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

B&M have them up here in Yorkshire - DH is addicted , so we always have to make sure we detour past a branch to stock up - they are miles cheaper in there compared to Tescos and Sainsburys ( always in stock there too )

ForGreyKoala · 19/11/2024 20:37

angela1952 · 19/11/2024 11:24

I'm probably much older than you (a child of the 50's and 60's) but I agree with you about the size of bought snacks such as cakes. When we were children everyone ate meals that were generally smaller, though we usually had a small home made pudding too. We often had a more snacky "high tea" rather than a whole meal in the evening. If we did (rarely) eat tea whilst we were out the cakes would be smaller than those we see today - and usually much less sweet and/or rich. Even bought whole cakes are often too sweet and rich today.
I'm not so bothered about buying a single sandwich, but I don't like them stuffed full of greasy mayo. I'd rather have the bread buttered which doesn't always happen.

You aren't "much" older than me - I'm a child of the 60s. I agree about the mayo in so many sandwiches, it really puts me off buying them. We also used to have pudding with our meals, and my mother baked, but I was not fat at all. I have a healthy appetite and have always enjoyed eating out, but for some reason I suddenly find it all too much. I live alone and eat very plain food - I like to taste my actual food, not have everything smothered in sauce/seasoning. I have a sweet tooth, but now find things much too sweet.

angela1952 · 19/11/2024 21:15

JudgeJ · 19/11/2024 19:50

Mum used to make Eccles cakes which were chunky and glazed before baking. If they were rolled out before cooking they were eaten buttered and were called 'flat cakes' that was in the North West.

There were some which were called Chorley cakes, similar to Eccles cakes. One of them was thinner and plain, the other was fatter, more flakey and sugary. I come from the north west too.

angela1952 · 19/11/2024 21:23

ForGreyKoala · 19/11/2024 20:37

You aren't "much" older than me - I'm a child of the 60s. I agree about the mayo in so many sandwiches, it really puts me off buying them. We also used to have pudding with our meals, and my mother baked, but I was not fat at all. I have a healthy appetite and have always enjoyed eating out, but for some reason I suddenly find it all too much. I live alone and eat very plain food - I like to taste my actual food, not have everything smothered in sauce/seasoning. I have a sweet tooth, but now find things much too sweet.

Yes, my mother always had fresh cake and/or biscuits in her tins. We had a proper tea at weekends too. I don't remember fat children when I was young, though of course our diet was more restricted by what was available. Everybody cooked from scratch and a "ready meal" was fish and chips or tripe.
It's so hard to keep your blood sugar down with sugar in so many products and so many refined carbs. I like my food fairly simple too, though I do love a good curry or Thai meal.

bifurCAT · 19/11/2024 21:23

Flaked rice. Proper tapioca.

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 19/11/2024 21:32

martinisforeveryone · 19/11/2024 20:41

I can't find it here, link below, but can take a picture in the morning and post it 😀

Dairy Diary Recipes – find inspiration today

Thank you for the link. I love the Dairy Diary cook books. Such good recipes.

kazzieB · 19/11/2024 21:50

Kellogg's Start. Bring it back NOW.

ForGreyKoala · 19/11/2024 22:58

angela1952 · 19/11/2024 21:23

Yes, my mother always had fresh cake and/or biscuits in her tins. We had a proper tea at weekends too. I don't remember fat children when I was young, though of course our diet was more restricted by what was available. Everybody cooked from scratch and a "ready meal" was fish and chips or tripe.
It's so hard to keep your blood sugar down with sugar in so many products and so many refined carbs. I like my food fairly simple too, though I do love a good curry or Thai meal.

I'm in NZ and the full Sunday roast was a feature of our weekends, always followed by pudding! I can only think of one or two fat children at my school. Fish and chips were a treat. No tripe though, only for my DF as DM and I hated it (actually, I don't think I ever even tasted it, the smell put me off 😬). We had a lot of milk puddings which I loved - even though I don't like milk. My DM used to make rice pudding on the stove top (I wasn't so keen on the oven version) and she was still making it up until she went into care. I have her recipe but can never get mine as creamy and delicious as hers.