Please explain...

[ILoveAFullFridge]

...bread sauce.

I have lived in England for nearly half a century (WTAF!) and I don't think I have ever seen or tasted it.

[ToddleWaddle]

My family always have at Xmas traditionally. Had Dh's family this year and were a bit shocked and disappointed I did not make them bisto instead!
Mind you they deep fry their roast potatoes and mash overcooked broccoli etc. Has taken years to reeducate Dh

[sockssandalsandafork]

Mind you they deep fry their roast potatoes and mash overcooked broccoli etc. Has taken years to reeducate Dh

That's so funny! love it.

[cupoftchai]

Devil's work. Looks like baby puke.

[WhoKnowsWhereTheMistletoes]

Well, DM brought hers along to our Christmas dinner today so I had a good sniff as I reheated it and it did smell quite nice, more of bayleaves and less of cloves than I remember (I don't like cloves). But the texture, I just couldn't bring myself to eat it. So, still a thumbs down but only on texture grounds, not taste

[EBearhug]

We always put cloves into the milk, and the fun is counting them all in, and counting them all out again at the end. Because you can never find that last clove... (Actually, I did today.)

I have used the blender to make it really smooth in the past, but TBH, I can't usually be bothered.

I love breadsauce and have it most times I do a roast chicken.

[ILoveAFullFridge]

Bread sauce went down quite well, but not, sadly, well enough to become a regular fixture.

I might try to use the flavours in a more gravy-like sauce, less like baby puke bready.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

I made bread sauce today - cloves, bay leaves, pepper, onions
Steeped overnight

Butter, single cream, extra salt

It was lush

[JollySantersSelectionBox]

hallow he shouldn't have laughed at you. Mince pies did indeed contain meat traditionally. They were a mix of meat and fruits.

It was tradition to have meat in a plum pudding, or eat plum pudding with your Sunday lunch too.

[LondonMother]

I used Delia Smith's recipe but didn't follow it exactly, which I should have done. Another time I'd do as she suggests and put in more cloves (I was too cautious yesterday), and also a good few extra grinds of pepper and a lot more nutmeg. Bigger bayleaf too. But the basic creamy, buttery, oniony flavour was lovely, and I liked the texture. I made the crumbs in the food processor so they were very finely chopped. There's quite a bit left so I will try some in my Christmas sandwich later.