Thoughts on corned beef ; Satan's dung or wholesome old fashioned f ayre??

[moondog]

Am at veritable culinary crossroads....

And who the hell ever 'plumps for' anything in RL???

love it - corned beef and tomato sandwiches and it with mash, kids love it too

Ds3 would swap me for a packet of tesco finiest corned beef.

He's such a picky, fussy eater that I danced a little jig when he discovered it.

Sardines, OK, an oblong tin. Albeit with round corners, of course, so no angles.

A good sausage, good grief, yes, I'd prize above rubies.

Tinned mussels are fabulous.
They are my Madeleines.

I don't mean a gourmet sausage,just a regular school dinner type.

Hmmm, don't know about any of them, frankly.

Tinned mussels are really hard to find round here, dammit; they were a useful staple in our cupboards.

My kids love corned beef hash with spring onions and a bit of cheese on top,Ds also loves tongue,not exactly wholesome food but they like it.

I'd rather eat my own head that eat a hoof sausage.

Sausages are NOT meant to crunch we you bite them and that what school dinner sausages do. and burger van sauasages

I am a sausage snob.

We used to love corned beef stew as kids covered in brown sauce.Have never had it since and know it is probably rubbish but I want to make it now it was yummy

What about lambs hearts?

they are a swine to cook but my mum says they are lovely, Dh likes them too but I havne't managed to cook them properly yet.

tinned anchovies are very good for Delia's Piedmont Peppers

oohh love Lambs hearts but i can never cook them properly dh refuses to eat Organs.

Anchovy tins have round corners and anyway I get mine in JARS and in any case even though I am so addicted to anchovies I do get them in jars they don't pass the wholesomeness test being full of dreadful salt and so I rest my case about nothing wholesome ever coming in a tin with pointed corners.

my mother used to cook and press fresh ox tongue.

And FYI SallyStrawberry, the outer layer of the tongue is peeled off after cooking and before you press it.

(and it was yummy)

How would one do a lamb'sheart?
Braise it? Stuff it?

Who eats tongue now?
When I was a kid,elderly folk seemed to live on it (with lettuce andsalad cram and pallid boiled aggs)

Corned beef tins have rounded corners though???

Here in Van,we can buy fresh anchovies from the Black Sea.The fish monger even guts them for you!

i have a love/hate thing with corned beef - reminds me of packed lunches at school....corned beef and beetroot.....yum and yeuch at the same time

I am longing to make corned beef hash....but have ben doing delia's chorizo hash in a semi-snobby but at the same time working class comfort food thang......

went to my parents' house today as they are away and my tumble drier has broken....dad tetxted me to say to help ourselves to food - there was a tin of spam for sandwiches if we wanted it
vomit