what was your mums SNAZZIEST recipe when you were little

[FluffyMummy123]

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[Aitch]

yes, whatever happened to the milk marketing board? did they do their job so successfully that they retired, having made us all aware of milk?

[FluffyMummy123]

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[FluffyMummy123]

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[Aitch]

that's my proustian button pushed.

[Aitch]

you had radiators! you lucky, lucky barstard...

[wilbur]

MaryAnn - Tuna casserole = tinned tuna in white or cheese sauce, served with flat noodles or other pasta and cheese on top. So like a pasta bake. One of the staples of my childhood - mum was Canadian so lots of US-type food, including loads of things made with Campbells condensed soup as a base. Come to think of it, I think you can make tuna casserole with the mushroom soup. And watch your salt levels soar.

Mum's show off recipes - late 70s / early 80s were blanquette de veau (sp??), boeuf bourginon, and chocolate mousse. And then when nursery food came into fashion in late 80s as a backlash against nouvelle cuisine she learned to make spotted dick! It was very yummy though, with posh custard.

[wilbur]

And I'm sat here looking at our copy of Cookery Year.

[Iota]

another victim of 70s curry here:
apple and sultanas in it, dessicated coconut and banana on top

some chef must have made that recipe famous at the time - I wonder who?

[mummyvontummy]

Lasagne. And cheese sandwiches!

[Iota]

oh my word I found this

[Iota]

and this

[CatIsSleepy]

aaah curried eggs
my boyfriend at uni cooked that for me once
amazngly we stayed together for a while despite this

[bozza]

I have a bero book. My MIL gave it to me.

[mrsruffallo]

Coronation chicken
Waldorf salad -yummy
Lots of stew and dumplings

[Iota]

Dino, my mother used to make some kid of boiled egg casserole that had green peppers in it, so they must have been available in the 70s

[Anchovy]

I think when my parents used to have people round for dinner a starter used to be half a grapefruit with brown sugar sprinkled on the top and then flashed under the (eye-level) grill.

[OliviaMumsnet]

There are probably more but the one I remember most circa 1981 was a starter for "occasions" (dinner party/Christmas day)
Melon boats - yellow melon slice as the hull with a twisted slice of orange as the "mast" and a glace cherry on the top as a crow's nest.
Genius.

[Anchovy]

Ooh yes Jura - jelly whipped up with evap milk - loved it.

[MrsCarrot]

Aitch - I believe the milk marketing board is now the milk development council, responsible for The White Stuff slogan and those ads telling teenage girls milk is good for their skin.