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RE: Eating in the '50s - JJB - 13-07-2021
(13-07-2021, 01:26 PM)Veggie Wrote: My Dad used to eat ?Chitterlings/Chicklings? Intestines I think, that when boiled were bright pink. They'd looked disgusting bobbing about in the pan - like something from Quatermass and the Pit (if you're old enough to remember that!).
I remember being terrified by Quatermass and the pit. I'm not shy about my age like some
. Don't remember having chitterlings though. How about sweetbreads? Mum would spend hours preparing them. Can't get them these days I think because of CJD. All the offaly things have gone out of fashion heart, kidneys, etc shame. We're all too affluent now.
RE: Eating in the '50s - Veggie - 13-07-2021
Ahhh, Sweetbreads! A friend of mine was always talking about them but he wouldn't tell me what they were. In the end, I agreed to eat some if he cooked them. I really don't remember much about them except they came in a tub and were round and white. Think he creamed them and we ate them on toast. Only once!!
RE: Eating in the '50s - Bren - 13-07-2021
Yep they used to sell both chitterlings and hodge those two I do remember.
RE: Eating in the '50s - Veggie - 13-07-2021
What's Hodge, Bren?
All I can think of is hedgehogs!!
RE: Eating in the '50s - JJB - 13-07-2021
(13-07-2021, 03:24 PM)Veggie Wrote: Ahhh, Sweetbreads! A friend of mine was always talking about them but he wouldn't tell me what they were. In the end, I agreed to eat some if he cooked them. I really don't remember much about them except they came in a tub and were round and white. Think he creamed them and we ate them on toast. Only once!!
I think they were pituitary glands, but may be wrong. Mum used to, rarely, blanch, press, de membrane, flour, egg, breadcrumb then deep fry. It was the deep fry bit I liked. Plus they were chewy IIRC
Not pituitary but pancreas or thymus.
RE: Eating in the '50s - Veggie - 13-07-2021
People used to say they were "balls" from what creature I know not! They'd do it to wind me up.
RE: Eating in the '50s - Spec - 13-07-2021
(13-07-2021, 09:58 AM)JJB Wrote:There is no way I am giving a like to that, I get the feeling that it's a dig at me(12-07-2021, 09:47 PM)Spec Wrote: Way before my time, but remember my Mother telling me about that timeand yes JJB I am young enough to be around in 70 yaers time
Heaven help the next generation !
Nor the one about not being shy about your age, I think you are having a dig at Veggie with that
RE: Eating in the '50s - Spec - 13-07-2021
(13-07-2021, 03:15 PM)JJB Wrote:(13-07-2021, 01:26 PM)Veggie Wrote: My Dad used to eat ?Chitterlings/Chicklings? Intestines I think, that when boiled were bright pink. They'd looked disgusting bobbing about in the pan - like something from Quatermass and the Pit (if you're old enough to remember that!).
I remember being terrified by Quatermass and the pit. I'm not shy about my age like some
Quatermass, will need to Google that to see what you are on about
As for the offal out of fashion, I think the Mad Cows Disease stopped that being sold
RE: Eating in the '50s - Veggie - 13-07-2021
(13-07-2021, 06:44 PM)Spec Wrote: There is no way I am giving a like to that, I get the feeling that it's a dig at meWhy would I be shy about my age when I'm so much younger than you.
Nor the one about not being shy about your age, I think you are having a dig at Veggie with that
RE: Eating in the '50s - Bren - 13-07-2021
(13-07-2021, 04:23 PM)Veggie Wrote: What's Hodge, Bren?
All I can think of is hedgehogs!!
Veggie I don't want to put you of your dinner but Hodge is pigs stomach.