tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post6119194495210969759..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: The doghouse - party food - 1Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-48482731179922604612012-08-28T09:02:20.539+01:002012-08-28T09:02:20.539+01:00Our internet connection is painfully slow, LZM, bu...Our internet connection is painfully slow, LZM, but at least we've got it most of the time.<br /><br />My parents were running a large hotel immediately after the war, trying to serve interesting and ambitious food, so when rationing was lifted things really took off for them, gastronomically. I was brought up with garlic, they grew rows of it!<br /><br />Me too, YG, re-reading it reminds me I haven't had breakfast.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-58254366020979538492012-08-28T06:40:26.199+01:002012-08-28T06:40:26.199+01:00Damn: your post made me so hungry!Damn: your post made me so hungry!Yoga Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811671544368940573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-82094528800273047912012-08-28T02:05:01.643+01:002012-08-28T02:05:01.643+01:00Haven't done it for years, but I used to get k...Haven't done it for years, but I used to get kidneys from the butcher, still in their suet "jackets" for steak and kidney pudding.(I hated kidneys so never ate it!)<br />As I've mentioned on the blog things were still tight just after the war and most meals were "the basics."<br />One strange thing though - although Mother was a good cook, I don't remember garlic til I was 10.<br /> A friend's sister asked me if I liked garlic and I, not wanting to seem ignorant said I loved it,so she tossed me a whole bulb of the stuff. And I ate it!<br />D'you know, I wonder to this day that Mother never said a word!Now, of course, I can't be without it.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-22593298818479431582012-08-27T22:01:27.739+01:002012-08-27T22:01:27.739+01:00Fastinating.
Just catching up after several days...Fastinating. <br /><br />Just catching up after several days when we were having trouble with our internet connection. luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-46558278644014930162012-08-27T21:41:19.850+01:002012-08-27T21:41:19.850+01:00Pat, wasn't it a lot of work? And there was a...Pat, wasn't it a lot of work? And there was a strange anomaly, whereas almost everything was made from scratch but it was quite all right to use tins of certain things. You're younger than my mum of course!<br /><br />If I make you all hungry, that's got to be a good thing. Well, as long as none of you is on a diet (I'm on a diet, by the way!)<br /><br />Beryl, I envy you your mum's puddings. We never had proper puddings.<br /><br />My mother's steak and kidney puds were marvellous, Mike, suet pastry and all. And she made lovely dumplings to go in stews. <br /><br />Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-37691149314502426532012-08-27T20:32:04.236+01:002012-08-27T20:32:04.236+01:00It's no wonder you are so good at catering Z.It's no wonder you are so good at catering Z.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600329429654831610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-55201340451404573842012-08-27T19:45:54.781+01:002012-08-27T19:45:54.781+01:00Marvellous. Thank you. :)
Beef Stroganoff was sti...Marvellous. Thank you. :)<br /><br />Beef Stroganoff was still around in the 70's because I remember, very clearly, eating that at various 'do's' we went to as a family. And I loved it. Black cherries with kirsch was very sophisticated to me, and something I was introduced to at a friend's house in my late teens - my family was/is teetotal. (Baptists, you see.) <br /><br />Lovely jubbly Z - look forward to the rest, once you've had a think.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257653410136495378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-89216254611161130742012-08-27T18:29:03.022+01:002012-08-27T18:29:03.022+01:00A good friend of ours used to make the best steak ...A good friend of ours used to make the best steak and Kidney pudding I ever tasted. It had suet pastry, and she always said that if she'd invited friends for lunch, she had to get up at 5 a.m. to make and cook the pudding to have it ready for lunch at one p.m. I call that devotion to friendship and hospitality over and above the call of duty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-82574601163102123602012-08-27T16:19:50.267+01:002012-08-27T16:19:50.267+01:00So glad one doesn't feel the need to go to all...So glad one doesn't feel the need to go to all that sweat again. I remember doing a paella for 30. My then husband had to get lobsters tails in Soho. It was a great success - gallons of wine and complicated puds so apart from tasting when I was cooking it I never got to eat any.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-81906108194936342772012-08-27T16:13:52.754+01:002012-08-27T16:13:52.754+01:00I remember it was often a cold buffet, with a plat...I remember it was often a cold buffet, with a plate of black olives, carrot and celery sticks, with Ranch dressing to dip them in. Your mother's idea of entertaining was far more sophisticated than mine.kippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715389823789274487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-33190641897944083012012-08-27T15:40:32.499+01:002012-08-27T15:40:32.499+01:00I'm not sure I should continue reading your bl...I'm not sure I should continue reading your blog—you have such a sophisticated background.! All I can remember in our house was a dish with the descriptive title of "skirt in a casserole, carrots and onions." I don't think it as very good, but my mother did make a killer apple and blackberry pud, with a suet crust steamed in a saucepan.<br /><br />As for dinner parties, not in our part of the world. I envy you.Beryl Amenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434257277408290473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-47534193542444506362012-08-27T13:55:03.739+01:002012-08-27T13:55:03.739+01:00Lucky I was eating my lunch when I read this.Lucky I was eating my lunch when I read this.allotmentqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09436822823840965550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-83771982237022240842012-08-27T11:15:31.534+01:002012-08-27T11:15:31.534+01:00Okay... going to have to totter off to eat more br...Okay... going to have to totter off to eat <i>more</i> breakfast now... and then I am going to make a cake.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.com