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Foods Nobody Dislikes (Or Everybody Likes)?

ramonmercado said:
...it's an abomination to put vinegar on fish n chips.
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maximus otter
 
My dad loved tripe and elder "steamed cows udders"
he offered me a small piece and on tasting it I immediately
heaved up, this was about 65 years ago, once tried never
forgot or tried again.

U.C.P was the place "United Cow Products" for all things
offal.

:omr: :puke2:
 
I never used to like custard much, or gravy, when I was small. I've grown to appreciate it now. But jam roly-poly - nope. It's just too dry, even with custard. All suet puddings are too dry for me, like big chunks of breeze block that you have to force down.

I am all over a pavlova though.
 
RaM said:
My dad loved tripe and elder "steamed cows udders"
he offered me a small piece and on tasting it I immediately
heaved up, this was about 65 years ago, once tried never
forgot or tried again.

U.C.P was the place "United Cow Products" for all things
offal.

:omr: :puke2:
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The only good thing to come about because of tripe was Bill Tidy's Fosdyke Saga
 
Well I did spot a smashed jar of piccalilly in the street somewhere last week. I wondered how long the lurid colour would take to wash off the street. Someone must know where to find it, even if they didn't know how to get it home! IIRC, the yellow is mainly from turmeric, not the mustard. I think the truth of this one is that a shrinking demographic know of it. Though it is said to be a home-brew version of Eastern pickles, its main culinary use, as a tracklement to cold cuts, seems to have gone with the cold cuts themselves. It was a fixture of my Gran's larder and I think she had the bitingly-sour authentic kind. When we had it, at home, we preferred the wimpy sweet piccalilly. Mainly, I think, we preferred Branston. Talking of it, naturally, brings on a yen for bit of that cold, sour cauliflower and gherkin and silver-skin onion. Was there much else in it?

I did, oddly, buy some sliced liver sausage a few days back, from Tesco. It was dry in texture and I wondered if it was a bit off. After one slice, the rest went in the bin, I fear. :pipe:
 
RaM said:
What has happened to Piccalilli not been any on the shelves round here for weeks,
is it just round here or all over,?
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It's not something I buy very often, but the day before yesterday I was considering getting some for a change.
By the time I got to the shop I had changed my mind, but now you mention it I didn't see any.

I shall double check and report back.
 
I was over at John's last week - he cooks for me every time I'm there, because he loves 'dreaming up new recipes'. Bless him. He'd cooked me some Spanish sausages (pork and chorizo sausage, cooked with, apparently, every item in his food cupboard up to and including olives and lentils). Not too bad, all things considered, but he'd cooked it in the slow cooker and reheated it (inadequately). So the sausages were both cold and slimy. Like giving a blow job to a dead man (as I described it to myself in my head as I ate it).

It's a VERY good job that I've got such an effective digestive system.
 
catseye said:
Like giving a blow job to a dead man (as I described it to myself in my head as I ate it).
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We've all been there. :nods:

(Male posters, attempt banter at your own risk. You don't want to remember this image when it really matters.)
 
RaM said:
What has happened to Piccalilli not been any on the shelves round here for weeks,
is it just round here or all over,?
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Right.

Sent MrsF on a recce to Tesco.

They do have some, but only one make (Branstons) and one type (traditional), whereas they would have had four or five at one time, including own brand, Haywoods, small chunk etc.

(Mind you it is only a small Tescos).

Maybe try B&M?

If no luck, I shall send you some if you'd like.
 
Having had a recce of our shelves last night, I can report that our Co Op does not sell Piccalilli.

For which I am ever grateful. We still haven't got over the dropped bottle of Pernod incident, and smells linger.
 
catseye said:
Having had a recce of our shelves last night, I can report that our Co Op does not sell Piccalilli.

For which I am ever grateful. We still haven't got over the dropped bottle of Pernod incident, and smells linger.
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What on earth has happened re piccalilly?!
This is a national scandal.

I'm writing to someone about this.
 
I read online the other day that a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in the morning on an empty stomach does wonders for a whole host of things. Weight loss, supple joints, brighter skin, improved energy levels etc.

Yesterday morning I decided to start trying this. I shall let you know the results in about a month.
 
Dick Turpin said:
I read online the other day that a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in the morning on an empty stomach does wonders for a whole host of things. Weight loss, supple joints, brighter skin, improved energy levels etc.

Yesterday morning I decided to start trying this. I shall let you know the results in about a month.
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It used to be cod liver oil back in the day.

I sometimes do the same with vinegar (with absolutely no professional medical foundation for this whatsoever)- it just feels like it could do you good somehow.

Just like how a carbonated drink (which I usually avoid) can make me feel better if I feel a bit queezy/sluggish.
 
Dick Turpin said:
I read online the other day that a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in the morning on an empty stomach does wonders for a whole host of things. Weight loss, supple joints, brighter skin, improved energy levels etc.

Yesterday morning I decided to start trying this. I shall let you know the results in about a month.
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That sounds like the cider vinegar cure, but with oil.
I'd be interested to know if it calms down stomach and intestine activity.
 
Floyd said:
It used to be cod liver oil back in the day.

I sometimes do the same with vinegar (with absolutely no professional medical foundation for this whatsoever)- it just feels like it could do you good somehow.

Just like how a carbonated drink (which I usually avoid) can make me feel better if I feel a bit queezy/sluggish.
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When I was little my mum used to give me a spoonful of Virol every day - a weird malt extract with bone marrow apparently.
 
My brother, who is diabetic, swears by fresh lemon juice in boiling water every morning before eating anything else. He's been doing it every morning for the last couple of years and hasn't been in hospital once since (he was continually in and out previously, mostly with cellulitis).

I wonder if the good old placebo effect has a bearing on some of these.
 
catseye said:
My brother, who is diabetic, swears by fresh lemon juice in boiling water every morning before eating anything else. He's been doing it every morning for the last couple of years and hasn't been in hospital once since (he was continually in and out previously, mostly with cellulitis).

I wonder if the good old placebo effect has a bearing on some of these.
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Thanks for that. I might have cellulitis myself. My Dad had it badly.
 
catseye said:
My brother, who is diabetic, swears by fresh lemon juice in boiling water every morning before eating anything else. He's been doing it every morning for the last couple of years and hasn't been in hospital once since (he was continually in and out previously, mostly with cellulitis).

I wonder if the good old placebo effect has a bearing on some of these.
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I take cherries and ground cinnamon in boiling water topped up with cold water every morning before eating anything else. More to ward off gout though.
 
ramonmercado said:
I take cherries and ground cinnamon in boiling water topped up with cold water every morning before eating anything else. More to ward off gout though.
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Cinnamon is one of the foods I hate most. I sincerely hope that we never become like the US over here at Christmas, with cinnamon in every single foodstuff, because it tastes like soap to me.

Oddly enough though I quite like the smell.
 
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