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Traditional British cuisine - teaching French teens

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I can make mango chutney if needs be but not gram flour @Skandi.   No Bhajis for a while then and yes, shipping costs prohibitive for just one item.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Obelixx said:
    I agree @raisingirl but the French are very loathe to try new stuff. 
    ...
    I have tried, in the past, to explain how British cuisine has absorbed influences from all the waves of immigrants over the centuries and more recent holiday influences but the French just don't get it.
    Which was my point, really - not aimed at you but at the questioning of what is 'British' cuisine. As I said, it's like the language - full of stuff from all over that proved useful or was just appealing so it was absorbed, modified and the origins forgotten.

    Annoying for you to have to work within the limits of a more parochial choice, but then again, the fresh produce you probably have access to is quite a good compensation
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    Welsh cawl
    Welsh cakes
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Bananas are definitely NOT british, anyway, on TOAST, yuck!!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Have you tried making it from chick peas? I haven't, but it might be worth a try. A baji is a fine thing. You should not be without😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I can't see my aged food processor blitzing chick peas @B3.   I'll wait, or maybe have a go using buckwheat flour instead.

    This is a restaurant @Songbird-1, not a school canteen.  Some of these students will go on to become chefs, maître Ds and sommeliers.  Liver and onions is not suitable for a buffet service.  It would end up like leather. 

    @edhelka I did consider cawl but, like the much vaunted French pot-au-feu it needs a lot of tweaking to stop it being bland and boring. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    are they allowed a little whisky? Athol Brose! Also what's not to love about summer puddings, trifles, syllabubs ... gorgeous :)

    Cornish pasties ...

    Luxembourg
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No, under age, so boozy trifles are out and we're probably not allowed Cranachan either but I'll leave it on just in case.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I googled and saw part of a recipe that used soaked chick peas but I didn't click on the cookie thing so couldn't see the rest of the recipe. So it might be possible  or a sticky mess. Who knows?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Sticky mess I expect.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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