Forum home› The potting shed
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Traditional British cuisine - teaching French teens

13567…14

Posts

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    steephill said:
    Tripe and onions - poached in milk accompanied by boiled spuds. That should put them off British food for life although given their taste for gesieres maybe it won't.
    One of my all time favourites 😋

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    And a slice of stargazy pie
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    edited March 2021
    Yuk to the tripe and onions 

    I thought of lots of things when I opened this thread and now they've all been suggested. Don't forget lashings of gravy, not Bisto.

    If it's to help them to learn English then lots of chatter while cooking might help, not just about food.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    We did chat a lot @Busy-Lizzie but this year's batch are an unknown quantity.  No doubt the usual mix of shy and confident.  

    I'm not going anywhere near Tripe and Onions - yuk yuk yuk - or Stargazy pie (messy fish heads) tho the Vendée does have a huge sardine port at St Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.  We like them grilled on the BBQ but not exactly practical in a professional kitchen.
    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
  • MolamolaMolamola Posts: 105
    Banoffee Pie, Victoria Sponge, Scones and Clotted Cream.

    I am naming all my favourite desserts that I discovered while in the UK. 
  • MolamolaMolamola Posts: 105
    @Obelixx and another vote for Kedgeree.  I have only ever had it once, in a pub in South London - somehow it's rarely offered? 
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    edited March 2021
    I just had a look in what I thought would be a treasure trove of British dishes - the compendium edition of "Rhodes and More Rhodes Around Britain". Full of famous British dishes like risotto, Spanish omelette, pasta, basically anything but British.
    More usefully I have a copy of the Pudding Club's book "Great British Puddings" which has over 140 recipes.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @Molamola Other than Red Velvet, Pound cake and anything with Genoese sponge  I think Victoria sponge has to be the most boring cake in the world.

    Agree about scones but they're a teatime thing.   You need to discover bread and butter pudding made with Belgian cramique or craquelin or even just plain brioche.  Try this but change the bread - https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/international/european/british/chunky-marmalade-bread-and-butter-pudding 
    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
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    edited March 2021
    I have cooked Colcannon for French guests - went down a treat.  They also love a good old ordinary steak (and kidney - tho' not everyone likes offal) pie in flaky pastry.  I'm talking about pure Mediterraneans here who believe that their cooking is the best and English cooking is pure yuk.  You should have seen them bread up that Colcannon!!  Good luck @Obelixx   
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Not quite British, but potato cakes are😋
    In London. Keen but lazy.
Sign In or Register to comment.