Re: British food heritage
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:36 am
I was very disappointed last year when A Finger of Fudge got much smaller.
Now I want some flan (or quiche) suggestions...Tessa K wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 8:01 amFor some reason when I couldn't get to sleep last night, I was thinking about quiche v flan. I don't know which came first or if they evolved independently but it has been around since the Middle Ages so it does count as English. It's a good one for parties, picnics etc as it can be made in advance with any number of things in it (and ready-made pastry if needs be). I once had a vegan one which just about worked, a bit soft in texture.
(The difference: https://www.askdifference.com/quiche-vs ... egetables.)
Very droll
Pretty much anything you fancy of veg, meat and dairy. Just think of your favourite pizza topping and put it in a flan.jimbob wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 8:05 amNow I want some flan (or quiche) suggestions...Tessa K wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 8:01 amFor some reason when I couldn't get to sleep last night, I was thinking about quiche v flan. I don't know which came first or if they evolved independently but it has been around since the Middle Ages so it does count as English. It's a good one for parties, picnics etc as it can be made in advance with any number of things in it (and ready-made pastry if needs be). I once had a vegan one which just about worked, a bit soft in texture.
(The difference: https://www.askdifference.com/quiche-vs ... egetables.)
discovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 3:56 pmThis probably doesn't qualify as British food but I made this a few weeks ago and it was delicious, more than the sum of its parts: https://ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes/roast-vegetable-tart I don't make pastry stuff very often so I'm not privy to all the tips and tricks, so not sure if the onion on the bottom thing is a common method but either way it's a good one.
That's an interesting take on 'luxurious'.you can even top with a scattering of pumpkin seeds for a more luxurious look
Hahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'Tessa K wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:06 pmdiscovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 3:56 pmThis probably doesn't qualify as British food but I made this a few weeks ago and it was delicious, more than the sum of its parts: https://ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes/roast-vegetable-tart I don't make pastry stuff very often so I'm not privy to all the tips and tricks, so not sure if the onion on the bottom thing is a common method but either way it's a good one.That's an interesting take on 'luxurious'.you can even top with a scattering of pumpkin seeds for a more luxurious look
My eldest daughter was quite excited about using "sea spaghetti" in a meal the other day - she's working on the island of Handa for 5 months and sent me a video of it cookingdiscovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:16 pmHahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'Tessa K wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:06 pmdiscovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 3:56 pmThis probably doesn't qualify as British food but I made this a few weeks ago and it was delicious, more than the sum of its parts: https://ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes/roast-vegetable-tart I don't make pastry stuff very often so I'm not privy to all the tips and tricks, so not sure if the onion on the bottom thing is a common method but either way it's a good one.That's an interesting take on 'luxurious'.you can even top with a scattering of pumpkin seeds for a more luxurious look
Given what a sea cucumber is, I'm not sure I want to know more...jimbob wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:28 pmMy eldest daughter was quite excited about using "sea spaghetti" in a meal the other day - she's working on the island of Handa for 5 months and sent me a video of it cookingdiscovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:16 pmHahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'
Calling spaghetti made from courgettes "courgetti" offends me on two or three levels and I'm not even a real Italian.discovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:16 pmHahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'
I'm not even a pretend Italian and it offends meshpalman wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 11:09 amCalling spaghetti made from courgettes "courgetti" offends me on two or three levels and I'm not even a real Italian.discovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:16 pmHahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'
And no, I didn't know eitherTessa K wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:58 amGiven what a sea cucumber is, I'm not sure I want to know more...jimbob wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:28 pmMy eldest daughter was quite excited about using "sea spaghetti" in a meal the other day - she's working on the island of Handa for 5 months and sent me a video of it cookingdiscovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:16 pm
Hahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'
"Yotam Ottolenghi" is an anagram of "Ole! Tomato thingy".discovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 3:56 pmThis probably doesn't qualify as British food but I made this a few weeks ago and it was delicious, more than the sum of its parts: https://ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes/roast-vegetable-tart I don't make pastry stuff very often so I'm not privy to all the tips and tricks, so not sure if the onion on the bottom thing is a common method but either way it's a good one.
Why can't they just call it courgette worms? I've tried 'noodles' made from butternut squash and they were fine but I would have preferred them to be called ginger worms. After all, vermicelli means little worms.jimbob wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 12:07 pmI'm not even a pretend Italian and it offends meshpalman wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 11:09 amCalling spaghetti made from courgettes "courgetti" offends me on two or three levels and I'm not even a real Italian.discovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:16 pmHahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'
I don’t like to, er, pour cold water on her discovery but you can buy it in packets here.
Is this how you make them?shpalman wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 11:09 amCalling spaghetti made from courgettes "courgetti" offends me on two or three levels and I'm not even a real Italian.discovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:16 pmHahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'
Brilliant!shpalman wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 8:26 pmIs this how you make them?shpalman wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 11:09 amCalling spaghetti made from courgettes "courgetti" offends me on two or three levels and I'm not even a real Italian.discovolante wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:16 pmHahaha! At least he doesn't go down the Anna Jones path of 'if you're really hungry, you can have a few pieces of pasta with your pasta sauce rather than courgetti'
I’ve made that very recipe a while ago, it basically tasted like a cheesy lasagne and was nothing at all unusual.IvanV wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 7:06 pmThere is something to this idea of Italian and Indian, at least, being traditional British food. We've been borrowing from around the world for a long time, though we may not have noticed every case. There is a recipe that is recognisably lasagne in the first known English cookery book, The Forme of Cury, c 1390. (Though there isn't actually any curry in the book, cury was an early word for cookery, allied to French cuire. But this usage may explain why the English were receptive to adopting the word curry to mean a made-up spicy dish when they later encountered it in southern India.) The lasagne-like recipe is called something like loseynes, and involves layers of flat pasta separated by cheese sauce. And that also demonstrates that pasta has long been eaten in Britain, though it only became food of the masses relatively recently.