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Hi
Just turned this Easter around with the best comfort food ever.
A full English breakfast, 7 rashers of smoked streaky bacon, 3 sausages, half a dozen mushrooms, 2 tomato’s, 2 eggs, black pudding and half a small loaf.
It doesn’t get any better unless it is tomorrows dinner which is roast salmon cut beef with new potato’s, 3 veg and Yorkshire puddings.
I know with the coronavirus it is hard to find some comfort but these 2 meals go a long way to having some.
What would yours be.
John
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Oooo, rice pudding would be my comfort food, love it ;D
My breakfast certainly wouldn't stretch to the list that you gave. I think I would explode before I had eaten half of that. :o A bowl of cereal and a cup of tea is my breakfast.
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Just had a lovely bowl of porridge, properly simmered in a pan not blasted in the microwave, with a very generous drizzle (well, two teaspoons) of runny hunny, as it is called chez moi. Much more of a comfort than Shreddies.
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That sounds amazing John. I am a big eater but would probably take that back a bit to 3 rashers, one sausage, one tomato and a fried slice instead of half a loaf. Sets you up for the day. Yum. :)
GG - I haven’t had rice pudding in ages! I fancy that too.
Also porridge which is back on the menu now that the weather is getting cooler in my part of the world.
;D
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That is my problem right now, eating to much, even a hot cross but I put on 1.5 lbs overnight, easter eggs, thankfully I only have one from our daughter and family
Louisa Maud
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Hi
Just turned this Easter around with the best comfort food ever.
A full English breakfast, 7 rashers of smoked streaky bacon, 3 sausages, half a dozen mushrooms, 2 tomato’s, 2 eggs, black pudding and half a small loaf.
It doesn’t get any better unless it is tomorrows dinner which is roast salmon cut beef with new potato’s, 3 veg and Yorkshire puddings.
I know with the coronavirus it is hard to find some comfort but these 2 meals go a long way to having some.
What would yours be.
John
How’s your Cholesterol?
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The mere thought is making mine rise
Louisa Maud
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Well , I wouldn't be Scottish if I didn't give good old mince'n' tatties a mention.
Nothing beats a cottage pie - packed with carrot, onion, mushrooms and peas and a layer of mashed neeps (swede) below the tatties.
Also partial to my homemade tattie soup ((note the potato theme going on) and rhubarb crumble and custard.
Yum :P
Looby :)
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Yum, rhubarb crumble and custard. ;)
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Yum, rhubarb crumble and custard. ;)
The mention of rhubarb has me longing for that now rare rhubarb pie in hot water pastry (the thin pastry Scottish mince pies use) I have not seen one for about 50 years. Plenty of mince pies, yes, but give me one of those rhubarb pies and I am in heaven.
Cheers
Guy
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Guy they are my guilty pleasure :)
You can still get them, usually independent Scottish bakers.
Only problem is that they are a bit wee so definitely need two to satisfy. ;)
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For breakfast I'd settle for two slices of bread, toasted, spread while it's hot with some nice mature stilton, then placed either side of two rashers of crispy fried bacon . . . and maybe slip a fried egg in there too ;) Then make a good strong mug of tea and take the whole lot out to the garden and enjoy it in the spring sunshine, listening to the birds . . . 8)
Mike.
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Chocolate, chocolate, oh and chocolate.
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Some of the truly great dishes happen to be made with very inexpensive ingredients. Many of them are cooked very slowly, with time to develop great depth of flavour. Often these dishes are even better when warmed up the following day.
Think of stews and hotpots, curries and even lasagna.
I think that most "comfort food" falls into this category. TV cooks don't normally show them; most restaurants don't do "slow food".
One of my favourites is Sea Pie, which as far as I know has no link to the ocean beyond its colour. It's one of the family favourite recipes I've been slowly putting online at http://www.andrewalston.co.uk/recipes.html
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My comfort food is my own recipe, slow-cooker, spare ribs!
I do a barbecue sauce; and serve with mashed potato ;D ;D
6 to 8 hours on low is about right.
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I do like chocolate but I think I would have to go for stovies like my mother and father used to make. I have tried to them but although it taste similar I am obviously missing something.
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Regular order if I'm in Duke Street, rhubarb & apple pies, two of each in a box. Plus 6 well-fired rolls ;D Grant's the bakers in Dennistoun,
https://www.yelp.ca/biz/grants-the-bakers-glasgow
Skoosh.
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Yum, rhubarb crumble and custard. ;)
+1 for rhubarb & custard.
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OH and I just had rhubarb crumble and custard for pud ;D was so yummy, I have to say. Leftovers tomorrow...... hoping that I can resist the temptation to spoon up the lovely rhubarby syrup that is oozing out.
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I only have this every now and again so makes a good treat.
A lot of good ideas but I don't eat chocolates, cakes. biscuits etc. so I cannot comment on them but I do like slow cooked food, KGarrard. I would like to suggest you try bacon mash with your ribs, had it in Paris with pork steak.
I also do a nice slow roast, pork, lamb or chicken, put it in oven at 140-150 for about 5 hours.
John
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A big pot of red beans with pig's feet. Sadly, I didn't stock up on pig's feet before the shutdown.
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The ultimate comfort food?. Difficult one that. To generalise, it is a hot, gooey, sticky, calorific pudding with "curly" custard - thickish, but not thick enough for a spoon up in it for too long.
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Today's pud was bread and butter pudding, but no extra custard because the only thing needed with B and B pud is more B and B pud.
:)
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Comfort food not to everyone's taste but delicious all the same.
Breakfast:
Toasted Kracka Wheat with cucumber slices, black peppered radish and carrot puree
and a dollop of sour cream with a mug of nettle tea.
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OH and I just had rhubarb crumble and custard for pud ;D was so yummy, I have to say. Leftovers tomorrow...... hoping that I can resist the temptation to spoon up the lovely rhubarby syrup that is oozing out.
Rhubarb crumble (or apple or bramble) yummy, but it has to be with evap.
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Bowl of hot creamy custard will do me pure comfort. If it happens to have a blueberry or chocolate muffin underneath it so much the better :D
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Ooh yes, bread and butter pudding - I haven’t had that for years. M&S used to do a very good one.
I love slow cooked cheap cuts of meat (though due to their popularity over recent years, they are no longer cheap).
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My food heaven would be a fruit scone with strawberry 🍓 jam, clotted cream and strawberries....I'm salivating now ;D
My food hell would be any dessert with stewed fruit or bread and butter pudding :-X
Carol
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One of my favourites is Sea Pie, which as far as I know has no link to the ocean beyond its colour. It's one of the family favourite recipes I've been slowly putting online at http://www.andrewalston.co.uk/recipes.html
We do a "sea pie" too - though we always say it gets it's name from "whatever you see in the cupboard". ;)
Comfort food - bowl of hot porridge on a cold cold morning, bowl of self saucing chocolate pudding on a cold cold evening. :)
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Interesting it looks like most of the comfort food contain a lot of calories.
I have to agree that a lot of what used to be cheap cuts for the slow cooker are getting more & more expensive, have you seen the price of oxtail, I think if you remove the bone it would be more expensive then steak.
Being ignorant about the best chocolates I contact 2 experts on the matter, (my sisters) and they say the best are Belgium chocolates so are they still available at this time.
John
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My favourite breakfast is porridge with fruit everyday of the year.
The garden came up trumps yesterday with a picking of asparagus which became part of a rissotto - yum :D
Kay
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Ooh! Homemade pizza with tuna and black olives.
I have also been making soup. Spicy lentil and also carrot and orange are particular favourites.
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I made a bread pudding at the weekend, filled with raisins and sultanas, lots of spice, served warm with thick custard 😋
Any of the stodgy foods, treacle or jam pud, rice pud, porridge with Demerara sugar and a slice of bread and butter to dip in, heaven. All stews, casseroles but must have dumplings.
Is it comfort food because it’s what our mums gave us, cheap to make and filling ?
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Being ignorant about the best chocolates I contact 2 experts on the matter, (my sisters) and they say the best are Belgium chocolates so are they still available at this time.
John
Called in at my local Morrisons today, and they had some from a company called "Godiva", who I know from trips to Bruges. Not their whole range - their best ones contain cream and can't be stored for long - but will be excellent.
The pub up the road from me have started running a fruit and veg stall in their beer garden, so Rhubarb Crumble made its first appearance of the season this weekend. My mum mixes up a batch of crumble and stores it in the freezer, so assembly is very easy.
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That information might come in handy this Christmas. I usually make a trip to Belgium to get some chocolates for Christmas, but it is still worth going over for the beer.
I had another tasty treat curtesy on my Sunday lunch, the simple but tasty beef and onion sandwich. But the down side I will be on the healthy food the rest of week to make up for unhealthy weekend.
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One of my OH's favourite meals of the day is toast and marmalade. However due to food intolerances he has to avoid the standard marmalade and his favourites are lime, lemon and grapefruit
Sadly R*ses lime marmalade seems to have disappeared from this area in recent years replaced by a lime and lemon version. However as the nearest shops don't sell any that he can eat I have been searching the internet to try and keep him supplied and was amazed to discover that R*ses lime marmalade is still available online. I live in Herefordshire and just wondered whether this lime marmalade is normally available in other parts of the country??
Kay
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One of my OH's favourite meals of the day is toast and marmalade. However due to food intolerances he has to avoid the standard marmalade and his favourites are lime, lemon and grapefruit
Sadly R*ses lime marmalade seems to have disappeared from this area in recent years replaced by a lime and lemon version. However as the nearest shops don't sell any that he can eat I have been searching the internet to try and keep him supplied and was amazed to discover that R*ses lime marmalade is still available online. I live in Herefordshire and just wondered whether this lime marmalade is normally available in other parts of the country??
Kay
Some information from their website:
https://www.rosesmarmalade.co.uk/faqs/
There is also a “contact us” option if you want to ask about stockists in a specific location. They may also have a mail order option.
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By accident, we discovered Tesco Carbonara Pasta Tray Bake. It just tastes so good on its own, but my wife adds extra ham and broccoli florets and strong cheddar when it is fresh out of the oven.
It passes a two part comfort food test - "I'll just have one more mouthful" and it tastes great cold next day for a snack.
Regards
Chas
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One of my OH's favourite meals of the day is toast and marmalade. However due to food intolerances he has to avoid the standard marmalade and his favourites are lime, lemon and grapefruit
Sadly R*ses lime marmalade seems to have disappeared from this area in recent years replaced by a lime and lemon version. However as the nearest shops don't sell any that he can eat I have been searching the internet to try and keep him supplied and was amazed to discover that R*ses lime marmalade is still available online. I live in Herefordshire and just wondered whether this lime marmalade is normally available in other parts of the country??
Kay
Last time I was in Morrisons (Brough, East Yorkshire) they had Roses Lime Marmalade on the shelf, I was tempted to buy a jar but decided against it as I'm the only one that would eat it.
:)
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Many thanks Ruskie and Bee
It looks like I just shop in the wrong supermarkets!!
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Many thanks Ruskie and Bee
It looks like I just shop in the wrong supermarkets!!
Our larger Tesco have it but the smaller one doesn’t, I guess it goes on shelf space :-\
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Many thanks Ruskie and Bee
It looks like I just shop in the wrong supermarkets!!
Our larger Tesco have it but the smaller one doesn’t, I guess it goes on shelf space :-\
You are right - Our nearby small market town has a Coop and if I venture to other towns I usually go to Waitrose or Sainsbury and neither are large stores. I can see in the future I might have to brave Morrisons who appear to stock it based on the companies website
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Sometimes if you do a search on Ebay you can get a good independent or small maker and they usually post it out.
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Ultimate comfort food?
Steak and Kidney pudding, gooey with its own good gravy, with just enough chips, and another veg of your own choice....
Comforting bliss!
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Ultimate comfort food?
Steak and Kidney pudding.
With a suet pastry of course.
:)
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That reminds me I haven't had a steak & kidney pudding for ages.
I usually have it with mash and peas & carrots, got have your veg.
John
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Ultimate comfort food?
Steak and Kidney pudding.
With a suet pastry of course.
:)
That's my worst nightmare
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Of course, suet pastry - can it legally be made with any other sort?
Oh has just whipped up another comfort masterpiece: his take on Macaroni cheese, with bacon in it as well as other delights. Sitting there in our big orange "le creuset", just waiting to be eaten! Yummy!
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Baked potato topped with baked beans and grated cheese, with salad....... Apple pie and custard.
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Only once ever tasted a baked bean - when I was a child, one turned up - well, with rather a lot of its friends - on my plate at school lunchtime. I was suspicious of it from the start ... prodded it, tasted it, and vowed never to eat one again. I've stuck to that.
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Yummy with a dash of Worcestershire sauce even better.
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Baked beans? Love 'em but, then again, I'm from Beantown.
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Green and Blacks Chocolate
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A packet of salted crisps
A fantastic combination
With a glass of Brandy for even more decadence.
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Stew and dumplings :) Christmas cake and cheese :) Not in the same meal, though!
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Cheap white sliced bread
Salt and vinegar crisps
Salad cream
Sandwich heaven!!!!
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Only once ever tasted a baked bean - when I was a child, one turned up - well, with rather a lot of its friends
Oh boy that part really made me laugh out loud - thanks for that ThrelfallYorky ;D
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Deep fried chicken, dauphinois potatoes, peas and sweet corn 🌽 :D
Carol
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Sweet corn? That reminds me of 1968 when my English aunt visited us and refused to eat corn freshly harvested from our vegetable garden. She was appalled at the idea - animal food.
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We call it corn on the cob, the corn kernels, stripped and frozen, is sweet corn.
Carol
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That's what we call it, too. Andean choclo isn't bad but it can't compare to North American sweet corn, straight from the garden to the pot.
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Ooo! Send us some....please, love it barbecued and buttered ;D
Carol
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I just had choclo for supper in the form of 'sancocho,' a type of soup defined by having large chunks of yuca and cut up choclo cobs along with peas and carrots and some kind of meat or fish [it was chicken tonight; spare parts - backs, necks and feet]. Yummy.
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Sweet corn? That reminds me of 1968 when my English aunt visited us and refused to eat corn freshly harvested from our vegetable garden. She was appalled at the idea - animal food.
Here is Australia, I have a couple of Polish friends who were horrified at the idea that we eat pumpkins! Apparently pumpkins are just for the pigs over there. :D
Pumpkin soup - there's a nice comfort food.
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If you like pumpkin soup, you'll love Ecuadorian locro de zapallo. It's a great comfort food and, in fact, I've got it on the menu for tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkwtZgkzApw
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That looks amazing! Is that cheese that they added towards the end? And what was the green herb - we often add coriander, but it didn't look like it was. Nice that it was still "chunky", a change from the smooth version we usually make. :)
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Yeah, that's cheese. The green stuff is huacatay - not an essential ingredient unless you want the authentic Inca flavor. It's not used much in Quito and I don't think I've had any since living in Peru.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes_minuta
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I agree with Maddys52, pumpkin is wonderful.
Parsnips were also used for animal feed, and they are delicious too.
I think after this is over Erato, you might have some (unwelcome) dinner guests from all over the world. The food in your part of the world sounds amazing.
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It certainly does, thanks Erato. :)
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Come on Spidermonkey a crisp sandwich has to be cheese & onion crisps and no salad cream.
Just put my roast lamb in at 8.00, lightly coated it in mint jelly and roasting on low for about 5 hours, so will have nice smelling house all morning.
Doing it with new potato's, carrots, bobby beans, cauliflower & minted Yorkshire puddings.
Any Sunday Roast is defiantly second only to the full English.
John
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I agree with Maddys52, pumpkin is wonderful.
Parsnips were also used for animal feed, and they are delicious too.
I think after this is over Erato, you might have some (unwelcome) dinner guests from all over the world. The food in your part of the world sounds amazing.
When I first moved to The Netherlands in 1998, parsnips were a very rare commodity :D
The Dutch always thought of them as animal feed.
However, over the following 10 years, they started to appear (thought to be because of immigrant community).
And, my favourite vegetable ;D
Already done my roast this week - did a roast chicken on Thursday.
I find the best smells are from when I make the chicken stock, from the carcass ;D ;D
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I am going to John’s for his roast too. ;)
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Doing it with new potato's, carrots, bobby beans, cauliflower & minted Yorkshire puddings.
What is a bobby bean please?
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bobby bean (plural bobby beans)
A French bean that is larger than 8mm in diameter, typically from a species such as Nerina, Bronco, or Paulista.
Not sure what they look like, maybe similar to broad beans?
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Thank you had never heard of those before. This topic is a culinary education.
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bobby bean (plural bobby beans)
A French bean that is larger than 8mm in diameter, typically from a species such as Nerina, Bronco, or Paulista.
Not sure what they look like, maybe similar to broad beans?
Similar to French Beans or Green Beans.
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My ultimate comfort food is one to buy from any good Kosher cafe (and a few good goyisch ones too) in London. Large chunks of hand cut salt beef on thick slices of rye bread with plenty of gherkins and mustard. Sadly not available at the moment.
At home Chiltern Brewery barley wine fruit cake. I always order a couple along with my beer delivery.
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Now dinner is finished & the washing up done.
I did a Saturday job at a fruit and veg stall in the Huddersfield market for a couple of years when I was 14 and I have always had to explain what bobby beans are. Even now when I mention them at work I am always asked what they are. I was beginning to think it was only me that called them bobby beans.
The one thing I always wanted to know is what cut is salt beef made from, is it from the brisket ?
John
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The one thing I always wanted to know is what cut is salt beef made from, is it from the brisket ?
John
I believe so. All the recipes I find online use it.
It needs a wide, deep pan to do the brining in, as the meat is not rolled up as is typical UK practise.
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I have always herd of salt beef on the tv but never knew what it was, it looks like another way of utilising a cheap cut of beef.
Curiosity will mean I will have to try and do it, might have to give it a few weeks until all this is over so I can get the ingredients.
John
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Brisket indeed, it is. Just I prefer it cut finer. Agree about the rye bread and gherkins.
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Hold the gherkins but be liberal with the horseradish.
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Both great!
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The one thing I always wanted to know is what cut is salt beef made from, is it from the brisket ?
John
I believe so. All the recipes I find online use it.
It needs a wide, deep pan to do the brining in, as the meat is not rolled up as is typical UK practise.
Too much trouble to do at home as its a big piece of meat and really needs to be eaten warm. I did get palmed off with pressed brisket once, definitely not the same. A good cafe will have a slab of meat on the hot plate ready to cut.