On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:14:17 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> wrote:

>On 31 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
>(in >):
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>> On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 10:04:45 -0000, >
>> wrote:
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>> > "Bruce" wrote in message ...
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>> > Normally you don't put in garlic? Do you cook like a true Anglo?
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>> > ==
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>> > Thwap!
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>> lol, ok "old school Anglo".
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>I don’t think Anglo Saxon cuisine was that bad.
>
>Remember that wild animals would have tasted much stronger than the bland
>meat such as chicken we endure today.
>
>I’ve no idea what Pike tastes like, or Eels and Perch for that matter, but
>they couldn’t have been too bad or their bones would not have been found in
>piles around known settlements.
>
>Ok, so they didn’t have sugar; but they had honey to sweeten things, plus a
>multitude of edible berries at different times of year.
>
>Just because there is a national myth that our ancestors lived on turnips
>doesn’t mean we have to believe that as well.
>
>Wild garlic would have been plentiful in the hedgerows if they wished to add
>it to the cooking pot.

You go back very far. I was more referring to the English/Dutch way of
conservative, bland cooking, overcooked vegetables etc. I know things
have changed, though.