Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
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Kisses
Pandora

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wrote:

> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?

Asparagus.

Steamed.
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Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

"Pandora" > wrote in message
...
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
> yours?

Chili. The hotter the better. Gram would start it out with virtually no
"heat" whatsoever. Every time Gramps passed by the pot, he'd spike it with
tabasco and/or pepper. Used to make Gram SO mad! There were times that
chili was too spicy for this tenderfoot :-)


TammyM, missing Gramps

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0200, "Pandora" >
wrote:

>Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
>apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?

My grandmother made wonderful battered and fried chicken livers that
both he and I loved. Nobody else in the family would eat them since
they were "innards"; but that was cool. More for us and all that.
<smiles> He was also a big fan of butter pecan ice cream.

My grandmother also made a chocolate pie topped with meringue for
holiday and birthday dinners, and most everyone took the meringue off
the top and passed it to granddaddy, since we all though he really
liked it. Finally, when he was 80 or so, my mom gave him her meringue
for the umteenth time and he looked around the table and said, "You
know, Sis, I never much liked meringue." <laughs> No one ever knew
since he ate it without complaint for so long.

Regards,
Tracy R.

"Pandora" > wrote in message
...
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
> yours?
> --
> Kisses
> Pandora

Kippers and/or mutton chops -- for breakfast. A true Brit.

Felice

"Pandora" > wrote in message
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> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
> yours?
> --
> Kisses
> Pandora

My grandpa would go on binges and eat the exact same food for months on end.
I can remember summers where he lived on Pepsi, toast and watermellon.
Sometimes it was tea, toast and bananas. Every once in awhile he'd go on a
chicken binge and my gramma would make the cornflake crumb chicken in the
oven. I loved that stuff. But even when he ate chicken it would be
chicken, bread and maybe canned pork and beans. Needless to say by the time
I was born my grandma had pretty much quit cooking "meals." Grampa ate what
he wanted when he wanted and so did she. It worked for them.

To be honest I think they were both just a bit eccentric. My grandma
wrecked a car when she was 19 or 20 and never drove another car in her life.

Ms P

Pandora > wrote:
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?

I never knew any of my grandparents, I believe only one was alive when
I was born and he didn't live long enough for me to remember.

Now, my father, who was also a grandfather when I was born, loved
soups. Chicken Corn Soup, Oyster Stew, Split Pea Soup are the 3
I remember him especially enjoying. I only ever liked the Chicken
Corn Soup myself. The Oyster Stew was a later addition to his
favorites after we moved to New Jersey and business trips often
took him to Boston, the other two were from his growing up in
Pennsylvania Dutch country.

Darn, now I'm going to have to make some Chicken Corn Soup over
the weekend . . .

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

"Omelet" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> In article >, "Pandora" >
> wrote:
>
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved
>> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
>
> Asparagus.
>
> Steamed.
> --
> Peace, Om
>
> Remove _ to validate e-mails.
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack
> Nicholson

Uhhhhhhhh! What a lovely vegetable. Thank you OM for your answers!

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Kisses
Pandora

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>
> "Pandora" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
>> yours?
>
> Chili. The hotter the better. Gram would start it out with virtually no
> "heat" whatsoever. Every time Gramps passed by the pot, he'd spike it
> with tabasco and/or pepper. Used to make Gram SO mad! There were times
> that chili was too spicy for this tenderfoot :-)

I think i would love this! Do you remember the recipe?
Thank you
Pandora

"Tracy R." > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0200, "Pandora" >
> wrote:
>
>>Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>>loved
>>apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
>
> My grandmother made wonderful battered and fried chicken livers that
> both he and I loved. Nobody else in the family would eat them since
> they were "innards"; but that was cool. More for us and all that.
> <smiles> He was also a big fan of butter pecan ice cream.
>
> My grandmother also made a chocolate pie topped with meringue for
> holiday and birthday dinners, and most everyone took the meringue off
> the top and passed it to granddaddy, since we all though he really
> liked it. Finally, when he was 80 or so, my mom gave him her meringue
> for the umteenth time and he looked around the table and said, "You
> know, Sis, I never much liked meringue." <laughs> No one ever knew
> since he ate it without complaint for so long.
>
> Regards,
> Tracy R.

GNAMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!! I love this chocolate and meringue. Coud you post the
recipe please? We could make a book on the grandparents cook. Don't you
think so?

--
Kisses
Pandora

"Felice Friese" > ha scritto nel messaggio
. ..
>
> "Pandora" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
>> yours?
>> --
>> Kisses
>> Pandora
>
> Kippers and/or mutton chops -- for breakfast. A true Brit.
>
> Felice
>

Felice. I don't know this dish, Could you explain to me?
Thank you

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Kisses
Pandora

"kilikini" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Pandora wrote:
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction?
>> Mine loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish).
>> And yours?
>
> I have no idea! We only saw our grandparents on holidays because they
> lived
> all over the place, but never near us. Holidays was always roast turkey,
> red cabbage, the dreaded green bean casserole, spiced apple rings,
> cranberry
> bread, stuffing and pie.
>
> As far as I know, that's all he ate! LOL.
>
> Good, interesting question, Pandora.
>
> kili
>
>
What is stuffing and pie?
And what is the "dreaded green bean casserole"?
Thank you for the answer

--
Kisses
Pandora

> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Pandora > wrote:
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved
>> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
>
> I never knew any of my grandparents, I believe only one was alive when
> I was born and he didn't live long enough for me to remember.
>
> Now, my father, who was also a grandfather when I was born, loved
> soups. Chicken Corn Soup, Oyster Stew, Split Pea Soup are the 3
> I remember him especially enjoying. I only ever liked the Chicken
> Corn Soup myself. The Oyster Stew was a later addition to his
> favorites after we moved to New Jersey and business trips often
> took him to Boston, the other two were from his growing up in
> Pennsylvania Dutch country.
>
> Darn, now I'm going to have to make some Chicken Corn Soup over
> the weekend . . .
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, Va.
>

Thank you Bill! I was sure you wanted to make it
But I hop you will send to NG the recipe.
Thank you and have a good evening with your chichen Corn Soup

--
Kisses
Pandora

Pandora" wrote:
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction?

A tall glass jar of caviar eaten with a long handled spoon and a
bottle of vodka, every day on the porch before dinner... that's on my
father's side.

My mother's father lived for sardines with raw onions and old overhaul
(a rotgut rye whiskey no longer made).

Oh, and they both smoked Chesterfields. The old ladies (50s) in town
would whisper they will kill themselves. they probably did, well into
their 90s.

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:07:13 +0200, "Pandora" >
wrote:

>
>"Tracy R." > ha scritto nel messaggio
.. .
>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0200, "Pandora" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>>>loved
>>>apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
>>
>> My grandmother made wonderful battered and fried chicken livers that
>> both he and I loved. Nobody else in the family would eat them since
>> they were "innards"; but that was cool. More for us and all that.
>> <smiles> He was also a big fan of butter pecan ice cream.
>>
>> My grandmother also made a chocolate pie topped with meringue for
>> holiday and birthday dinners, and most everyone took the meringue off
>> the top and passed it to granddaddy, since we all though he really
>> liked it. Finally, when he was 80 or so, my mom gave him her meringue
>> for the umteenth time and he looked around the table and said, "You
>> know, Sis, I never much liked meringue." <laughs> No one ever knew
>> since he ate it without complaint for so long.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tracy R.
>
>GNAMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!! I love this chocolate and meringue. Coud you post the
>recipe please? We could make a book on the grandparents cook. Don't you
>think so?

This is the recipe. It's not very precise or detailed since grandma
didn't measure the ingredients, she just eyeballed it.

@@@@@ Now You're Cooking! Export Format

OFB's Chocolate Cream Pie

1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups scalded milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa (rounded tbls); approx amt
2 egg yolks
1 batch meringue or whipped cream
1 pre-cooked pie crust

Sift together sugar, cornstarch, salt and cocoa. Add enough water to
make a paste. Combine with hot milk. Cook 15 minutes in double boiler,
stirring constantly until thickened and well flavored and spoon leaves
mark in mixture. Cool mixture until egg yolk will not 'cook', then
stir in beaten egg yolks and reheat. Add vanilla flavoring and cool.
Fill pre-baked crust, cover with meringue, brown in oven 390 degrees.

Tracy's Notes: This is a recipe that my grandmother made for years. We
always had this pie for family gatherings like xmas, thanksgiving,
etc. It's also the pie my mom prefers instead of birthday cake. =)
Grandma always put meringue on top, despite the fact that she was the
only one in the family who really liked it. I don't use it; instead, I
wait until serving time and top it with whipped cream.

"Pandora" > wrote in message
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>
> "Felice Friese" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> . ..
>>
>> "Pandora" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>>> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
>>> yours?
>>> --
>>> Kisses
>>> Pandora
>>
>> Kippers and/or mutton chops -- for breakfast. A true Brit.
>>
>> Felice
>
> Felice. I don't know this dish, Could you explain to me?
> Thank you
> --
> Kisses
> Pandora



I'll tell you what they are, but I won't recommend them!

Kippers are herring (sometimes salmon) that has been split, gutted, salted
and smoked. It's rather tasty, but terribly salty, and was usually served
with scrambled eggs.

Mutton is mature sheep, sometimes served as a roast and sometimes as chops.
It has a richer flavor then young lamb, but it can be tough. It's a bit
gamey for me.

Both are (or were in my grandfather's home) standard British breakfast fare.

Felice

On 2007-08-23, Felice Friese > wrote:

> I'll tell you what they are, but I won't recommend them!
>
> Kippers are herring (sometimes salmon) that has been split, gutted, salted
> and smoked. It's rather tasty, but terribly salty, and was usually served
> with scrambled eggs.
>
> Mutton is mature sheep, sometimes served as a roast and sometimes as chops.
> It has a richer flavor then young lamb, but it can be tough. It's a bit
> gamey for me.
>
> Both are (or were in my grandfather's home) standard British breakfast fare.

I've always gotten a chuckle from how Americans perceive British food.
On one hand they think it's all boiled and bland and tasteless. OTOH,
they turn up their nose at classic Brit staples like mutton and
kippers and kidney pie. I think it's American food that is rather
bland and our attaction to ethnic cuisine from other lands is a
reflection of our own lack of flavorful cooking. I realize Brits are
also like this to a certain extent, what with their love of all things
Indian, but I always cracks me up hearing comments from us Americans
like "I'm a meat n' potatoes man" (could a meal be any more bland?)
and "Eww... it's too gamey", all the while pouring gobs of ketchup on
everything that doesn't move. Silly Yanks.

nb

On Aug 23, 12:46 pm, "Pandora" > wrote:
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
> --
> Kisses
> Pandora

My father's father was a farmer so he liked food and lots of it. He
always carried a roll of lifesavers to hand out to his grandchildren.
He loved his mother's apfel kuchen, which were actually made with
dried apricots. And he was famous among his children for being willing
to eat homemade pan haas (aka scrapple).

My mother's father was a hunter and he loved pheasant that he shot
himself.

Susan B.

"Pandora" > wrote in message
...
Holidays was always roast turkey,
>> red cabbage, the dreaded green bean casserole, spiced apple rings,
>> cranberry
>> bread, stuffing and pie.
>>
>> As far as I know, that's all he ate! LOL.
>>
>> Good, interesting question, Pandora.
>>
>> kili
>>
>>
> What is stuffing and pie?
> And what is the "dreaded green bean casserole"?
> Thank you for the answer
>
> --
> Kisses
> Pandora



It was canned green beans, canned soup with a little milk added, some canned
french fries, some almonds on top - I can't remember what else -- Here is a
discussion about this 'lovely' dish:
http://www.atforumz.com/archive/index.php/t-282387.html

Pandora, did I miss a reply to my request for your polenta with dried
porcini. I would love to make this recipe that you talked about a day or so
ago. I love dried porcini and am always looking for a way to use them. If
I missed it, I'll try to find it.
Thanks, Pandora.
Dee Dee

notbob > wrote:

> I've always gotten a chuckle from how Americans perceive British food.
> On one hand they think it's all boiled and bland and tasteless. OTOH,
> they turn up their nose at classic Brit staples like mutton and
> kippers and kidney pie.

I enjoy a nice steak-and-kidney pie myself. Mutton is OK, too.
Never really liked fish, especially salted and smoked, so no kippers
for me thanks. I know I surprised some French folks when I ate
various things they were sure Americans wouldn't eat. Couldn't
manage the brains, but I noticed most of the French didn't eat them
either.

> I think it's American food that is rather
> bland and our attaction to ethnic cuisine from other lands is a
> reflection of our own lack of flavorful cooking. I realize Brits are
> also like this to a certain extent, what with their love of all things
> Indian, but I always cracks me up hearing comments from us Americans
> like "I'm a meat n' potatoes man" (could a meal be any more bland?)
> and "Eww... it's too gamey", all the while pouring gobs of ketchup on
> everything that doesn't move. Silly Yanks.

Won't catch me putting ketchup on anything except meatloaf. Not sure
why I developed that habit, but nope, not a big ketchup user.
I must be un-American. ;-)

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

Pandora wrote on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0200:

P> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to
P> distraction? Mine loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a
P> typical roman dish). And yours? --
P> Kisses
P> Pandora

My Grandfather loved blueberries, alone, with ice-cream or in a
pie. It was a big day in his life when he discovered you could
buy frozen blueberries in supermarkets outside the blueberry
season. He did not stop telling people about that for a month!
Previously, he used to collect his own on the moors of North
England and Scotland. I never met anyone who knew more about
country foods, including people brought up in the country and he
could find edible mushrooms and do a lot of country crafts like
making baskets from woven reeds. He was actually a coal miner
but also made wine and was the coxswain of the volunteer lfe
boat.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Pandora wrote:
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?


Both of my grandfathers died before I was born, but I would bet both of
them favored kale soup with lots of spicy Portuguese sausage or some
kind of bacalhau (baccala).

gloria p

"Pandora" > wrote in message
...
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
> yours?
> --
> Kisses
> Pandora

Rack of lamb with parsley new potatos and mint jelly on the side.

Reason I remember so plainly is that my father HATES lamb - so when he saw
my mother with a rack of lamb, he knew the in-laws were coming for a visit.
I remember as a boy dabbing the meat in the neon-bright mint jelly...

MJB

Felice Friese wrote:
> "Pandora" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction?
>> Mine loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish).
>> And yours?
>> --
>> Kisses
>> Pandora
>
> Kippers and/or mutton chops -- for breakfast. A true Brit.
>
> Felice

I can't recall my mom's father eating anything but 'parritch' for breakfast.
He wasn't particular about what was for dinner. I never really knew my
dad's father. His parents were divorced during WWII.

Jill

On Aug 23, 9:46 am, "Pandora" > wrote:
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
My Gramps was most delighted on Thanksgiving Day when the roasted
turkey back and neck were always his to claim. He rarely turned away
foods of any sort, but on T-day he would eat just the bird's back and
neck, along with a large serving of mashed potatoes & gravy, letting
the various six or seven other dishes serve himself as leftovers.
Meself, being ever the Gramps-Copycat, would get away with having just
the turkiey leg and 'taters+gravy.

....Picky

Pandora wrote:
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?

I think every time my grandfather went to the store he would come back
with hot dogs. I don't really remember him eating them, but he must
have much to my grandmother's dismay.

I know he loved everything she cooked as well. And boy did she cook!
They came from poor farm families and nothing was wasted. That woman
would claim they had nothing really and make a full on dinner for
everyone out of whatever was in the freezer.

--
Queenie

*** Be the change you wish to see in the world ***

Pandora wrote:
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine loved
> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
> --
> Kisses
> Pandora

A single favorite, I'm unsure. A few things that I know my
grandfather loves to eat are blackberry pie & cobbler, red hot dogs,
and real maple syrup. One of my favorite food related stories that he
tells is about driving across the US when he was "a kid" of 50 about
35 years ago, stopping somewhere for breakfast and asking if the maple
syrup for the pancakes was real. To which the waitress replied, of
course it's real I watched the cook mix it up earlier this morning.

Jessica

"Pandora" > wrote in message
...
> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
> yours?

Dill pickles. Big ones.

Thank you Tracy for thi good recipe. I have saved! I will try it!

--
Kisses
Pandora
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"Tracy R." > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:07:13 +0200, "Pandora" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Tracy R." > ha scritto nel messaggio
. ..
>>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0200, "Pandora" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>>>>loved
>>>>apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
>>>
>>> My grandmother made wonderful battered and fried chicken livers that
>>> both he and I loved. Nobody else in the family would eat them since
>>> they were "innards"; but that was cool. More for us and all that.
>>> <smiles> He was also a big fan of butter pecan ice cream.
>>>
>>> My grandmother also made a chocolate pie topped with meringue for
>>> holiday and birthday dinners, and most everyone took the meringue off
>>> the top and passed it to granddaddy, since we all though he really
>>> liked it. Finally, when he was 80 or so, my mom gave him her meringue
>>> for the umteenth time and he looked around the table and said, "You
>>> know, Sis, I never much liked meringue." <laughs> No one ever knew
>>> since he ate it without complaint for so long.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Tracy R.
>>
>>GNAMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!! I love this chocolate and meringue. Coud you post the
>>recipe please? We could make a book on the grandparents cook. Don't you
>>think so?
>
> This is the recipe. It's not very precise or detailed since grandma
> didn't measure the ingredients, she just eyeballed it.
>
> @@@@@ Now You're Cooking! Export Format
>
> OFB's Chocolate Cream Pie
>
> 1 cup sugar
> 3 tablespoons cornstarch
> 1/8 teaspoon salt
> 2 cups scalded milk
> 1 teaspoon vanilla
> 2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa (rounded tbls); approx amt
> 2 egg yolks
> 1 batch meringue or whipped cream
> 1 pre-cooked pie crust
>
> Sift together sugar, cornstarch, salt and cocoa. Add enough water to
> make a paste. Combine with hot milk. Cook 15 minutes in double boiler,
> stirring constantly until thickened and well flavored and spoon leaves
> mark in mixture. Cool mixture until egg yolk will not 'cook', then
> stir in beaten egg yolks and reheat. Add vanilla flavoring and cool.
> Fill pre-baked crust, cover with meringue, brown in oven 390 degrees.
>
> Tracy's Notes: This is a recipe that my grandmother made for years. We
> always had this pie for family gatherings like xmas, thanksgiving,
> etc. It's also the pie my mom prefers instead of birthday cake. =)
> Grandma always put meringue on top, despite the fact that she was the
> only one in the family who really liked it. I don't use it; instead, I
> wait until serving time and top it with whipped cream.
>

"Felice Friese" > ha scritto nel messaggio
. ..

> I'll tell you what they are, but I won't recommend them!
> Kippers are herring (sometimes salmon) that has been split, gutted, salted
> and smoked. It's rather tasty, but terribly salty, and was usually served
> with scrambled eggs.

I like salty things but I don't like very salty things DDD

>
> Mutton is mature sheep, sometimes served as a roast and sometimes as
> chops.

Ohhh! They eat it in Greece!!!


> It has a richer flavor then young lamb, but it can be tough. It's a bit
> gamey for me.

In 1977 I went to Greece with mY ancle and aunt and I eat a very good
mutton. Today, mutton is not so good!

>
> Both are (or were in my grandfather's home) standard British breakfast
> fare.
>
> Felice

Thank you for your answer

--
Kisses
Pandora

"notbob" > ha scritto nel messaggio
. ..
> On 2007-08-23, Felice Friese > wrote:
>
>> I'll tell you what they are, but I won't recommend them!
>>
>> Kippers are herring (sometimes salmon) that has been split, gutted,
>> salted
>> and smoked. It's rather tasty, but terribly salty, and was usually served
>> with scrambled eggs.
>>
>> Mutton is mature sheep, sometimes served as a roast and sometimes as
>> chops.
>> It has a richer flavor then young lamb, but it can be tough. It's a bit
>> gamey for me.
>>
>> Both are (or were in my grandfather's home) standard British breakfast
>> fare.
>
> I've always gotten a chuckle from how Americans perceive British food.
> On one hand they think it's all boiled and bland and tasteless. OTOH,
> they turn up their nose at classic Brit staples like mutton and
> kippers and kidney pie. I think it's American food that is rather
> bland and our attaction to ethnic cuisine from other lands is a
> reflection of our own lack of flavorful cooking. I realize Brits are
> also like this to a certain extent, what with their love of all things
> Indian, but I always cracks me up hearing comments from us Americans
> like "I'm a meat n' potatoes man" (could a meal be any more bland?)
> and "Eww... it's too gamey", all the while pouring gobs of ketchup on
> everything that doesn't move. Silly Yanks.
>
> nb

Oh yes. Times are changed! perhaps I shoud have entitled the object as: "
How we eat!"
BTW I thinck that our grandparents used to eat very simple things such as a
main course for all the day!
And very often this main course was very fat !
Thank you
Pandora

"sueb" > ha scritto nel messaggio
oups.com...
> On Aug 23, 12:46 pm, "Pandora" > wrote:
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved
>> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
>> --
>> Kisses
>> Pandora
>
> My father's father was a farmer so he liked food and lots of it. He
> always carried a roll of lifesavers to hand out to his grandchildren.
> He loved his mother's apfel kuchen, which were actually made with
> dried apricots. And he was famous among his children for being willing
> to eat homemade pan haas (aka scrapple).
>
> My mother's father was a hunter and he loved pheasant that he shot
> himself.
>
> Susan B.
>
He shot himself?????????? How?

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Pandora

"Dee Dee" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>
> "Pandora" > wrote in message
> ...
> Holidays was always roast turkey,
>>> red cabbage, the dreaded green bean casserole, spiced apple rings,
>>> cranberry
>>> bread, stuffing and pie.
>>>
>>> As far as I know, that's all he ate! LOL.
>>>
>>> Good, interesting question, Pandora.
>>>
>>> kili
>>>
>>>
>> What is stuffing and pie?
>> And what is the "dreaded green bean casserole"?
>> Thank you for the answer
>>
>> --
>> Kisses
>> Pandora
>
>
>
> It was canned green beans, canned soup with a little milk added, some
> canned french fries, some almonds on top - I can't remember what else --
> Here is a discussion about this 'lovely' dish:
> http://www.atforumz.com/archive/index.php/t-282387.html

Oh yes !!! We also make it , but without french fries. You can find it
canned in some supermarkets!

>
> Pandora, did I miss a reply to my request for your polenta with dried
> porcini.

I don't remember if I have posted recipe. BTW It is very simple:
you make polenta as usual. Then you must refrigerate it because it must be
very hard.
When it is cold and hard you cut it in very thick slices (about 0,39
inches). Put this slices on a baking pan (oiled with butter). Then, over
the slices put: Mozzarella, gorgonzola or toma cheese; minched sausage fried
in oil; dried porcini mushrooms (softened in coolmwater for about five
minutes or more if neeed); ground black pepper and AT THE END a good spread
of reggiano cheese.
It is very very good and you can do it with all the mushrooms (seasoned in
oil with garlic and parsley), but I prefer Porcini mushrooms

I would love to make this recipe that you talked about a day or so
> ago. I love dried porcini and am always looking for a way to use them.
> If I missed it, I'll try to find it.

Now I have sent you the recipe and you can try. If you love Porcini
mushrooms you can do a lot of recipe: fettuccine, risotto, funghi porcini
ripieni (filled porcini), funghi porcini alla griglia (grilled porcini),
funghi porcini fritti con le uova (fried porcini with eggs), sformatini di
porcini (porcini flans). All veeeeeeeeeeeeeeryyyy good.
Over all I like very much the filled porcini that I make like filled
champignons (I think I have wrote recipe).

Thank you
Pandora

"kilikini" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> We always used frozen green beans, canned mushroom soup and french fried
> onions.
>
> kili
I didn't know of "french fried onions"!!!! Are they simple rings of fried
onions?
Thank you
Pandora

"James Silverton" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Pandora wrote on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0200:
>
> P> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to
> P> distraction? Mine loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a
> P> typical roman dish). And yours? --
> P> Kisses
> P> Pandora
>
> My Grandfather loved blueberries, alone, with ice-cream or in a pie. It
> was a big day in his life when he discovered you could buy frozen
> blueberries in supermarkets outside the blueberry season.

Ohhh! What nice thing he discovered))

He did not stop telling people about that for a month!


ROTFL

> Previously, he used to collect his own on the moors of North England and
> Scotland. I never met anyone who knew more about country foods, including
> people brought up in the country and he could find edible mushrooms and do
> a lot of country crafts like making baskets from woven reeds.

OHHHHH! He was "GREAT"!

He was actually a coal miner
> but also made wine and was the coxswain of the volunteer lfe boat.


Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! That's very interesting! Have you some pics of him
on the boat?
Thank you
Pandora



>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"Puester" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Pandora wrote:
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
>> yours?
>
>
> Both of my grandfathers died before I was born, but I would bet both of
> them favored kale soup with lots of spicy Portuguese sausage or some kind
> of bacalhau (baccala).
>
> gloria p

This is a typical mediterranean dish ))))
My aunt in Calabria region use to do it.
Thank you
Pandora

"MJB" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>
> "Pandora" > wrote in message
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>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
>> yours?
>> --
>> Kisses
>> Pandora
>
> Rack of lamb with parsley new potatos and mint jelly on the side.
>
> Reason I remember so plainly is that my father HATES lamb - so when he saw
> my mother with a rack of lamb, he knew the in-laws were coming for a
> visit. I remember as a boy dabbing the meat in the neon-bright mint
> jelly...

Oh ROTFL!!!! BTW I Am interested in the mint jelly! Do you know how to do
it?
thank you
Pandora

"PickyJaz" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Aug 23, 9:46 am, "Pandora" > wrote:
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved
>> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
> My Gramps was most delighted on Thanksgiving Day when the roasted
> turkey back and neck were always his to claim. He rarely turned away
> foods of any sort, but on T-day he would eat just the bird's back and
> neck, along with a large serving of mashed potatoes & gravy, letting
> the various six or seven other dishes serve himself as leftovers.
> Meself, being ever the Gramps-Copycat, would get away with having just
> the turkiey leg and 'taters+gravy.
>
> ...Picky

He seems like my cat: he only like birds, especially turkey
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Thank you
pandora

"Julie Bove" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>
> "Pandora" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And
>> yours?
>
> Dill pickles. Big ones.

So we want recipe!!!!!
Thank you
Pandora

"Jessica V." > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>
> Pandora wrote:
>> Do you remember what dish your grandfather loved to distraction? Mine
>> loved
>> apricots and "Coda alla vaccinara (a typical roman dish). And yours?
>> --
>> Kisses
>> Pandora
>
> A single favorite, I'm unsure. A few things that I know my
> grandfather loves to eat are blackberry pie & cobbler, red hot dogs,
> and real maple syrup. One of my favorite food related stories that he
> tells is about driving across the US when he was "a kid" of 50 about
> 35 years ago, stopping somewhere for breakfast and asking if the maple
> syrup for the pancakes was real. To which the waitress replied, of
> course it's real I watched the cook mix it up earlier this morning.
>
> Jessica
>

Thank you Jessica for your answer. I have never tasted maple syrup, but I
thinck it is very good!

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Kisses
Pandora