[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Need British Menu Suggestions

[Wanda Mallett]

Catherine you are making my mouth water! Please send
as many receipes as you like to me! I love to
experiment with new ideas! Especially on my Muggle of
a husband! He was a chef in the Army, and if I can
show off something better, oh, yeah! His side of the
family are mostly French and Italian, my side comes
from England and Scotland. So, to show off any cooking
talents, all the more fun! A big THANK YOU!

Wanda
 
--- catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk wrote:
> OK, Penny, I've dug out my Gary Rhode's "New British
> Classics" (not 
> an oxymoron, I assure you), and for appetisers, how
> about one of the 
> following:
> 
> Soups:  You're having a meaty main course, so how
> about something 
> like Cullen Skink (smoked Haddock soup).  Or, Roast
> Parsnip and Apple 
> Soup, or Creamy Bubble and Squeak Soup.  All would
> work well and are 
> very British.
> 
> Salads - unless you want to do it as a separate
> course, it won't 
> really work with Shepherd's Pie.  I would suggest
> just some greens of 
> some sort.  How about spring greens, or go very
> English with Brussel 
> Sprouts?  Potatoes would be a bit much, considering
> you've got mashed 
> potato in the pie, but parsnips/carrots would work. 
> Very nice 
> roasted.
> 
> Appetisers:  something easy such as smoked salmon -
> could dress it up 
> by making it a terrine.  Or chicken liver pate,
> devilled whitebait - 
> prawn cocktail can be very good (nb, not the
> American version of 
> cocktail sauce, which is spicy, the more English,
> pale pink one). 
> Just make sure that the prawns aren't over-cooked
> and the lettuce is 
> very crisp.  Alternatively, prawn and avocado is
> another 1970s 
> classic.
> 
> 
> Cheese:  I have to disagree with David here.  We
> always serve cheese 
> before dessert in our house (as several listies can
> attest).  Get the 
> port out, and if you can find it, get a very mature
> cheddar, some 
> stilton, some brie.  We always serve fruit as well,
> but several 
> French friends think that to do so is sacrilege.
> 
> If you want any recipes, let me know.  I also have
> the best 
> Shepherd's Pie recipe, if you want something for
> comparison 
> purposes.  And don't listen to all this snidey
> cornflour custard 
> nonsense.  Shame on all those Britishers out there
> who are so overtly 
> showing their inverted snobbery in regard to British
> food.  It's 
> excellent!
> 
> Catherine
> 
> 


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