howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Once upon a time Salmon was just for the champagne drinking fraternity..one liked a nibble with ones Moet.
I think this change in taste is probably more to do with the rising price of the humble cod. Im wondering if the price keeps rising on cod, will all those fish n chips outlets go the way of the pubs, ie price themselves into oblivion. heavens what a horrible thought, love fish n chips meself.
Salmon has also dropped in price due to the species being farmed now on a big scale. Once upon a time you had to try and catch the blighters in the Shannon and so on, very labour intensive, very costly. But not now.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Could they farm Cod? Sorry not a fishy expert but it doesn't seem like rocket science to me.
Marek
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Yes they farm cod commercially in Norway.
But far more 'shock/horror' is the disclosure that supermarket bread is so high in salt.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Mostly our arty farty breads as well - the ones we Types buy as a healthy option: date and walnut, multi seeds, oaty etc. Still, Life's Too Short, eh?
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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And it tastes great!
Marek
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Making your own is so easy these days, especially with the bread-making machines.
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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From what I remember of during and just after the war...
Mother (and my two grandmothers) were all good cooks and made the most of what food there was, nothing was ever put in the bin in those days.
Sometimes father would have some nice Faroe Bank haddock given to him by friends who worked on the fish docks, and we often ate 'skate-knobs' which were in fact the bones of the long tail of the skate which had tasty fish around it. Skate is all head with wings and long tail ! And we also had halibut and Hake, too, even in those days of frugality. Even in wartime, Grimsby folk did not eat cod unless they were desperate - it was considered the scum of the sea, and fed to cats and dogs.
Rabbit of course was quite plentiful during and after war, and many people kept them as 'pets' with a culinary end in mind. Macaroni cheese was often made, and milk puddings with rice, macaroni or oats, sometimes with added raisins. We never saw chicken except at Christmas when to have a chicken was a real treat.
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DT1- Location: Dover
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I love skate Kath, in fact I love just about everything you mention in your post.
Back to the article, it's good to see the 'sushi' fish there at #9. Strikes me as another Daily Mail 'survey'.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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What is 'sushi' fish - it is what is generally known as 'white fish' in restaurants, I forget the name.
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#9 really interesting post as always Kath, a very long time since I have had a macaroni milk pudding wonder if people still make it? was a regular when we were kids.
Audere est facere.
Jan Higgins
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You stirred some memories there Kath and also highlighted the differences between then and now.
Chicken only as a very special treat but plenty of beef and lamb, pork occasionally I suppose it must have been more expensive. Curry was never served when I was a child but we often had bread and butter pudding which I hated even though mother was an excellent cook.
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Macaroni milk pudding is very tasty, especially with nutmeg grated on top or raisins added. Or quaker oats pudding, with sugar, milk, raisins and nutmeg!
Bread and butter pudding I still make sometimes. The first time I had curry was about 1953 when visiting relatives in Lancashire who had spent several years in India, I loved it.
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Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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My dear old Mum loved Tripe with onions and vinegar. It looked dreadful.
Marek
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Food is so evocative. I have lovely memories of my English Grandmothers jam tarts and fab pastry (although I think she used lard so my veggie principles are a bit loose), and of the lovely fresh blackberries we used to pick in Ireland, the tastes are vivid. I also have less appetising memories of the mashed potato at the convent.......it was instant mash and still managed to have lumps and tasted vaguely fungal. Grim.
