Nostalgic meals

Rabbit stew, we were a family of 7, my father did whatever he had to do to feed the family, we had everything going, pigs, goats, chickens, geese, vegetable gardens, apple orchards, we lived off the land, my mother was the BEST cook ever, my father bread rabbits to export the meat, always remember her rabbit stew 🥘

who remembers chocolate cake and mint custard at school many moons ago 😋

green custard reminds me of snot

The Mint Custard is from my Infant & Junior school days in the late 80s and early 90s.

for me a truly nostalgic meal is Rag Pudding, Chips and Mushy Peas ❤️

My late Grandma used to make them when I was young, she learnt how to cook while serving in the WAAF in WW2 as a cook on RAF Jurby.

The Cooking Cloth: Invented during the 19th century in the Oldham and Rochdale areas of Northern England, the dish pre-dates modern ceramic cooking basins or plastic boiling bags

The Process: Cooks wrapped the minced meat and onion filling encased in suet pastry tightly inside a cloth rag tied with string, then submerged the parcel directly in boiling water.

Working-Class Origins

This Simple, Hearty technique made cheap cuts of meat go a long way to feed local mill workers.

The "Rag": The Oldham mill town tradition used floured cotton or muslin

The Filling: It typically consists of minced meat (beef) and onions encased in a savoury suet pastry.

The Cooking Method: The wrapped and tied pudding is submerged and boiled or steamed in water, which allows the floured cloth to form a skin on the pastry

Whenever i have full sugar coke, which is not often, it reminds me of being on holiday because that was the only time i was allowed it as a kid. As for food, i remember school dinners were pretty good, especially the puddings! So chocolate sponge with strawberry custard was amazing, but whenever i try to recreate it, it just never tastes as good…….🤨