Favourite dinners
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What is your favourite meal and do you cook it ?
From my humble beginnings, pie,mash and liquor. Nowadays nice roast or Moroccan lamb.
My oh also enjoyed pie & mash, grew up in Hackney, and jellied eels…not for me
I have several favourite teas (as I call them). Mother Hen invented and cooks them all. I can cook, but she’s far better.
Last year, on my annual spending a day in London without spending too much money while she’s at her AGM, I found a marvellous pie and mash place not far from the Royal Observatory. Just the thing after a boat trip down the Thames and wandering through the drizzle to the Observatory and the Maritime Museum.
OHs Beef pie, mashed tates, brussels, cauli and owt else on the plate followed by apple pie and custard. A couple of scotches after goes down well.
Love jellied eels,(a deptford boy)i see Tubby Isaacs is still going,too many to choose,i do most of the cooking,a la carte most nights.
Tizzler,absolutely love Greenwich.
Wow, eastenders do Brittany… I went to school on the Old Kent Road, used to sneak off to Tower Bridge Road, pie n mash divine.
I have a friend bringing over an order from Menzies, I can make the liquor. Yum
It was a great day. The boat trip from Westminster to Greenwich was about ยฃ8 return, the museum and observatory were free, the pie and mash with a big mug of tea was less than a tenner. I think I managed to spend the whole day for less than ยฃ30.
Back on topic, one of my favourite teas is pieces of chicken, grilled with the skin on at a high temperature so everything goes crispy. Then she douses them in some sort of thick sauce that is mainly peanut butter, but has honey, lime, chilli and other things in it. It’s the best thing that can be done with chicken in my opinion. I think it may be a Jamie Oliver recipe that she’s ‘adapted’, but it’s awesome. I can easily eat enough for 4 people…….well, not easily, but I have done it!
What about you Blue Velvet?
Used to be a great chippy at New Cross,loved the Old Kent Road.
From our little hovel,”you could see to Hackney marshes,if it wasn’t for the ‘ouses in between,
My steak and kidney pie,roast taters and veg.Jus’rol shortcrust of course.
GEorge, It would be funny, if we knew each other! We seem to have travelled in the same circles
Tizzler, ask Mother hen for the recipe, sounds just my cup of tea.
I’ll find out. We’re back to England tomorrow until Sunday, so I’m not ignoring you, I just won’t be here. I could stock up on peanut butter though………
I’ve got the peanut butter, it does sound delicious, sort of satay type meal. Can’t wait for the recipe
Well I may not like jellied eels but I am a real foodie, and I have been to a few countries that I have enjoyed their food. Ofcourse I love French food, italian, Spanish, Greek, Turkish and Chinese. When I was younger I would have loved to have been a chef, but apparently, at the time it needed A level maths, not a good subject. But I have a large collection of cookery books, and love cooking for my friends and family. When we lived in France I loved cooking for our French friends, even cooked them Some French classics. Unfortunately although I have tried several times, I do not like curreys, although I cook them for my son when he comes home for Christmas. I suppose in an ideal world I would have loved a wee small bistro with 20 covers, cooking with love.
Thank God my French wife introduced me to Some Real French Cuisine!
Nothing wrong with hot pot etc, but not gastronomy.
Like the wine, why not take advantage of the diversity of food when one has the opportunity?But,,, I have made Delia S. dishes, (from Her book, “D.S. Cooking for One”, how sad is that???
And,consequently, have had her colleagues “begging me” for the recipe, after my wife has taken the dinner remains for lunch at work.
i.e. beef in Guinness.
Sausage casserole in red wine.
ETC.Not Haute Cuisine, but better than boiled brussels IMO
BTW
Wonderful Woman our Delia Spent many an otherwise,(at times alone, on my yachts), lonely evenings in the galley with HER and Her practical recipes inspiring me to eat! But the ” locals” can cook too btw.
I love Delia, very dry especially how to boil an egg ! But seriously all her receipes work.
B V, they do, even bouncing about in half a gale
I really like falafels in flatbread with salad leaves, a salsa of toms, herbs, lemon juice and chilli and yoghurt with mint and coriander. make it quite often but always have problems with the falafels either disintegrating or (last time) exploding
not sure why as follow the general google falafel advice; mash up a jar of chickpeas (not too much as need texture), add oil, cumin, coriander, seasoning, parsley, garlic. make into patties and fry. Last time i tried to get the proper falafel shape and deep fry but not sure I’ll try that again
Spent many an otherwise,(at times alone, on my yachts), lonely evenings in the galley with HER and Her practical recipes inspiring me to eat! 
not sure why as follow the general google falafel advice; mash up a jar of chickpeas (not too much as need texture), add oil, cumin, coriander, seasoning, parsley, garlic. make into patties and fry. Last time i tried to get the proper falafel shape and deep fry but not sure I’ll try that again- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
