tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post6766717865575251721..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Food and cooking and childhoodElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-82230359612477824932008-05-01T22:56:00.000+01:002008-05-01T22:56:00.000+01:00All my childhood memories came flooding back as I ...All my childhood memories came flooding back as I read about your mother's cooking! Yes those were the days!!!!!<BR/>That grey pastry & gristle neatly had me gagging!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-21403098059244270132008-05-01T21:56:00.000+01:002008-05-01T21:56:00.000+01:00oh a lovely post! It's sooo important to have a m...oh a lovely post! It's sooo important to have a mum that cooks isn't it? my mum was the same, proper grub, cooked from scratch.<BR/><BR/>I love letting my children lick out the bowl (even the allergic one thanks to eggless cooking!)and to see them scampering around with chocolate goo smudged all over their faces.<BR/><BR/>Your description of your mum's meals was heartwarming, as was reading about your anticipation of pudding!<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-7148314999064240082008-04-29T14:39:00.000+01:002008-04-29T14:39:00.000+01:00oh, have just come from elizd's blog where SHE mad...oh, have just come from elizd's blog where SHE made me feel starving, straight to this - big mistake, am now salivating. Am sure we had that Good Housekeeping book - was it yellow (or white?) but textured, definitely textured. And teh Readers Digest one (featuring a most delicious sponge pudding I most definitely made with my forgetful father). Although, much as I like the odd cook book - it's the promise of success, maybe - I tend to be a make it up as you go along sort of person which can cause an undoing hence the need to make this request, being do you have a foolproof flapjack recipe you can pass it on? I used to be queen of flapjack and, really, what's to go wrong?? But something does go wrong these days and try as I might they go brittle. I'm really rather good at cooking (and so attractively modest, too!) so to be stumped by something as prosaic as a flapjack is irksome. I like them soft - any thoughts?? thanks v much.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-47095937600705652612008-04-29T12:12:00.000+01:002008-04-29T12:12:00.000+01:00It's grand isn't it when one's children start cook...It's grand isn't it when one's children start cooking properly. Elder Daughter rustled up the most perfect pasta dish the other day from scratch - spaghetti, cheese, scraps of bacon, herbs, cream. <BR/><BR/>One of my favourite 'peasant' dishes - and so easy to cook - is potatoes and haricots verts sauteed with garlic and butter. Wonderful.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-55355254490703065032008-04-28T22:54:00.000+01:002008-04-28T22:54:00.000+01:00I had a Good HouseKeeping Cookbook too - it taught...I had a Good HouseKeeping Cookbook too - it taught the basics and while not very inspiring the recipes have proved to be a good foundation for future exploration. It also had a lady on the front who looked like the scary Mrs Steel, my maths mistress.<BR/><BR/>Do make more jellies - your quince jelly (just licked the last out of the jar!) is a Gold Medal Winner.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-41271998037888757432008-04-28T17:16:00.000+01:002008-04-28T17:16:00.000+01:00Great blog, and somehow I was coming in with you t...Great blog, and somehow I was coming in with you to those steamed up windows and the chicken soup and that lovely thick slice of bread. People just don't cook like that nowadays, its a shame.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/04672728248961388984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-10910936263487886372008-04-28T17:07:00.000+01:002008-04-28T17:07:00.000+01:00I love this blog entry, Elizabeth.When I was a you...I love this blog entry, Elizabeth.<BR/><BR/>When I was a young woman, just out on my own, I remember calling my mother and writing favorite recipes on cards to put into a file. I still have those, but so many of them I never have to pull out any longer.<BR/><BR/>One of those is a raw apple nut cake from my childhood. Delicious.<BR/><BR/>I also got a good housekeeping cookbook when I married, but it is from 1986. I think it's the best cookbook in the world. It's illustrated with lovely photos of finished dishes and has lists and drawings of useful things, such as how to poach an egg or what to substitue for buttermilk in a pinch. I think every homemaker should have one.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-35650647204213667412008-04-28T13:51:00.000+01:002008-04-28T13:51:00.000+01:00Elizabeth I have just read this and the previous b...Elizabeth I have just read this and the previous blog and they are both beautiful. The one about not wanting to leave home rings so many bells for me - I have to be forcibly removed from mine sometimes! I love to potter and get back to feeling the garden and the rooms of the house if I have been away for even a day.<BR/><BR/>All you say about cooking is also the same for me; the watching and absorbing what took place in my mother's kitchen even though she never had time to teach me any of the things she did; the familiar recipes and meals I can still smell to this day, all bringing a sense of home to mind. Isabella cooks with me everyday woith her little apron tied firmly and wooden spoon to hand - I wonder what she will remember? xxPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-74600576245620429332008-04-28T10:21:00.000+01:002008-04-28T10:21:00.000+01:00I can just smell the cooking reading your blog, I ...I can just smell the cooking reading your blog, I can also feel a corned-beef hash and an apple cake coming on. Mine has no recipe - just a feeling for how it should be, brown sugar, apples, soft sponge and a crumbly top. <BR/>Lovely blog - very nostalgic.<BR/>xKittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-13838388908120237212008-04-28T07:45:00.000+01:002008-04-28T07:45:00.000+01:00This reminded me so much of my childhood and Mum's...This reminded me so much of my childhood and Mum's cooking - all the old favourites. She cooked mainly without recipes but she had the Good Housekeeping cookery book - I've still got it, plus I've also got the Farmhouse Kitchen by Mary Norwak - is that the one? Both books are full of lovely recipes and photos. <BR/><BR/>What is Delia doing? I used to like her programmes and books, but this latest one is so odd!BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-66595236992474794262008-04-28T01:09:00.000+01:002008-04-28T01:09:00.000+01:00I am very envious. Everything I bake turns out lik...I am very envious. Everything I bake turns out like a little round, black ice hockey puck. And my mother never even attempted it as far as I can remember!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-38979620991998446562008-04-27T23:21:00.000+01:002008-04-27T23:21:00.000+01:00Great blog Elizabeth-That brought back wonderful m...Great blog Elizabeth-<BR/>That brought back wonderful memories for me too-used to bake such a lot with my Nan. And of course I am well familiar with the cheaper cuts of meat-heart/kidneys/liver/breast of lamb etc. My boys (nor husband) would look at them! <BR/><BR/><BR/>I still bake most weeks and both my boys enjoy helping-even Idle Jack!! Helped me since they were very small.<BR/><BR/>I've actually been quite outraged personally at Delias latest marketing of How to Cheate. However I concede it is a sad reflection of the fast pace and changing lifestyles-maybe it wouldn't appear quite so outrageous if I still worked full time in the bank??<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to see you Thursday<BR/>D<BR/>xxBluestocking Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502764742097142372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-46663507428115856582008-04-27T23:14:00.000+01:002008-04-27T23:14:00.000+01:00Love the sound of the Applecake, I think I may hav...Love the sound of the Applecake, I think I may have the same recipe book, I shall look it up!<BR/><BR/>I bought myself a Howgate Wonder whip last autumn, having tried the fruit at the Wisley autumn show. It'll be a few years before it fruits, but it is a wonderful apple,Zoƫhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838367166662822058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-84365652877809061452008-04-27T22:58:00.000+01:002008-04-27T22:58:00.000+01:00Lovely blog, about one of my fave subjects!!! App...Lovely blog, about one of my fave subjects!!! Apple cake, yum!<BR/><BR/>Off to the kitchen now!Sam Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981522161884269876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-24875271908364715822008-04-27T21:30:00.000+01:002008-04-27T21:30:00.000+01:00Oooh, Somerset apple pie sounds delicious - do sha...Oooh, Somerset apple pie sounds delicious - do share the secret, Elizabeth. Yes, like you I have certain 'staples' that I knock up on autopilot without recourse to a recipe book or scales. I also remember one of my mum's economy dishes - corned beef hash - which I used to love as a child, but you never see corned beef now. H tells me it sounds disgusting and my memory must be playing tricks, but I'm not so sure...<BR/><BR/>Lovely blog.LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-91948802845719260562008-04-27T18:13:00.000+01:002008-04-27T18:13:00.000+01:00ah, yes, this is lovely. i can smell the apple ca...ah, yes, this is lovely. i can smell the apple cake baking, elizabeth!<BR/><BR/>my mother is an excellent cook, too, though after so many years of cooking for so many she now prides herself on never cooking. it's too bad. but i have learned some of her recipes by heart--oxtail soup, and turkey dressing, and apple crisp.<BR/><BR/>they will not be forgotten. every time i make them, i am transported to that dining room on east fourth street...lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-25134067809525683362008-04-27T18:10:00.000+01:002008-04-27T18:10:00.000+01:00I have no idea how my mum used to make and bake th...I have no idea how my mum used to make and bake the lightest puff pastry in a little black oven by an open fire ...wonder how Delia would cope with that!<BR/>Lovely blog!snailbeachshepherdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397158758052413758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-39732544044248527522008-04-27T18:06:00.000+01:002008-04-27T18:06:00.000+01:00Nothing beats Mum's home-made cooking! :DNothing beats Mum's home-made cooking! :DNikki - Notes of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116292112164268244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-29806364073318811342008-04-27T16:30:00.000+01:002008-04-27T16:30:00.000+01:00Oh EM thank you for your blog - it brought back ha...Oh EM thank you for your blog - it brought back happy memories of my own childhood and cooking with my Mum. She too made gorgeous pastry . . .mine is more rocklike, but Wildchild appears to have inherited the 'light touch' and makes mince pies for us at Xmas when she comes to visit.<BR/><BR/>I can remember that we had a 'safe' and not a fridge - so food had to be bought fresh and cooked and eaten.Westerwitch/Headmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956764463959607416noreply@blogger.com