General Chat

Falling about laughing here Susie. Sorry. :-D :-D :-D

You don't actually know which emotion to choose when you do something like that, do you?

Several years ago I spent hours simmering the turkey carcass with various herbs etc hoping for a nice soup, got out the colander and strained it thro that straight into the sink as you would normally do with veg etc. So ended up with a colander of bones and everything else straight down the plughole!
On an earlier thread I said that my slices of tomato had sprouted well and I had quite a few tomatoes - one of them is turning red so I just might get one baby plum tomato to eat after all that!

Oh how things change!
Oysters used to be the food of the poor - now they're grossly overpriced.

Apparently, "Fried zucchini blossoms are a traditional Cucina Povera type of recipe in Italy".

Squash flowers are quite haute cuisine now. I think they stuff them with cream cheese before they batter them.

It makes sense to use the male flowers because they are no use to the plant after pollination and get picked off. Why not eat them?

I think Marguerite Patten should have been honoured in some way, too, Sharron.

This book is by Ambrose Heath.
Just looked online. Someone's selling one, in a similar condition to mine, (well used) for £29.99 :-0

I know about nasturtiums too, JoyLouise.
My eldest (who could walk at 9 months and would eat anything) used to try to eat the gladioli flowers - I 'redirected' her to the easier to pick, and safe to eat, nasturtiums and marigolds :-D :-D

These Flower fritters are made out of marrow flowers!
The author first had them in France.

I make green tomato jam which has sliced lemons in it, that's the best bit.

I always thought Marguerite Patten should have been made a dame.

Is that nasturtium flowers? I've heard about them in salads too.

Like you, Gwyn - I'd rather eat the chocolate as a treat!
I says to use either melted chocolate, or cocoa.

Well, I'm currently cooking a chicken carcass, to make either soup or a stew! :-D
Not exactly wartime, just Universal Credit cooking!

It has a recipe for Flower Fritters!
Also, Green Tomato Jam, and another one for Potato Apple cake :-S

Sounds interesting.

I'd give all those a try, although I'd prefer to save any chocolate and not put it into rice pudding.

I suppose if one can stuff a mushroom, then stuffing a chop could be possible too ?
Hardly stuffed though surely, more a case of something just piled on top.

We still live on wartime food!

I'm easily distracted.
Just now, I came across a book called 'Kitchen Front Recipes', published in 1941.
On looking at the recipes, I came across:
Cheese Bread & Butter Pudding
Chocolate Rice Pudding
Chops, Stuffed (how? Must look at that!) :-D
Dandelion Salad
Dandelion - to cook
Fritters, Bread

...that's a few recipes from the first page of the contents:-D

as anyone tried any of these?