Saw the vege thread- how about the meats- Love Tongue- cannot buy from the butcher unless ordered in and no longer in tin at Countdown or New World, can get Lambs Fry and Kidneys the odd time

issymae - 2019-02-24 11:31:00

I recall having sweetbreads as a kid & I quite liked them until someone told me that they were the lamb testicles.
I don't think so, but I believed them ;o(

samanya - 2019-02-24 11:53:00

Sweetbreads are the thymus and pancreas. I don't mind eating them but I wouldn't go out of my way for them.

davidt4 - 2019-02-24 12:05:00

I remember as a child that my dad use to eat chitlins. The looked horrible.

kiwitrish - 2019-02-24 12:41:00

kiwitrish wrote:

I remember as a child that my dad use to eat chitlins. The looked horrible.

They are horrible, being the guts squeezed and washed sometimes not that well Guess we have all eaten them as sausage casings though.

I love offal though not so keen on tripe, guess I like flavour.

As for forgotten treats I think rabbits are delicious guess that's a forgotten food in NZ also Hares which are a great favourite in this house particularly minced Hare burgers mmmmmmmmmmm

beaker59 - 2019-02-24 13:02:00

Rabbits aren't forgotten, have them often. Ditto tongue.

Salisbury Lamb Tongue Whole Peeld 330g - buy online at countdown.co.nz

Salisbury Lamb Tongue Whole Peeled 330g
Countdown
Whole peeled lamb tongues. Prime new zealand lamb. For easy slicing chill well before serving.

https://www.prestonsmasterbutchers.co.nz/offal-heart-kidney-
liver-tripe-online-shop/

https://www.greenlea.co.nz/customers/product-portfolio/offal
-fancy-meat

You guys just don't look.....

lythande1 - 2019-02-24 13:26:00

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cleggyboy - 2019-02-24 13:53:00

Forgotten foods - what about those boil in the tin pudding things. Dont even remember what they were, just remember mum cooking them up and we all loved it. Assume some sought of steamed pudding.

dibble35 - 2019-02-24 14:44:00

Spongy puds
https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-ite
m?record_id=148215

rainrain1 - 2019-02-24 14:58:00

lythande1 wrote:

Rabbits aren't forgotten, have them often.

Do you buy them?
Come to my place & bring a gun ...plenty free!

samanya - 2019-02-24 15:04:00

rainrain1 wrote:

Spongy puds
https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-ite
m?record_id=148215

No this pudding was in a tin like the spaghetti/baked bean tin shape. Spongey puds ere good though. :-)

dibble35 - 2019-02-24 15:44:00

Weren't those tinned puds called Big Sister? also who remembers mix and made marmalade and jam?

andrew499 - 2019-02-24 21:29:00

My nan used to feed us lambs brains and soft cod roe - enjoyed th3m both on thick slices of hot buttered toast

sarahb5 - 2019-02-24 23:38:00

Sometimes things are forgotten for a good reason :0 my grandad used to serve up tinned lambs tongues with picalli and brown bread for tea on Sunday... I used to eat the picalli on the bread with the aspic jelly and avoid the tongues ... my Dad said be thankful he has stopped serving boiled mutton ...

karlymouse - 2019-02-25 09:34:00

karlymouse wrote:

... my Dad said be thankful he has stopped serving boiled mutton ...

Mutton in boil up is very moreish if done properly. I make it with watercress when I can find it and everyone wants seconds. Just don't tell them it is boil up or the white snob in people kicks in and suddenly they don't want to eat it. Funny that.

Fish heads and fish wings. It shocks me that the wings are discarded and not sold in shop. They are a delicacy; superior in taste to the fillet in every way.

buzzy110 - 2019-02-25 10:02:00

can't get the tinned tongue down here ( ChCH and rolleston ) have been asking

issymae - 2019-02-25 10:26:00

New world in Stratford Taranaki has fresh sliced tongue and brawn so maybe some of the other new world's could get it in.

ajtrees - 2019-02-25 11:02:00

I love tongue - fresh tongue anyway, my dad used to make it

sarahb5 - 2019-02-25 11:29:00

buzzy110 wrote:

Mutton in boil up is very moreish if done properly. I make it with watercress when I can find it and everyone wants seconds. Just don't tell them it is boil up or the white snob in people kicks in and suddenly they don't want to eat it. Funny that.

Fish heads and fish wings. It shocks me that the wings are discarded and not sold in shop. They are a delicacy; superior in taste to the fillet in every way.

To each his own... I would not be interested in any of that.

karlymouse - 2019-02-25 13:12:00

sarahb5 wrote:

I love tongue - fresh tongue anyway, my dad used to make it

Mum did too & weighted it when cooked & I think I remember that the cooking liquid jellied.

samanya - 2019-02-25 13:37:00

karlymouse wrote:

To each his own... I would not be interested in any of that.

Yep. Much the same as I wouldn't be interested in tinned tongue. I certainly would not serve it up to my DH or offspring. But like you say, each to his own.

Is instant pudding still a thing these days or has that gone the way of the Dodo? I wonder if takeaway bars still have battered potato slices on the menu.

buzzy110 - 2019-02-25 14:24:00

buzzy110 wrote:

Yep. Much the same as I wouldn't be interested in tinned tongue. I certainly would not serve it up to my DH or offspring. But like you say, each to his own.

Is instant pudding still a thing these days or has that gone the way of the Dodo? I wonder if takeaway bars still have battered potato slices on the menu.

Instant puddings must be still around, as I have seen people asking for a biscuit recipe using instant pudding.
I have never ever seen battered potatoes in a takeaway shop, but then again I rarely go to one ...maybe that's a local 'delicacy' in your area?

samanya - 2019-02-25 14:39:00

Yes they do still sell potato fritters (battered slices) at local chippys. Grand daughter always has them if we decide on a (very rare) takeaway.

Edited by nauru at 3:11 pm, Mon 25 Feb

nauru - 2019-02-25 15:09:00

nauru wrote:

Yes they do still sell potato fritters (battered slices) at local chippys. Grand daughter always has them if we decide on a (very rare) takeaway.

Thanks nauru. Imagine how popular they would be if sold in fast food places. Maybe they are available in the frozen section of the supermarket.

buzzy110 - 2019-02-25 15:17:00

nauru wrote:

Yes they do still sell potato fritters (battered slices) at local chippys. Grand daughter always has them if we decide on a (very rare) takeaway.

Thanks Nauru
Well you learn something every day ...they sound disgusting to me, but I can imagine that a kid would love them *blurk*

samanya - 2019-02-25 15:30:00

samanya wrote:

Thanks Nauru
Well you learn something every day ...they sound disgusting to me, but I can imagine that a kid would love them *blurk*

I remember them tasting considerably better than I imagine tinned tongue would taste.

buzzy110 - 2019-02-25 15:33:00

Sodas where ice cream was added to fizzy drink in a tall glass and drunk with a straw and long spoon - at least I think that is what I tried once.

Creaming soda fizzy drink was my all time favourite. I got it once a year, at Christmas. It was always a highly anticipated treat.

buzzy110 - 2019-02-25 15:48:00

buzzy110 wrote:

Sodas where ice cream was added to fizzy drink in a tall glass and drunk with a straw and long spoon - at least I think that is what I tried once.

Creaming soda fizzy drink was my all time favourite. I got it once a year, at Christmas. It was always a highly anticipated treat.

Spiders my kids call them. I loved cream soda and like you fizzy was a very rare treat in our house as a kid.

sarahb5 - 2019-02-25 15:52:00

samanya wrote:

Mum did too & weighted it when cooked & I think I remember that the cooking liquid jellied.

It would’ve been ox tongue that dad prepared - I’ve not tried tinned lambs tongues in this country but did used to enjoy tinned corn beef in the UK. It’s nothing like corned beef in this country which I loathe but definitely better than canned ham ????

sarahb5 - 2019-02-25 15:55:00

Yep, it was ox tongue that mum did.
I don't think I've ever tried any tinned meat.

samanya - 2019-02-25 16:22:00

buzzy110 wrote:

Sodas where ice cream was added to fizzy drink in a tall glass and drunk with a straw and long spoon - at least I think that is what I tried once.

Creaming soda fizzy drink was my all time favourite. I got it once a year, at Christmas. It was always a highly anticipated treat.

Ah, creaming soda was a special occasion treat for us as kids, as well.
I'm fairly sure I've seen that the flavouring is still available for soda stream machines, but I'll bet it doesn't taste as good as it did as kids.

Edited by samanya at 4:27 pm, Mon 25 Feb

samanya - 2019-02-25 16:27:00

And where are al the pigs heads?that was a cheap meal once, mmm jummy succulent cheeks to fight over.

lilyfield - 2019-02-25 17:36:00

lilyfield wrote:

And where are al the pigs heads?that was a cheap meal once, mmm jummy succulent cheeks to fight over.

In my house, the heads went into brawn ... dirty old heads on the bench, complete with eyes & bristly dirty ears!
Enough to put a kid off pork for life ...but the brawn tasted good 'sans eyes & ears'. ( I think)

samanya - 2019-02-25 17:42:00

Apparently Aunt Daisy was comfortable and knowledgeable about how to cook goose, hare, pheasant, rabbit and swan.

Then there was curried sausages which, for some reason I cannot recall, were cooked in milk or some sort of white sauce made with milk. I remember loving them but would probably kick up a ruckus about now.

Ham steak with a pineapple ring. I remember it being a very daring dish to order at the restaurant.

Cheese balls. Haven't seen one of those for yonks

buzzy110 - 2019-02-25 17:52:00

buzzy110 wrote:

Apparently Aunt Daisy was comfortable and knowledgeable about how to cook goose, hare, pheasant, rabbit and swan.

Then there was curried sausages which, for some reason I cannot recall, were cooked in milk or some sort of white sauce made with milk. I remember loving them but would probably kick up a ruckus about now.

Ham steak with a pineapple ring. I remember it being a very daring dish to order at the restaurant.

Cheese balls. Haven't seen one of those for yonks

My mum makes a mean cheeseball, still have it a couple of times a year. What about Flummary (jelly and evap milk), or those toothpicks with cheese, pineapple, cocktail onion and salami on them....very 70's. Still make them sometimes but with a bit of Kransky sausage for the meat - even stick them in a 1/2 orange cause it looks so classy!

dibble35 - 2019-02-25 18:09:00

dibble35 wrote:

My mum makes a mean cheeseball, still have it a couple of times a year. What about Flummary (jelly and evap milk), or those toothpicks with cheese, pineapple, cocktail onion and salami on them....very 70's. Still make them sometimes but with a bit of Kransky sausage for the meat - even stick them in a 1/2 orange cause it looks so classy!

Sure sounds classy as. It must be quite stressful for you deciding who to exclude from the hordes clamouring to be invited to your glamourous gatherings.

buzzy110 - 2019-02-25 18:17:00

buzzy110 wrote:

Apparently Aunt Daisy was comfortable and knowledgeable about how to cook goose, hare, pheasant, rabbit and swan.

Then there was curried sausages which, for some reason I cannot recall, were cooked in milk or some sort of white sauce made with milk. I remember loving them but would probably kick up a ruckus about now.

Ham steak with a pineapple ring. I remember it being a very daring dish to order at the restaurant.

Cheese balls. Haven't seen one of those for yonks

Gosh yes - remember going out for dinner with mum and dad in the 70s - we thought we’d reached the heights of poshness with our prawn cocktail, mixed grill (or scampi) and Black Forest gateau!

sarahb5 - 2019-02-25 19:16:00

My mum made great brawn from pigs head but i cant seem to make it like her, but i do cook ox tongue in the crock pot and press it in a pyrex jug its great

timturtle - 2019-02-25 19:25:00

sarahb5 wrote:

Gosh yes - remember going out for dinner with mum and dad in the 70s - we thought we’d reached the heights of poshness with our prawn cocktail, mixed grill (or scampi) and Black Forest gateau!

Lol. The 70's sure reached the giddy heights of haute cuisine. It has been downhill all the way since then.

buzzy110 - 2019-02-26 10:32:00

timturtle wrote:

My mum made great brawn from pigs head but i cant seem to make it like her, but i do cook ox tongue in the crock pot and press it in a pyrex jug its great

I'd make it if 1. I had a pot big enough and 2. I didn't mind the smell and major clean up afterward. I love brawn. Our local Pokeno Bacon shop sells brawn but it is made from something other than pig's head and it lacks the body and flavour of the original.

Black pudding is also another food that seems to have fallen out of favour. Our supermarkets do not stock it at all, or if they do it is some highly chemical laced, gluten free (why) concoction that is nothing like what I remember.

buzzy110 - 2019-02-26 10:36:00

buzzy110 wrote:

Lol. The 70's sure reached the giddy heights of haute cuisine. It has been downhill all the way since then.

Black Forest gateau seems to be having a bit of a resurgence and I still glove to dip my prawns in “cocktail” sauce - comfort food I guess.

I agree with you about black pudding - the supermarket stuff is more like black luncheon and what appears to be the real deal costs almost as much as scotch fillet!

sarahb5 - 2019-02-26 13:31:00

samanya wrote:

Thanks Nauru
Well you learn something every day ...they sound disgusting to me, but I can imagine that a kid would love them *blurk*

Not much different to beer battered chips you find in the SM.

nauru - 2019-02-26 13:58:00

sarahb5 wrote:

It would’ve been ox tongue that dad prepared - I’ve not tried tinned lambs tongues in this country but did used to enjoy tinned corn beef in the UK. It’s nothing like corned beef in this country which I loathe but definitely better than canned ham ????

Although I quite liked tinned corned beef as a child I don't like it now but do like corned silverside here. Think it's the fat around and through the tinned CB I don't like and I find it too salty too. How our tastes change as we get older.

nauru - 2019-02-26 14:04:00

sarahb5 wrote:

Gosh yes - remember going out for dinner with mum and dad in the 70s - we thought we’d reached the heights of poshness with our prawn cocktail, mixed grill (or scampi) and Black Forest gateau!

Wow, I remember that 70's menu too. Our local pub/restaurant also did battered onion rings to top the mixed grill too. Afraid I couldn't manage a mixed grill in any shape or form now although the prawn cocktail and gateau would still be OK, just a small portion.

nauru - 2019-02-26 14:12:00

buzzy110 wrote:

...........Bla-
ck pudding is also another food that seems to have fallen out of favour. Our supermarkets do not stock it at all, or if they do it is some highly chemical laced, gluten free (why) concoction that is nothing like what I remember.

Another food that I loved as a child but couldn't stomach it now. Mums butcher made his own which was quite spicy as I remember.

nauru - 2019-02-26 14:16:00

davidt4 wrote:

Sweetbreads are the thymus and pancreas. I don't mind eating them but I wouldn't go out of my way for them.

Geez brings back memories. Fried in butter together with mushrooms and unions. I’m drooling as I type.

mwplt - 2019-02-26 14:17:00

davidt4 wrote:

Sweetbreads are the thymus and pancreas. I don't mind eating them but I wouldn't go out of my way for them.

Geez brings back memories. Fried in butter together with mushrooms and unions. I’m drooling as I type.

mwplt - 2019-02-26 14:19:00

nauru wrote:

Not much different to beer battered chips you find in the SM.

Of course not ...can't say I've ever noticed them & have to say I wouldn't buy them, but obviously some people like them, otherwise they wouldn't manufacture them.
The kids in my family probably love them if their mums will buy them.
I'm partial to a good chip (not a crisp) but just can't imagine one battered.

samanya - 2019-02-26 14:54:00

samanya wrote:

Of course not ...can't say I've ever noticed them & have to say I wouldn't buy them, but obviously some people like them, otherwise they wouldn't manufacture them.
The kids in my family probably love them if their mums will buy them.
I'm partial to a good chip (not a crisp) but just can't imagine one battered.

Not like the thick batter on fish

https://shop.countdown.co.nz/shop/productdetails?stockcode=2
49351&name=mccain-beer-batter-fries-steak-cut&search
String=Beer+battered

sarahb5 - 2019-02-26 15:16:00

nauru wrote:

Wow, I remember that 70's menu too. Our local pub/restaurant also did battered onion rings to top the mixed grill too. Afraid I couldn't manage a mixed grill in any shape or form now although the prawn cocktail and gateau would still be OK, just a small portion.

When I first started going out with friends to restaurants in the early 1970s... the height of sophistication was grilled grapefruit (called Grapefruit Martinique) terribly difficult to make of course... must have a maraschino cherry in the middle ... then of course pate ... my friends ordered it and it came without the toast by the time the toast came they had eated it with spoons...

karlymouse - 2019-02-26 17:14:00