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moneyistooshorttomention

Ummmm....caraway as an ingredient for seed cake according to Google. Dont think I'd like it either....

Now saffron cake on the other hand:). Now you're talking - but to make the Real Thing takes positively hours imo - tell me about it....as I decided to make some one time for my mother. It was deemed to be "Positive Treat" by her - because she knew just how long it had taken me to make it...

moneyistooshorttomention

nursemaggie wrote: »

The BBC did an interesting series called "The Evaluation of Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" a few years ago. You will see how it went from agricultural life to the upper classes and down to the working class and how it has changed over time.

You should be able to find it by searching You Tube. I may be slightly wrong on the title.

Wondering if you mean "BBC documentary 2015 - a peoples history" of breakfast, lunch and dinner? Back for a quick look at the YouTube thing on that....

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Money.. true welsh Cawl has meat in it. And it is normally lamb. It is not soup. Never had been classed as ',soup' it is only served with bread. Never heard of it being served with cheese.

milasavesmoney

I also look up foods mentioned on this board>>>latest was banoffee pie. This sounds wonderful. I will attempt it soon. Anyone know the background of this pie?

monnagran

carolbee wrote: »

I've just come out of The Caulkheads in Sandown, didn't know it was named after you Islandmaid!

Carolbee. Did you have a go in the ball pit? Caulkheads is Pickles favourite place to go for a treat.

I don't know if you would be able to get there but in Whitecliff bay is a wonderful eating place called ' The Wonky Cafe'. It is between Sandown and Bembridge but I rather think you would have to walk along the beach or the coastal path. The all day breakfasts are unbelievable.

There were about 1,400 yachts in the race today and I hear that 1 came to grief going round the Needles.

x

mardatha

Scots peasanthood (aka moi) has 3 meals a day called Breakfast, Dinner and Tea. And we also have supper if and when the cook (aka moi) feels like making it

silvasava

Loving all the different definitions for meals! Just for Mila - I went to a quiz night and one of the questions was ' what does the Welsh word pop ti ping mean? .... microwave!! It's theonly Welsh word I know!!

nuatha

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

....and then there's the "High Tea" which no restaurant/cafe ever serves (in my experience) and means "Dinner" (ie the evening meal) (ie a main meal of substantial first course and a pudding afterwards).

You've obviously been eating in the wrong places.
I've never known high tea to be a two course meal (with the exception of Methodist Circuit teas in Durham) but to have been afternoon teas in structure (sandwiches, scones and cakes) with the addition of a "light meal" as described in an earlier post. Though I've read social history texts describing this as a typical Northern working class meal, there seems to be a distinct lack of actual evidence to support this.

milasavesmoney wrote: »

I also look up foods mentioned on this board>>>latest was banoffee pie. This sounds wonderful. I will attempt it soon. Anyone know the background of this pie?

Although banoffee pie was invented in East Sussex (at the Hungry Monk, IIRC) around the early 70s its regularly marketed as an American dish (alongside Keylime Pie). It started life as a way to correct an American Coffee Toffee pie recipe that didn't work and was an accidental discovery that proved a huge hit with the restaurant's patrons.

Softstuff

I step away from here for two minutes and you're all discussing my favourite subject, food!

Mila, don't think anyone actually mentioned what clotted cream was, it's basically cream that had been reduced slowly so it's even creamier. https://fearlessfresh.com/how-to-make-clotted-cream/
If yiu haven't tried it yet, I suggest you make some scones (sweet biscuits ), some clotted cream and some soft strawberry preserve and find a place where no one will be bothered by your moans of ecstacy.

As Floss and Nurse Maggie know, afternoon tea is one of my favorite vices.

candygirl

mardatha wrote: »

Scots peasanthood (aka moi) has 3 meals a day called Breakfast, Dinner and Tea. And we also have supper if and when the cook (aka moi) feels like making it

Same here, n i'm in NW Lancs