When my mother was a young woman , Olive oil could only be bought in a chemists shop and cooking oils were unheard of , Lard was the thing everyone used for fry ups England had a bad reputation for its food and perhaps it was thoroughly deserved but thankfully our food is so much better these days You just haven't lived until you've eaten at Rick Stein's
Those fish dishes are out of this world but for me , That involves a 300 mile drive just to get there , So I'm not going to have a lot of change out of £150 by the time I've paid out for petrol for the car etc and who can afford that these days ?
Traditional home cooking still gets my vote , Corned beef hash and Yorkshire pudding is a still a favourite , Every time I cook it I think of my grandma
She cooked a big pan of the hash every day and my grandfather poured it into his thermos flask for work Of course there was always some left for me. They took me on my first ever trip to Ireland and it was there I first tasted colcannon , Such a simple dish but delicious . Chinese and Indian foods now count as my favourites but I love to cook and try new things
So I'd be delighted if any of my fellow soupers have a favourite dish and wouldn't mind guiding me to a recipe For Yorkshire pudding See James Martin A wonderful Yorkshire born chef
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