Category: Old Faves

< Back to Recipes Faggots Location: Black Country Era: Timeless “We cooked various Black Country dishes in our shop, like hocks – you know, pigs’ feet and stuff like that. I would come down in the morning and find my Step Mum
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< Back to Recipes Beans on Toast Location: Black CountryEra: Current “Another family tradition is beans on toast on a Saturday morning after swimming. Nowadays I chuck an egg on it too – I like an egg”Stuart O’Connor Ingredients 1 can of
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< Back to Recipes Cheese and Broccoli Bake Location: Black CountryEra: Current “ I turned vegetarian in 1995 when I was at university. There was a lot of stuff on the news about people shipping live cows overseas and them having horrendous
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< Back to Recipes Fish and Chips Location: LlandudnoEra: 1940 onwards “We always went to Llandudno on holiday. We stayed at a place called Quinta Cottage which was near Little Orme and was owned by two ladies who lived there and let
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< Back to Recipes Bone Broth Location:Cradley HeathEra: 1950s “My Nan’s house used to smell of 4711 – an eau de cologne that people used to use. That, and whatever was cooking for tea, and camp coffee – a wartime coffee substitute
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< Back to Recipes Boney Pie Location:Cradley HeathEra: 1950s “Another dish I remember having as a child was Boney Pie at my Aunt Lydia’s. This was made of pork bones, that you could buy quite cheaply, and onions. And these were cooked
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< Back to Recipes Turkey Broth Location: Wolverhampton Ingredients Slices of tongue from the butcher Potatoes Oil Salt, Pepper & Vinegar Tomatoes Optional – pickled cabbage MethodChop turkey into medium sized pieces (don’t be too fussy). Peel and chop all veg into
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< Back to Recipes Cheese and Onion Cobs Location: Cradley Heath Era: 1990 onwards “If I wanted to show someone a taste of the Black Country, I’d take them to the Old Swan pub in Netherton, known locally as Ma Padoes as
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< Back to Recipes Tongue & Chips Location: Cradley HeathEra: 1960 “When I went to my friend Sheila’s house, I remember thinking that they were so posh because they had sliced tongue and tomatoes and chips – I thought this was wonderful!
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< Back to Recipes Egg & Chips Location: Cradley HeathEra: 1950 “My freshest memories are of my Dad cooking a lot. Certainly, when he retired, he took over all of the cooking. Mom used to have a regular meat order from a
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