What a Gentleman is Eating Today

[George94]

Yes, I know about mealy and waxy potatoes - I was just quoting from TALWLTK, when 'mealy' appears to have a different meaning.

 

Actually, I'm a bit of a tattie freak, growing 14 different kinds, including varieties red and blue inside. I once made 'patriotic pie' using red, white and blue varieties. However, the Union Flag proved too complicated, so it turned out French.

 

Did you say "a bit" of a tatty freak?

[Mac of Cygnet]

Today is Shrove Tuesday. And as 1885, the publication year of 'Things a Lady Would Like to Know', had the same calendar as this year, the menu for today includes pancakes! Rather more luxurious than the snow pancakes I trialled earlier in this thread, and anyway the snow has gone now:

 

[Machpoint005]

That's a shedload of eggs! How many are we supposed to be feeding?

[Mac of Cygnet]

That's a shedload of eggs! How many are we supposed to be feeding?

 

Well, it's only half a dozen! Compared to some of the other recipes in the book, it's quite restrained. I have been known to use 3 eggs in an omelette to be consumed only by me.

[c c]

Taking the instruction literally and trying to translate into modern English, I am wondering if "Frying" (assume it means without fat or oil having wiped the pan clean) for FIVE minutes in a "tolerably" hot pan ................ could be a problem. Perhaps "tolerably hot" means, not very hot at all? If not, I am imagining the smell of burnt batter!

[cuthound]

That's a shedload of eggs! How many are we supposed to be feeding?

Perhaps he has a very small shed. My shed would hold 100's of eggs

[patty-ann]

So has anyone tried the pancakes with all that cream?..seems very rich

[George94]

Most of us now make pancakes the French way, very thin, but in Britain of yore it was frequently the case that they would be a quarter or even half an inch thick. That meant a lot of cooking.

[Athy]

Most of us now make pancakes the French way, very thin, but in Britain of yore it was frequently the case that they would be a quarter or even half an inch thick.

A load of crepe, eh?