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Soon Lee

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 20:49:13 +1200

Loads of food memories where family is concerned but one that sticks out was the time Grandmother came to fetch us two kids to Penang for the school holidays. We travelled by train. Cheap tickets meant no allocated seating, and because it was the school holidays, the coaches were packed.…

Kumara Republic

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:43:16 +1200

Isn't Google great, in Australia they have Puftaloons which are fried scones
In Scotland they have fried potato scones which sound really nice

I will definitely have a go at these unfortunately I am stuck in a winemakers house in Cromwell at the moment, the Korean BBQ made by a…

Raymond A Francis

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:50:36 +1200

Isn't Google great, in Australia they have Puftaloons which are fried scones
In Scotland they have fried potato scones which sound really nice

I will definitely have a go at these unfortunately I am stuck in a winemakers house in Cromwell at the moment, the Korean BBQ made by a…

Hebe

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:22:01 +1200

Greg makes fried scones for breakfast if he gets the chance. The recipe comes via his Scottish nan Peggy. They are disgusting.

Russell Brown

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:32:07 +1200

Just a note that you can talk about your nanas, nonnas and grandmothers too :-)

thegirlstefan

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:17:42 +1200

my grandad, and then dad (Finnish-Scottish) both made fried scones with golden syrup, both in the electric frypan which also was the vehicle for a take on chicken chow mein

Raymond A Francis

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:59:57 +1200

There is a long line of men being able to cook in our family despite some prize winning bakers on the female side
I have always wondered about the dish called " pooftas " not sure how you would spell it but that is how it was pronounced
These were…

Hebe

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:12:18 +1200

...and don't forget the bins!

The bins! My Grandma's kitchen opposite Crichton Cobbers had a fine 1920s kitchen until the late 90s: bins, swishing sliding doors, a monster 50s fridge with no shelf space, and an original terrazzo grey stone-chip bench with ever-increasing canyons in the chip. The bench gave…

Hebe

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:07:32 +1200

These memories of ancestral tucker are great. Especially Robyn's dinner — a typical menu for that generation. Certain rellies are near 90 and still eat near identical meals. Each day of the week has its unvarying menu. An offer of zucchini from our garden last year was met with suspicion:…

Che Tibby

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:46:30 +1200

the main food memory of my grandfather is standing in the kitchen of their place in the mount, and he's teaching me how to dip stale bread in egg-whipped-with-milk. drop into hot buttery pan and fry on both sides.

eat with liberal sprinkle of iodised salt and a dash of…

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:24:13 +1200

I keep thinking back to the time in the '90s when my friend and I made a day trip to Tauranga. We stopped off at her grandparents place and they insisted we stayed for dinner. Dinner was fish with white sauce, boiled potatoes, peas and carrots, followed by rock hard…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:08:55 +1200

there were many cupboards...
...and don't forget the bins!

Gareth

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:45:50 +1200

Aaah, Viv!

Barbed wire bum baby, be like me

Neither of my grandfathers cooked, but one gardened. And I can't resist offering this picture (taken by my father in 1976, I think) of my grandmother's kitchen. This was the back room – more of an outhouse, really – of a…

JacksonP

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:12:58 +1200

rabbit gumbo

You have reminded me (albeit delayed) of the time my grandmother made us rabbit stew. I thought it was delicious, but my grandmother, bless her, thought it would help the more squeamish among us if she sang;

Yummy yummy yummy
I've got bunny in my tummy

She was…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:41:58 +1200

well food quite literally makes us what we are
Rise up, Free Radicals and er, Cannibalanoids…
:- )

Russell Brown

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:36:37 +1200

That conjures up an evocative mental picture. Were the walls T+G or hardboard with half-round edging the joins?

From memory, there were many cupboards.

Russell Brown

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:30:22 +1200

well food quite literally makes us what we are

So it's a metaphor that's literally true! I love that kind.

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:34:59 +1200

airs and strains...
underpants and straining
a 'smalls' point of clarification
– I believe the foundation garments of the later years of The Empire, were of a more generous and open weave...

If you haven't had breakfast yet
do not listen to the Bonzos on the matter,
sympathetic reactions may…

linger

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:01:04 +1200

Kitchen stool… If it’s a question of hygiene, underpants and straining should never be mentioned in the same sentence (let alone in a recipe) … but I am envious all the same: my paternal grandfather’s notion of cooking was to boil everything into submission. For days, if necessary. And as…

Trevor Nicholls

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:36:24 +1200

well food quite literally makes us what we are

Kate Hannah

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:20:28 +1200

Beautiful. I'm off to a funeral tomorrow of a gentleman & scholar of the same school. Aged 92, was still gardening until last Wednesday.

So lovely to have that food as history, which is my particular obsession. Food is what tells us who we are.

Hebe

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:04:51 +1200

His dream kitchen wasn't what we'd build today. It was small and quite dark, although the ceiling was high. In place of a table there was a diner-style booth. Proper meals were had in the living room next door.

That conjures up an evocative mental picture. Were the walls T+G…

Michael Stevens

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:54:31 +1200

One of my earliest memories is "helping" my grandfather plant beans in his vegetable garden, and the mysteries of his garden shed.

And I think I'll give that recipe a go – what sort of vinegar do you think? Malt? White?

Hebe

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:53:07 +1200

Boiled underpants puh-lease.

Russell Brown

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:40:30 +1200

Can we assume you’ll be following more modern standards of hygiene?

Please. Clean underpants, obviously.

Sacha

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:37:38 +1200

brick-based

mighty mighty

Sacha

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:37:04 +1200

modern standards of hygiene

Strain again

Hebe

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:32:44 +1200

Great family tale Russell. Though I'm pleased I have never come across that garlic sauce, especially strained through underpants.

I am very envious of a brick-based glasshouse.

Jos

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:30:45 +1200

You could make a range of celebrity flavours!

JacksonP

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:15:41 +1200

I'm not sure mine was so excellent, but in order to maintain the continuity.... :-)

Strain through Ian’s underpants and add a small bottle of Worcester sauce (not necessary)

Snort.

Can we assume you’ll be following more modern standards of hygiene? Just curious, in case you ever offer it as…

Public Address

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:15:41 +1200

Discussion from blog post.