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Posted: February 09 2011 at 08:29
Epignosis wrote:
Dean wrote:
/edit: Eric (EDub) mentioned Biscuits and Gravy a few years back _ I searched out a recipe, but the constituents of the gravy looked decidedly dodgy to me and I haven't attempted it yet.
If I were only allowed to have biscuits and gravy for breakfast for the rest of my life, I wouldn't be terribly sad.
Yes they are delicious.
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 03:57
Dean wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Yes, definitely with gravy. A must with roast beef. It's a British tradition! Good as afters too, with sugar, or honey, or golden syrup. Maybe the closest thing in the US are biscuits?? Only in the sense they are a cake type thing, served savory with gravy. Are biscuits eaten as desert too?
Oh definitely. A nice fresh biscuit with butter and jam is heavenly.
Biscuits here are best described as "flaky" - not sure how that compares with Yorkshire pud.
I've got a recipe for biscuits somewhere which I need to try one day. They do sound good. Yorkshire puds are quite firm, I guess, although the base stays relatively soft. They're basically like pancake batter baked in the oven.
Have you noticed that Yorkshires with sugar taste like doughnuts? Or is it just me?
Then French toast covered in cinnamon sugar tastes just like doughnuts too. I think it's the cooking oil+sugar combination that does it.
/edit: Eric (EDub) mentioned Biscuits and Gravy a few years back _ I searched out a recipe, but the constituents of the gravy looked decidedly dodgy to me and I haven't attempted it yet.
Yorkshires and sugar, certainly. I think it is that lovely combination of oil and sugar!
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 19:02
Epignosis wrote:
Dean wrote:
/edit: Eric (EDub) mentioned Biscuits and Gravy a few years back _ I searched out a recipe, but the constituents of the gravy looked decidedly dodgy to me and I haven't attempted it yet.
If I were only allowed to have biscuits and gravy for breakfast for the rest of my life, I wouldn't be terribly sad.
/edit: Eric (EDub) mentioned Biscuits and Gravy a few years back _ I searched out a recipe, but the constituents of the gravy looked decidedly dodgy to me and I haven't attempted it yet.
If I were only allowed to have biscuits and gravy for breakfast for the rest of my life, I wouldn't be terribly sad.
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 17:14
Blacksword wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Yes, definitely with gravy. A must with roast beef. It's a British tradition!
Good as afters too, with sugar, or honey, or golden syrup.
Maybe the closest thing in the US are biscuits?? Only in the sense they are a cake type thing, served savory with gravy. Are biscuits eaten as desert too?
Oh definitely. A nice fresh biscuit with butter and jam is heavenly.
Biscuits here are best described as "flaky" - not sure how that compares with Yorkshire pud.
I've got a recipe for biscuits somewhere which I need to try one day. They do sound good. Yorkshire puds are quite firm, I guess, although the base stays relatively soft. They're basically like pancake batter baked in the oven.
Have you noticed that Yorkshires with sugar taste like doughnuts? Or is it just me?
Then French toast covered in cinnamon sugar tastes just like doughnuts too. I think it's the cooking oil+sugar combination that does it.
/edit: Eric (EDub) mentioned Biscuits and Gravy a few years back _ I searched out a recipe, but the constituents of the gravy looked decidedly dodgy to me and I haven't attempted it yet.
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 17:02
Dean wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes Gravy in me puddin' I think traditional yorkshire is a big one in a tin rather than the little round ones Dean pictures. But I prefer the little dainty ones then you can put sugar and butter in the leftovers! yum.
Yes, that's true - the traditional pud that was eaten on its own was as big as the plate.
That's how mom makes it. I think we got the recipe from my grandparents on my dad's side, my grandpa was stationed in England during WW2 and grandma went to live with him for a while. Probably picked up the recipe then.
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 17:00
Padraic wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Yes, definitely with gravy. A must with roast beef. It's a British tradition!
Good as afters too, with sugar, or honey, or golden syrup.
Maybe the closest thing in the US are biscuits?? Only in the sense they are a cake type thing, served savory with gravy. Are biscuits eaten as desert too?
Oh definitely. A nice fresh biscuit with butter and jam is heavenly.
Biscuits here are best described as "flaky" - not sure how that compares with Yorkshire pud.
I've got a recipe for biscuits somewhere which I need to try one day. They do sound good. Yorkshire puds are quite firm, I guess, although the base stays relatively soft. They're basically like pancake batter baked in the oven.
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 16:47
Blacksword wrote:
Yes, definitely with gravy. A must with roast beef. It's a British tradition!
Good as afters too, with sugar, or honey, or golden syrup.
Maybe the closest thing in the US are biscuits?? Only in the sense they are a cake type thing, served savory with gravy. Are biscuits eaten as desert too?
Oh definitely. A nice fresh biscuit with butter and jam is heavenly.
Biscuits here are best described as "flaky" - not sure how that compares with Yorkshire pud.
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 16:42
Yes, definitely with gravy. A must with roast beef. It's a British tradition!
Good as afters too, with sugar, or honey, or golden syrup.
Maybe the closest thing in the US are biscuits?? Only in the sense they are a cake type thing, served savory with gravy. Are biscuits eaten as desert too?
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 15:43
akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes Gravy in me puddin' I think traditional yorkshire is a big one in a tin rather than the little round ones Dean pictures. But I prefer the little dainty ones then you can put sugar and butter in the leftovers! yum.
Yes, that's true - the traditional pud that was eaten on its own was as big as the plate.
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 15:23
Dean wrote:
...another variant is Toad In The Hole - basically Yorkshire pudding cooked with sausages, I'll let the posh dumpling explain that one so you can watch her molest some sausages:
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 15:17
Yes Gravy in me puddin' I think traditional yorkshire is a big one in a tin rather than the little round ones Dean pictures. But I prefer the little dainty ones then you can put sugar and butter in the leftovers! yum.
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 14:01
If they're accompanying a proper Sunday roast then of course I ladle the gravy over t'Yorkshire pudding - I may have lived down south for a while but I haven't gone native yet!
If you haven't tried it, though, Yorkshires also make a nice dessert in much the same way that pancakes can be savoury; try them with jam, lemon and sugar or pretty much anything that you'd have with a sweet pancake.
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 13:49
^ But in the old Yorkshire way it was a much thicker pudding, more of a cake. As you say, eaten with gravy pre meal ton fill hungry farmers before t'meat.
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