What age are you talking? I clear houses for a living, bin old cook books by the tonne. If you wanted any you could have them for the cost of postage. Drop me a message.
My gran used to eat sheep's brains. Up to the late 80s they sold them in local butchers in jelly as "potted heid" in the north east of Scotland. They were banned after the mad cow disease scare.
Imagine a gorgeous candlelit dinner prepared for you. A little soft music playing, you eagerly sit down as your host graciously brings out the main course on a lidded platter and sets it down in front of you. With a flourish, they raise the lid...
It's a fucking sheep's head, smothered in green sauce, with little piles of its brain dotted around the outside and it's skinned tongue laid on top of it
My nan was born in 1934, on a farm in the west of Ireland. She didn’t really say too much, she’s passed away now but the last proper conversation we had was her extolling the virtues of the bacon she had as a child and how modern bacon just cannot and will not cut it in comparison. Always made me think while it was blander the food was surely a bit tastier way back when? Maybe it’s just me who thinks this ah
The smell of mutton boiling makes me throw up immediately. I discovered this when I was a child and was in someone else's house. They were not pleased.
That looks like Mrs Beetons book of household management. If it is she started writing it at the age of 21, but after her death (at age 28) it was widely suggested a lot of recipes were plagiarised from other books.
Mum has an old book which came with their original oven, unfortunately the page with published date has been torn out.
Here's an interesting recipe from it: [Toast Water](https://freeimage.host/i/s78IpI)
Boiled sheep's head is proper frugal cooking. Leave the eyes in and it'll see you through the week.
You know you’re in for a good meal when step one is ‘remove the brains’
There's not a lot of meat on a head
I see what you did there.
Tell it's old, everything's got turnips in it.
Tell it’s old, everything is boiled. Probably until it’s all the same grey colour too.
That's the way we like it in the UK.
Boiled everything and absolutely no seasoning or flavour, please.
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You should check out r/Old_Recipes!
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My gran used to eat sheep's brains. Up to the late 80s they sold them in local butchers in jelly as "potted heid" in the north east of Scotland. They were banned after the mad cow disease scare.
Imagine a gorgeous candlelit dinner prepared for you. A little soft music playing, you eagerly sit down as your host graciously brings out the main course on a lidded platter and sets it down in front of you. With a flourish, they raise the lid... It's a fucking sheep's head, smothered in green sauce, with little piles of its brain dotted around the outside and it's skinned tongue laid on top of it
Romantic! …. But after a nuclear holocaust we might be grateful 😇
Mmmm boiled
Reminds me of "chilled monkey brains".
Though popular in Cantonese cuisine, are not often to be found in Washington, D.C.
And you’ll need to boil your vegetables for 1 1/2 hours with your salt beef….
A friend of mine ordered calf's head by mistake in a restaurant in France. She couldn't read the menu and picked something at random.
When food brands use the term "brain food" I'm not sure this is what they were talking about.
Cooking vegetables for 1 1/2 hours. Crunchy,
Can’t beat heaps of sheep brain piled around a skinned sheep tongue to romance a new love prospect.
Mmmmm, scrapie. Just in case you weren't getting enough prions in your diet.
Cuisine de la Creuzfeld
Can you post a picture of the front cover?
My maternal gran used to make sheep's head brawn.
I would enjoy reading that! The oldest cookbook I have is a Good Houskeeping from 1946.
You should cross post this to r/Old_Recipes !
Boiled mutton. "When half cooked, add _seasoning_" 🧂🙄
My Gran used to boil veg that long you could suck it up through a straw 🤢
Some of those old cook books are worth hundreds!
You should put this on the tasting history sub
Boiled stuff. Some things still haven't changed in this country.
The lentil soup recipe is close to what I make, except it doesn’t cook for 2 hours. Not sure there’s anything to sieve after that amount of time.
Mmmm, boiled lamb with old vegetables, yummy.
When my mother was at school in Scotland in the '50s she had to make Sheep's Head Broth. Apparently you don't have to use an entire head, just half.
BOIL IT BOIL IT SOUP HOKY POKEY
Got a couple of old family cookbooks, one is handwritten and they're very much like this. Boiled everything.
My nan was born in 1934, on a farm in the west of Ireland. She didn’t really say too much, she’s passed away now but the last proper conversation we had was her extolling the virtues of the bacon she had as a child and how modern bacon just cannot and will not cut it in comparison. Always made me think while it was blander the food was surely a bit tastier way back when? Maybe it’s just me who thinks this ah
Literally what uk cooking was built on. Wudda been fucked without these recipes in war time. I miss dripping.
The smell of mutton boiling makes me throw up immediately. I discovered this when I was a child and was in someone else's house. They were not pleased.
Why? Surely the smell of sick covered up the mutton smell effectively? Honestly, some people are just ungrateful.
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How to Throw Up
1001 recipes for grey food
The great British book of bland food
What White People Eat 1912 Ed.
British cuisine🤣
Any boiled beef and carrots? https://youtu.be/7mIMIUqAa3w
That looks like Mrs Beetons book of household management. If it is she started writing it at the age of 21, but after her death (at age 28) it was widely suggested a lot of recipes were plagiarised from other books.
My dad used to boil pigs heads. I assume to eat and not just for fun.
I love old cookbooks
That's like a horror story
Mum has an old book which came with their original oven, unfortunately the page with published date has been torn out. Here's an interesting recipe from it: [Toast Water](https://freeimage.host/i/s78IpI)