tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post2203981788127587673..comments2024-03-26T17:53:49.471+00:00Comments on Mark's Veg Plot: An Englishman's lunch...Mark Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-6654854107051747492011-01-31T19:40:28.471+00:002011-01-31T19:40:28.471+00:00Hi Jenn; Why not tell us about some of your favour...Hi Jenn; Why not tell us about some of your favourite snack foods...? [And this also applies to anyone else who reads this]Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-26736620684716968742011-01-31T01:27:35.876+00:002011-01-31T01:27:35.876+00:00I am ready to devour all of that!I am ready to devour all of that!Jennhttp://www.evoorganic.com/category/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-80820666128135016682011-01-29T17:15:50.668+00:002011-01-29T17:15:50.668+00:00Hi Eliza; Actually, the pearl onions (we call them...Hi Eliza; Actually, the pearl onions (we call them "Silverskins") are not the authentic accompaniment to the Ploughman's Lunch, which would normally be served with the bigger type of onions pickled in malt vinegar, as in the pasty photo. I just wanted the pictures to look different! Anyway, I like eating a pile of silverskins as part of a selection of hors d'oeuvres, along with a cocktail, such as a Dry Martini... How do you eat yours?Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-32437926501279779172011-01-29T17:08:36.200+00:002011-01-29T17:08:36.200+00:00These foods look delicious -- and more or less unf...These foods look delicious -- and more or less unfamiliar to me (at least in these combinations). I have a recipe for those pasties in a Tamasin Day-Lewis cookbook though. Since we don't have pubs or bakeries near me that sell them, it will have to be a DIY project.<br /><br />Also, I thought I was a lone weirdo for eating a pile of pickled pearl onions. Now I can just tell baffled onlookers that I'm having a Ploughman's lunch.<br /><br />I bet your soup tastes so much better than Campbells that they aren't even in the same category. Great photo!Eliza @ Appalachian Feethttp://www.appalachianfeet.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-46310844401232091732011-01-29T09:53:12.945+00:002011-01-29T09:53:12.945+00:00I just had my breakfast, but I am hungry again! I ...I just had my breakfast, but I am hungry again! I would love some of that warm tomato soup right now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-90010213083328165702011-01-29T07:44:03.860+00:002011-01-29T07:44:03.860+00:00The chopped off arm? Did he have freckles?
I was ...The chopped off arm? Did he have freckles?<br /><br />I was out and about today and noticed a ploughman's lunch on the menu at the garden centre we were at. It was a fancy pants one, with gourmet sausages. For some reason I had always though a ploughman's lunch included meat pie.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072118694728610270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-25777208553987937772011-01-29T00:46:37.669+00:002011-01-29T00:46:37.669+00:00All lovely pics! The ploughman's lunch looks p...All lovely pics! The ploughman's lunch looks particularly tastey! Might have to try my hand at the pasties! Keep up the good work! Anything happening in your garden?David P. Offutt - The Gastronomic Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941257262332056194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-39926913077333639162011-01-29T00:17:10.838+00:002011-01-29T00:17:10.838+00:00I love a good pastie...we have em here as a remnan...I love a good pastie...we have em here as a remnant of our colonial history. I prefer mine to be vegetarian. There is an excellent bakery up the mountain who do a great range of pies and pasties...and cakes. Yum. Might just go for a drive today.Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577208643431414375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-8604704081172024592011-01-28T23:02:00.316+00:002011-01-28T23:02:00.316+00:00Mark, now you've got me all hungry, so I must ...Mark, now you've got me all hungry, so I must rush off the computer and go cook a bite! All your food looks yummy and I, too, love that soup photo!Egretta Wells bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410663977991054877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-16407962387778184422011-01-28T21:41:58.970+00:002011-01-28T21:41:58.970+00:00Ali, sorry to disappoint you, but Spotted Dick is ...Ali, sorry to disappoint you, but Spotted Dick is a cylinder-shaped pudding made of suet, containing currants (the spots) - traditionally served with custard. At school we used to call it "Nelson's Arm" [think about it...]<br />Re soup photo - yes, it was taken with the old camera. Pure luck.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-87657620306393649192011-01-28T21:27:18.219+00:002011-01-28T21:27:18.219+00:00Mark that soup photo is a bit fabulous, I'd al...Mark that soup photo is a bit fabulous, I'd also be proud if I captured that steam. And was that taken before the new camera?<br /><br />I remember being a huge fan of those little pork pies you get in shops in England, they are small and compact, and just delicious. I also remember being in hysterics at the "spotted dick" on a menu board, I wanted to order it to see what it was but was a teenager and there was no way I was prepared to utter the name to the shopkeeper.<br /><br />So I still don't know what spotted dick is.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072118694728610270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-62639409207798312672011-01-28T18:31:31.672+00:002011-01-28T18:31:31.672+00:00Hi Alison; as a Cornishman, I'm glad your OH a...Hi Alison; as a Cornishman, I'm glad your OH appreciates a good pasty! Maybe you should check out the recipe on my Recipes page...Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-39354247831941626302011-01-28T18:21:04.541+00:002011-01-28T18:21:04.541+00:00Pasties.. a favourite of my OH, he would eat them...Pasties.. a favourite of my OH, he would eat them everyday given the chance!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920872750020792663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-87523185566901546922011-01-28T18:15:12.094+00:002011-01-28T18:15:12.094+00:00Not a good idea to read this just before dinner - ...Not a good idea to read this just before dinner - my mouth is watering and dinner isn't ready yet!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com