poohbear 1,360 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 'In 1704 the great Duke of Marlborough defeated the French forces under Marshal Tallard at Blenheim, and captured their illustrious general. Marshal Tallard was sent to live in Nottingham under parole.' 'He eventually settled down to live a happy and useful life amid his erstwhile enemies. His courtesy and innate goodness soon made him popular, and to him our forefathers owed many novel and useful innovations. He taught their wives how to make white bread and how to prepare salads, and he taught the men how to grow roses. The greatest gift we owe to him is celery. He had known the plant in France, and sadly missed it in England, where its use was unknown. He found it growing wild in the marshes at Lenton, and cultivated it in his garden at Newdigate House in Castle Gate.' (From 'Nottinghamshire History' and other sources) 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Bloody foreigners coming over here with their poncey salads !!!!!! LOL. Just shows how civilisation has moved westwards over the years and brought some good recipes and foods with them. Must try that Polish restaurant on Mansfield Rd soon. I hear the beetroot is something else. I see there is a Eastern European mini market opened in Bulwell recently. Might have a look, I love foreign versions of crisps etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Beat yer to it. 45 years ago I married a very tasty daughter of a Ukrainian immigrant. And she is still my tasty little wifey. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 My wife is French and almost every time we go out for a walk she will collect some plant or other to make a salad, soup or something with it, only last Monday she returned with a bag of dandelion roots and leaves for a salad... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Tell her to call in my place...I'll even lend her a spade. I could grow dandelions for England. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 You and me both ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Bet none of you ever had crops of nettles like we had on our bit of dyke-side in Billinghay ! Did my back in scything it one Saturday morning 12 years ago, and still have the sciatica to prove it ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Riddo 47 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Nice try #1 poohbear! Funny how a post about local history turns into a discussion about weeds & the cooking thereof in only seven posts. About 6/7 years ago a friend of ours arranged a guided tour around those parts of the city & we were introduced to Newdigate House & the story of Marshall Tallard's celery in the course of the tour. He (our friend, not Tallard!) was supposed to be organising a Saturday afternoon pub crawl and this was his idea of a joke. It backfired on him though, 'cos we were all so intrigued by what the guide was showing & telling us that it was about three hours before we got into a pub! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 My wife is French and almost every time we go out for a walk she will collect some plant or other to make a salad, soup or something with it, only last Monday she returned with a bag of dandelion roots and leaves for a salad... She has done it again today. Killed a rabbit on the way to work and now she is going to make a pâté with it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Nothing like a nice road-kill pate for starters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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