mudgie49 401 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Try boiling your beef joint in stout/ dark beer (1 small bottle), untill the beer is reduced to almost nothing, then transfer the meat to your roasting pan with what's left of the beer and meat juices. Add your taters and cook. I make sure my joint has a little fat,as that helps to flavour the taters, and fat for the pan I cook my Yorkshire pudding in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 What a waste of good beer .............. !jumping! A better idea is to drink a six pack (Or two) first, then it doesn't matter what it tastes like....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I think to "Boil" a beatiful piece of roast rib of of beef, in anything, would be sacrilege IMO ! but thats just me, i don't like corned beef much or any type of pot roasts for that matter. Have heard of Coca cola chicken though but not for me again as I can't abide the stuff ! Coke that is. My missus used to drink gallons of Pepsi Max and got addicted to it I feel sure, she still takes a small glass to bed with her at night ! Yuk ! Give me a cup of tea any day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Are Melton Mowbray pies still going strong? Seem to recollect family used to get these for Christmas and my Aunt Jean here in Australia says she loved them. Tea time Christmas Day and the cold meats etc, together with the pork pie, was on the table. Used to enjoy the meat with a bit of mustard as well as the pastry but, could not stomach the jelly lining. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Bonds butchers at top of Carlton hill used to do a nice pork pie. Dont know if they are still there though. Also Mick Robinson in Netherfield. Had a nice Melton Mowbray pie at a small pub in Leicestershire last year, very tasty. I miss me English pork pies, we've had the odd pretender here in oz trying to make em, but nothing compares to the old english one's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Agree with you there banjo48. Tried the 'genuine imported real british pork pies' once from the gourmet sections of Grace Bros in Sydney and David Jones in Melbourne.........pure cr8p. Even my dogs thought twice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Banjo 48, mouthwatering your recipe for rib beef and Yorkshire pudding. PS: I'll definately be trying this for Christmas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I like the idea of Beefy's rib roast with Yorkshire mix poured around it! I'll try it next time we can afford a bit of cow. Salt is a well known and overused flavour enhancer. The modern fad for less salt is detrimental to the flavour of many dishes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 A warning for the roast rib /yorkshire pudding eaters! It is addictive and encourages over indulgence, my wife and I still make a family size baking tray full, and eat the lot ! Lol! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 Found a very passable pork pie at Aldi this year. Pat Gorman's http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yL1Lpu2Ho7o/TR4zyBg4pKI/AAAAAAAACIU/TFgVjqfVkxE/s1600/PatGormanPack.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yL1Lpu2Ho7o/TR31iyMRI8I/AAAAAAAACH8/TDRlHDOqcbc/s1600/PatGorman.JPG Pork Pie News Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 On 8/29/2009 at 10:00 PM, mick2me said: Chitterlings - Not had em fer years Can yer still get em?  Let hope not 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 Anyone had a Maloney's of Tuxford pork pie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 Anyone eat them warm with runny jelly? Â Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 510 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 Oh no not the pork pie discussion again! Haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 What comes around goes around! We used to go to Melton Market on a Tuesday where we procured pork pies from Ye Olde Pork Pie shop. I think it was Dickinson and Morris? They were an excellent pie and made on the premises, not on a production line. ‘Hand raised’ I believe the expression is. My best of all pie came from Jack Bailey at Upper Broughton but that shop’s long gone. I still need to visit Chambers in Arnold as their pies come highly recommended and I believe are prizewinning. I always love hearing about pork pies! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 Anyone heard of Chambers pork pies? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 I’m amazed that there is so much to say about pork pies (0n two threads). I can’t bear the things - just looking at the jelly and the pinkish meat makes me feel a bit sick!  but each to their own  1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 I’ve just referred to both of them. There is a Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Makers Association with a list of members on line BK. It would be an interesting exercise to work through the list and report back with tasting notes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 @MargieH Don’t you eat eels down in Fenland! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 Phil I think  I’d prefer to eat a pork pie than an eel bit hope I never  have to eat either ,,., Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 I must confess I’ve never eaten eels but only because I’ve never had the opportunity. I have eclectic tastes and have enjoyed snails, frog’s legs and other strange delicacies. I did see eels in a dyke near here some years ago. Do they come all the way from the Sargasso Sea? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 Once had frogs legs kicked all the peas off the plate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 I enjoy looking round French supermarkets to see the things they enjoy. Styrene trays of chicken gizzards look particularly disgusting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 …..but boiling up gizzards makes lovely gravy!  And yes, mature eels travel thousands of miles to the Sargasso Sea - near the Bahamas- to breed.  Apparently they only develop sexual characteristics on their way there!  The baby eels (elvers) then drift back over the Atlantic to freshwater rivers and streams in Europe.  (Just googled all this). Fascinating stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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