Diabetes Support Forum, Advent Calendar 2015

[Stitch147]

Looks like marshmallow

 

[Matt Cycle]

I love tofu, never had it raw though. Low fat protein. Rather bland on it's own but great at absorbing flavours in things like curries and stir fries.

 

[khskel]

Tofu in satay sauce mmmmm

 

[AlisonM]

Tofu? Urggh! Toast and dripping? Only if I can have a wee scrape with all the crispy bits.

I think the differences between us then and weans now is the lack of processed foods and the fact that we were a hell of a lot more active. No being driven to school, no telly till after dinner and homework, no computers, no phone. We played outside for hours, walked ourselves to school and rode our bikes everywhere we could.

Most meat now is pumped full of steroids and antibiotics and who knows what else, veg is often irradiated to make it keep longer, and then there's the prevalence of fast food and ready meals with all their additives. I don't have any class pictures from the 60s or 70s but there were no overweight kids in my classes either.

 

[khskel]

I must admit I used to love a pork sandwich made with dripping

 

[Flutterby]

My Dad goes on about bread and dripping and lardy cakes - they used to put the cake in a paper bag and the fat would soak and tear the bag - yuck! He will be 80 next year though so hasn't done him much harm!

 

[trophywench]

Oh Karen! - dripping was bostin' ! Esp on a crust. I have to say when I married, I was introduced to the addition of a modicum of pepper to the salt atop the dripping. Oh yum - even betterererererer. Made the top of the dripping pot (all white) almost as tasty as when you got towards the bottom and ooh, drool !
Of course - there wasn't half a gallon of water and Lord knows what in you joint, in them days, cos it was hung properly etc. and had its own fat, not a slab of unidentifiable suet welded to it. Unless you have access to a really fab butchers - and I don't know where I might even find such a thing round here.

 

[Adrasteia]

My Nana used to fry bacon for a sarnie in dripping, god they were good. Not a practice I've continued but my mouth still waters thinking of those bacon stotties.

Used to eat tripe as a kid too, doused in vinegar. Didn't know what it was of course, but it is amazing the number of foods I only discovered as an adult were something else entirely......!

 

[Northerner]

Well, that brought back a lot of memories for people! Let's open the next door and see what culinary delicacy awaits us...

December 2nd - a battered sausage! 😱 Mmmm...1970s favourite!



(For veggies, this is a battered Linda McCartney sausage 😉)

 

[Stitch147]

Mmmmmm battered sausage. Yummy!

 

[pottersusan]

My Dad goes on about bread and dripping and lardy cakes - they used to put the cake in a paper bag and the fat would soak and tear the bag - yuck! He will be 80 next year though so hasn't done him much harm!

Was only introduced to lardy cake in my 20's, but still yummy with oodles of butter. Might go some way to explain why I used to be a very large girl 😳
When are deep fried Mars bars going to feature? Though having spent a good part of my early life north of the border I never actually ate one, I suspect that was because I was in Edinburgh, not Glasgow. (Edinburgh certainly used to think it was much more high class than Glasgow)

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Mmmm yummy!

 

[trophywench]

Don't think I've ever tried battered sausage, then I'm not that keen on sausage anyway. One chippy we know of did do a mean battered F*gg*t though !

 

[Stitch147]

I used to work in a chippy when I was at college and when the story broke about the deep fried mars bar we were like we need to try this. Popped along to the sweet shop 2 doors down and got some to try. I was surprisingly nice!!! So we tried other choccy bars and gave some to customers to try. We never made it a permanant menue choice though. We did have a regular customer though who always had a battered saveloy!

 

[Rosiecarmel]

I must admit I actually enjoyed a battered mars bar or two(!!)when in Scotland?

 

[Flutterby]

Was only introduced to lardy cake in my 20's, but still yummy with oodles of butter. Might go some way to explain why I used to be a very large girl 😳
When are deep fried Mars bars going to feature? Though having spent a good part of my early life north of the border I never actually ate one, I suspect that was because I was in Edinburgh, not Glasgow. (Edinburgh certainly used to think it was much more high class than Glasgow)

I've always wanted to try a deep fried Mars bar.

 

[AlisonM]

I've never succumbed to a deep fried Mars Bar, and probably won't now, but I've indulged in the odd battered sausage in the days before Dx. I prefer my saveloy without the batter though. Another staple our local chippy seems to feature is deep fried macaroni and cheese pies, yuck... but there's another idea for the Advent Calender Northe.

 

[Northerner]

December 3rd - a delicious and nutritious Doner Kabab!



And for the veggies, a grilled Caribbean vegetarian kebab

 

[Caroline]

battered sausages are still popular enough for the local chippy to still be doing them here. I do like the odd battered fish thoe, it is a treat

 

[robert@fm]

"Ooh Doner..." 😉 (whether the Richie Valens/Marty Wilde version or the 10cc version is up to you...)

I love doner kebabs, with the veggies they're a complete meal in themselves, and almost no carbs except the small amount in the pitta. Only thing I don't like about them is that chili sauce which never used to be part of the presentation in the mid-1970s when they first arrived here. 😡 Fortunately some kebab shops offer tahini or garlic sauce instead...