tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post7519937916412318400..comments2023-11-29T07:39:34.401+00:00Comments on Carla Nayland Historical Fiction: February recipe: Bedfordshire ClangersCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-28230100038798908562013-06-21T12:35:36.223+01:002013-06-21T12:35:36.223+01:00Hello Mary and welcome. Adding diced potato is an...Hello Mary and welcome. Adding diced potato is an interesting variation - I have never tried that. I sometimes make a version with bacon instead of beef, and sometimes add apple to the filling as well as onion.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-70980358195415455432013-06-21T08:56:46.661+01:002013-06-21T08:56:46.661+01:00My mother used beef with onion and diced potato an...My mother used beef with onion and diced potato and salt, pepper and sprinkled with bisto powder. She always cooked it wrapped in cloth and tied and then dropped into to boiling water and cooked for about 2 and half hours. If there were any leftovers we used to have it sliced and fried until the suet crust was crispy. She also used bacon as a substitute for the beef.Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-78428398459382417772008-02-22T12:36:00.000+00:002008-02-22T12:36:00.000+00:00Michelle - this must be about as non-vegetarian a ...Michelle - this must be about as non-vegetarian a recipe as they come! Hope your husband and friends enjoy it!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-8247912395763202002008-02-21T23:42:00.000+00:002008-02-21T23:42:00.000+00:00Ha! Yes, about twice a year, and today is one of t...Ha! Yes, about twice a year, and today is one of those days. So guess what I just went shopping for ;] Even though I'm a vegetarian, I'm always on the lookout for new recipes for my husband and friends.Michelle Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497613149977132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-70804905854151897482008-02-20T12:13:00.000+00:002008-02-20T12:13:00.000+00:00Sarah - suet pastry is very forgiving, so it's wel...Sarah - suet pastry is very forgiving, so it's well worth giving it a try. Especially while the cold weather lasts! I don't know what modern children would make of knitted aliens, let alone the Soup Dragon and blue string pudding....Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-78839188712784840512008-02-19T22:09:00.000+00:002008-02-19T22:09:00.000+00:00Yum Yum. I might try this if I can pluck up the co...Yum Yum. I might try this if I can pluck up the courage to overcome by pastry complex. It sounds just the thing for a cold winter's evening. I used to love The Clangers but I bet the children of today, so used to slick Pixar productions, would find the knitted aliens (I love that description) rather primitive. I saw my other two childhood faves on the BBC link you gave: Bagpuss and Crackerjack (the Leslie Crowther/Peter Glaze era).Sarah Cuthbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841282823433026980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-46407337719334713312008-02-19T10:50:00.000+00:002008-02-19T10:50:00.000+00:00Bernita - it's a great name, isn't it?Elizabeth - ...Bernita - it's a great name, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Elizabeth - definitely the right weather at the moment! Possibly the website and your book share a common source? I wonder how they estimated annual consumption?<BR/><BR/>Constance - you can always substitute extra beef if you don't like kidney. <BR/><BR/>Michelle - does Southern California ever get cold enough for suet pastry? :-)Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-17976137390521923372008-02-18T21:04:00.000+00:002008-02-18T21:04:00.000+00:00You really have the best recipes, Carla!!! I'm goi...You really have the best recipes, Carla!!! I'm going to try this as soon as the weather (okay <I>if</I> the weather) changes here in So. Cal!Michelle Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497613149977132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-31536427091364297392008-02-18T00:13:00.000+00:002008-02-18T00:13:00.000+00:00I think you lost me at "shredded suet", and defini...I think you lost me at "shredded suet", and definitely by "kidney"... *g*, Although I would probably try it if someone else made it. I'm not brave enough to tackle kidney on my own...Constance Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964121072645959593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-65711203578743042082008-02-17T21:54:00.000+00:002008-02-17T21:54:00.000+00:00I may have to try these if the weather gets much c...I may have to try these if the weather gets much colder - severe frosts at the moment! February is definitely rib-sticking weather. <BR/>I have the almost identical text to the one supplied by the Regional Foods website. Mine is in book form - Traditional Foods of Britain: An Inventory prepared fort Euro Terroirs by Laura Mason with Catherine Brown and published by Prospect Books in 1999. Estimated consumption of Bedfordshiore Clangers commercially when the book went to press was 15-18,000 per annum.Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-46615427658864135832008-02-17T21:02:00.000+00:002008-02-17T21:02:00.000+00:00Yum with the beef replacing the kidney ( for me)I ...Yum with the beef replacing the kidney ( for me)<BR/>I like the dish name too.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.com