How to eat the British ?

But did you like the taste, Maksim?

 

Me thinks they were too heavy and maksim is having to sleep them off

Now he just has to try Battered Cod and Chips from a chippy :-)

Jack McHammocklashing

 

Ees probably still chundering over the porcelain telephone.

 

I like it.
But the batter is a little bit like gum.
I mean: when I chew the Yorkshire Pudding, the consistence feels like a chewing-gum-like consistence.
Did I make something wrong in preparing it ?
What should I do so that the consistence is not like chewing-gum ?
Probably we made some mistake in putting together the various ingredients or we probably did not put them in the right amount.
Otherwise, what else ?
The onion gravy, was ok, instead.
My wife said: it could be probably placed over spaghetti or pasta...
Today, I ate onyon gravy with chips (french fries).
But to tell the truth, it was not such a new food for me, since here in northern Italy where the climate is often foggy (expecially in the lowplain po-river-valley), they use to cook such fatty foods based on butter, onion, cabbage, pork-meat, sausages, etc.
In peninsular Italy they use olive oil.
In northern Italy we sometimes use butter in place of it.
Furthermore, my wife is from Ukraine and in her country they eat a lot of fat and a lot of such vegetables as potatoes, onion, cabbage, etc.
Pork-meat and sausages in all kind of food.
They do not know what is olive-oil.
They use sunflower oil instead.

 

Did you reckon he has an uncle Hughie who he calls on the big white phone?

 

And an Uncle Ralph.

 

Maksim, Yorkshire puds shouldn't have a chewing gum texture! Try putting the next batch on the top shelf in a really hot oven (make sure you heat it up at least half and hour before you put the puddings in to cook). That way, they should end up nice and crispy on the outside.

 

Yes
You did not have the oven hot enough 200f
You need to put the bun tins in the oven with the fat/oil until SMOKING hot
pour the batter into the tin and place in oven, keep oven shut for 20 minutes

Too cool an oven and you get pancakes, soft and chewy, they need to be light and crisp

Jack McHammocklashing (off to Malpensa house hostel shortly)

 

I see.
It's a matter of oven temperature and cooking time.
Next time my wife will take into account these two respects.
We try again and hopefully we'll be luckier...
Thanksssssss !

 

suppose that every country has a traditional 'Yorkshire Pudding' but they go by different names and are eaten differently

In South Africa, we call it Vetkoek .... but we make 'large' ones and fill them with items such as curried spicy beef mince (then you don't need to do a roast with all the trimmings)

 

In South Africa, we also have what is known as 'Bunny Chow' ...

this is half a loaf of bread, that has been hollowed out and filled with curry .... (you are also given the bread taken from the hollowing out to dip into the sauce)

this is normaly 'student' food as is very cheap .... you eat this and buy a pint of fresh milk .... this is a 'student's' version of Yorkshire pudding

this would sell well in the UK and have not seen this here .... cheaper than fish and chips and tastes better

 

Interesting *dim* ... I know of both your above recipes from the Deep South, but both were done with bread. Your first one reminds me of Sloppy Joe's which were done with a spicy mince and your second one a hollowed out bread stuffed with spicy mince.

Hmmm, must think about doing these things again ....

 

Vetkoek (the 1st one) is made using flour yeast and water (same recipe as making bread) .... when the dough has risen, roll balls and deep fry in hot oil, until golden

they are filled (either hot or cold) with curry mince or similar .... sometimes, they are eaten with butter and strawberry jam etc

2nd one is simple (half a loaf of bread, hollowed out and filled with curry ... either veg curry, meat curry, chicken curry or fish curry) ... but suppose you could fill it with anything that tastes good

both of the above are sold in shops / take away places in South africa, and are very cheap (and very popular)

if I were to open a take away place in Cambridge (with the thousands of students), these are 2 items that I know will make good profit .... have never seen them here in the UK

 

Just read this. Jack, are you still there Jack, or have you exploded!!! Speak to me Jack or shall I dial 999....??

 

Jack can handle it Jenny, have a look here,

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/faces-to-names.452/