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My little campaigne to keep the Bakewell Tart alive and well had plenty of support but I wonder if things like Jagged Hare and Brawn would garner the same response.
The Scotsman reports that youngster generally failed to recognise some old 'distinguished' British dishes and therefore thy are in danger of dying out. But if people don't wish to eat them are they worth saving?
The dishes they mention are
- Bath chaps - pigs' cheeks in breadcrumbs - is the dish considered most under threat
- Jagged Hare - hare meat is served in a sauce of its blood mixed with port
- Brawn - jellied pig's head
- Bedfordshire Clanger - scrag end of mutton with kidneys and fruit
A year or two back I brought a meat pack from the River Cottage. This included two jars of brawn. I tried it, I really did but even the cats wouldn't eat it.
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7-24-2006 @7:20PM Dan Tannenbaum said... Regardless of culture, somethings should just be filed under "Dubious Delights", Like my mothers favorite treat as a girl: Cook a whole sheeps' head and eat the cheek meat.
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7-24-2006 @7:37PM ex-expat said... Andrew,
I'm glad to hear you are a devotee of Bakewell tarts. I LOVE them.
When we lived in Suffolk (Lavenham), some twelve years ago, we had a darling old neighbor who told us a story about when she was a new bride. She bought head cheese and tried to fry it! She was well over ninety when we knew her, but sharp as a pin. She loved to entertain my 15 year old and me with a glass of sherry and a good story. My daughter loved the stories, but hated the sherry. (Harvey's Bristol Cream)
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7-25-2006 @6:15AM Alex said... My dad (who's nowhere near 90) makes an excellent potted tongue. Generally, anything which is potted and made of various odds and ends of meat gets called brawn in our house though.
And I have to say - jagged hare actually sounds really good as it sounds like hare black pudding!
I think people don't eat offal because they're not exposed to it as children and then they think it's yucky without even trying it. My mum is a butcher's daughter and never ate offal as it was what the poor people and immigrants (in Australia) ate - and so she doesn't eat it now. Whereas dad (and hence me) was brought up on the stuff and a lot of things are really delicious. Devilled kidneys on toast for breakfast is fantastic!
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7-25-2006 @8:51AM Wenhaston Blackheath said... Should that not be 'jugged hare'?
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7-25-2006 @11:16AM Alyx said... I remember brawn from my childhood. It seemed to be all the bits of the pig they couldn't do anything else with, in jelly. It looked interesting, I suppose, but tasted revolting. Not greatly missed, but Bath chaps were rather tasty.
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8-01-2006 @8:01PM champignon said...
Andrew,
what's with all the spelling mistakes? I can understand the odd one here and there but when the subject is repeatedly misspelled, then it becomes a little distracting. Indeed, it is jUgged hare...
-c
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