I think you will find rissole's are a little different. They are usually fried and not stuffed into a skin casing like faggot's and cooked in the oven. There are many variations of rissole's as well, much like chicken patties or even vegetable patties which we usually buy rather than make. MoHad them home made when I was young, but they were called 'Rissoles'
I remember them, can you still get them?MoAnybody remember ovaltine tablets?
Hi Mrs T, Oh what I would give for a feed of "brains" faggots sadly I cant get them in Australia. My sister sent me a recipe long ago and I did make some but were not quite the same." Brain's Faggotts"
The name it self just puts me off..:Aah:
You can buy fresh faggots in Tamworth, they are nice but if you have a mind they are better made at home. I like Brains too, but theyre not as tasty as they used to be?
The following recipe makes nice faggots. We didnt use the Pigs Caul it's the lining from the pigs stomach I believe. I spose you could buy it from a pork butcher who butchers their own pigs?
1 lb. pig's liver
2 medium onions
4 oz. fat pork
Pinch of thyme
Generous 1/2 teaspoon powdered sage
Pinch of basil
Salt and pepper
Pinch grated nutmeg
1 egg
Breadcrumbs
Pig's caul
Slice the liver, onions and pork thinly. Put in a saucepan with the thyme, sage, basil, salt, pepper and nutmeg and barely cover with water.
Simmer for 1/2 hour, then strain off the liquid and save for the gravy.
Mince the contents of the stewpan finely.
Add the beaten egg and sufficient breadcrumbs to make into a fairly firm mixture and mix thoroughly.
Form into balls and enclose each one in a piece of caul.
Place in baking tin, and add a little gravy.
Bake at 400 until nicely browned.
Serve with a good thickened gravy.
If preferred, the mixture can be pressed into a well greased baking tin and marked into squares. Cover with caul and cut into squares after cooking.
Hi Astoness, Don't get me started on missing foods I love ! I so miss gammon with pineapple, you don't get gammon in Australia, oh and tinned roe, not a tin in sight here, I am sad to say. I have even brought a tin or too back when I have been back for a holiday . I can make mushy peas of a sort with the dried peas we get here but they are not true mushy peas I had as a child.I miss smoked haddock too and a lovely soft malt loaf, oh I could go on and on ....a couple of supermarkets do stock a few British food items and I do treat myself if I see something however they are very expensive.this is the problem when we move away from our native country...my daughter married an american lad and has lived in grand forks north dakota for 9 years now...still got a perfect brummie accent but she does miss certain products and food....she can however order certain things online which is what she does where permitted...ps i now fancy a bowl of brains faggots with mushy peas and gravythe home made ones at the black country living museum are nice as well
lyn
Faggots
We have faggots on a regular basis at least once a month and even my son likes them so I have got at least one member of the next generation to carry on with them.
Another thing I can remember having was pigs trotters usually late on a saturday with loads of salt and pepper. The nearest place I have seen these sold is a butcher in Walsall.
Anybody remember ovaltine tablets?
re faggots and wierd food
I was thinking about yesterdays posts,At the end of the day one of the reasons we had such things as faggots and peas,pigs feet,etc,Is becouse
our moms and dads could not afford much more,We should not critiside should we,they done a bloody good job looking after us, did they not.bringing us up.I know mine did, mom thought the world of us kids.
re faggots etc
One thing i did love,and would still nosh now if i could get it is jamaker ginger cake.yumyum. pete