Following On From Jennyj's Post

[Tilly2]

Can you remember when Calabrese was really expensive/rare and you served it at dinner parties in small quantities?

What else has been 'in' and is now mundane?

[DTCwordfan]

**** = Bl--dy

[BlackadderV]

That word was removed from the swear filter a few weeks back but seems to have wormed its way back in.

[seadogg]

Ratatouille was really far out once and now I often prepare it. Bit of a caveat re exotic veg. Just about any veg grown at home tastes exotic cf. Supermarket stuff.

[DaisyNonna]

Love spicy tomato soup (minus vodka) but have lost my favourite recipe. Good chilled or hot. Nothing worse than cream of tomato soup. Too sweet.

[jennyjoan]

Daisy - there are a few recipes for Spicy Tommy Soup if you google it.

[DaisyNonna]

Thanks, will try it. Mine was a South African recipe.

[BlackadderV]

Vice versa; at one time turkey was a luxury and goose was common. Now turkey is common and goose is a luxury.

[marval]

I remember when we only had chicken on special occasions. Beef was cheap, now it is the other way round.

[seadogg]

We keep dried piri piri peppers for these spicy dishes. Used sparingly they have chilly powder beaten and last ages.

[ummmm]

I remember the first time I tasted mayonnaise, sweetcorn and brown sugar.

[diddlydo]

When I was a student in the 60s, the only place to buy a red or green pepper was in a posh deli!

[Tilly2]

Mangetout and sugar snaps were delicacies once.

[janbee]

Gammon and pineapple.
Melon balls in port.
Prawn cocktails an eye wateringly BRIGHT pink sauce
Black forest gateau

[janbee]

I recall that Vesta beef Curry was considered a real walk on the wild side in the 60s.

[woofgang]

I can remember when limes were just about unobtainable outside London and even in London pawpaw, passion fruit, mango were all fantastically expensive. Oh and lichees.

[Tilly2]

It was a walk to the toilet for me, jan.

[janbee]

lol tilly xx

[Tilly2]

Anything 'a la crème' seemed very decadent in the seventies.

I remember being served Porc a la crème at a friend's dinner party and thinking it was the most luxurious thing I had ever tasted.