All the trimmings

roast potatoes but with parsnips too. And horse radish- can't have roast beef without. Yorkshire puds, of course, and seasonal vegetables- and gravy!

Am I the only person who’s not bothered about Yorkshire puddings? They don’t really taste of much and are so big sometimes (when you eat out) they take up space.

Lucca

Don’t know why but I can’t bear that expression “
all the trimmings””

A sentence that would set my teeth on edge would be “my hubby made a roast dinner with all the trimmings but I made a really moist chocolate cake. LOL”

Are you my twin, lucca?

I do love the 'trimmings' - it's the word I hate. I'm so glad that more of you dislike it.

Jaxjacky

Am I the only person who’s not bothered about Yorkshire puddings? They don’t really taste of much and are so big sometimes (when you eat out) they take up space.

No you’re not. We never have them.

I always thought that if you ordered a Roast from a Restaurant with all the ‘trimmings’ you got exactly what you cooked as a normal roast at home.

I do Yorkshire puddings in deep bun tins.

Fleurpepper, I know what the trimmings consist of but do you know why, and since when, do we call them 'Trimmings'.

FannyCornforth Game chips are wafer thin potato slices dusted in flour and salt then deep fried.
I serve them with grouse and pheasant.

Oh Sago
everything was poorly cooked and served with a big dollop of resentment
This makes me so sad for you.
💐

Sago

FannyCornforth Game chips are wafer thin potato slices dusted in flour and salt then deep fried.
I serve them with grouse and pheasant.

Sago, I don't dust game chips with flour but I cut them with a wavy chip slicer thingy.

Thank you both! I’m amazed that I’ve never heard of them.

Jaxjacky

Am I the only person who’s not bothered about Yorkshire puddings? They don’t really taste of much and are so big sometimes (when you eat out) they take up space.

Yorkshire pudding – big ones not individual ones – filled with curry. Serious yumminess.

Ooooh, no. That's weird!

kittylester

Ooooh, no. That's weird!

I like curry, I like Yorkshire pudding, so it makes sense to me.

Which raises the whole question of whether food should always be eaten in a particular traditional way or whether it's ok to ring the changes with fusion styles.

For example, should haggis always be eaten with bashed tatties (makes sense sometimes) and cheppit neeps (can't stand the things, not plain boiled anyway)? Or as haggis supper, a tempura with salade Glasvège? Or is the very delicious haggis pakora in order?

I love Yorkshire Pudding and curry but not together

I do remember when pubs did plate sized Yorkshire puddings with, sausage and gravy in.

Love curry with a Madhur Jaffrey (sp) rice with herbs or naan.

And, love haggis in the traditional way as it was after a Burn's supper that DH proposed - nearly 54 years ago.

kittylester

Lucca

Don’t know why but I can’t bear that expression “
all the trimmings””

A sentence that would set my teeth on edge would be “my hubby made a roast dinner with all the trimmings but I made a really moist chocolate cake. LOL”

Are you my twin, lucca?

I do love the 'trimmings' - it's the word I hate. I'm so glad that more of you dislike it.

Can you identify the words I hate ?!

Re the pigs in blankets thing i don’t do those I I make something called bacon olives. Forcemeat stuffing wrapped in bacon stuck on skewers and cooked in oven.

I do Pigs in blankets because the butcher actually does them!

I think I can identify the words you dislike but it might not be a good idea. 'Gravy dinner' is on my list too.

Like some others ‘all the trimmings’ is a phrase I’d never heard until a few years ago and I think that was in a TV advert.
Seems an odd thing to say about the usual accompaniments to roast meat.
It does make me think of Christmas decorations, when applied to Christmas dinner.

My Dad, who was in the Royal Navy, used to use the term 50 years ago and so did his colleagues so I don't think it is a new turn of phrase. As somebody down thread said, trimmings are embellishments so to me, that is what the pigs in blankets, stuffing, etc are. Traditionally they were make weights to supplement the small portions of meat. Nowadays, you seem to get a generous portion of meat along with a great quantity of "trimmings" so maybe they are no longer embellishments!

I never say all the trimmings, is it not just your veg, gravy, roasties, etc. I love the roasted root veg that Iceland do in bag or their red cabbage and apple at this time of the year. A little bit different from my normal broccoli, carrots, etc.

LadyHonoriaDedlock

kittylester

Ooooh, no. That's weird!

I like curry, I like Yorkshire pudding, so it makes sense to me.

Which raises the whole question of whether food should always be eaten in a particular traditional way or whether it's ok to ring the changes with fusion styles.

For example, should haggis always be eaten with bashed tatties (makes sense sometimes) and cheppit neeps (can't stand the things, not plain boiled anyway)? Or as haggis supper, a tempura with salade Glasvège? Or is the very delicious haggis pakora in order?

I think there's a time and place for tradition and haggis, neeps and tatties is hard to beat, but we can also move with the times too, and haggis lends itself wonderfully to many other dishes. I make a haggis lasagne, which - even if I do say so myself - is absolutely delicious! Chicken Balmoral is another great dish.

LadyHonoriaDedlock, thanks for that idea.
My SIL can’t or doesn’t like rice and pasta So I served her curry with a jacket potato or mash. I wonder if she’d like it neatly enclosed in a big Yorkshire pudding. I must ask.

Talking of words we can’t stand…..my pet loathe is “ hubby”. See it far too often on GN.

I like my Yorkshire pudding as a starter with gravy, the old fashioned way.

sodapop

I like my Yorkshire pudding as a starter with gravy, the old fashioned way.

We always had it like that when I was a child. None of these little ones. It was a big tray cut into portions. My Nan said you could make that stretch further if you had unexpected visitors.

Jaxjacky

Am I the only person who’s not bothered about Yorkshire puddings? They don’t really taste of much and are so big sometimes (when you eat out) they take up space.

You can put extra veg roast potatoes inside them, though.