Twitter is a super tool for those random food musings and occasionally they result in something quite brilliant. As I grew up with 99% traditional Italian food, things like toad in the hole, shepherd's pie, sandwich spread and scotch eggs are somewhat of an insatiable delicacy for me. I can still remember the truly momentous day I went round to my mates house after school and discovered Branston's Sandwich Pickle. I can also remember the pitiful look on my friends mum's face as I was positively raving about this new taste sensation.
Chattering away, the subject of jelly (another of my missing childhood foods) came up and @samuraijen mentioned milk jelly. Basically an old school recipe of making packet jelly with milk instead of water. I'm sure most of you are rolling your eyes right now but I thought it was truly scrumptious. And a cute retro bunny jelly mould wouldn't have gone amiss here.
I did make a set of espresso cup milk jellies topped with a raspberry to hand out after a BBQ with friends, but I shamefully admit that I scoffed all 8 of them one by one before they even came round!
This was the very first thing I made in 'Domestic Science' as it was called then, at school.
ReplyDeleteMum had always made it for us using evaporated milk. I can taste it now....If you whisked the evaporated, you could make a 'mousse'.
Thanks for that nugget of nostalgia :)
Milk Jelly - Retro British dessert, love it!
ReplyDeleteNice Post Grafoo.
Sounds great. I'm going to try it!
ReplyDeleteI've actually never heard of it! People don't eat enough jelly now in my opinion - that's why i love Bompas and Parr so much
ReplyDeleteJan - yes! @samuraijen mentioned making it with condensed milk too. One to try for sure.
ReplyDeleteDan and Ms Marm - yes Jelly does indeed rock! One of the most fun desserts I think (other than the Horn of Plenty which wins on the silly name)
Helen - I love what B&P are doing and very jealous of reading all about the London bloggers and the events they go to! Great ideas...