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gmelon Tue 17-Jul-18 22:57:18

In a previous thread meltingmacaron mentioned the old favourite Ready Steady Cook.
There was a carrier bag of ingredients to make a meal from.
Not sure how the rest of the show went as I haven't got a telly.

What would you gladly contribute be glad to be shot of to the bag.

I can start us off.
I have a tin of Kangaroo tail soup.
It was in my Grandmothers pantry long before I was born. I remember as a child being fascinated by it.

My Grandmother acquired it when a well off maiden Aunt died and my Grandfather in an eccentric twist insisted on keeping everything she owned even though my Grandparents were very comfortably off themselves.

Heaven knows how old the soup is, the Aunt died in 1969 and she was 96yrs old.

narelle222 Wed 25-Jul-18 08:58:39

Hi all, love your posts but mostly do not have a clue what you are talking about. Being an 'Aussie' I get the Kangaroo Tail Soup but in 70 years I have never seen it on a restaurant menu here in Australia. Kangaroo meat is prolific in supermarkets and enjoyed (too strong for me). Sadly, most Kangaroos are culled as they are considered a pest devouring the grasses needed for cattle. We have a potential industry here for both Kangaroo and Crocodile skins for the export market. Crocodiles are breeding and taking over our rivers and beaches - even on the golf course but the 'Greenies' fight to let nature take its course. If you are thinking of visiting our Great Barrier Reef then do it soon ...... before the crocodiles take over. Thanks to all for your posts and discussions.

Blinko Fri 20-Jul-18 09:04:15

Thanks, fluttERBY and 4allweknow. Now I just need to find it again....

DanniRae Thu 19-Jul-18 19:10:09

fluttERBY123 - grin

annsixty - panko breadcrumbs are Japanese (I use them all the time...........not really, I asked my daughter!)

annsixty Thu 19-Jul-18 17:38:27

My contribution isn't weird , I just don't know what to do with them.
Panko breadcrumbs , which I searched for for ages as they were in a recipe.
When I spotted them I bought them, but of course I have no idea what the recipe was or what to do with them.

chicken Thu 19-Jul-18 16:38:20

I can contribute a bottle of (very) well matured prune juice.
I was going to add that emergency tin of condensed milk, very useful for wartime cuppas, but sadly it has sprung a leak and is now all over everything in the store cupboard.

fluttERBY123 Thu 19-Jul-18 16:05:41

Can I add a brown glass jar of sulphur ointment from 1953. Ask not. Well it's not edible but it is in a jar.

1inamillion Thu 19-Jul-18 12:17:06

I would like to put in the bag a tin of zebra pate with wine and rosemary. Son and dil brought back from South Africa. The date is up in September, so better get a move on ?

JackyB Thu 19-Jul-18 11:11:33

That reminds me of a 70s recipe for Cocktail sauce (for prawn salad and the like). It involved ketchup, mayonnaise and sherry.

fluttERBY123 Thu 19-Jul-18 07:28:36

Palmitos con salsa golf - v popular in S America. Salsa golf made by mixing mayo and tomato sauce together. Yummy.

Purplepoppies Thu 19-Jul-18 05:19:16

Kittylister spam fritters, yum yum ?

HillyN Wed 18-Jul-18 23:49:57

A jar of pickled garlic cloves.

MissAdventure Wed 18-Jul-18 23:15:46

A tin of pilchards and two bottles of wine, here.

Cherrytree59 Wed 18-Jul-18 23:01:35

Pickled walnuts
Creme di menthe
Or Jagermeister yuk!

fluttERBY123 Wed 18-Jul-18 22:44:50

Blinko Dolce Latte is milk preserved with sugar, you just keep stirring it on the hob till it all goes thick and brown - spread on a biscuit or between bics, put a dollop on ice cream or just eat it by the spoonful...mmm. Closely allied to fudge and toffee.

MibsXX Wed 18-Jul-18 21:51:53

Mine's a tin of chocolate covered baby bees! Handed down from gran to ma to me!

Cathy21 Wed 18-Jul-18 20:14:34

LoveSloe Gin , will swop for a tin of Haggis!

GabriellaG Wed 18-Jul-18 19:50:22

I can offer an unopened bottle of Sussex Gold chilli dipping sauce and marinade, bought last year at our farmers' market. I'm never going to use it so it goes in the GN mixed meal or in my bin. grin

GabriellaG Wed 18-Jul-18 19:41:37

Lol...it's coarse pâté of course.

Chewbacca Wed 18-Jul-18 19:10:59

I have a Peek Freans Christmas pudding in the cupboard. Ive been in this house forn10 years and i brought with me from a previous home. Maybe 16 years old? Fancy that anybody? It would go well with the bottle of Damson gin that's a similar age. Can I swap that for the Pernod?

David1968 Wed 18-Jul-18 19:01:42

I think that I'm going to be sick......

gmelon Wed 18-Jul-18 18:23:35

Over on "News and Politics" we are being urged to stockpile.
Help! grin
Withdraw your food offer to Ready Steady Cook whilst you still can.

icanhandthemback Wed 18-Jul-18 18:19:03

Pickled walnuts anybody? Over the years we’ve given them away to harvest festivals or Christmas Fayres but still have some left. My MIL was convinced DH loved them and as he was too cowardly to tell her otherwise, he got several jars a year.

1974cookie Wed 18-Jul-18 17:55:12

Kittylester, what that tin of Spam needs is an overcoat of batter and fried,
Whilst not particularly healthy, they are so yummy ???.

dogsmother Wed 18-Jul-18 17:20:23

I’m not a gin drinker, however sole gin is delicious. Also heart of palm is also very tasty.

4allweknow Wed 18-Jul-18 14:54:59

It's the ready made filling for banoffee pie.