"daft Thought For Today" ..... "sausage Recipes"

[Gedee]

"Is Life Becoming Overcomplicated" ........  is the over-riding theme of this topic.

There was a time when we a were asked ..".Wid ye like a sausage on yir roll?"

And ye wid say ...."Oh aye, that wid be Braw. Could ye stick on twa or three?"

In the supplement of  P&J  they have a FULL page devoted to Michel Roux JR.

Seemingly it's "SAUSAGE WEEK" .Bet you all feel a lt better for knowing that.

1)  Pork and Leek SAUSAGE Bourguinon.

2)  Wasabi Duchess Potatoe with Honey and Soya Glazed Sausage.

3)  Vietmanese Premium Sausage Sandwich.

This is jist some of each of the recipe ingredients, Button onions,button mushrooms, carrots,

red wine, crushed garlic butter, flour sugar, "sprig"o' thyme, bay leaf, parsley, 4x egg yolks,

wasabi paste, red chili juice o' lime, radishes lemon grass rice wine vinegar (and there's mair)

Next we will be being asked, "Wid ye like a Bacon Roll, as weel as a sausage ain?"

"Aye" you'll say, "that sounds grand"....."Whit aboot some tomato or broon sauce?"

"Gies a break please .....Keep it simple" ......Noo whit aboot this toad in the hole   

[Boba Fett]

Yes is the answer Gedee.. Try asking for just a coffee in Starbucks!

[Bloomogg]

Yes is the answer Gedee.. Try asking for just a coffee in Starbucks!

Caffè istantaneo with no sucrose.........................sorted

[Boba Fett]

Caffè istantaneo with no sucrose.........................sorted

Yip.. Mini mega milky Choca Mocha..

Nescafé and milk please love. Twa sugars please.

[Gedee]

Boba ....... Thank you, for your brief (but re-assuring) response.   There has been a lot going through my mind after yeterday.

So even a short answer to this rather critical query, I see as another small step, along  the way, towards retaining, my sanity.

Thank goodness I dinnae drink coffee.That's anither thing that has seemed to have move on fae the simple   "Black or White"

[Gedee]

Just noticed the other two responses   ........ "Cafe instantaneo with no sucrose"  and  "Mini mega milky Choca Mocha"

Are you twa ordering in some foreign Country?  Mind the time when I wis a wee lad. Over 70 yrs ago (auld tenement type)

A cup o' tea meant watter in teapot wi a spoon o tea, biled up forever, on coal fire. Sweetened wi a spoon o thick nestle's

evaporated mulk....and drunk oot o cups (when available) Sometimes oot o' jeely (jam) jars My faithers voice saying,

"Aye it's a grand cup o tea Annie, but it maybe could have been stewed up a little langer"  Happy memories ?  No it jist

tasted like, some kind o' ..... Smoky, over-stewed, tarry, tasting pish Somebody else, if they are in the mood can list

awe the types o tea now there is on the market.Here's some ... earl grey, camomile. peachchina indian strawberry, nettle.

Think eh prefered my mither's smoky brew   

[Bloomogg]

MEMORIES OF THE AULD DUNDEE PIE SHOP
Writtten by Mrs Catherine M. Belton. 25 Parkhill Place, Kirriemuir DD8 4TA
November 2004

There has been much written in the past weeks about the 'DUNDEE PIE' and the demise of The Auld Dundee Pie Shop and Wallace Land O'Cakes building in Stobswell.

I am Catherine Belton (nee Wallace), the oldest living member of the Wallace family at 83, who owned The Auld Dundee Pie Shop.

Early in I890's my grandfather David Wallace returned from New York with his wife Catherine and baby son David William Junior, who was my father and bought premises in the Vault where he opened his bakers business and the 'Pie' was born. It is said that having only sold a few of the delicacies on the first day he went down to the docks and wanted to throw the key into the water. His wife however, being a feisty young lady wouldn't let him give up and produced a second key.

Grandfather had other brothers who were bakers by trade, one of which opened 'Land O' Cakes'.

The shop in the Vault prospered so much, that a butcher shop, mainly to process the beef, was opened in the Old Jail House. In the early 20's the business was transferred to Castle Street when the Vault was due for demolition, where the premises was big enough to open a Tea Room and a Bakehouse on two floors. The pies and bridies were made on the ground floor and the cakes on the first floor and the Butchers shop was opened in Exchange Street.

The Grandparents then bought Loftus House in Broughty Ferry and subsequently opened the business in the grounds called 'Loftus Tea Rooms' which employed bakers and shop girls. The hall on the first floor was used for parties and wedding receptions. Latterly when that business was sold, the shop was moved to Brook Street in Broughty Ferry and was supplied from the main shop in Castle Street.

Apart from Castle Street and Loftus Tea Rooms we had shops in Hill town, Westport, Princes Street, Lochee and a few more which I cannot remember. Many of the family both male and females worked from time to time in the business. When Grandfather died, my father David William (Willie) took over the running of the firm but always at its head was Grandmother who lived into her 90's.

As a school girl at Dundee High School I had my lunch every day in the "back room" which the Coffee Lounge was called. Many regulars did likewise including writers of the Rover, Beano etc. Later when my uncles Ronald and Alfred succeeded Willie who died in I947 and Ronald became a Councillor in Dundee, a group of his colleagues used to meet and the company was nicknamed the 'Pie Shop Parliament'. Many meetings were held from time to time where high tea was served. I particularly remember during the war as the pilots and navigators completed their conversion course at Tealing, their passing out shindigs were in the Castle Street shop. It was through the organiser from the RAF and his association with my father that I met my Husband in the back room then the Sqd. Leader was to become my father‑in‑law.

Before the war I remember helping with big functions in the Manyat Hall where everything had to be physically carried up the steps from Castle Street then more steps into the building.

During the war the queues for the Pies and Bridies used to stretch down to the bottom of Castle Street as they were able to supplement the meat ration. Before the shop closed on Saturday nights another queue would form as the Tea Bread that was not sold during the day, was given away in bakers dozens for a few coppers.

The meat for the Pies and Bridies was always bought at Forfar Market on the hoof and many of the farmer's that I have met since returning to this area remember my father and Uncle Ronald being there.

A few years ago I went into the 'Land O' Cakes' shop in Crichton Street where I was shown an old bridie bag with the picture of Loftus Rooms on the front of it It had been found when the Overgate Centre was being modernised, it was in reasonable condition considering the number years it must have spent in the ground.

Sadly the business was closed in I977 after Ronald retired and the death of the remaining Directors.

These are my memories of the old days so I hope that this article will remind some of the older generation of their youth in Dundee and will answer some of the understandings that have come to light recently in the Press.

[Gedee]

A fine article, which will bring back some mair memories o "Auld Dundee" .

And at the same time warm the hearts o' young and old alike....Good Stuff.

I wisnae in a position tae buy as many pehs an bridies as eh would've liked.

But a Wallace Peh or Bridie was something to savour. Absolutely delicious.

Dens catering in the peh are dept. has not quite reached that mark yet 

[3/11/71]

Wallaces pehs were the business. Remember the sensation of biting into them and the hot grease running down the chin. After the first bite I used to turn it on its side and sook the grease oot. Fond memories. Nothing comes close today. 

Edited 8 December 2015 by 3/11/71

[Gedee]

Wallaces pehs were the business. Remember the sensation of biting into them and the hot grease running down the chin. After the first bite I used to turn it on its side and sook the grease oot. Fond memories. Nothing comes close today. 

Connoisseur Meh Guid Freend when it came tae eatin' the Legendary Wallace's Ingin Bridie.

Cannnae mind if eh used the same professional, systematic approach, in the eating process.

Think you wir mair advanced. Eh went straight tae the middle. Leavin' crusty bits for the end.

Your method o' capturing the grease sounds good. Mind, sooking it aff the jersey, wis fine

[3/11/71]

Gedee

When I left home as a raw young laddie circa 1970 (braw team we hid then) I would go home to my mothers with a bag of washing on a weekly basis.

She always asked if I was eating properly, and of course I would reply yes. 

My diet mainly consisted of Tartan Special and Wallace's Pies.

Of course I was always found out by the grease stains on all the shirts and the inevitable "splash marks" on the bottom of the staypress.

How I would love to go back to those carefree days of having a good entertaining team on the park and the satisfying feeling of grease dribbling down my chin.

Now we suffer from negative tactics and cardboard pies. 

Getting all nostalgic now.

oh for a squad of 1970, especially big Jim Steele.

[sneddee]

Wallaces pehs were the business. Remember the sensation of biting into them and the hot grease running down the chin. After the first bite I used to turn it on its side and sook the grease oot. Fond memories. Nothing comes close today. 

Wallaces pehs were the business. Remember the sensation of biting into them and the hot grease running down the chin. After the first bite I used to turn it on its side and sook the grease oot. Fond memories. Nothing comes close today. 

you cannae beat nicolls pies mate.