Typically British?

[mb148]

Good Evening,

Just a quick question, my partner is a primary school teacher and is teaching the kids about British food during British food fortnight (19th Sep onwards). She needs a British dish that is not too expensive to cook with the kids and can be preferably cooked individually so that the kids can take them home.

Any ideas? My suggestion of a full English breakfast didn't go down too well!

many thanks

Mike

[miniman]

Individual ramekin-sized Lancashire hotpot, or perhaps cottage pie?

[E31Shrew]

Prob best with puddings. Crumbles, trifles, cakes, bread and butter pud. Or for a main dish, toad in hole.

[Shaw Tarse]

Chicken tikka masala?

Cottage/Shepherd's Pie?

[Cotty]

I asume it needs to be taken home cold

[Gaspode]

For hundreds and hundreds of years, the vast majority of British people had one single dish as their staple diet, so what better way to educate kids about what it was like for their ancestors than to teach them how to make pease pudding?

[Timberwolf]

Here's an idea. Not strictly British, but if you want to teach an understanding of British history through our food, I think it's fantastic.

Kedgeree.

An originally Indian dish, brought back and adapted from our involvement in the Raj, becoming a Victorian staple. From there you can go on to the British as a seafaring nation, the impact of international trade on our country, and indeed on a more specific note the East India Company and the spice trade.

It's also cheap and easy to make!

[mb148]

Yea taken home cold is fine, most dishes you can whack back into the microwave I suppose.

Pease pudding? Never heard of it!

[Dan_1981]

We did this when I was younger, we cooked shepards / cottage pie.

I guess fish & chips might be a step to far?

[mb148]

Kedgeree is a great idea, among the dispute about it being British!

Plus fish, curry powder and rice = alot of mess and possibly curry powder in some eyes as well as the risk of uncooked fish!

It needs to be kept simple, I think at the moment we are leaning towards small individual apple crumbles.

Great ideas so far!

[Gaspode]

mb148 said:

Yea taken home cold is fine, most dishes you can whack back into the microwave I suppose.

Pease pudding? Never heard of it!

That's why I suggested it. Cheap, easy, can be eaten cold or re-heated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pease_pudding

[Tumbler]

Cornish pasties?

[Mobile Chicane]

Sausage and mash with onion gravy.

[mb148]

Tumbler said:

Cornish pasties?

Good idea, she could pre make the meat mix and the kids could just roll the pastry and fill them up.

Jobs a good'un!

[Tumbler]

mb148 said:

Tumbler said:

Cornish pasties?

Good idea, she could pre make the meat mix and the kids could just roll the pastry and fill them up.

Jobs a good'un!

Really easy to transport cold, plus there is a nice bit of history behind them.

[grumbledoak]

Shepherds' or Cottage Pie are easy and nice, and you can make individual ones, and they'll reheat well. Lancashire Hot Pot would also work, but it isn't as nice IMO.

Apple crumble (add blackcurrant if you want) also good for all the same reasons.

[LordGrover]

If 'she' makes the 'meat mix' aren't the little darlings missing out ?

[redtwin]

Mobile Chicane said:

Sausage and mash with onion gravy.

Seconded, very easy to make and reheats well.

[steviejasp]

Jellied eels?


Nice

[bint]

LordGrover said:

If 'she' makes the 'meat mix' aren't the little darlings missing out ?

Indeed, I would have them make the meat mix, get them used to raw meat, and buy ready to roll pastry. (or have them make it if you have the time as it's simple)