Forgotten dishes

[Morning Glory]

Long ago things were simpler. We ate what our ancestors ate with slow modifications as new ingredients were imported or grown or as we became exposed to new cultures. Then change speeded up somewhat. This is certainly true in the UK for all sorts of reasons. Many countries still remain close to their traditional cuisines but nevertheless some dishes have been forgotten and/or fallen out of fashion.

Are there dishes you would like to see make a come back?

 

[TastyReuben]

Now that will require some thought. I’m still eating what I ate growing up!

 

[karadekoolaid]

Long ago things were simpler. We ate what our ancestors ate with slow modifications as new ingredients were imported or grown or as we became exposed to new cultures.

Spot on there. We ate what was available, depending almost entirely on what our parents ate/cooked; traditional fare.
One of my aunts married a Pakistani, and another married an Indian, so I was exposed to some fairly unusual cooking at an early age. When I was about 14/15, my aunt took me out to dinner in the first Chinese restaurant in Maidstone.
Are there any dishes I'd want to revive? Probably not, unless they had chiles in them!

 

[Barriehie]

Now that will require some thought. I’m still eating what I ate growing up!

Same here except I've way branched out from just cooking traditional Southern.

 

[Gone Hiking]

I'm fascinated with early Colonial American history and watch a lot of Jos. Townsends videos. They offer an in-depth look at food and cooking in the 18th Century. The recipes of the time were very simple and often vague, owing to the limited ingredients that were commonly on hand and that everything was cooked over an open fire, so boiling was a preferred technique. It would be a very niche thing, but I'd love to see some historical groups offering such meals prepared as they were at the time, in cast iron or clay cookware over an open fire. One of the restaurants in Colonial Williamsburg would be ideally up to the task. (For the non-US, that's a giant living history museum and "town" in the state of Virginia with many streets, houses, government buildings, churches, shops, restaurants, and colonial era trades for visitors to explore, where all of the employees are re-enactors that are dressed and speak in the period. It's been years since I've visited, but it's incredible.) I've made a few things from their videos, and while bland by today's comparison, they are very rewarding to recreate, as it is a literal "taste" of that time period, an actual human sense by which you can connect with the past.

https://www.youtube.com/@townsends

 

[TastyReuben]

I'm fascinated with early Colonial American history and watch a lot of Jos. Townsends videos.

I’ve watched several of those. Have you seen any episodes of Taste of History with Walter Staib?

 

[badjak]

I can only think of the stamppot* (potatoes mashed with veges) in the Netherlands.
They are still eaten in most homes during wintertime. You won't see them on the menu in restaurants though. I do like most of them.
And there is erwtensoup (pea soup) which I love
(I do cook them every now and again, but may add some chili's to some of them)

* Typical ones are
Sauerkraut - potato mash,
Raw endive, bacon & potato mash
Carrot - potato mash
Curly kale - potato mash

 

[JAS_OH1]

I can only think of the stamppot* (potatoes mashed with veges) in the Netherlands.
They are still eaten in most homes during wintertime. You won't see them on the menu in restaurants though. I do like most of them.
And there is erwtensoup (pea soup) which I love
(I do cook them every now and again, but may add some chili's to some of them)

* Typical ones are
Sauerkraut - potato mash,
Raw endive, bacon & potato mash
Carrot - potato mash
Curly kale - potato mash

Oh man I love pea soup. I didn't know it was Dutch but just looked up erwtensoup and that's exactly it. But that's something easily found in grocery stores in cans and I occasionally see it on a restaurant somewhere.

 

[badjak]

Oh man I love pea soup. I didn't know it was Dutch but just looked up erwtensoup and that's exactly it. But that's something easily found in grocery stores in cans and I occasionally see it on a restaurant somewhere.

Yes, the soup is available in restaurants, and on the waterside if it is cold enough to skate (ice speed skating).
And in cans in the shops