St George's day

[English assassin]

It's St George's Day on saturday, and I for one will be celebrating by cooking toad in the hole, sinking 18 pints of Spitfire Bitter, and popping down the east end for a riot.

So, its jellied eels, pie and mash all round in honour of the dragon slaying Roman patron saint of England :knight: ~:cheers: ~:cheers: ~:cheers:


And for those who need even more St George I give you: http://www.royalsocietyofstgeorge.com/

Hurrah.

[Craterus]

I don't believe in dragons. There's no evidence. ~D I don't really celebrate St. George's Day either.

[tibilicus]

Eerrrrrr i wsnt even aware of st. georgeds day and im english lol

[Togakure]

What are jellied eels?

[The_Doctor]

I didn't know it was st.george's day either.


What are jellied eels?

Yeah, what is that?

[Craterus]

I must have missed that but I'll merit it with confused smiley here. ~:confused: ~:confused: ~:confused:

[LittleGrizzly]

I knew about it didn't have a clue when it was though.

[JAG]

Jellied eels is a seafood very, very popular in certain parts of London - my father for instance lived in the east end and grew up pretty much soley on them.

I have a deep suspicion of patriotism and on st.georges day it is no exception, especially since it has been hijacked by the far right.

I do not really celebrate it but there we go.

[Somebody Else]

I'm just flying half-way across the country for a white-tie dinner.

[TonkaToys]

What are jellied eels?
They are pretty much what they sound like... a bunch of eels in jelly. Made me gag last time I tried them.

My boy's nursery (kindergarden) are making everyone come in wearing red and white today. I'll probably end up wearing my England shirt and heading down the pub for a swifty.

~:cheers:

I'd prefer Red Ken to start up a St.George's day parade rather than a St.Paddy's day... is that still on the cards?

[Togakure]

They are pretty much what they sound like... a bunch of eels in jelly. Made me gag last time I tried them. ...
Doesn't sound very yummy, but I would try them at least once to see what they were like. I eat eels, but broiled with a little sauce on them over rice (Unagi Don; LOVE the stuff).

Ok, What's "toad in the hole" ? Please tell me this isn't pretty much what it sounds like, or I'll have to start believing all the nasty things people say about English food ... ~:eek:.

[The_Doctor]

Ok, What's "toad in the hole" ? Please tell me this isn't pretty much what it sounds like, or I'll have to start believing all the nasty things people say about English food ... .

Toad in the hole is Yorkshire pudding with a sausage in.

Don't ask me why is it called that.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I'd rather stick my head in a bee hive than have jellied eels but a happy St Georges Day to everyone this saturday ~D

[Sigurd]

I don't believe in dragons. There's no evidence. ~D I don't really celebrate St. George's Day either.
They exist, take it from one who knows.

[King Edward]

Hummm toad in the hole with gallons of onion gravey on the top!!! whos says the english cant cook!!! I shall celebrate buy having a good game of Rugger followd by 15 pints of john smiths and a few hands of poker in the evening!

St George is also the patron saint of Barcelona and Georgia (Former soviet country not the state in the US)

[Ja'chyra]

Killed a dragon? Hah, probably stood on a worm.

[English assassin]

Hummm toad in the hole with gallons of onion gravey on the top!!! whos says the english cant cook!!!

Yes indeed, the famous English sense of humour is nowhere more apparent that in our cuisine...

Anyway, sorry for the confusion earlier. Here's a picture of luvverly jellied eels http://www.stephenson-fish.co.uk/includes/images/photos/fish/wet_fish/jellied-eels.jpg, Mmm, don't they look delicious? Lets face it, a nation capable of eating that is capable of anything.

And here is a recipe: http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/recipes_result.asp?name=jelliedeels. I may have to knock some up for my Iranian In laws on Sunday, they think all Europeans are barbarians anyway.

Here's St Delia on Toad in the Hole, http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/r_0000001030.asp

And here's spitfire bitter http://www.shepherd-neame.co.uk/beers/index.php?spitfire. Drink it. You'll be glad you did.

[marcusbrutus]

Surely the best policy for St Georges day is go down the pub and watch the football, thus avoiding parades etc. If you're lucky the landlord might even put on a little spread.

No jellied eels thanks, I'm from up Norf, I think it'll be a nice Lancashire hotpot for me.

[English assassin]

Surely the best policy for St Georges day is go down the pub and watch the football, thus avoiding parades etc. If you're lucky the landlord might even put on a little spread.

This is EXACTLY the sort of reasoning that made England great.

I salute you.

[Craterus]

I like hotpots, I don't like the look of jellied eels...

[dessa14]

i eat some of the english food, the thing i hate about aussies and americans, is their soft bellies when it comes to anything other then the flesh of an animal.
"Oh no an organ, i can't eat that, it might have had poo in it at one stage"
or the immaturity of "oh no, an animals dead penis, i can't eat that, heehee penis"
thanks,
dizzy

[Togakure]

Hmm ... the Toad in the Hole looks scrumpdiliicious--I could manage that with pleasure I'm sure. The jellied eels--not so sure. Has anyone had Japanese Unagi and does it taste anything like that? If it does then I could eat it by the bowl-full. It doesn't look like unagi though ... .

Um ... have you actually eaten a dead animal's penis before Dessa? Can't say that I've tried that before ... and it would challenge my general rule of trying any type of food once, I think. No ... I know it would.

[dessa14]

of course i have, i've eaten most things you could imagine.
if it is prepared properly, and not just a whole penis i can eat it without a problem.
i would eat anything, except toadfish or pufferfish, or other things i think posinous (yes i know spelt wrong)
thanks,
dizzy

[lancelot]

The sight of jellied eels alone makes me want to barf, I mean come on! to me Jelly is a desert! not soemthing to be eaten with fish!! Christ, Im felling queasy just talking about it....

That said, to describe Haggis could make you want to barf, but it is actually quite nice.

[KukriKhan]

Sounds like the trick is: Spitfire Bitters before, during and after the eels & toads.

Sufficient alcohol intake easily facilitates otherwise gaggable consumeables.

Happy Dragon-slayer Day, mates! :balloon2: :balloon2:

[Duke Malcolm]

mmm... toad in the hole. We used to get that in primary school, but I say jellied eels on Rick Stein's Food Heroes, and I can't say it looked tempting, so I'll be sticking with my localest seafood delicacy, arbroath smokies.

I heard that haggis is illegal in the US, because of the parts of the animal that is uses.

I can't say that I shall be doing anything for St George's Day, because I am about 70 miles too far north for that sort of thing. I have to wait for 30/11 until I can't celebrate St Andrew's Day.
That Spitfire Bitter must be good, with a name like that. I prefer Best, myself.

[ah_dut]

Sounds like the trick is: Spitfire Bitters before, during and after the eels & toads.

Sufficient alcohol intake easily facilitates otherwise gaggable consumeables.

Happy Dragon-slayer Day, mates! :balloon2: :balloon2:
Sounds like you're just looking for an excuse to drink the lifeforce of the universe Kukri ~;)

[InsaneApache]

heh....being from 'oop north' its pints of Old Peculier, black pudding, tripe and 'monkeys elbow' (ham shank)...and more Old Peculier.....well mebbe 40 years ago ~;)

Actually I'm all for the Old Peculier...http://www.taproom.com/beer/pecul.htm ...but I'll actually eat the great English dish of chicken tikka masala, with raita and either 3 chappattis or a garlic naan :bow:

[Duke Malcolm]

Scottish, it was invented in Glasgow.

[tibilicus]

Can some one please tell me on the subject of holidays. Is it mayday Bank holiday next week?

[Duke Malcolm]

Yes, one week tomorrow. The day before my study leave starts for exams... Two days before my first exam...

[InsaneApache]

Mayday...gah...bloody socialists get a holiday, why not the English? ~:)

Anyway..upon my daily constitution, I happened upon a great delight and much merriment.

http://www.bracewel.demon.co.uk/

It was very good...even showed very well how the pikemen 'did the business'....

They drilled in the historical manner....and showed the different type of tactics employed at the time, and why and who theyd use them against.

I was captivated, as was my 5 YO grand-daughter.....

They even showed how fast different musketeers could fire according to experience....and I kid u not, there was this old guy, who obviously knew his stuff and he was firing 3 rounds to the 'novice' in the troop who could only manage a third of that....

then there was the cannon display.....excellent afternoon, you could go and even wear the armour and load a musket....great stuff.

Oh...the cost? .... nowt , heh I am a Yorkireman ( its been heard/tell that it takes an adjustable spanner to get a 50p bit outta the grasp of a 'Tyke') so a double whammy ...good day and free as air....well done those guys. :bow:

heres a better link ....http://www.montagu.org.uk/home.html .....enjoy

[King Henry V]

The best way to eat eels is when they are fried with butter and sprinkled with lemon juice. Yum!

[ShadesWolf]

especially since it has been hijacked by the far right.


Why is being english and proud of it classed as being hijacked by the far right.

What a load of tosh, it has nothing to be with being right/ left wing. It is about being english and proud of that.

Why if you are Welsh, Scottish, Irish you are aload to say you are proud to be XYZ. But if you are english the Left always insist it is about Racism.

What a joke, its no wonder this once great country is going down the pan

[Duke Malcolm]

It depends about which part of the country's history you are proud of. I am proud of both Scotland's and Britain's history (the imperial part).