Whatever happened to Pickled Onions?

Celticman

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Being from the UK, I used to really enjoy fresh bread, sharp cheese and a few pickled onions for lunch on weekends. I can no longer find jars of pickled onions in any of the major supermarkets? What the heck happened? Any suggestions?
 

TheDr

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Find a store that specialises in importing foodstuffs from the old country. You may pay a little more but your tastebuds will thank you. Alternatively make your own, its not too hard.
Any sort of English pickle/chutney brings back my childhood- my dads shop was a couple of hundred yards down the road from one of the best pickle makers in the country http://www.shaws1889.com/
 

Ceiling Cat

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Loblaw has sweet pickled onions in a jar.
 

le.broke.gear

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That does it, a trip to Pickering Market is on the cards this weekend... They sell Mr Kipling apple pies and cherry bakewells. Been looking for those for nearly 10 years. Thankyou so much :)
My work here is done. :D
 

TheDr

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ok, so this thread lead me to the kitchen to recreate another taste of my youth:

the Devils Sandwich - an unholy alliance of a cheese sandwich dipped in a mixture of egg and cream then fried.

My arteries hate you, and I accept no responsibility for the state of your arteries if you try this.
 

Celticman

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ok, so this thread lead me to the kitchen to recreate another taste of my youth:

the Devils Sandwich - an unholy alliance of a cheese sandwich dipped in a mixture of egg and cream then fried.

My arteries hate you, and I accept no responsibility for the state of your arteries if you try this.
A couple of other recipes from my UK childhood 100 years ago. Both are gauranteed to clog arteries with a gelatinous life shortening goo......

Fried bread. Just fry the bread in the left over fat from a bacon fry up. Not too much melted fat, so that the end result is bacon fat impregnated slightly crispy slice of bread. Eat it hot out of the pan. You will need a a serviette for this one. I made this one Sunday morning for for an Ex. She was a Public health Nurse. She was appalled.

Really nice fresh bread slavered with with cold beef dripping. Probably took 3 days to digest. My Grandmother used to make it for me when I was a nipper. She tried to bribe me into behaving myself with this treat. I ate the treat and still behaved like a little shit. Which seemed to lead to more bread and dripping. Amazing blood still flows through my arteries.
 

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A couple of other recipes from my UK childhood 100 years ago. Both are gauranteed to clog arteries with a gelatinous life shortening goo......

Fried bread. Just fry the bread in the left over fat from a bacon fry up. Not too much melted fat, so that the end result is bacon fat impregnated slightly crispy slice of bread. Eat it hot out of the pan. You will need a a serviette for this one. I made this one Sunday morning for for an Ex. She was a Public health Nurse. She was appalled.

Really nice fresh bread slavered with with cold beef dripping. Probably took 3 days to digest. My Grandmother used to make it for me when I was a nipper. She tried to bribe me into behaving myself with this treat. I ate the treat and still behaved like a little shit. Which seemed to lead to more bread and dripping. Amazing blood still flows through my arteries.
I just returned from a week in the UK and enjoyed a "full english" each morning. I must admit that by day seven I was ready for some fruit. Can't beat the pints on the Kensington pavements watching the the tall girls in their tight leggings walk by.
 

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Being from the UK, I used to really enjoy fresh bread, sharp cheese and a few pickled onions for lunch on weekends. I can no longer find jars of pickled onions in any of the major supermarkets? What the heck happened? Any suggestions?
I would mail you some but hard to do :(
 

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make you own

take red onions and add them to heated vinegar and spice.

let sit for a week in an air tight container
 

mandrill

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You buggers are 'oldin back on me. 16 bluddy posts and ya still 'aven't told me where to get sum faggots an' peas over 'ere!
 

Nate1

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You buggers are 'oldin back on me. 16 bluddy posts and ya still 'aven't told me where to get sum faggots an' peas over 'ere!
And while your asking, where can a guy get a decent eel pie in this town?
 

Celticman

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or worse, jellied ells................and worse again back in the day in the UK, going to the fishmonger to buy live eels. The fishmonger would whip them out of a tub, chop off their heads, and body still writhing, wrap them in newspaper. You needed a strong tummy for this one.
 

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Ohhhh I used to love pickled onion sandwiches, each pickled onion lovingly peeled and divided then squashed down flat on fresh, buttered bread. drool. That and a dripping and bovril sandwich. Crackling, Meat pie and sloppy peas, baked beans with every meal. Fried bread, Pickalilly on toast. Steak and Kidney Pie, ohhhhh and home made Treacle Toffee. Sigh, been years since I ate like a true Brit.
 
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