One of the most famous Victorian dishes is a hilarious lie

Re:One of the most famous Victorian dishes is a hilarious lie by dcminter on Monday January 17, 2022 @12:07PM (#29968722)

Another Brit who's no familiarity with it. I have listened to a few of the Goon show episodes but it didn't ring a bell. I don't think my parents were fans, so perhaps I'd have heard it referenced if they were.

On the other hand, I rescued my late mother's recipe books when we cleared their house and I can offer up a recipe for "Brown Stew" if anyone's interested. Still not "Windsor" though.

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Re:One of the most famous Victorian dishes is a hilarious lie by cannam on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:01PM (#29971651)

> I can offer up a recipe for "Brown Stew" if anyone's interested

Is that the Good Housekeeping recipe book by any chance? That has a number of brown things, including stew.

"SAVOURY SAUCES

"Vast as the number of individual savoury sauces may be, most of them can be divided into White (simple or rich), Brown and Egg sauces, plus a group of Miscellaneous ones such as Mint Sauce."

Though it is actually a pretty good cookery book in many ways.

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Re:One of the most famous Victorian dishes is a hilarious lie by dcminter on Monday January 17, 2022 @05:26PM (#29972379)

Maybe. It's handwritten, but may well have been transcribed for convenience. She certainly had GH (as did I in a much later edition) I'll see if I can fish it out in the morning.

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