TOT dripping

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:51:47 +0000, John Hall
wrote:

The dripping is the thin jelly-like layer that forms underneath the lard
as it solidifies. It's delicious when spread on bread or toast.

In the 1940s, I can remember my mother making dripping cake and taking
one to school as a contribution to an end of term Christmas party.

Memories, memories...

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"John Hall" wrote in message
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Owain writes:
On Jan 19, 6:03 pm, "Who, me?" wrote:
Surely the important question is 'beef' or 'pork'?

Isn't dripping beef, and lard is pork?

The dripping is the thin jelly-like layer that forms underneath the lard
as it solidifies. It's delicious when spread on bread or toast.

No it isn't. Of course digging down to the jelly makes it tastier.

Wiktionary:
dripping: Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off
roasting meat.
lard: Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in
cooking or pharmacy.

(Pharmacy? Can I ask the doctor for a prescription of 500g of lard?)

--
Max Demian

"Steve Terry" wrote in message
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wrote:

I blame the inbreeding that goes on up norf

Steve Terry

Back in the 70's there was one place where it was said that there were "only
five names in the village" - the results were sadly predictable...

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Max Demian writes:
"John Hall" wrote in message
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Owain writes:
On Jan 19, 6:03 pm, "Who, me?" wrote:
Surely the important question is 'beef' or 'pork'?

Isn't dripping beef, and lard is pork?

The dripping is the thin jelly-like layer that forms underneath the lard
as it solidifies. It's delicious when spread on bread or toast.

No it isn't. Of course digging down to the jelly makes it tastier.

Wiktionary:
dripping: Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off
roasting meat.
lard: Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in
cooking or pharmacy.

That's not how the word "dripping" was used in our house. However
checking in my Concise Oxford Dictionary, it agrees with Wiktionary
about dripping and that lard is specifically from the pig rather than
from any animal. So I've learnt something. In what I wrote, for
"dripping" substitute "the jelly that forms underneath the fat from
roast beef when it solidifies".
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

On 19/01/2013 17:03, wrote:
Last night whilst very very drunk I was overcome by essurience and greatly desired a dripping sandwich. I took a pot of dripping from the freezer and put it in the microwave which I set to 'defrost'. Five minutes later there was a loud bang. The small amount of water in the jelly, below the fatty part of the dripping, must have boiled, and sent the rock-hard lump of fat flying upwards.

I gave it up and had a cheese sandwich.

Bill

That's nothing.

A "primary school teacher" decided to "hard boil" her egg in the
microwave oven.

She put a whole egg in the microwave, closed the door, and set the timer.


Some time later, there was a loud bang.

The egg had exploded and blown the microwave door off.....

Stephen

On 19/01/2013 18:03, Who, me? wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:36:15 +0000, "Woody"
wrote:

wrote in message
... Last night
whilst very very drunk I was overcome by essurience and greatly desired
a dripping sandwich. I took a pot of dripping from the freezer and put
it in the microwave which I set to 'defrost'. Five minutes later there
was a loud bang. The small amount of water in the jelly, below the fatty
part of the dripping, must have boiled, and sent the rock-hard lump of
fat flying upwards.

I gave it up and had a cheese sandwich.

Bill



Does your dripping have to be on toast with Marmite (Chesterfield style)
or just plain?

Surely the important question is 'beef' or 'pork'?

David


Or Horse......

On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:55:35 -0800, Owain
wrote:

On Jan 19, 6:03Â*pm, "Who, me?" wrote:
Surely the important question is 'beef' or 'pork'?

Isn't dripping beef, and lard is pork?

Not where I;m from...

Lard is rendered fat but dripping is that from the oven roast whether it
be pork or beef. Beef is the choice of the 'connosewer' though.

David

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Stephen H wrote:

On 19/01/2013 17:03, wrote:
Last night whilst very very drunk I was overcome by essurience and greatly desired a dripping sandwich. I took a pot of dripping from the freezer and put it in the microwave which I set to 'defrost'. Five minutes later there was a loud bang. The small amount of water in the jelly, below the fatty part of the dripping, must have boiled, and sent the rock-hard lump of fat flying upwards.

I gave it up and had a cheese sandwich.

BTW, at this time of year, I was thinking of turkey dripping, but nobody
else has mentioned that. Chicken dripping is nice too.

That's nothing.

A "primary school teacher" decided to "hard boil" her egg in the
microwave oven.

She put a whole egg in the microwave, closed the door, and set the timer.

Some time later, there was a loud bang.

The egg had exploded and blown the microwave door off.....

IIRC Jack Dee tried to do that on TV once, but the egg didn't explode
until he stopped it and opened the door. I guess that caused a momentary
drop in pressure inside the oven and therefore an increase in pressure
difference between inside and outside the egg shell.

--
TH * http://www.realh.co.uk

R. Mark Clayton wrote:
"Steve Terry" wrote in message
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wrote:

I blame the inbreeding that goes on up norf
Steve Terry

Back in the 70's there was one place where it was said that there
were "only five names in the village" - the results were sadly
predictable...

Eeee Eckk...
Dripping Buttys, Fried Tripe, and Mushy peas for tea.

Steve Terry
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"Stephen H" wrote in message
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On 19/01/2013 17:03, wrote:
Last night whilst very very drunk I was overcome by essurience
and greatly desired a dripping sandwich. I took a pot of
dripping from the freezer and put it in the microwave which I
set to 'defrost'. Five minutes later there was a loud bang.
The small amount of water in the jelly, below the fatty part
of the dripping, must have boiled, and sent the rock-hard lump
of fat flying upwards.

I gave it up and had a cheese sandwich.

Bill

That's nothing.

A "primary school teacher" decided to "hard boil" her egg in
the microwave oven.

She put a whole egg in the microwave, closed the door, and set
the timer.


Some time later, there was a loud bang.

The egg had exploded and blown the microwave door off.....




I was in a bus depot canteen once and watched a chap put a potato
wrapped in foil into the (large) microwave. I learned later that
it wasn't Nov 5th!


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Woody

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