Coronation Quiche

[Chappers51]

My mother ( a cookery teacher in a college) always used 1/2 butter, 1/2 lard for all types of pastry. It was simply the best and I have followed her lead. Biggles loves my pastry .........

So true Veem, I don’t make pastry these days, but when I did I followed mum’s recipes.

I recall lard from the butcher or Trex (referred to as Tubby Trex)

[Spectrum]

There is sweet cakes that use Lard ie the Northumberland "Lardy cake", each region has their own variation, some with fruit some without, never had any so cannot comment on taste.

[Veem]

My mother ( a cookery teacher in a college) always used 1/2 butter, 1/2 lard for all types of pastry. It was simply the best and I have followed her lead. Biggles loves my pastry .........

So true Veem, I don’t make pastry these days, but when I did I followed mum’s recipes.

I recall lard from the butcher or Trex (referred to as Tubby Trex)

When we first came to France I used to buy frozen pastry. But when cooked, it always seemed on the solid side. One day when making a quiche I had none in the freezer, so decided to make my own. Biggles was so appreciative that I've never bought another pack of the frozen.

I seem to remember that Trex always had a distinctive and not very pleasant smell. Or was that Spry .........?

[beejay]

You’re right Pathca, beef fat was dripping and often served on toast.
There was a pub on the outskirts of Cambridge which used to serve it at the weekend (and very popular it was too).

Back in the 60/70's Vauxhall Motors had tea trolleys selling bread and dripping going round the offices mid-morning - and very popular it was too..

[beejay]

As said in Super U its by the pate and Duck fat, in the chiller cabinet, use it a lot in pork pie hot water crust pastry, also quiche is not French it originated in Germany.

Quiche is a French word regardless of its supposed origin from the German word kuchen.

[exile]

I don't eat words. I eat quiche and regardless of the word origin, Quiche Lorraine came from Lorraine which for much of its history belonged to the Holy Roman Empire and then became German.

[Spectrum]

I never said anything about the word Quiche it is the recipe that apparently originated in Germany, of course country's have their own name for different things.

[beejay]

My point was why was a dish with a French name chosen for a celebration food at an English/British King's coronation?

[Char]

Coronation Flan is probably too common for them.

[MAD87]

Coronation Flan is probably too common for them.

That'll be it.
But why all the fuss? I don't suppose Chas & Camel make it themselves.