Liver and bacon, "you are offal- but I like you" as Mr Dick Emery might say ( a TV comedian from yester year).
Yes, Liver and bacon is the gentleman's favourite and for many it is an acquired taste. Traditionally the liver of a lamb was used but since our inception into Europe in 1974 the calf's liver has been the housewife's choice. The liver is doused in seasoned flour and then flash fried through for a couple of minutes. That's how a French man would cook it, me, I like it stewed with bacon and onions.
William Caxton's woodcut from the Canterbury's Tales shows quite explicitly Squire Franklin tucking into 'Livere and backon', cooked by the comely Wife of Bath. Biblical references are hard to come by. Shame really.
Liver and bacon, "you are offal- but I like you" as Mr Dick Emery might say ( a TV comedian from yester year).
ReplyDeleteYes, Liver and bacon is the gentleman's favourite and for many it is an acquired taste. Traditionally the liver of a lamb was used but since our inception into Europe in 1974 the calf's liver has been the housewife's choice. The liver is doused in seasoned flour and then flash fried through for a couple of minutes. That's how a French man would cook it, me, I like it stewed with bacon and onions.
William Caxton's woodcut from the Canterbury's Tales shows quite explicitly Squire Franklin tucking into 'Livere and backon', cooked by the comely Wife of Bath. Biblical references are hard to come by. Shame really.