I figured they'd probably taste like nostalgia, given that half of the meat my mom cooked as a kid was baked in a combination of cream of mushroom soup and Worcestershire sauce.
Which means that you've trained your taste away from that kind of thing -- which isn't a bad thing by any means. It's a little sad to lose the nostalgia factor, but it generally means you're eating better (both in nutrition and in quality).
One of the things we got for the household this year was An Unexpected Cookbook, being an unofficial collection of recipes in the style which might have been served in the Shire. The author has done some research for (1) recipes appropriate to Tolkien's childhood (2) which would have been served in the kind of country working-folk community that the Shire is supposed to represent and (3) contain no New World ingredients with the exception of potatoes. The results... a lot of them look and sound Pretty Damn Good. You may want to acquire this one for yourself.
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Date: 2015-12-28 02:01 am (UTC)Which means that you've trained your taste away from that kind of thing -- which isn't a bad thing by any means. It's a little sad to lose the nostalgia factor, but it generally means you're eating better (both in nutrition and in quality).
One of the things we got for the household this year was An Unexpected Cookbook, being an unofficial collection of recipes in the style which might have been served in the Shire. The author has done some research for (1) recipes appropriate to Tolkien's childhood (2) which would have been served in the kind of country working-folk community that the Shire is supposed to represent and (3) contain no New World ingredients with the exception of potatoes. The results... a lot of them look and sound Pretty Damn Good. You may want to acquire this one for yourself.