Lloyd90 509 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Come on, who's had it ? I can honestly say I can't ever remember having it growing up, although my great uncle who taught me to shoot used to talk about it fondly. His father used to work on the docks at Southampton over the war period, he was one of eleven kids and had some great stories, different world back then! He said their mother used to shout out "boys your steaks ready" and when they all ran in excited they'd be having bread and dripping and she'd be laughing that the neighbours all thought they were having steak now ? Said they used to have tinned fruit and put the tins out on the front wall so everyone could see! Anyway, after my rib roast I've got a pan full of dripping seems to have gone solid and I might just have to put some on toast for breakfast to remember the old git, he's sadly missed 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CHEVINFOX 3,537 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 yep roast on a sunday and then bread & dripping and HARD boiled eggs for Monday tea , i was told it would put hairs on my chest it was all a lie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 You can't beat a bit of dripping and it's been proved now that animal fats full fat milk cheese eggs etc do you no harm, so spread it on sprinkle a bit of salt on top and enjoy ....... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 I'm in Romania and I'm quite fond of pork dripping spread on bread with paprika and salt. Atb Joe They serve that as an aperitif in Poland in restaurants ....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny.w 316 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 My local pub used to put out trays of squares of beef dripping on toast on a Sunday lunchtime with plenty of salt on it so you'd drink more. Yum! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 When we were kids my dad would fry some bread in the pan with a little bit of dripping and put salt on it we loved it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,024 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Yep beef dripping with that nice beefy jelly just under mmmmm had it loads as a kid with the grandparents. Just don't seem to get it much off the beef now a days unless I am doing some thing wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tsteve9999 456 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 I've eaten it all my life, but you need lots of the brown jelly stuff at the bottom for the best taste. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,424 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 I have it on bread sometimes It has to have the brown jelly and not the white block from the supermarket as that's crap She also puts it on the roasts and a spoon in the bottom of the Yorkshire pudding tray. 1 spoon 1 Yorkshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 19,322 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) I still have a bit of bread and dripping and a bit of salt when I can be bothered to save it from the roast.. The brown jelly is flavour gold. Edited November 21, 2016 by kanny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 My grandad used to love it - "that'll stick to ya ribs !" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Gain 1,759 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Used to love it, but it was a rarity as it meant you had had roast beef for sunday dinner, and we normally had chicken or a hand spring of pork which were slightly cheaper than beef. Occasionally got a bit of shoulder of lamb, depending on the price. A sprinkle of white pepper and a pinch of salt, and always try to get as much of the brown jelly as possible. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 7,915 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Its the only thing I used to take for my snap when I worked down the pit beef or pork dripping in one of those acme snap tins that you don't see now days.Tbh I can count on one hand the times I have had bread and dripping since leaving the pit 30 years ago some how it just don't taste the same for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 I've never had it but sounds good to me. Sounds like something my grandad would have given me to eat. He was a decent cook and nothing wasted. The frying was hardly ever washed out so it had a host of flavours on it....? I remember him saying when he was young that his mum would make a batch of porridge and spread it in the bottom drawer of the cupboard. When it hardened they would get a slice cut out as a 'treat'......different back then..? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,587 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 used love the it, but its very bad for you, all that fat will feck up your arteries long term, my wife family lived on the stuff in 50-60s , not much money so eat what they could get, and dripping was one of the things they had, all stuff like that bad for you cholesterol , they all had heart attacks and strokes and died quite young ( mid 60s) , dripping ok once in a while Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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