[Gandalf_The_Gray]

I doubt many Brits have ever eaten boiled beef I certainly never have.

Do you lead a sheltered life perhaps? Maybe boiled beef is just a Cockney thing, I wouldn't know about that but here is a link to a page with a recipe for "Boiled Beef and Carrots" with this comment added: "Immortalized by the old music hall song, this is a truly traditional Cockney dish."

http://www.britannia.com/cooking/recipes/boiledbeef.html

Over the years I have come to associate boiled beef, maybe not as a mainstay of British cuisine, but certainly not all that unfamiliar. Admittedly the evidence was hearsay in nature and not subject to personal verification since I have never had the opportunity to visit your "Blessed Isles". If I erred, I apologize for my ignorance.

Regards,
GtG

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

PS Speaking of British cuisine brings to mind the following bit of humor:

Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and it's all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and it's all organized by the Italians.

Regards,
GtG

[snugs]

Yes I have heard of it and of course the song but in reality never tasted boiled beef and cannot think of anyone who has certainly not of my age.

Probably my parents or their parents may have but it certainly not a regularly eaten dish today.

You are more likely to be offered curry or spaghetti bolonaise than boiled beef.

The only meat I have had boiled is chicken and that is for heath reasons for dad if I do chicken portions such as thighs and drumsticks I tend to boil them as recommended by his doctor. I thought they would be tasteless but I was pleasantly surprised but the thought of boiling beef yuck.

I do normally boil my mince before I add other ingredients something I got from mum she used to boil it and leave overnight for the fat to come to the surface and then skim it off the top and then prepare the dish.

My dinner today - roast turkey, yorkshire pudding and green beans followed by trifle

d by trifle.