My Mum made great....

JimmyMac

Ok this is from memory, hopefully not missed a step!

Scouse

500g diced beef
2-2.5kg maris piper potatoes
3-4 leeks
3-4 carrots
Button mushrooms
Gravy browning
Celery salt
2 oxo cubes
Salt

1/2 to 3/4 fill large deep pan/cast iron casserole dish with water, place on hob and start to heat

Cut leeks, mushrooms, carrots and add to pan. Add meat to pan.

Decent punch of salt, teaspoon celery salt, one oxo cube, gravy browning to colour(can add anytime)

Leave to simmer 2 hours

Peel and chop potatos into small chunks

Add to pan, add another oxo and punch salt, simmer for an hour or so.

Potatos should start to crumble, need to almost mash them to thicken up the scouse

Season to taste


As I say, loads of different recipes, used to use onions instead of leeks but prefer taste from leeks. No doubt someone else who can make scouse will think my recipe is nuts as is the way up here!

sniffer66

Guess lots of people would turn their noses up these days but my mum used to do me a plate of fried kidneys and double fried, home made chips, in a proper chip pan.

Kidneys in pies go horrible and crumbly but fried they have a lovely texture.
I loved them as a kid

GaseousClay

As a kid I used to think my mum was a good cook, but then only had school dinners to compare her to. Since cooking for myself I now know my mum is a rubbish cook.

And as for kidneys, my missus does a wicked devilled kidney.