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@imallears

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Hi,

Malt vinegar and fish and fried cod is very much an English tradition. When I visited England to see family (lived there for 6 months as a child) we always got the fish and chips in paper wrapping with the vinegar all over.. My mom was from Kilkenny and my dad from Manchester so I grew up with malt vinegar as a staple . Grew up eating Welsh rarebit, corned beef and cabbage, Bubble and Squeak, liver and onions with bacon (use to eat that for breakfast) and of course, fish and chips. I’m the only one in my family who loves liver. Had to make sure everyone was out of the house before I cooked it because of the smell. We always had calfs liver...not beef liver like in the markets today. Lots of butter and eggs and still everyone lived into old age.

Waxing nostalgic here in hot humid Florida

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jul 13, 2019

@imallears
No offense Mary but when I come to visit we’ll eat out. The Corned beef is ok though but that other junk, ick.
Jake

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lioness | @lioness | Jul 13, 2019

@imallers All that food is what I use to have in Pa. I just had Dried beef on toast another one we liked . Welsh rabbit will have when I get my groceries out of cheese use to eat it with tomatoes but now since I'm omitting them will have with onions. Also sauerkraut on mashed potatoes. yummy

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JK | @contentandwell | Jul 14, 2019

@imallears Now that you mention it, I did know that putting vinegar on fish and chips was an English thing. I am of Irish heritage but even my grandparents were born in this country -- they must have been on the first ships over here! My mother did like Welsh Rarebit, and corned beef and cabbage but I don't even know what bubble and squeak is, and we only had chicken livers, which I do like.

We also had lots of butter and eggs but in my family, most people did not make it into their 70s.
JK

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