Breadcrumbs in Cooking

[Ruthanne]

My mom used to put buttered breadcrumbs on her mac and cheese casserole. It added a bit of crunch to the top and was good!

 

[Keesha]

Oh yeah. Crunchy top Mac & Cheese is awesome. I’d forgotten about that.
Good old fashion Mac & cheese.

 

[PamfromTx]

My mom used to put buttered breadcrumbs on her mac and cheese casserole. It added a bit of crunch to the top and was good!

Now, you're talking. Yum!

 

[PamfromTx]

I made meatballs last evening and yes, I used breadcrumbs amongst other ingredients. They were delish and moist.

 

[hollydolly]

Never cared for Lorne sausage, always preferred 'links'. Trouble was that commercial ones tend to be far too fatty.
What percentage fat mince do you use. I tend to use 10% for most things as 5% won't bind together well.

Way back 50 years ago when I went to university in Belfast, there was a round spiced "vegetable roll". It was basically beef mince spiced with spring onions and herbs and formed into a roll about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. This was then sliced and fried.
Like the Scots, the Ulster people had a reputation for a somewhat unhealthy diet.

The famous Ulster Fry...we often had that when we were kids

 

[Mike]

I learned something while playing with this recipe, trying
to find out about the breadcrumbs.

I learned that Square Sausage and Lorne Sausage are two
different products, or at least they used to be, now the name
Lorne is sometimes used for the square ones too.

Lorne was a district in Dumfries and Galloway, which was noted
for its beef, might still be of course.

The Square Sausage used 1lb beef + 1lb pork, whereas the Lorne
used 1lb beef + 1/2lb of beef fat, I think that, that recipe has faded
into history, but the name lives on, recycled.

Mike.