Foods you don't see in restaurants or stores

BlunderWoman

BlunderWoman

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Many foods are never offered in restaurants or stores. When I speak of these foods it seems like only old ladies know what they are anymore. These are two can you think of any?

gooseberry pie

rhubarb pie
 

Our local Safeway frequently has Rhubarb Pie-or sometimes Strawberry Rhubarb Pie but I`ve never seen Gooseberry.
 

We recently enjoyed some delicious rhubarb/strawberry pie that I bought from my local grocery store. Its very popular here, but why would only old ladies know what they are, why not old men, or everyone for that matter.
 
Cookie said:
We recently enjoyed some delicious rhubarb/strawberry pie that I bought from my local grocery store. Its very popular here, but why would only old ladies know what they are, why not old men, or everyone for that matter.
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I love rhubarb pie! You can't find it here. I wish I could. And yeah , my bad, I should have said 'older people' instead of old ladies.
 
Recently we went to Friendly's restaurant for ice cream. Which is suppose to be their specialty. I wanted a good old fashioned ice cream soda. The kind made with plenty of seltzer,flavoring, a bit of milk and plenty of ice cream. She looked at me like I was crazy. She told me I could have a smoothie, float, milkshake and even a slurpee. She excused herself and came back with reinforcements. They rattled off the list again. I told them how to make my ice cream soda . They said they would try. Finally, they said they found the recipe and presented the soda to me.. It was flat, with a thimble full of ice cream and on the warm side. I thanked them for trying but from now on I will make my own at home.
 
I've just asked my not so old lady wife about rhubarb pie. She say that a few shops might sell it, but bein very juicy, it's hard to keep fresh. Our rhubarb is just coming ready, so it will soon be time for a home made pie. No problem getting gooseberry pie, but again we grow gooseberries and make our own pies.

My mother came from a relatively up-market part of Glasgow, but had a liking for simple food like bread with gravy and corned beef. This was rather frowned upon, so she and her friends would go to other areas where they buy such treats and where they wouldn't be seen eating them!
 
In the US it can be a regional thing. When we lived in Pennsylvania two of my favorites widely available...shoo fly pie and raisin filled cookies. Not close to as good as home made but mighty tasty. My Dad brings them back when he visits. Here in Northern New Jersey sweets from the old country are Italian or Portuguese...sigh.
 
BlunderWoman said:
Many foods are never offered in restaurants or stores. When I speak of these foods it seems like only old ladies know what they are anymore. These are two can you think of any?

gooseberry pie

rhubarb pie
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We've had both, there are two stores by us that sell these pies, all the flavors are really good. One store is a Meat Market, and the other is an Italian Deli. http://www.villagepiemaker.com/varieties/index.html
 
My wife learned from her French Canadian mother to make "french pancake". No recipe exists for it, but there is never any left over when she makes it.
 
My ex's late father used to make jam from his gooseberry bushes. He also made really good pies, but never gooseberry pie. I think rhubarb pie would need more sugar than rhubarb/strawberry. Maybe that's why it's not widely available?
 
Though I don't order tripe, my Taiwanese friend got me to try some at a Chinese dim sum restaurant. It has to be extremely white and clean, and seasoned properly.
 
In Minnesota pretty much everyone grew rhubarb and made pies, cobblers, jams, cakes, etc. In fact Garrison Keillor, know for his Prairie Home Companion radio show, mentions rhubarb in nearly every show.

Here in Montana it's also common. We have it growing, give away starts every spring and make multiple desserts during it's prime (here that's likely late June). It's yummy!
 
One pie you seldom see anymore is lemon sponge. I still have my aunt's recipe. You can order it out in PA sometimes. It's kind of a dense lemon custard.
 
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