Colonel Mustard Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I want to make Spotted Dick, but I can't find suet anywhere. My dictionary tells me that the French is graisse de boeuf, but supermarkets and butchers look blank when I ask them. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Try asking for "du suif " and do try your local butcher, as he'll be more likely to have some than the supermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 How should we be pronouncing that Clair? Is it the same as "juif", so kind of sweef? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Yes, just like that! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Thanks Claire, I shall try that one out at the butchers today.Mr Cat might love his mique, but just wait til he tastes my dumplings [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Chris Head said he spotted Dick in Court the other day. Boom boom!! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well, I tried out our butcher with a request for suif, and he asked me to repeat the word. Then he shrugged, and asked what I wanted it for. Cue monologue about mixing it with flour and steaming it to make something a bit like mique. He then showed me a block of lard (not UK fat for baking, but that pork thing that looks like a bite would send your arteries into convulsions). When I explained that it was usually the fat that surrounded kidneys the penny dropped. He didn't have any, but said that if I called in tomorrow he would find me some.Watch this space... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well done Cat![:)]He must have had the same look on his face as my pharmacist when I ask him for glycérine for "my English Christmas cake" last year...[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 There was another french guy in the butchers this morning, hanging on the end of the counter, chatting away to the butcher. He followed the whole conversation with a wry grin on his face, and then as soon as I was out out the door guffawed loudly. Perhaps they thought that the whole dumpling thing was a red herring, and that I really wanted suif for its other translation (tallow) to start my very own cottage candle-making empire [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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