Coronation - chicken or something new?

[simonineaston]

Recent newspapers are full of articles about dishes that may or may not celebrate the King's coronation. Me, I love Coronation Chicken, that slightly bonkers mix of fruit, cold chicken & curry... Apparently the design brief insisted that the dish could be made ahead of the televised ceremony as well as eaten with a fork - how thoughtful!
Will you, dear reader, be cooking whatever newfangled celebratory dish is going with Charlie's crowning, or inventing a new dish yourself, or simply loading up on good old Coronation Chicken? Or perhaps you'll just go out for a nice ride !

[Psamathe]

It's a quiche

‘More like spinach pie’: Felicity Cloake tests King Charles and Camilla’s coronation quiche
What does Guardian cookery queen Felicity Cloake think of the king and queen consort’s celebration quiche recipe?

I remember the days when Quiche was part of an insult/joke against those weirdos who programmed in Pascal.

Ian

[simonineaston]

There is nothing inherently wrong with any of the dishes, which all look fine – a kedgeree from Stein, a carrot hummus from Leith, a cheesecake from Kerridge

oh dear...

[Jdsk]

This year I will be politely declining invitations to celebrations of a predominantly monarchist nature.

On previous similar occasions we have sometimes organised republican parties on a near but different date, and have included appropriate food and drink and readings. There may be some election results that are worth discussing.

Did you see the suggested verse to accompany the spinach and bean pie:

“There’s a new king/ and he seems nice.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... asing-task

Jonathan (ALGOL amongst others!)

[VinceLedge]

Nobody I know seems remotely interested, nor have I heard of any celebrations planned locally. Being retired we don't even benefit from the extra public holiday (if there is actually one in Scotland - haven't checked!)

[Psamathe]

...Being retired we don't even benefit from the extra public holiday 😄 (if there is actually one in Scotland - haven't checked!)

But the already struggling UK economy will feel an impact from an additional Bank Holiday.

Ian

[Audax67]

A surfeit of lampreys comes to mind. Or was it palfreys?

[Jdsk]

A surfeit of lampreys comes to mind.
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Apart from whatever did or didn't cause the death of Henry I... lamprey pie was served on 4 March 1953, although the lampreys had to be imported!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey#As_food

Jonathan

[Audax67]

Oh well. Better make do with a crown roast then.

[Audax67]

A surfeit of lampreys comes to mind.
...

Apart from whatever did or didn't cause the death of Henry I... lamprey pie was served on 4 March 1953, although the lampreys had to be imported!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey#As_food

Jonathan

Yebbut she wasn't crowned until 2nd June. It must have been a bit niffy by then, after 3 months in a 1953 fridge.

[al_yrpal]

Here we have lots of organised village celebrations. Think we shall just watch the spectacle on TV but wont join in.
I remember watching Liz's Coronation on next doors black and white TV. The next week my Dad went out and bought one.

Al

[thirdcrank]

re Coronation Chicken:-

I was eight at the time of the last coronation and it is the source of some of my earliest memories which I can date exactly. I think crowding round a neighbour's telly was the norm although I think Pathé newsreels at the local cinema prolonged that. Hat's off to Peter Dimmock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dimmock

Anyway, I have no memory whatsoever of Coronation Chicken in Armley Leeds 12 or anywhere else in my youth. That's probably partly because nobody bought ready-made sandwiches.

My first memory of CC was when I met my mother-in-law to-be in 1966 who did a lot of private catering and was a strong supporter of "The Legion."
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PS I lost my thread when the chap arrived to service my central heating.

I would say that people should be free to opt out of celebrating the approaching coronation if they wish, but I hope those who do opt out of the royalty thing completely, and don't stoop to accepting the trappings

[Audax67]

Here we have lots of organised village celebrations. Think we shall just watch the spectacle on TV but wont join in.
I remember watching Liz's Coronation on next doors black and white TV. The next week my Dad went out and bought one.

Al

Me too. 9" screen in a dark wooden cabinet the size of a washing machine.

[Mick F]

There's going to be a Coronation Street Party here, I believe.

I'm going to turn up as Ena Sharples and wearing a hair-net.

[rjb]

There's going to be a Coronation Street Party here, I believe.

I'm going to turn up as Ena Sharples and wearing a hair-net.

We must have a photo Mick.