Fao Of Margo Tester

[retrocop]

Hi Margo,
Like old times. My recipe is slightly plagiarised from the dear food economist who died only a few years ago. Her name was Margaruite Pattern and she worked for the Ministry of Food during the last war. Her job was to advise housewives how to cook good meals for their families with the war time rations available. Her recent cookbook was entitled 'We'll Eat Again' but some wags named it 'Whale Meat Again' . I am cooking for three adults tonight so I have diced about 3lbs of pots into oxo cube size. Likewise I have diced two tins of corned beef and finely chopped two medium onions.
Method: Boil the diced pots until slightly soft. Drain and replace in pot on hob to steam dry them with a tea towel on top.
Fry the pots in a large frying pan or wok with Veg oil until lightly browned and crisping up a bit.
Place the diced corned beef in with the pots,carefully stir and leave for several minutes.
Add the onions and let them soften.
I use a potato masher to compress the food like a large potato pancake in the pan.
Make a few hollows in the mix and fill with eggs. Put a lid on the wok and heat till the eggs are set. I am cooking it as I type and hope to give you a photo of the finished product. Just draining the pots. enjoy.
xxxx

[pastafreak]

Where's Margo...she'll miss this!

[retrocop]

pasta,
I'm not sure I would like her to see this. It was for her benefit I posted the recipe and I am seriously regretting it. It is a load of grief and I hope she won't feel guilty for asking for my recipe. We swapped recipes many times in the 'good' old days and had no problems.

[pastafreak]

I suppose you could re-post in Food and Drink...and ask for this to be deleted. It's just an idea...

[barry1010]

I don't know how or why but I have never eaten corned beef in any cooked recipe. I'm going to try it soon, love corned beef straight from the can in a salad or sandwich.
I'm over the age where corned beef hash should have been a staple but we had faggots with gray pays, and chitterlings with mustard.

[MargoTester]

Good morning Retro, I'm so sorry but I've only just seen this, not sure how I missed it, but anyway thanks very much. The finished product looks delicious and I'll be giving it a try very soon. I do something very similar but with spam!! I still use several of the recipes you've put on here but we particularly like pork ginaling which is delicious.