Guest spook Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Hi all Have been spending some of the Christmas break sorting out photos and I came across this one that I took at Whitley Hall a few years ago. It's a framed menu from The Victoria Cafe on Fargate dated 02/03/1937. I think I'll give the Turtle Consomme a miss :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Excellent stuff, Thank you. Davy's Cafe of old, Arthur Davy, Victoria Cafe, 40 Fargate 1911-1925 and probably before and certainly after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Davy, Arthur & Sons Limited, Provision Merchants, Polony, Pork Pie & Sausage Manufacturers & Machine Bakers - 1905. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 1952 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Another 1952 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spook Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Was it roughly where WHSmiths is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Was it roughly where WHSmiths is? Looks like it, as W H Smith's present address is; 38-40 Fargate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 It sounds very appetizing, much better than the menus of today with all the fancy words which doesn't make the food taste any better. All the fancy wording we get today decribes the food better than it really is. I think I'll go for the roast pork and season pudding, love season pudding. Also known in Yorkshire as mucky pudding. Thanks spook [ Just brightened it a little for the diners to see ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Nope, I don't know Season pudding I don't think. Tell me more please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Nope, I don't know Season pudding I don't think. Tell me more please. To me it is pancake batter with sage & onion stuffing mix in it, cooked in the frying pan, I often have it with stew, or onion gravy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 What is this sole on the fish menu, can't say I have heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 To me it is pancake batter with sage & onion stuffing mix in it, cooked in the frying pan, I often have it with stew, or onion gravy Oh no, how awful. That's not season pudding. Steve I suggest someone cooks you some proper season pudding . If you are putting sage and onion stuffing in you are adding bread [ or bread crumbs] to the batter . It would never rise with stuffing in it. It's done in the oven like Yorkshire pud. Step 1, get your oven hot Step 2 . . . oh I''ll have to show you some time. Remember, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, yum yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I thought it might be Yorkshire pudding with herbs added ... like me Dad used to make. Oh no, how awful. That's not season pudding. Steve I suggest someone cooks you some proper season pudding . If you are putting sage and onion stuffing in you are adding bread [ or bread crumbs] to the batter . It would never rise with stuffing in it. It's done in the oven like Yorkshire pud. Step 1, get your oven hot Step 2 . . . oh I''ll have to show you some time. Remember, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, yum yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I well remember having my nose up against the window of Davy's on many occasions smelling the coffee being ground in the machine in the window. That was in the early 1950's when I was 7 or 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 What is this sole on the fish menu, can't say I have heard of it. http://cheesenbiscui...-seasalter.html Slip sole (kind of a small subspecies of sole). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 http://cheesenbiscui...-seasalter.html Slip sole (kind of a small subspecies of sole). Thank you syrup. 'Sole is an elongated, oval fish with a round head. The right side, the upper side, is brown with spots and dots, and the underside is white. The maximum length of sole is 70cm. The smallest grading is a small sole, known as the ‘slip sole’, because it slips through the net. This grading is very popular among fish lovers'. From: Fish facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Oh no, how awful. That's not season pudding. Steve I suggest someone cooks you some proper season pudding . If you are putting sage and onion stuffing in you are adding bread [ or bread crumbs] to the batter . It would never rise with stuffing in it. It's done in the oven like Yorkshire pud. Step 1, get your oven hot Step 2 . . . oh I''ll have to show you some time. Remember, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, yum yum. I can make a good Yorkshire Pudding Mrs.UKL, my Aunty Edna always cooked her season pudding in the frying pan, with the Paxo sage & onion in it, and I still make them to this day, it is a lot quicker and more economical than firing the oven up to a high temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Tuppenny Hat Detective Mentions Davy's Cafe amongst other Sheffield stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Davy family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I can make a good Yorkshire Pudding Mrs.UKL, my Aunty Edna always cooked her season pudding in the frying pan, with the Paxo sage & onion in it, and I still make them to this day, it is a lot quicker and more economical than firing the oven up to a high temperature. Don't worry about the puddings, you certainly know your fish. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Tuppenny Hat Detective Mentions Davy's Cafe amongst other Sheffield stuff. Wasn't he related to Ha'penny Duck. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Davy, Arthur & Sons Limited, Provision Merchants, Polony, Pork Pie & Sausage Manufacturers & Machine Bakers - 1905. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1489567 This is where The Arthur Davy Shop that i remember my Girlfriend who later became my Wife worked there when we met, There was a door on the corner at that time you could by hot or cold snacks to take away, I used to meet her from work have a bite to eat then wait for her in the pub on Castle Street. Happy Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Another Reference to Arthur Davy here. https://mannchess.org.uk/People/Davy, Arthur (Sheffield).htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 38 Fargate, Old Cutlers Arms 1849 (George Scholes) - 1852 (Mary Scholes) - newsagents, booksellers, periodicals etc at 40. On 31/12/2011 at 08:33, SteveHB said: Looks like it, as W H Smith's present address is; 38-40 Fargate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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