(06-03-2025, 04:19 PM)FCD Wrote:(06-03-2025, 03:01 PM)Bally002 Wrote:(06-03-2025, 01:09 PM)FCD Wrote: You're also supposed to pick it up and shake it vigorously before using. Else wise all the good bits will settle out to the bottom after it sits for a while. I didn't know this for the longest while and was pleasantly surprised how much more flavor there is when shaken hard before using.
There is another sauce that was wildly used. Was a navy staple on Aussie ships back in the 70's.
"Fathers Favourite."
Always a bottle on the table. It was discontinued. Sadly. Loved it but I found the recipe so you'll get an idea of the ingredients.
Kind regards,
Bally
Looks interesting! I'm having a hard time picturing what that would taste like. The pumpkin confuses me. Is it sweet, or savory? With the garlic I would imagine savory, but the plums (and sugar) would make it sweet, and the lemon would make it tart. Something like a sweet-tart pumpkin sauce then?
For some reason it had a savoury bite to it. To be honest, never tasted the pumpkin. Quite popular at the rolling table at sea. 'Fathers Favourite' was called 'Mums' in the RAN. As in "Pass the mums" when eating SCRAN. 'Mums' was short for 'Mums C**T' . SCRAN was short for 'Shit Cooked by the Royal Australian Navy'. 'Mums' covered the flavour of SCRAN after a while at sea.
The other sauces had RAN names too. 'Tomato' = 'Redders' 'Worcestershire' = 'Wooz' etc.
Speaking of shaking the bottle. We were preparing for 'Procedure Alpha' entering Sydney Harbour after a RIMPAC. Dressed in whites looking resplendent before we went up on the flat top to form up after eating breakfast. Tables were long seating up to 15/16. Bloke asks 'Pass the Mums' Dutifully passed to him and he shook the bottle at shoulder height rigorously. Of course the loose lid came off and the 'Mums' propellered over the SCRAN eaters in the mess deck. The bloke shaking the bottle got none on himself. Shit stains on your dress whites. Nothing worse. Hard enough to launder and keep clean on the ship. Bit of a laugh.
Kind regards,
Bally.