Hi MikeL2,

I remember the aroma of meat and potato pie wafting through the house. No-one made it quite like my grandma. My mum's was gorgeous, but she always admitted that Grandma's (My dad's mum) was best . She was expert at making fantastic food from the simplest of ingredients. I remember that she would soak marrowfat peas overnight and then roast them in the oven with breast of lamb. She then made it all into a rich gravy which we would soak up with bread.The lamb was mainly fat - but it was crispy and tasted heavenly. My arteries are groaning at the thought!I probably wouldn't be able to eat it nowadays. We don't eat so much fat nowadays do we?

I also remember her jam roly poly and oven baked rice pudding. I always managed to scrounge the skin!