Rissoles?

[bainbrig]

When we were young we had rissoles. Horrid, rubbery, gristly things. Never heard of a burger till the mid/late sixties.

Any rissole memories?

BB

[douglas9401]

I think I've just encountered some elsewhere.

[-Talbot-]

Yeah, like many in Grease ...she looked a lot older than 18

[retrocop]

Yes. A few rissoles spring to mind. It escapes the AB censor when used. :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Rissoles make for more replies to a thread than burgers that's the main difference.

[-SharonA-]

Yeah, I has dissolves when I was younger. There was no McDonald's and only a Wimpy.

[Buenchico]

The problem with discussing 'rissoles' is that there's no universal definition of what a 'rissole' actually is.

In particular there are probably lots of regional variations. For example, if you live in Sheffield what most people (and Birds Eye) would call a 'fishcake' is called a 'fish rissole' in chippies. (If you ask for a 'fishcake' you'll get two slices of potato, with a thin slice of potato in between them, all fried in batter).

The 'rissoles' we had at school were rather nice, spicy meat things coated in breadcrumbs, whereas several recipe sites suggest that 'rissoles' are similar to Swedish meatballs or to German Frikadellen (both of which I love) or perhaps akin to British faggots. Then there are things like smoked haddock rissoles, shrimp rissoles, cheese and potato rissoles, etc.

So the rissoles you hated might not be like the rissoles that other people here have eaten.

[Buenchico]

>>> Yeah, I has dissolves when I was younger

An errant spellchecker there, perhaps?

[tonyav]

Yeah, used to have something they ( who ever did the menu ) called rissoles forced upon us sometimes school dinners, horrible things imo.

[douglas9401]

Confirms my thoughts on the number and variety of rissoles. They come in all shapes, sizes and guises.

[Peter Pedant]

a man went into a restaurant and ordered 'two pissoles' and ther was the usual what - two p - - -
and the waiter finally said
sir that is not a P it is an R

and the client said - Oh I will have two arrissholes then ....

well you did ask for treasured memories .....

[-SharonA-]

Mine weren't covered in breadcrumbs. I guess today, it would be an oversized meatball.

[douglas9401]

Moderately funny, Peter. :-)

[Peter Pedant]

thank you Doug - I am to please ....

[melv16]

Are Aston villa fans rissoles?:-)

[Canary42]

I loved the rissoles my Mum used to make when I was a kid. No idea how she made them.

[Jackdaw33]

I always thought that what are now burgers were originally rissoles.

[ladybirder]

I think the difference is that rissoles were made with meat that had already been cooked whereas burgers aren't. I think my mother used to make them on a Monday with what was left over from the Sunday joint.

[bainbrig]

Patties were a similar conconction (not sure of the spelling; pate looks too posh). Uncooked meat, I think, flattish, fried (everything was fried - the grill was only for toast).

[Atheist]

PP. Then the man asked for gattocks. The waiter said 'it's pronounced "Gattow." The man said, 'Oh bollow to you then!'

[horseshoes]

I make rissoles with corned beef and mashed potato. Coated in a bit of seasoned flour, they get a nice crispy outer and a lovely soft middle cooked in a little bit of butter in a frying pan. I like sweet chilli sauce with mine. Lush.