I like quiche. I have no problem with quiche. I eat it quite often as a matter of fact. I actually enjoy quiche. Or as a friend of mine in the 80s used to call it, egg pie. In those days there was a book called Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche. So of course, we couldn’t eat quiche. It would be an insult to our manhood to eat quiche. So we ate egg pie, because the stuff really can be pretty tasty.
But I have my doubts about Coronation Quiche. I can think of a lot of things to put in a quiche that would be pretty tasty. Broad beans would not be one of them.
The big dish from the last time a royal was crowned is still a favourite with some. Coronation chicken. Basically chicken salad with a curried mayonnaise and a few raisins. I’ve never had it, but it sound interesting. Although I may have had something similar. I have been known to toss a few spices into something like a chicken salad, so I probably have made something close without even knowing it.
But it’s the type of thing people can whip up for a quick brunch or a picnic or just a sandwich. I’m not sure the same can be said for coronation quiche.
Like I said, I like quiche. I’m not sure about the broad beans. They just don’t seem like a quiche type of thing to me.
The coronation chicken was made to highlight spices from other parts of what at the time was the British empire. The idea for the quiche, I believe, is to highlight making things from home grown British ingredients. Things close to home and readily available. And also a reduction in the amount of meat being consumed. At least I have heard people saying this about the dish.
But quiche wouldn’t take a lot of meat. And would it hurt to maybe leave out the beans and add in some bacon or ham?
I guess it wouldn’t be quite the same. But I’m saving my beans for chili.