tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post1825955914668408039..comments2024-03-10T19:57:59.285+00:00Comments on Nelly's Garden: Billy's RissolesNellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14527285652038975147noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-57915861103213905322023-02-28T19:34:38.278+00:002023-02-28T19:34:38.278+00:00That was Stephen Montgomery who designed the park...That was Stephen Montgomery who designed the parkhall school badge and later worked for Antrim Printers and is still living somewhere in antrim as far as I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-89628416827994338682023-02-28T19:14:58.531+00:002023-02-28T19:14:58.531+00:00We buried Billy's sister, my Aunt Maud today a...We buried Billy's sister, my Aunt Maud today and I remembered what she told me about the rissoles. I came here to remember it and found these fantastic comments. Thank you all.<br />Nellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527285652038975147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-45545352509966123442020-04-04T00:42:13.908+01:002020-04-04T00:42:13.908+01:00Hi I also worked in Billy's cafe around 1973/1...Hi I also worked in Billy's cafe around 1973/1974 ish and also helped make the rissoles. Although by this time they moved to breadcrumbs. Rather than batter. The meat was supplied by the butcher next door. Cant remember his name but the head boy (who designed the badge for parkhall school uniform) was Billy's nephew. His mum used to come in every other day to shape and bread crumb the rissoles. The recipe was simple. 6lb minced meat (not mince steak) 18 to 20 lbs potatoes 6 plus of bachelors thick Devon onion soup (been of the market for years) to make app 30 large rissoles. Good luck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749369283588809287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-61560761211406119562017-09-09T10:16:49.015+01:002017-09-09T10:16:49.015+01:00hi.my granny worked in Billy's cafe and she ma...hi.my granny worked in Billy's cafe and she made the rissoles.they were so tasty and the secret ingredient was indeed onion soup mix.my sister told me years ago.i remember my granny getting me a rissole to cook at home but it just wasnt the same.havent found anywhere that has done rissoles the same. gordonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283575501045798307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-10987158915925946592014-05-27T22:48:33.856+01:002014-05-27T22:48:33.856+01:00Interesting comments there from Barry and Anon. I&...Interesting comments there from Barry and Anon. I'd give anything to taste one of Billy's rissoles again.<br />Nellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527285652038975147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-14516292593493136302014-05-27T22:48:28.393+01:002014-05-27T22:48:28.393+01:00Interesting comments there from Barry and Anon. I&...Interesting comments there from Barry and Anon. I'd give anything to taste one of Billy's rissoles again.<br />Nellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527285652038975147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-52856140189697248092014-05-26T20:16:01.296+01:002014-05-26T20:16:01.296+01:00I worked in Billy's and was part of the mix up...I worked in Billy's and was part of the mix up process. Your ingredients were close but the rissoles he made when I was there were not dipped in batter but bread crumbs. I remember coz I spent hours blending bread. Lol. The things ya do when your 14.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-7768811728460489152009-11-03T19:32:47.195+00:002009-11-03T19:32:47.195+00:00I've just been in Antrim, my home town, for th...I've just been in Antrim, my home town, for the first time in ages. Billy's cafe sat on what was known as Ulstrer bar corner.<br /><br />I used to pop into Billy's for a rissole 40p as I recall circa 1982, after saturday morning swimming lessons at the forum.<br /><br />The site was compulsarily purchased, I think circa 1984, to build a bus station and library.<br /><br />Finally after 25 years I now see that the site is being re-developed after lying as a sore within Antrim town centre for a quarter of a century. But I can help thinking that a generation of Antrim kids missed out on Billy's Rissoles.Barrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-8517653301210933042007-07-18T20:07:00.000+01:002007-07-18T20:07:00.000+01:00Bliss - you should never skip breakfast. Hails - I...Bliss - you should never skip breakfast. <BR/><BR/>Hails - I'll be checking out bridie recipes on the web.Nellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527285652038975147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-16405914060288937812007-07-18T18:01:00.000+01:002007-07-18T18:01:00.000+01:00Not the post/comment for me to read, as I skipped ...Not the post/comment for me to read, as I skipped breakfast. Now I want a rissole and/or a bridie. :)Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01206784730678700257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102969.post-28005496963652298792007-07-18T11:47:00.000+01:002007-07-18T11:47:00.000+01:00I've never heard of a rissole, but I want one afte...I've never heard of a rissole, but I want one after reading that! You have made me nostalgic for Gregg's Bakery, one of which was situated right beside my workplace during a summer job when I was a student in Glasgow. I think I gained about a stone in weight that summer. They sold the most amazing savoury pastries, including something called a 'bridie'. To this day I have no idea what a 'bridie' is (seemed to involved a sausagemeat/veg mixture, only in pastry, not batter), but I consumed several dozen of them over those 3 months... (started WeightWatchers that September).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com