Cooking on the Footplate 

Adrian Straub i wish i was there to see that

I'm just trying to imagine that XD

Flying bacon you very rarely see that. lol

Adrian Straub when pigs fly!!!

I'm reminded of a tale I read in a book of "footplate yarns" where the driver and fireman hadn't had a bite to eat all day due to being too busy, and finally in the evening got a minute to cook some bacon and eggs by this method. Then, just as the food was about ready, the guard (I think it was) steps onto the footplate and operates something (I forget what it was, but he was testing something for safety) which caused a huge draft which sucked all the food right to the back of the firebox. You can bet they had some words to say to him for that dick move! Especially since there wasn't another spot of food to be found anywhere in that town at that time of the evening! The person telling the story says they were absolutely ravenous by the time they got off duty hours later, and immediately went in search of any place where they could get food. (I may have some of the details wrong. I misplaced my copy of the book some time ago and haven't found it even through years of searching, even though I'm certain I still have it)

It'd be rude not to with that great fire sat there 😁

@@kevfrombutterley it shows the good length of firebox she has

Using cylinder oil, and feedwater treatment as seasoning.

Definitely. No need to book a table on one of these..☺

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Ba-dum-tishhhhh 😂

I've had a good breakfast cooked on Thomas' shovel on more than one occasion 😂

Me too. My next turn's on a diesel though so I've just got boring sandwiches to look forward to!

@ *aisgillboxkev* 😂 Fast away - I'm getting hungry again - that just looks *too* delicious ... ...I can almost smell the roast fragrance !!! 😄

@@28076130513B please stop...I'm hungry enough as it is. *stomach grumbles*

@@kevfrombutterley 😄

@@jacobmutti1528 😂

@Aussie Pom I’ll bet they never had trouble falling asleep at night either.

I prefer peppercorn sauce to 'heritage insulation' 😁

Very delish. At least the loco was clean 😁

LOL

We're just about rugged enough 😁

Good point Jason. I'm a peppercorn sauce man when they're served on a plate!

Blue cheese is very salty.

It's a local specialty for us guys.

Yes

That's brilliant! Your steam cranes do a good job. I brought my girls up in October 2016 and my youngest, the birthday girl, was treated to a ride in the Grafton crane at Oakworth by the lovely couple running it. We had cake on the train and a great day all round. Lovely!

"Have kitchen, will travel" sounds good to me 😁

Sorry from the late reply. The video is pretty much in real time so it's what you see here really. How quick things cook depends on how hot the fire is and the technique of the person holding the shovel. This is the bit of the job no one usually sees or asks questions about 😂

Yup. They cook beautifully in there. Do a tin of baked beans on the warming plate over the firehole door and you have a nice easy meal for two 😁

That's the classic footplate fry up right there! You can't beat it.

Ham and Eggs never tasted as good as that before !

i love steam train

This is illegal for health and safety reasons. One indication of why these waster steam loco crews were replaced by driver only,.and their polluting locomotives cut for scrap with cutting torches and melted down.

heelfan1234 don't be pedantic, it's not illegal in anyway, we've had health inspectors come to my railway and ask if we could cook him a bacon and egg sandwich on the shovel, he said it's one of the best ways to cook meat because the open flames help to keep the juices in the meat

The Great BR Steak-Off? I'll get me coat...

+aisgillboxkev oh dear xD

Excellent cooking tips!

@@kevfrombutterley My dad was a driver before, during and after WW2 on the LMS out of Saltley depot Birmingham. I'm a lifelong model engineer having built 6 live steam passenger hauling locos.

It would be a shame not to 😆

Engineer: you are literally the ultimate charcoal grill

Gordon ramsay would like to see this cook

That's gorgeous enough at the best of times. I might have to give it a go.

Good plan. While the judges criticise the food we can leave them to it and take the old girl for a run down the line 😂

If we wash them too much it removes all the flavour!

Mine too 😊

That sounds much better!

So that's why Great Western engines need two whistles! 😂

Back to lard it is then!

Surprisingly, he's right, but only when it's used for cooking. I saw this on TV just a few days ago. Most of the oils which we think of as healthy and better for cooking because the oil is polyunsaturated actually produce poisons when heated to cooking temperatures. It's not much, but it might still accumulate over time. Over-all, animal based fats and oils are the healthier choice for cooking.

Pedro Rico Fortuneiro Pretty damn cool 😎😎

We always clean it first 😂

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And it's delicious! 😁

Oops!

Doing one better, I reckon 😉

That's the classic footplate fry up!

It's nice work if you can get it 😂

Yeah, it's their most popular course! 😁

Dont forget to wash hands before eating!

It's ready so be quick! 😂

Kev from Butterley My friend Ray Trader wrote a book 1960’s Steam Traveller. He loved train spotting and exploring railways throughout England 🚂

Absolutely the smell of coal smoke and steak!

Feel free!

To be fair, the dirt on our hands mostly comes from the coal and that won't cause food poisoning. You make a good point though. If we were serving members of the public we'd have do things differently. We were only cooking for ourselves.

As long as you clean the shovel properly you shouldn't get any crunchy black bits in your bacon and eggs. 😁

@@kevfrombutterley The official purpose of a slacker pipe is to wash the shovel ;-)

And no washing up after 😁

I think they'd go down very well indeed 😁

It tastes delicious, that's why we do it! 😁

It's a treat from a byegone era. The shovel is blasted with a very hot hose from the boiler feed, then sterilised by holding it in the fire. I'm not selling the idea as a great cooking method, just sharing our little bit of fun 😁

Ha! No calories in the coal dust either! Well not that we'd be able to digest, anyway. 😁

aisgillboxkev LOL Funny!

@@kevfrombutterley adds to the taste 😉

Work hard, play hard! 🚂🚂🚂🖒

Not this time but it's easily done. They were quite crusty rolls to start with.

aisgillboxkev crusty rolls! I am so hungry right now.

Will do, Carl.

If you're reading this Martha, I'm free for a lesson this Saturday!

Peat bog cheese?

aisgillboxkev ancient cheese found sometimes in peat moss bogs

The stuff we had was delicious anyway, wherever it came from. Tesco's, I think.

Apologies, I sometimes slip into regional dialect when I'm hungry. 🍽

lol

We'll never know.

++terry boyer++ Who is Julia Childs?

Julia Childs was an American chef. She passed away in 2004.

++aisgillboxkev++ Ok, thanks. So absolutely no relevance to cooking proper food the proper way then!

No approval needed 😁

Try for a smile ☺

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I think it was appropriate for the activity.

aisgillboxkev I was joking of course...

Oh pish posh my dude (also only joking)

To be fair, about 6 months later I did have a tummy ache. I'll wash my hands next time.

DONT WORRY ABOUT THE HYGENE AS THE HEAT OF THE FIRE WILL KILL ANYTHING ON THE SHOVEL EXCEPT DUST