Oh your dinner sounded really good, too Kaykaykay!
I am thinking to make Filipino Barbecue ribs tomorrow. Just need to get the ingredients for it.
I had two of my peanut butter sandwich cookies earlier!! Num num num!!
Food anyone?
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Oh your dinner sounded really good, too Kaykaykay!
I am thinking to make Filipino Barbecue ribs tomorrow. Just need to get the ingredients for it.
I had two of my peanut butter sandwich cookies earlier!! Num num num!!
Oh your dinner sounded really good, too Kaykaykay!
I am thinking to make Filipino Barbecue ribs tomorrow. Just need to get the ingredients for it.
I had two of my peanut butter sandwich cookies earlier!! Num num num!!
Ooh, Filipino barbecue, yum. Tell me when's dinner and I'll be there!
LOL-sounds good, should be done by Sunday night after it sits in the marinade for several hours!
LOL-sounds good, should be done by Sunday night after it sits in the marinade for several hours!
I'll bring the booze!
I'll make the wine.
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They look delicious. I'd rather eat them. ;-)
I'll make the wine.
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How long is the process from fresh grapes to bottled wine?
Richard Brown
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Food for thought
This is sooooo true, this was my life. …………………………
* Pasta had not been invented.
* Curry was a surname.
* Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet
* Spices came from the Middle East where they were used for embalming.
* Herbs were used to make rather dodgy medicine.
* A takeaway was a mathematical problem.
* A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
* Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
* The only vegetables known to us were spuds, peas, carrots and cabbage.
* All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.
* Condiments consisted of salt, pepper, vinegar and brown sauce if we were lucky.
* Soft drinks were called pop.
* Coke was something that we put on the fire.
* A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter.
* Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.
* A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.
* A Pizza Hut was an Italian shed.
* A microwave was something out of a science fiction movie.
* Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
* Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.
* Bread and jam was a treat.
* Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
* Coffee was Camp, and came in a bottle.
* Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
* Figs and dates appeared every Christmas.
* Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town.
* Jellied eels were peculiar to Londoners.
* Salad cream was a dressing for salads, mayonnaise did not exist
* Hors d'oeuvre was a spelling mistake.
* The starter was our main meal. Soup was a main meal.
* Only Heinz made beans.
* Leftovers went in the dog.
* Special food for dogs and cats was unheard of.
* Fish was only eaten on Fridays.
* Fish didn't have fingers in those days.
* Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.
* Ready meals only came from the fish and chip shop.
* For the best taste fish and chips had to be eaten out of old newspapers.
* Frozen food was called ice cream.
* Nothing ever went off in the fridge because we never had one.
* Ice cream only came in one colour and one flavour.
* None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
* Jelly and blancmange was only eaten at parties.
* If we said that we were on a diet, we simply got less.
* Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
* People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.
* Indian restaurants were only found in India .
* Brunch was not a meal.
* If we had eaten bacon lettuce and tomato in the same sandwich we would have been certified
* A bun was a small cake back then.
* The word" Barbie" was not associated with anything to do with food.
* Eating outside was a picnic.
* Cooking outside was called camping.
* Seaweed was not a recognised food.
* Pancakes were only eaten on Pancake Tuesday
* "Kebab" was not even a word never mind a food.
* Hot dogs were a type of sausage that only the Americans ate.
* Cornflakes had arrived from America but it was obvious they would never catch on.
* The phrase "boil in the bag" would have been beyond comprehension.
* The idea of "oven chips" would not have made any sense at all to us.
* The world had not heard of Pot Noodles, Instant Mash and Pop Tarts.
* Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.
* Lettuce and tomatoes in winter were only found abroad.
* Prunes were medicinal.
* Surprisingly muesli was readily available in those days, it was called cattle or hog feed.
* Turkeys were definitely seasonal.
* Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one.
* We never heard of Croissants we certainly couldn't pronounce it,
* We thought that Baguettes were a problem the French needed to deal with.
* Garlic was used to ward off vampires, but never used to flavour food.
* Water came out of the tap, if someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than petrol for it they would have become a laughing stock.
* Food hygiene was all about washing your hands before meals.
* Campylobacter, Salmonella, E.coli, Listeria, and Botulism were all called "food poisoning."
* The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties …. elbows.
This is sooooo true, this was my life. …………………………
EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES
And in many cases NZ
Very long, so be prepared. These stats may only refer to UK
And in many cases NZ
Very long, so be prepared. These stats may only refer to UK
* Pasta had not been invented.
* Curry was a surname.
* Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet
* Spices came from the Middle East where they were used for embalming.
* Herbs were used to make rather dodgy medicine.
* A takeaway was a mathematical problem.
* A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
* Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
* The only vegetables known to us were spuds, peas, carrots and cabbage.
* All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.
* Condiments consisted of salt, pepper, vinegar and brown sauce if we were lucky.
* Soft drinks were called pop.
* Coke was something that we put on the fire.
* A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter.
* Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.
* A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.
* A Pizza Hut was an Italian shed.
* A microwave was something out of a science fiction movie.
* Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
* Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.
* Bread and jam was a treat.
* Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
* Coffee was Camp, and came in a bottle.
* Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
* Figs and dates appeared every Christmas.
* Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town.
* Jellied eels were peculiar to Londoners.
* Salad cream was a dressing for salads, mayonnaise did not exist
* Hors d'oeuvre was a spelling mistake.
* The starter was our main meal. Soup was a main meal.
* Only Heinz made beans.
* Leftovers went in the dog.
* Special food for dogs and cats was unheard of.
* Fish was only eaten on Fridays.
* Fish didn't have fingers in those days.
* Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.
* Ready meals only came from the fish and chip shop.
* For the best taste fish and chips had to be eaten out of old newspapers.
* Frozen food was called ice cream.
* Nothing ever went off in the fridge because we never had one.
* Ice cream only came in one colour and one flavour.
* None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
* Jelly and blancmange was only eaten at parties.
* If we said that we were on a diet, we simply got less.
* Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
* People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.
* Indian restaurants were only found in India .
* Brunch was not a meal.
* If we had eaten bacon lettuce and tomato in the same sandwich we would have been certified
* A bun was a small cake back then.
* The word" Barbie" was not associated with anything to do with food.
* Eating outside was a picnic.
* Cooking outside was called camping.
* Seaweed was not a recognised food.
* Pancakes were only eaten on Pancake Tuesday
* "Kebab" was not even a word never mind a food.
* Hot dogs were a type of sausage that only the Americans ate.
* Cornflakes had arrived from America but it was obvious they would never catch on.
* The phrase "boil in the bag" would have been beyond comprehension.
* The idea of "oven chips" would not have made any sense at all to us.
* The world had not heard of Pot Noodles, Instant Mash and Pop Tarts.
* Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.
* Lettuce and tomatoes in winter were only found abroad.
* Prunes were medicinal.
* Surprisingly muesli was readily available in those days, it was called cattle or hog feed.
* Turkeys were definitely seasonal.
* Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one.
* We never heard of Croissants we certainly couldn't pronounce it,
* We thought that Baguettes were a problem the French needed to deal with.
* Garlic was used to ward off vampires, but never used to flavour food.
* Water came out of the tap, if someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than petrol for it they would have become a laughing stock.
* Food hygiene was all about washing your hands before meals.
* Campylobacter, Salmonella, E.coli, Listeria, and Botulism were all called "food poisoning."
* The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties …. elbows.
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Hayles66
iPF Novice
Very true! Read it my hubby. Hubby remembers sugar and butter on bread. Some of his mates used to eat lard on bread. I do remember eating fish and chips on newspaper in London.
It's amazing what we consider normal nowadays. So much is taken for granted.
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It's amazing what we consider normal nowadays. So much is taken for granted.
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I remember sugar and cinnamon on toast.
AdmiralAdama
iPad Fan
Chips?! Luxury! We were so poor - "we used to have to drink out of a rolled up newspaper."
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zstairlessone
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I remember in Prestwick we used to fight to see if the newspaper around the fish and chips had funnies. I don't remember the comics, but do remember the fun my sisters and I had
In the spirit of the thread, I'm not going to Google this. Instead I'll rely on memory. The newspaper in question was probably the Daily Record, and the funnies were Oor Wully and The Broons.
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Richard Brown
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I thought the memory lane piece fascinating.
My gran and maiden aunt boarded my brother and I when we were sent to England to go to boarding school. Our parents were working in Trinidad, BWI. I remember my aunt and gran had a walk in pantry with a slate shelf which kept food cool for longer. They didn't have a 'fridge.
I too remember enjoying fish and chips, sometimes with a pea fritter, served up in newspaper. It tasted better than the later offerings in unprinted / blank sheets of "news"paper.
I used to enjoy bread with butter and sugar.
At one school, our "Elevensies" consisted of a big mug of cocoa and a thick slice of bread and dripping. Neither item was particularly palatable.
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My gran and maiden aunt boarded my brother and I when we were sent to England to go to boarding school. Our parents were working in Trinidad, BWI. I remember my aunt and gran had a walk in pantry with a slate shelf which kept food cool for longer. They didn't have a 'fridge.
I too remember enjoying fish and chips, sometimes with a pea fritter, served up in newspaper. It tasted better than the later offerings in unprinted / blank sheets of "news"paper.
I used to enjoy bread with butter and sugar.
At one school, our "Elevensies" consisted of a big mug of cocoa and a thick slice of bread and dripping. Neither item was particularly palatable.
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