19-03-2015, 06:08 PM
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Re: Meals in the 1950s
Originally Posted by Boots
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Did anyone watch the programme about the food we ate in the 1950s. It was so bad, unbelievably incorrect, and the woman who was the wife was absolutely useless in the kitchen. I wonder if they will make a mess of the 1960s too.
The first thing I thought was wrong was the dripping on slices of "National Loaf" bread - we had ours on toasted bread and if it was beef dripping there was more taste than just salt the lad complained about - where did they get that silly woman from?!
I was born in 1951 and, believe it or not, I remember things when we came to back England and I remember Rations.
I was at least 18 months old but I may have been older; as my parents are long dead I have nobody to ask anymore.
I remember lots of spuds, cabbage, cauliflower and swede when in season and spinach too, all of which did fill you up but there were few treats but I never really missed them so even today I hardly ever eat desserts at all.
I didn't like liver and couldn't eat kidneys but my mum would have had that and we kids had Fray Bentos Corned Beef a lot or later on, Spam if we had "meat", which wasn't often.
I don't remember fish much but I do remember having it on Fridays for some reason that still escapes me.
I think the 60s may be more interesting as I was 9 in September 1960 but by that time my Dad had left and much of the time I was too preoccupied with being the "man of the house" as my mother put it, trying to earn money to buy my own clothes etc. before and after school.
That continued well into my teens so no real happy family memories for me and by then my mother was a virtual alcoholic.
It'll be interesting to see the 60s programme though, just a pity about the cast!
My granny could have knocked up a meal for four out of virtually nothing!
Wish she was still around sometimes - she was special. stevmk2
19-03-2015, 06:09 PM
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Mutton and porter for me OG, cant handle the serving wench though.
My Mum was an awful cook, but used to make home made broth which i liked, made with ribs lovely stuff, not sure what the ribs belonged too, but ive never matched the flavour in any thing ive made.
19-03-2015, 09:43 PM
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My missus loves ribs, I don't know from whence they came either Nom.I always wondered what Goats meat was called, I don't believe I know anyone who's eaten Goat "I had some kid for dinner today Cyril"
"Goat meat or goat's meat is the meat of the domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus). It is often called chevon or mutton when the meat comes from adults, and cabrito, capretto, or kid when from young animals"
20-03-2015, 12:28 PM
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When we lived in New Zealand it was rare to get lamb as most of it was exported and we mostly had hogget, a lamb that is a year old or thereabouts. More flavour than lamb. The farmer that we get our pork from managed to get us half a hogget from a farmer he knows. Lovely flavour. Mutton is hard to get in the UK but can be found.
21-03-2015, 10:04 AM
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I always think of the English as a nation of offal eaters. I too remember rationing and 'making do'. Liver, lights (lungs), heads, hearts, spleen and kidneys, together with those awful British sausages (so much bread you never knew whether to fry or butter them). I know things have changed but that's what I remember most.My parents kept rabbits for our Sunday meal I can even remember my mother cooking pigeons - lots of meat on them, not.
I still like liver, kidney and hearts and eat them regularly. Years ago my local deli had pigs trotters which I love too, I think I bought four, had one put the rest in the fridge to savour later. When my kids came home from school my daughter came storming out of the kitchen, "I don't know what they are but I am not eating another thing out of that fridge until they are gone." Philistines!
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