The Dandy

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Tue 14 Aug, 2012 11:53 pm

Jogon - Did you forget the celery stood up in a water-jug and then liberally sprinkled with salt, grrreat! Although I think nowadays a dietitian would go mad. Then there was the radishes and my mother used to slice cucumber and drown it in a glass boat jug with vinegar. Ah! the Sunday tea of years ago.

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 12:13 am

I was a kid of the '70s but I still remember some of those. In our family it also featured Piccalilli and Branston. I still eat things like the celery today (though often in a Bloody Mary) and the lettuce tends to be better.I forgot Sandwich Spread, that was yummy will have to track some down if they still make it?Oh, and potted meat, crab and other spreads in little jars.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 12:51 am

Ahh, your posts Jogon, Johnny39 and BarFly brought back childhood memories of food (in my case more 1950's). Don't forget the beetroot and hardboiled eggs with salad. The eggs sometimes having a blackened cover due to not being cooled down in cold water quickly or long enough as needed to stop the blackening. Jelly with fruit salad mixed in and put into such as rabbit shaped moulds to solidify. PS. It's funny how this thread started about The Dandy and is now about food!

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 1:33 am

I was thinking the same, Leodian, had to smile when I read your comment. Thing is though and I know you'll agree, we all remember our comics and if we were kids living in LEEDS at the time of our childhood then this thread is a wonderful blast into our LEEDS past.It seems all Sunday teas in Leeds were the same. Sunday dinner was also a grand affair with Yorkshire pudding first (don't forget the mustard), then your meat, veg, potatoes.After dinner I'd sit with my comic and read it cover to cover over and over again. Lovely memories!I've just remembered junior school and the words, "Wet break everyone".We had piles of comics at our school to entertain us.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 1:55 pm

Jogon - Do I detect a hint of dislike in my posting on your part?

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 3:25 pm

Alf Tupper and his Fish N Chips Good old Alf Tupper, you don't get names like that any more! He was I believe a factory worker, a welder or such, who was also a whizz on the athletics track. I bet the athletes we have just been watching don't fuel themselves with fish and chips!

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 3:33 pm

Johnny39 wrote: Jogon - Did you forget the celery stood up in a water-jug and then liberally sprinkled with salt, grrreat! Although I think nowadays a dietitian would go mad. Then there was the radishes and my mother used to slice cucumber and drown it in a glass boat jug with vinegar. Ah! the Sunday tea of years ago. Johnny Well recalled !I had forgotten those, but we did have them. I recall a 'lil glass thing for the salt to dip yr celery in.What was that cucumber in vinegar thing? Never liked it.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 3:34 pm

duplicate user error

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 4:03 pm

Jogon wrote: What was that cucumber in vinegar thing? Never liked it. Do you mean gherkins? I love them.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Wed 15 Aug, 2012 4:24 pm

BarFly wrote: Jogon wrote: What was that cucumber in vinegar thing? Never liked it. Do you mean gherkins? I love them. No Barfly, gherkins were for special occasions. What it was, at least in our house was thin slices of cucumber put into a glass boat, which everyone seemed to have back then, and then drowned in vinegar. The cucumber was left to soak in the vinegar and then forked out on to your salad. I suppose really it was just a type of home made condiment. I hope I've explained it O.K., I'm going back to the 40's/50's when sauces and the like were in short supply so I suppose it was a cheap "make do and mend" type of thing.