Food!

shutthatdoor · Post by **shutthatdoor** » Tue 01 Oct, 2013 6:57 pm

Salad Cream or Tomato Sauce sandwiches were ok. How much marvel powdered milk could you get in your gob before you clagged up and couldn't breath?As a young lad I met another youngster from Canada who was staying over and his mum introduced me to peanut butter and jelly (jam) sandwiches which I still snack on to this day.Eggy Bread or Gypsy Toast as I have variously heard it called. Just sliced bread soaked in whisked egg and milk then fried in a pan with stork marg. Mmmm.And, mention of Vesta meals, how did my mum make a vesta curry go round four of us? Probably with chips but, still.

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Tue 01 Oct, 2013 7:48 pm

jonleeds wrote: I once got into trouble as my portion of said cake and similarly flavoured custard was tipped by myself into the open ladies handbag which was conveniently hanging off the back of the adjacent dining chair. When she went to pay the milk man on retrieving her purse I heard a shriek of horror as she withdrew a claggy dripping hand and sternly glared over towards us still sitting around the table! I once got a hundred lines at grammar school for bouncing my spoon off one of the horrible pink blancmanges and accidentallly hitting a prefect whilst showing my mate how tough it was.I had to write the immortal line"I must not bounce my spoon off a school blancmange"

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Tue 01 Oct, 2013 8:40 pm

That line is good enough to be on Bart Simpson's blackboard in the opening sequence!

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Tue 01 Oct, 2013 8:46 pm

I liked Vesta meals, and yes, they did seem a bit exotic! I was always a bit dubious though about the squares of "meat" as mentioned above. I particularly liked Chow Mein, or rather the noodles. You dropped a flat strip into hot fat and they suddenly curled up and expanded. Very satisfying to watch. I've just "Googled".........you can still get them. I may get some for old time's sake.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 01 Oct, 2013 9:32 pm

grumpybloke wrote: I liked Vesta meals, and yes, they did seem a bit exotic! I was always a bit dubious though about the squares of "meat" as mentioned above. I particularly liked Chow Mein, or rather the noodles. You dropped a flat strip into hot fat and they suddenly curled up and expanded. Very satisfying to watch. I've just "Googled".........you can still get them. I may get some for old time's sake. They sell them at Poundland (or is it Poundworld? I can never remember...) and at Home Bargains. I nearly bought one for old times sake, but stopped myself just in time....

Hunslet Sue · Post by **Hunslet Sue** » Fri 04 Oct, 2013 8:33 pm

Instant Whip and tinned fruit salad for pudding on a Sunday night after our big sunday lunch.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Fri 04 Oct, 2013 10:28 pm

Breakfast, DINNER, Tea and Supper. There was no "Lunch" in my young days.

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Sat 05 Oct, 2013 11:58 am

That's right. Hunslet Sue's family must have been posh!

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sat 05 Oct, 2013 3:38 pm

Hunslet Sue wrote: Instant Whip and tinned fruit salad for pudding on a Sunday night after our big sunday lunch. Hi Hunslet Sue how far are you going back if you don't mind me asking.What part of Hunslet do you come from?

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Sun 06 Oct, 2013 4:49 pm

Other "exotic" things that we started getting in the late 60's / early 70's, yogurt, muesli and pizza.