Food!

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Sun 13 Oct, 2013 3:26 pm

Loiner1960 wrote: Seems they are still going.http://www.westlerfoods.com/Canned-Burgers.htmlI do remember a trend of having rhubarb crumble and custard at school. Pity the 'elf freaks spoiled it by reducing the sugar content. Tart! I recall having stewed rhubarb that made your teeth feel all powdery! In Leverton's (Gildersome) canteen.The woman who ran it had some strange ideas. Mondays - shepherds pie with chips! Fridays - fish with mash - if you didn't want fish you could have a fried egg - with mash!

skippy · Post by **skippy** » Sun 13 Oct, 2013 3:26 pm

majorhoundii wrote: EYRIE wrote: Our school chocolate pud came with pink custard and it tasted like ordinary custard. Does anyone remember sausage pie or parsnip chips from school dinners? Urgh! I didn't stay to school for dinner until I started attending Pudsey Tech. I remember that there was a potato shortage and they served roast parsnips instead. There was no kitchen at Pudsey Tech and presumably the meals came from a central kitchen. This must have been the case because I recall one day in particular - freezing cold day - and some bright spark had decided we should have salad - on red hot plates!The pudding always seemed to be some sort of upside down cake. The main course on Fridays was always mince which had the consistency of rubber bands, that's when I became a Catholic for the day!I used to spend part of my dinner money on 5 Senior Service (anyone remember buying cigs in packets of 5?) and so one day a week I had to go hungry! hi I can remember buying 5 woodbines when i was on my way to school, you had lots of friends if you had a ciggie. we would go behind the block of toilets in the school yard till the teachers caught us then it all ended in us staying behind in class after school writing 100 lines. happy days.

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 6:53 pm

As kids in the '60s we spent a lot of time with grandparents as both parents were working. Both grans made the cooked meal at "dinnertime" and both grandads came home from the nearby mills they worked at. Tea was usually a lighter meal, one grandad liked a bit of polony or black pudding with some bread and butter or if he was lucky a pigs trotter or kippers. Worst was tripe with vinegar on, (I thought it was some kind of fish till my sister told me what it was and I wouldn't have it again) He would eat anything and never left a morsel having been brought up in abject poverty and often went hungry as a child. My grandma used to get a tongue from the butchers, boil it and press it in a bowl with a saucer on top and the weights from her scales.....I wouldn't eat that either! Can you still get "chitterlings"? I think they were chopped up intestines yak!

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 8:17 pm

Lilysmum wrote: As kids in the '60s we spent a lot of time with grandparents as both parents were working. Both grans made the cooked meal at "dinnertime" and both grandads came home from the nearby mills they worked at. Tea was usually a lighter meal, one grandad liked a bit of polony or black pudding with some bread and butter or if he was lucky a pigs trotter or kippers. Worst was tripe with vinegar on, (I thought it was some kind of fish till my sister told me what it was and I wouldn't have it again) He would eat anything and never left a morsel having been brought up in abject poverty and often went hungry as a child. My grandma used to get a tongue from the butchers, boil it and press it in a bowl with a saucer on top and the weights from her scales.....I wouldn't eat that either! Can you still get "chitterlings"? I think they were chopped up intestines yak! My grand(and great grand-)parents all used to serve up tongue sandwiches, something we tried to avoid like the plague. As you say, it's hard for us now to imagine the grinding poverty that existed only a generation or two ago when simply getting any affordable food was the priority.Funnily enough I occasionally buy a lunchtime sandwich from a butchers near work and they've recently added tongue to the fillings available - and they charge a premium for it!

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 9:12 pm

My nan used to buy whole tongue and keep it in a bucket in her cellar. I have no idea if she pressed it herself but not a good cellar memory

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 9:26 pm

I remember my mum saying when she was young they used to buy a sheeps head boil it and eat the brains yuk.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 9:55 pm

I can imagine Neanderthal children saying "Aw mum can we have a change from mammoth steaks". Sorry for that. My imagination is running wild!

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Mon 14 Oct, 2013 11:16 pm

I remember eating chitlins as a kid (didn't know what it was, but I'll eat nearly anything as long as it's pickled). Also used to get savoury duck and haslet. Are they still around?

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Tue 15 Oct, 2013 6:40 pm

Googled chitterlings/chiterlins and they are indeed pigs intestines! Remembered another childhood horror...........cow heel !

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Tue 15 Oct, 2013 7:06 pm

Caron wrote: How about Westlers Hamburgers that were/are in a can? A friend of mine lived on them in the 70's. I think they are a north Yorkshire firm? Just seen tins of four in Fulton's!