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BilberryCharlotte

Thirzah, I meant to ask you, did your mum and grandmother just wash on a particular day of the week? likewise with baking?

It seemed that Monday was a popular day for washing, and the Sunday roast was served cold with leftover veg fried (what we used to call fry up) and pickles for tea. Nice and easy I suppose, and always delicious.

I can`t remember what baking day was, Friday maybe.

Gigervamp

Monday was wash day, sunday night was bath night.

I think my nan used to do her baking at the weekend. I remember when my kids were small, nan (who was in her 70's by then) would come over on the bus carrying a heavy bag full of pies, jams, cakes and biscuits that she'd made for us!

BilberryCharlotte

Gigervamp wrote: »

Monday was wash day, sunday night was bath night.

I think my nan used to do her baking at the weekend. I remember when my kids were small, nan (who was in her 70's by then) would come over on the bus carrying a heavy bag full of pies, jams, cakes and biscuits that she'd made for us!

Aww, I bet you loved your nan, when your relatives are caring and helpful, it makes a lot of difference if your budget and your time are tight doesn`t it? I always think how much more difficult it must be for those who haven`t got people like that near them.

Oooh, bath night, that zinc bath in front of the fire! Although I don`t actually feel any older (until I move about anyway) when I actually think back, my life as a child was a world away from now.

Gigervamp

Yeah, my nan was great, I do miss her. Still, I inherited her old enamel baking pans amongst other things, which get used regularly and it's nice to be able to use the thngs nan did. Now I'm following in her footsteps doing all the baking and jam making.

BilberryCharlotte

Mmmm, I bet they are delicious. I like baking too, always have really. Not done too much jam making, but used to make lemon curd quite often, and sometimes marmalade. There is just something so satisfying in making your own things isn`t there, and you know exactly what is going into them. Do you ever bottle fruit? or do that thing where fruit is layered in some sort of alcohol?

My daughter has to go on a yeast free diet twice a year, and it is amazing how many things actually have yeast in them or on them, even some crisps. I have found a couple of soda bread recipes that I am going to try, and even one which uses diet 7 up, or similar, as a rasing agent!

alec_eiffel

For all vintage laundry types there is a great shop in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire called Feathergill's Emporium that sells all that kind of caper. Downstairs they have all the household and "beauty" products and upstairs are vintage style toys and gifts. It's fab, although not the cheapest place in the land! You can order online too, Wrights coal tar soap is cheaper at Home Bargains though!

http://www.feathergills.co.uk/site.html

spankymonkey_2

someone mentioned cheese on toast earlier? to save putting the grill in oven on i toast my bread in toaster then slice a few bits of cheese on a plate and microwave it for a few seconds!
the cheese is then spreadable and you don't use lots of electricity!

ka7e

I put the sliced cheese directly on the toast and microwave the whole lot for about 25 seconds. Avoids the burnt crusts, too!

katieowl_2

alec_eiffel wrote: »

For all vintage laundry types there is a great shop in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire called Feathergill's Emporium that sells all that kind of caper. Downstairs they have all the household and "beauty" products and upstairs are vintage style toys and gifts. It's fab, although not the cheapest place in the land! You can order online too, Wrights coal tar soap is cheaper at Home Bargains though!

http://www.feathergills.co.uk/site.html

WOW!!! I see they sell Lion Ointment....which is no longer generally available! I have a tiny weeny scrap left in the corner of a pot which is saved for the direst of emergencies. My Grandfather used to swear by it, he was a plasterer and often had cracked skin on his fingers, whic happens to me sometimes when it's cold and I've been doing a lot of cleaning... it also draws out splinters. I did have a go at making it myself once, but it wasn't as good.

Regards


Kate

Uniscots97

Gigervamp wrote: »

No room for a spin dryer, plus it uses electric. Reason I was looking at mangles is for the times we have power cuts.

Don't Lakeland/Kleeneze/Betterware do a hand turned spin dryer? They're not that big, enough for a duvet cover if I remember correctly. Can't remember which one does it but my great aunt bought one for them to use at the caravan. You load it up and turn a crank-handle and the water drains out the bottom.