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nikkilala_2

fourp wrote: »

Cheers Looby , I just had a cuppa with my dinner and had 1 sugar , it was managedable as I dunked 3 buttery crumpets in my tea .

When I moved from the Welsh valleys where I had lived for the majority of my life I made a remark to a lady on a local market stall that I often mop up my Sunday dinner gravy with a slice of bread .She looked at me as though I'd put a knife in her heart and asked if I was from South Wales and explained that she hadn't encountered the habit until her daughters boy friend (who's from Port Talbot) did the same at a recent Sunday lunch .

I was under the impression that many folk mopped u gravy with a slice of bread ....maybe she was posh .

Is this a ' Welsh ' thing or do other MSE'rs do similar things .

ps ...I don't like lamb but love mopping up gravy with lamb juices , it's the best .

Don't do it often but gravy mopped up with buppie is lovely, and so are mashed potato sandwiches:o

Issyc

fourp wrote: »

Cheers Looby , I just had a cuppa with my dinner and had 1 sugar , it was managedable as I dunked 3 buttery crumpets in my tea .

When I moved from the Welsh valleys where I had lived for the majority of my life I made a remark to a lady on a local market stall that I often mop up my Sunday dinner gravy with a slice of bread .She looked at me as though I'd put a knife in her heart and asked if I was from South Wales and explained that she hadn't encountered the habit until her daughters boy friend (who's from Port Talbot) did the same at a recent Sunday lunch .

I was under the impression that many folk mopped u gravy with a slice of bread ....maybe she was posh .

Is this a ' Welsh ' thing or do other MSE'rs do similar things .

ps ...I don't like lamb but love mopping up gravy with lamb juices , it's the best .

My husband does this too. Fortunately, he only does it when we are at home and not when we go out to a carvery!

fourp

nikkilala wrote: »

Don't do it often but gravy mopped up with buppie is lovely, and so are mashed potato sandwiches:o

Thanks Nikkilala ,

It's always nice to encounter people with class and taste .

madmuppet5

fourp wrote: »

Exactly JumbleJack , I see the sugar bag going quickly and realise it's all in me .
I did stop sugar for ages when my Dad refused to buy it during the sugar shortage in the early 70's - he thought the supermarkets put up the price way to high and wouldn't buy any ...I soon learnt to do without it then and I'm sure I can re-educate myself again .

I remember that. We had a cupboard full of just sugar. Me Dad cleared the co-op out :rotfl:

fourp

Issyc wrote: »

My husband does this too. Fortunately, he only does it when we are at home and not when we go out to a carvery!

He's well trained as well .

I'm not feeling so bread and gravy mopping isolated now .

rchddap1

madmuppet5 wrote: »

I remember that. We had a cupboard full of just sugar. Me Dad cleared the co-op out :rotfl:

I shudder to think what our kids will remember when they're bigger. Cupboards full of OEP, chocolate eggs, shampoo etc....

SpiralingDown

fourp wrote: »

Cheers Looby , I just had a cuppa with my dinner and had 1 sugar , it was managedable as I dunked 3 buttery crumpets in my tea .

When I moved from the Welsh valleys where I had lived for the majority of my life I made a remark to a lady on a local market stall that I often mop up my Sunday dinner gravy with a slice of bread .She looked at me as though I'd put a knife in her heart and asked if I was from South Wales and explained that she hadn't encountered the habit until her daughters boy friend (who's from Port Talbot) did the same at a recent Sunday lunch .

I was under the impression that many folk mopped u gravy with a slice of bread ....maybe she was posh .

Is this a ' Welsh ' thing or do other MSE'rs do similar things .

ps ...I don't like lamb but love mopping up gravy with lamb juices , it's the best .

DH used to do this, didn't take gravy often and done this with any sauce but only when at home. DS is the same but when little and in a resaurant enjoyed nothing more than a warm roll to dip in his food and always fed it to his dad so that he wouldn't feel left out:rotfl:

PS DH not Welsh but we did meet there when I was 16 and always said we'd have to go back to where we 1st met

fourp

catch you all later , domestic chores are calling . I like a slow start to a Monday .

I tried the Pantenne for 1st time , it's given my hair (whats left of it) a sort of fly away , run your fingers through me type of feel ....I feel like I should be in a TV commercial .

nikkilala_2

madmuppet5 wrote: »

I remember that. We had a cupboard full of just sugar. Me Dad cleared the co-op out :rotfl:

rchddap1 wrote: »

I shudder to think what our kids will remember when they're bigger. Cupboards full of OEP, chocolate eggs, shampoo etc....

I'm going to confess I can remember my mum & dad stashing the sugar too:eek::eek::eek:

SpiralingDown

bye fourp, gotta go too. Have to take stuff to charity shop before my mum decides it's for the bin