What Did People Eat In The 1950's

thriftwizard

Pssst - anyone else remember mutton?

zaxdog

We have mutton fairly often as I find lamb really greasy!

My parents have pretty exotic tastes but my paternal grandmother was a horror and a rotten cook! Mince in a tin springs to mind!

Pollycat

drinkupretty wrote: »

I remember when I was about 4 years old, watching my Grandma mince meat with her mincer in the kitchen and had no idea what she was doing. She and my Mum laughed because I didn't realise where mince came from. The tragic thing is there are probably people older than I was who have no idea where mince comes from!

I had one of those Spong mincers too - here:
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mardatha

I like mutton too, aske dmy butcher once for it and he said oooh noooo you canny get it now. I bet you can but he doesnt sell it. I cant afford lamb!
I have a coal fire and wouldn't ever take a house without one. Heats the house, the radiators, the water, and dries the washing overnight. And carries on doing it during powercuts! Magic.

bellaquidsin

I'm a bit late joining this thread so my list may seem rather repetitive, I'm afraid I haven't had time to read all through.

Sunday A small joint, either lamb shoulder, siverside or brisket.
Monday Cold meat with either a jacket potato or chips and when in season - beetroot.
Tuesday Pan fried fish, boiled or mashed potatoes, peas, carrots and parsley sauce.
Wednesday Stew, often accompanied by yorkshire pudding.
Thursday Sometimes a neck oflamb hotpot which had been cooked in the oven with yesterday's stew, or liver and bacon.
Friday Sausage and mash or a meat pie made with leftover (planned) stew from Wednesday this would only be in winter as we had no fridge just a cold slab in the cellar.
Saturday Was makeshift day often beans on toast or sometimes mushrooms on toast.

This 'dinner' was always at mid-day and always followed by a pudding - always fruit pie on Sunday and cold fruit pie on Monday, the rest of the days we usually had some sort of milk pudding i.e rice, sago, tapioca, semilina or ground rice with an occasional bread and butter pudding or apple charlotte if there was bread to use up and an even more occasional eve's pudding.

Tea was often bread and jam or cheese spread portions with sometimes a seasonal change of rhubarb and custard or rarely strawberries. A winter treat was pikelets or crumpets as they are now known to many.

Nearly 30 years ago I gave a list like this to help my son with his 'history' homework. he got 10/10. I guess it would be ancient history now.

Bella

Forgot to say,always cornflakes or porridge for breakfast.

snookey

Hi Im sure my dad said they used to have calfs head boiled in milk and pigs trotters.

Pollycat

snookey wrote: »

pigs trotters.

My Nana used to cook pigs trotters.
We also had a butcher in town who sold all sorts of 'innards' from animals, including chitterlings, lights and something I think was called hodge.

Uniscots97

I still remember being told not to lift the lid on the big pot in the kitchen whilst Mum and Dad were finishing at work and I had gottne home before them (latch key kids.....wouldn't happen today would it???), and I had to be nosey didn't I? I knew the cooker wasn't hot so I lifted the lid and there was a (now cooked) sheep's head with the eyes staring up at me........................... I screamed and screamed not realising what it was........I must have screamed so loudly our next door neighbour came round to see if I was ok. ......Oh boy did I get in trouble with my parents!

Possession

Pollycat wrote: »

My Nana used to cook pigs trotters.
We also had a butcher in town who sold all sorts of 'innards' from animals, including chitterlings, lights and something I think was called hodge.

I was recently at La Boqueria market in Barcelona and you could buy all those things there as well as calves' heads, tongue, brain, heart and all kinds of other things my 7 yr old DD was very disgusted with!

Farway

drinkupretty wrote: »

luncheon meat sandwiches.

Oh yes, loved them, Pork Luncheon Meat sarnies with Branston pickle

Once we started [in the 60s] thinking about animal welfare & what really went into the tins :eek: that was the end on my PLM days

Any one remember Lyons individual pies [6d, 2.5p] each. Once they arrived they were my mum's solution to a pudding, one each, served cold with Carnation evaporated milk on top

Went well with the Fish fingers main course

I have mentioned my Mum was awful cook