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PasturesNew

Grimbal wrote: »

we had that same design of tin opener about 30odd years ago - surely they must be old enough to have used a similar one ?

I've seen those tin openers, but we always had ones with the turning wing nuts since I can remember, which would've been mid-60s. So I've not used one. Like this we had: https://www.cutleryandcatering.co.uk/images/user/081110174816.jpg

Not that much came out of a can back then though. Mum's pilchards and corned beef had their own keys on the cans. In fact, apart from tins of soup and baked beans, it wasn't until the 70s that we bought/used many cans at all. Although I do remember we once had a whole chicken in a can; dad'd seen it in a shop and "couldn't believe it", so for some reason it was decided to try one for our Sunday lunch. We only had it once.....

A few years ago I moved into somewhere that was furnished and there was an odd tin opener in there, never could work out how to use it, tried a few times then went out and bought a new one I did understand. It was this sideways style that stumped me: http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/32285568784_3/Bottle-Can-Opener-Tin-Opener-Multi-Functional-Kitchen-Tool-ABS-Handle-Purple-Green-Colour-Opener-Kitchen.jpg

Butterfly_Brain

LadyCoupon wrote: »

Yes, watching it now, is this going to be on every week with a different year each week do you know?

yes it is on every week and next week it is the 60's. I can't wait :rotfl::rotfl:

PasturesNew

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

Ok But if she was short of time it didn't occur to her to add less water?


That's what I would have done.

She's obviously been specially chosen as somebody who hadn't done things before. Maybe she's never actually ever made a jelly before... just bought them in Waitrose.

elsien

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

Couldn't get a jelly to set without a fridge?

Last one I made I couldn't get it to set with the freezer, let alone just a fridge. Complicated things, these jellies!

Grumpelstiltskin

PasturesNew wrote: »

She's obviously been specially chosen as somebody who hadn't done things before. Maybe she's never actually ever made a jelly before... just bought them in Waitrose.

So they have chosen a family from the ones who applied for Eat Well For Less? :rotfl:

Butterfly_Brain

How to use a stab can opener
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJLY0H9pPbI

PasturesNew

My mum was brought up in a house without any oven, she was nearly 30 before she got her first oven, a Belling.

I remember before supermarkets when we'd go to the local shops to buy enough potatoes for a meal or two, no bulk buying as you had to carry it home and use it up. Although my parents did have a good garden and mum was from agricultural labouring stock so was used to growing veggies etc, so we had a lot of stuff in the garden. In fact, we had everything we used/liked in the garden - endless it was.... potatoes, onions, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, peas, 2-3 types of green beans, parsnips ... all the usual. They also grew lettuce and tomatoes and beetroot. And we had asparagus (that grew itself, wherever it decided to, so you had to hunt for that. We also had blackberries, blackcurrants and apple trees. We also had rhubarb and strawberries.

For the rationing years - there was other food around; rations were only for certain foods. In fact, the rations are more than I use even now. Depending where you lived/who you knew/etc there was all the other stuff you ate. e.g. rabbits shot, birds caught and veggies grown and apples scrumped. They never mention that.... for those lucky enough to be in the right position they were eating OK. I come from a long line of people who went to prison for poaching .... so they were well placed when the wartime came around.

kerri_gt

Haven't really read any of the comments for fear of spoilers but sounds right up my street - love food, and social history. Thanks OP.

Grumpelstiltskin

I must admit in the 50's we had an allotment and chickens, very few vegetables were bought, what few were bought were from a farmer who had a stall on the market.


Runner beans were salted and kept through the winter in a large jar.


Spare eggs were preserved in Isinglass.

Butterfly_Brain

It is up on iplayer now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nc5tv