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calleyw

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

Ahem. Ok so tonights dinner consists of the following-

Minestrone soup
Chicken in white sauce
Carrots
Mixed beans

...and YES! A tin of peaches for pudding!

WaSp is contemplating a takeaway.

You got a starter, mains and dessert.

Sounds fine to me.

Yours

Calley

Wellyboots6

I used to have 'mystery soup' for lunch at mynold work. Everyone else went out and bought sandwiches, but I couldn't afford that every day. I'd buy a load of tins of different soup, pewl the labels off and then mix them up. I'd pull one out of my desk drawer each day and have a surprise for lunch!

Id eat that for tea WaS, sounds fine to me!

Thanks for the link pyxis

Waves_and_Smiles

I agree, that isn't a bad mix at all! I won WaSp round by suggesting he had bread with the soup, a jacket potato using the various ingredients as a filling and custard with the peaches, he loves custard.

I also had the tinned salmon as a child, along with tins of corned beef and tinned ham in jelly. These often popped up for Sunday's dinner which my dad would refer to as "Cut and come again". That is apparently a Suffolk phrase for using bits and pieces to make a cold spread.

Pyxis

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Later than the 60s too, as I wasn't born until 1969 and I remember all of that. And the Carnation 'evap', which as well as going with the tinned peaches, my gran on my mum's side had in her tea instead of normal milk :eek:. She also had something called "Camp coffee" which I never tried.

Camp coffee was made with chicory, and would have been ok except I think it was already sweetened! Blahugh!

Well, I got the soup and the carrots right!

calleyw

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

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I also had the tinned salmon as a child, along with tins of corned beef and tinned ham in jelly. These often popped up for Sunday's dinner which my dad would refer to as "Cut and come again". That is apparently a Suffolk phrase for using bits and pieces to make a cold spread.

I have problems with corn beef as to me its poverty food. As when money started to get tight. We would have corn beef and mash and peas. My younger brother would have baked beans instead of the peas. And would mix it all together.

Yes I know vile.

I can't open the tins. So if I do have corned beef it has to the slices. And they need to be really cold to go in sandwich with cucumber.

Yours

Calley

Georgiegirl256

I love the idea of a lucky dip with cans! Not a bad selection there WaS! Growing up in the 80's I remember a lot of the things mentioned here, such as Carnation Milk....my Mam and Dad put it over fruit (usually peaches!) but I hated the way it mixed with the fruit juice....boak! Salmon sandwiches were (and still are) one of my favourites, even with the bones crushed in! My Dad made them the best, and put the right amount of vinegar in!

Loved the cream top off the milk too, and I've even tried cat food for the same reason as Pyxis....it smelled really nice! :rotfl:

Corn beef hash is a favourite. Didn't have it much growing up, but MIL makes a yummy one!

My all time favourite tinned product is Heinz tomato soup! It was always the food I wanted if I was poorly. Aparently Lidls version is a good dupe according to the advert. Will have to try it and see!

calleyw

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Salmon sandwiches were (and still are) one of my favourites, even with the bones crushed in! My Dad made them the best, and put the right amount of vinegar in!

When I have tuna sandwiches I have to put so much on that the bread goes brown LOL!!! The same as my dad.

Me and my dad are very similar. We both like aniseed and liquorice as well.

Yours

Calley

Waves_and_Smiles

WaSp is addicted to liquorice!

I have tried cat biscuits (meaty but very dry) and hamster chocolate (chocolatey but also wheaty).

I was allowed to make my own sardines as a child, the fish was practically swimming in vinegar. I was the same with cucumber, too. A few slices in a bowl and 2 inches of vinegar.

calleyw

I am very sleepy so I am going to go to bed.

Hope everyone can get some rest.

And I will catch up with you all tomorrow.

Take care

Yours

Calley

Flybaby

Really sorry I missed the fort birthday party - belated happy birthday Calley!


loved the tins and food discussion - I was thinking all baked beans as I was reading. and I have no idea why corned beef is considered poverty food - hate it when my OH asks for it as it is expensive I think!


Can't watch the programme discussed - these things rile me up, ( I got annoyed at a consumer shopping programme tonight!) but I can say that I have Ruby wax's book and think she is brill - all about mindfulness and her mental health issues and the study she undertook. V. interesting and quite funny.


Well it seems many of us had a better day - WaS - glad to hear you are feeling better. I managed more get up and go this morning with a double coffee admittedly and following new morning list seemed to work for me, so that's my focus of little change for this week.
Katy - did you manage anything little today?


~~ squishes~~ all round