Childhood & Sentimental memories

lil_me

Argh I hate it when it eats my posts

Chucky eggs, yep, we always called them that as kids, I was born in late 70s so not an old phrase, possibly regional however I think it's more used in the north

Pie funnels http://www.ecook.co.uk/product_detail.asp?id=9&mid=1 you can still buy them, my Great Grandma always used them.

Olliebeak

Hello cathodetube

It's good to get a part-American slant on things .

On my last trip to the States, I went into a huge supermarket in Wisconsin and noticed that there didn't seem to be a big selection of cheeses - some brie, camembert and maybe some gorgonzola but that was about it. And Wisconsin is supposed to be a 'dairy state' isn't it? Have to admit to being a cheese fanatic myself - have you ever tried a bit of Lancashire or Wensleydale with digestive biscuits and maybe a little bit of cranberry sauce on top? Absolutely delicious!!!

I have a cousin in Illinois and she had never heard of Mince Pies - thought they sounded disgusting - she doesn't know what she's missing!

The only tea I've ever noticed in the US is Lipton's - which always reminds me of 'Psycho' as Norman keeps a tin in the kitchen cupboard. I haven't seen that on sale in the UK since the 50's.

The china bird in a pie is called a 'pie funnel' and it's designed to let steam escape from the filling so that the pastry doesn't get too soggy underneath.

Where I grew up, we had an outside toilet, no bathroom and no running hot water until 1970 and that was in quite a large town - not a remote cottage. That meant we had to have chamber pots (or 'guzundas' as we called them - because they 'goes under' the bed)! But they were emptied EVERY morning, thoroughly washed and soaked with bleach, before being put back under the beds with fresh disinfectant in them and ONLY to be used during the night.

We had coal fires as well but could only ever afford coal for the fire in the living room - apart from at Christmas when we would get an extra bag so that we could light the parlour fire when visitors were coming.

portsmouthali

Poet wrote: »

we had the Alpine pop man visit us and we'd get cream soda, my dad would make us ice cream soda and it fascinated me when the pop fizzed like mad when he dropped a scoop of ice cream in.

My mum would bring us a huge bag of our favourite crisps and a big bar of chocolate home on a friday afternoon, just in time for settling down in front of Crackerjack! :0)

Saturdays was always shopping round town then last stop was M&S so we could choose some nice finger food for a night in fornt of the telly (mum's night off) the only night we were allowed to eat a meal in front of the TV, some sort of sandwich, usually tinned salmon, then cakes from our local bakery (which has closed now, they made the most amazing cakes!!!! they didn't go bust, the baker just retired, a sad day that is still mourned in the town where I live!) crisps and other nice things while we watched The Generation Game, Juliet Bravo etc.

Sunday was up early for church, porridge with milk and sugar then when we got home then a B&W film on TV or we 'played out' while mum made the roast. Sometimes we went to our Nana's and she'd have always baked some tasty treats.

I'm going to have to stop now or I'm going to cry!

oh and sugar butties or lettuce leaves dipped in sugar! and lucky bags from the sweet shop and egg mashed in a cup with salt and soldiers if we were poorly...

Your childhood sounds almost identical to mine! We'd always pop into Marks & Sparks on a Saturday to get their crisps & teacakes as a special treat. How I loved the Generation Game, with Brucie & then Larry Grayson. I used to think Isla St Clair was so glamorous lol!

Oooh! Just remembered Co-op stamps - my nan used to go mad if we forgot to get stamps when we bought our sweets in the Co-op.

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

I have a blackbird pie funnel, and still call eggs Chucky eggs -im from the midlands and im 35

Nuttyrockeress

I used to be a regular visito to selston.... bunyip green road i think it was called,very bizzare:rotfl: ..and yes, we got the sh*t with sugar response too!!

Olliebeak

Just when did Thin Sliced white bread disappear from the shelves? Bread nowadays is soooooooooo thick when it comes to making sandwiches - and it seems to be getting thicker all the time.

Once upon a time there was unsliced and then came sliced! Then along came Thick Sliced with some loaves being Thick at one end and Thin at the other! All very well and good - but then out came Medium sliced - which was meant to be the best of both worlds. BUT WE STILL HAD THIN SLICED for posh sandwiches for afternoon tea and visitors.

Now the bakers do Toastie bread and even EXTRA THICK - but the Thin seems to have disappeared completely.

Bring back the Thin sliced bread, I say! Bring back the Thin!!

nuttyrockeress

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Hi there

I have a blackbird pie funnel, and still call eggs Chucky eggs -im from the midlands and im 35

Nuttyrockeress

I used to be a regular visito to selston.... bunyip green road i think it was called,very bizzare:rotfl: ..and yes, we got the sh*t with sugar response too!!

i know bunyon green road well used to have 2 school friends on there. I skated in sutton for about 3 years and still shop at asda.

we too used to call them chuckie eggs, or dad used to have chookaloo. He used to do (i think someone mentioned this earlier) an egg on a plate and put this under the grill to cook. Once half way he would grate cheese over then serve on bread! Eww i remember it smelling lovely but i don't do egg.

mum always used to do frizzled cheeze - milk and cheese cooked together in a frying pan, mopped up with bread and butter - not forgetting the daddies brown sauce!

gingerchick

portsmouthali wrote: »

We'd always pop into Marks & Sparks on a Saturday to get their crisps & teacakes as a special treat.

OMG you've just reminded me when we used to go into town, we would go into Marks & Sparks and mum would let us each have a bag of crisps.
They always used to have such a selection and they were huge bags as well.

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there nuttyrockeress

It was me. .... my dad used to put cheese on a plate, crack an egg in the middle and put it in the oven....the egg hadd to be dippy when it came out, HP brown sauce..or daddies, and bread n butter - as if it wasn't greasy enough allready:rotfl:

And we call em chuckaloo too

If you are shopping in ASDA (you mad fool you).... i hope you go to Home bargains whilst you are in the area......

Olliebeak... i hadn't realised until you mentioned it-thin sliced bread has vanished ... i used to love it...especialy for crisp or potted dog sandwiches....

Olliebeak

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Hi there nuttyrockeress
.... my dad used to put cheese on a plate, crack an egg in the middle .....

Mine too! but it went under the grill (turned to medium) in our house - and you HAD to keep one eye on it or the top of the egg would burn and then it tasted really horrible (charred yolk - yuk!).

Dad worked as a lorry driver on night shifts when I was a teenager. In a morning he would return around 6.30am. If he'd been near Eccles (Manchester) he would visit a bakery VERY EARLY and bring some kind of tasty treats in with him - often crumpets or muffins. Once he got home, he would get a big pan of porridge going on the cooker and then turn it off. Then he would take mum a cup of tea and piece of toast to wake her up while trying to rouse all us kids! We sometimes got wet sponges thrown at us while still in bed - when we were being particularly stubborn about getting out of bed, with mum shouting in the background 'Harold, if them sheets get soaked - you can get em dried out again!'. The only reason he made mum the cup of tea, was because he just KNEW she would have to get up to go to the loo - THEN he could get to bed for his kip!!!

plumduff55

One of my happiest memories as a child was when my gran would visit on a Saturday afternoon and bring my brother, my two sisters and myself a huge bag of broken biscuits from "Woolies". It was great !!!