cheap/ healthy snacks

SailorSam

PasturesNew wrote: »

We never used to have snacks and treats as such when I was growing up. A snack would be 2 pieces of toast; a treat might be a late evening bowl of oxtail soup with a piece of toast.

We had fizzy bottled drink only at Xmas - and mum'd buy some broken biscuits at Woolworths for Xmas, the ones that were topped with glossy/hard pink/brown with white markings on.

We'd get a selection box maybe at Xmas too - and there'd be some nuts.

So Xmas was the main treats time.

Is that a violin i can hear ?

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I too grew up during the 1940-s 50s and because of rationing there was very little in the way of 'snacks' You had breakfast lunch and dinner and that was it If you were lucky you may have had an apple from the tree in the garden or in the winter maybe a slice of bread and jam or butter ,never the both though.
Crisps were very rare as my Mum thought that a packet of thinly slice potato at 2d was not worth the money I still don't eat crisps over 60 years later for the same reason.I make my granchildren cakes on a weekly basis but when they are gone thats it until the following week.
If I am 'peckish between a meal I would have a cuppa with a couple of biscuits but thats all.I think if my late Mum could see the amount of food consumed today she would be horrified.As for eating in the street well that was a no-no as well.We were never allowed to eat while walking along the street, not even an ice lolly or ice cream.When you ate you sat at the table and had your food in front of you.You then asked to be excused from the table when you had finished,woe betide you if you forgot.Manners and behaviour were very important in our house and bad manners were considered far worse than 'naughtiness'in a child.Children were seen and not heard and you weren't allowed to voice your opinion on anything that 'grown-ups' were talking about.Different generations had different ideas I think.

happy35

i am 39 and when I was very young snacking didnt seem to be the norm, we never did it and neither did anyone else we played with. we had 3 meals a day, with our tea being the main cooked meal.

My mam shopped at Asda once a fortnight with a trip to the market for fruit and veg and the Sunday joint once a week. When it was gone it was gone and that was it.

We did live in a place then where not many people had a lot of money so dont know whether than influenced they way we eat or if everyone did this then.

I am not much of a big meal eater so was very thin as a child and think I would have benefitted from some snacks in between meals in hindsight.

Although I can remember when at my nan's house we did have cake sometimes in between meals as she liked a slice of cake and a cup of tea. I dont think she eat midday very often though so this was probably replaced that meal.

My mam did back sponge cakes etc but these were given out after meals, although we did sometimes get fairy cakes etc as they were baked during school holidays

Spendless

I'm 47. Sweet snacks made by my Mum in the 1970s were either buttefly buns or scones that were triangular. I asked her why a few years back. It turned out she didn't own a pastry cutter, so used to pour the whole mixture into a rectangular baking dish she had and cut it into triangles when baked. We did have shop bought items, but they were reserved for after a meal or weekends. It wasn't uncommon to have bread with a meal to fill you up more, even if the meal was pie, mash and veg.:D On a recent thread someone mentioned the name of a pudding that I knew I had in a 1970s child's cookbook. I looked it up, turned out not to be the same one. Mine had bread in it as did several of the desserts from then.

Crisps and fizzy pop were only for parties, as were sausage rolls. I remember in the late 1970s my teacher asking all our class what we were fetching in for the Christmas party, I was the only one to say sausage rolls and was told 'what an original idea' :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

could you replace the choc chips in the millie cookies with sultanas? got all the ingredients except them, and I am trying to o a JackieO and not go to the shop unless I need a few items:D

My gran used to bake, and cook every Saturday.. she would walk too the various shops in the morning, and then cook in the afternoon, she would cook the sunday joint, and use the oven to make cakes, rice pudding etc to last until at leat mid week. If what was left of the cakes by Thursday, she would put them into a jelly with a tin of fruit cocktail, and make custard to go with it..

She also used to make loads of jam tarts.. and cheese straws... In fact I think I will make them this afternoon... But I bet I will not be able to make the cheese straws like my gran did:o

charlies-aunt

I grew up in the 50's too...... we were strongly discouraged from eating between meals as it spoiled our appetites too

Our snacks were

- a stick of rhubarb and a bag of sugar

- a sugar sandwich

- a home grown apple

- the end crust off a loaf with HM lemon curd- a real treat as it was HM and crusty - still a favourite snack 50 years on

- a scrubbed carrot

No violins necessary! These snacks were real treats back in the day

mardatha

But we had that fabulous thing...a high tea! A tableful of cakes ! ll

vodkawitch1

I make brownies, flap jacks and scones for snacks/packed lunches.

Mint1955

meritaten wrote: »

When I was growing up - we didn't have 'snacks'. maybe a bag of sweeties once a week!
we had three meals a day. breakfast, dinner and supper. snacks were not encouraged as they 'spoiled your appetite'. if you complained you were 'starving' between meals you got offered
an apple
a slice of bread and butter
and if really lucky - a 'sugar sandwich'!
this was late fifties though!

OMG sugar sandwiches lol

Did anyone have cos lettuce leaves with sugar and vinegar rolled up and eaten?

Dripping toast for Sunday tea?

candlelight_2013

Dad and I used to have dripping toast for Sunday tea with a sprinkling of salt on - DELICIOUS