It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

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tooldle said:

Interesting to read about Snoek. My dad born in '31 was a big fish eater. Through the war years, whale meat was off ration and hence reasonably easy to obtain. Dad's family ate it in lieu of fish. He said it was horrible. He ate it as it was that, or nothing.

Very true it was a case of eat it or go hungry. My late Mums favourite saying when dishing up something we weren't keen on was "Good men died to get that food on the plate, don't disrespect them by not eating it"
One of her relations was on the Atlantic food convoys, and sadly at 22 went down with his ship.So we ate it no matter what. but the snoek really was disgusting.

Her sister lived in New Jersey USA and after the war would sent us food parcels of things unobtainable in the Uk.
To me tasting tinned pineapple was like I had died and gone to heaven, she used to tuck all sorts of odd tins in tiny corners to make sure the parcel was packed with as much stuff as she could get in it.

We once had four tiny tins of Heinz apple purree for babies in one parcel .and my Mum made us all eat it spread on toast like jam I swore I would never inflict it on my children when I grew up and over twenty years later as a young Mum I certainly never bought it for them as when I saw the tins on the shelves in the supermarket it took me back to having to eat it on toast  

But rationing made us have iron constitutions,  and as a rule I will eat almost anything.

JackieO xx 

WeegieWumman

I loved the taste of dried (powdered) eggs.  I preferred them to fresh eggs.   

annieb64

I used to buy the tins of Heinz apple to use as apple sauce for pork. Now I freeze stewed apple in small portions.

Siebrie

I had school friends in the 70s who had applesauce on pancakes, which I (aged 8) thought was a horrible combination, but apparently is a knock-off from an Austrian/Bavarian dish 'Kaiserschmarrn'.

Wednesday2000

A couple of people I talk to on another forum often make latkes (potato pancakes) with apple sauce.

YorksLass

Both my DH and my late DM preferred the dried powdered eggs to fresh ones.  Even now, DH has to be "in the mood" for an egg.  An elderly neighbour used to keep chickens at the end of his garden and, as a child in the early 50s, I remember him sometimes giving us any surplus ones he had - Mum was always grateful for them since eggs were still on ration until 1953 - one egg per week per adult.  No wonder powdered eggs were so popular!

Tonight's dinner is a frugal chicken stir fry - one large chicken thigh with lots of veggies will make enough for the two of us.  It takes longer to chop up the veg than it does to cook!  I wonder how today's lock down for birds (bird flu) will affect the price of poultry that's already gone up in price.  

strawb_shortcake

wort said:

I'm sure it's quite obvious to staff those that might be not too honest shopping.@annabanana2 as someone who works in retail and dealing with this type of thing, you would be amazed how many are not what you would expect.
very well dressed middle aged people who chat to staff and then stuff steak and wine in their bags !! As with scan and shop we identified a young couple with a baby in a very expensive pram who were fraudulent.
not everyone is a drug addict who steals,though we do get those too. unfortunately it’s not a recent thing either.

I can believe that @wort, I volunteered to work for the home office during strikes several years back. The only person that got stopped was a older lady close to 80 with a solid track record for facilitating people trafficking. Her bag was full of passports and foreign currency. Seeing her sat waiting to be processed she could have been anyone's Gran looking like a sweet old lady. 

But it was someone's behaviours more than what they look like that i would consider to be more of a tell tale sign they were up to no good.

Brambling

As a Saturday worker / holiday cover in the late 70s early 80's I remember old ladies coming in for coley who would ensure to tell you it was for the cat! I know they tried to change its name a few years ago to upgrade it's imagine 

newlywed

Brambling said:

As a Saturday worker / holiday cover in the late 70s early 80's I remember old ladies coming in for coley who would ensure to tell you it was for the cat! I know they tried to change its name a few years ago to upgrade it's imagine 

OH worked on a fish counter when he first left school and that’s the one fish he refuses to eat! He says it’s cat food.

freyasmum

For any asda customers, don't forget that they have a "try me love me" guarantee. If you try something and it's not as it should be, they say that they will replace and refund. 

I just hope you have a nicer assistant that the downright rude one I had the misfortune of meeting earlier! She processed the replacement and when I said, sorry, the man on the phone said I was supposed to get a refund as well? (I had phoned as I didnt want to take a half-eaten product instore! Lol) she practically threw my money at me while saying - and I kid you not - "Right well that's it done then, there's no more after this". I've never been so gobsmacked in my life!!!