typical weekly menus in 1960

mama67

keren29 wrote: »

I don't really like fish to be honest either - yes it was the undercover 'permanent' market after the outside one went (not the one on Freeman Street). I worked on a cheese and bacon stall for 4 years whilst at school with a fish stall on 2 sides of me (yuck!).

The best beef dripping came from a butchers just on the edge of the town centre, possibly called Pettits. I loved the jelly on bread but was never keen on the white bit.

Pettits is still there it is still knwn to be the best butchers in town.

Freeman Street Market has dwindled off completely, when we first moved here went down there as OH mum always used to shop there was very disappointed.

Freeman Street is mostly charity shops now with the pubs still every 10 paces.

juliettet

I still make a version of Fluff with greek yoghurt. Especially good with lime jelly in the summer.

Anyone remember Fry's chocolate spread??

mama67

keren29 wrote: »

oooooooh, Appleby's.............yummy.........it used to be a real treat to go to Conningsby ( I think) when I was 8 or 9 to their main shop/factory. Ice cream to die for and I don't remember it being available in the shops. I could never quite understand the link between the ice cream and the coach company of the same name!

My parents may live near your Mum then - they are on Cromwell Rd.

Liver in the 70s always had the nasty little 'tube' bits in it, you don't seem to see this very much now.

My Dad was (and still is) a milkman and we always had a house full of very brightly coloured bottles of pop and cordial. I dread to think about the E numbers in a bottle of 1970s orange cordial or cherryade - it was so bright it was unbelievable! I think tastes have also changed - he used to sell loads of Gold Top (Channel islands milk) in the 70s with the cream at the top but I don't think he sells any now, he said nobody wants it anymore.

Remember the little bottles of milk at school with a straw to push through the foil?? Warm in the summer........bleurgh........although I was a goody goody and I was milk monitor!

Applebys is at Conisholme, just 5 miles up the road from us, go through it regularly as DS1 goes to school in North Somercotes, we live in North Cotes.

mama67

keren29 wrote: »

My mum and dad live on the other side of the Market Hotel roundabout - on the block next to the Jet garage opposite the place that used to be a car showroom, I think it is a shoe place now?? Small world huh?!

"Wynsors world of shoes", just up the road from Lidl, which is also on Market Hotel roundabout.

pigpen

I'm just up the road in Hull.. my grandads were both on dock.. one the fish dock and the other the timber dock... opposite sides of town!!

I grew up with all sorts of fish being on my plate.. plaice was always my favourite!!

Angel delight .. if you mix it with twice as much milk it makes great thick nilk shakes!! .. YUMMY!!!

And how many of us actually went wappy with the multicoloured sweets????

My children go insane the slightest hint of a smartie.. I used to eat them like.. well.. sweets!!!

I had a soda stream as well!! Perks of living with my gran and being an only child.. at that time!!

mama67

keren29 wrote: »

oooooh, scraps, lovely....with a tub of gravy...from the Golden Fry of course juliettet nobody down south seems to know what scraps are

When I worked in the chippy in the next village they were called alsorts of things by the holiday makers, but I still think the best was someone coming in and asking for a "Scrap butty".

We also used to do Scallops - slices of potato coated in batter and fried.

And Cod had to be ordered specially, not like anywhere else where cod is the norm and you have to order haddock.

mama67

pigpen wrote: »

I'm just up the road in Hull.. my grandads were both on dock.. one the fish dock and the other the timber dock... opposite sides of town!!

I grew up with all sorts of fish being on my plate.. plaice was always my favourite!!

Angel delight .. if you mix it with twice as much milk it makes great thick nilk shakes!! .. YUMMY!!!

And how many of us actually went wappy with the multicoloured sweets????

My children go insane the slightest hint of a smartie.. I used to eat them like.. well.. sweets!!!

I had a soda stream as well!! Perks of living with my gran and being an only child.. at that time!!

I used to do that when younger told everyione I was making my own Thick shake lol!, it was just after Mcd's started doing theirs.

M0neysav3r

I dont think this is a 50s/60s thing, probably more 30s/40s but my Great Aunt used to use the leftover Yorkshire Puddings as desserts with Jam on

I have tried it and it's actually suprisingly scrummy!

calleyw

jackieb wrote: »

I just remembered fluff! We used to get fluff and jelly. I think fluff was jelly, made with evaporated milk which got whipped, and then it kind of set. And it was bubbly. There used to be fluff and jelly at every birthday party.

I suppose it's a mousse really lol

I was born in the early 70's and mum use to make that and we use to call it mousse our house.

Not had that in years need to get some evaporated milk yummy.


Yours


Calley

juliettet

mama67 wrote: »

When I worked in the chippy in the next village they were called alsorts of things by the holiday makers, but I still think the best was someone coming in and asking for a "Scrap butty".

We also used to do Scallops - slices of potato coated in batter and fried.

And Cod had to be ordered specially, not like anywhere else where cod is the norm and you have to order haddock.

Yes that was so true, cod was only good enough for the visitors to Cleethorpes. M & S do scallops but call them something posh, they do them here in Scotland but the Scots call them fritters. Fritters to us were 2 scallops with a sandwich filling of fish or sausagemeat then battered & fried.

I so love remembering all this although I am very happy in Glasgow.