typical weekly menus in 1960

luxor4t

Happyroly wrote: »

... Chicken was too expensive to have regularly.

We had four-legged chicken = rabbit regularly!

My mum made recipes like curry or spaghetti bolognese (the spag came in long blue paper packets). I didn't know that other families saw this as exotic until my first MiL asked what the "interesting savoury mince" was!

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I remember that because my gran(who I lived with)cooked and baked everything from scratch,it was exciting to get something bought in.
I used to feel very excited to get sliced Sunblest bread,which was a rare occurence and only if the baking was'nt cooled down enough to eat.
My idea of luxury as child was tinned heinz spagetti on sunblest toast,so wonderful after always having all those lovingly homecooked meals(that I'd kill for today)

horseykitty

I wonder if these days anyone can afford to buy a joint of beef big enough to get two or three meals out of. If I buy some beef there's never enough 'leftovers' to make a sandwich out of, never mind a meal.

I would hate to have a 'if it's Tuesday it must be stew' regime because it would remind me too much of growing up in the 70's and my mum did this. I remember dreading coming home in the winter knowing it was one of her 'stew' nights. Lumps of beef , carrots, pearl barley etc. floating in peppery water - uck, it makes me gag thinking about it now. I always remember this when one of my kids dislikes eating something and sympathise with them. I used to be in tears forcing myself to eat that horrid 'stew'.

patchwork_cat

Rise and shine - there was a craze at my school for about a term of just eating the powder straight.

skintmumof3

sterilsed cream from a tin.............
i can remember my mum stirring sugar into the sterilised cream.. used to taste lovely

luxor4t

horseykitty wrote: »

.... I remember dreading coming home in the winter knowing it was one of her 'stew' nights. Lumps of beef , carrots, pearl barley etc. floating in peppery water - uck, it makes me gag thinking about it now. I always remember this when one of my kids dislikes eating something and sympathise with them. I used to be in tears forcing myself to eat that horrid 'stew'.

I remember trudging home through the rain to find the house full of wet washing, mum grimly ironing & an evil 'wet knickers' smell that turned out to be our lamb (mutton?) stew dinner....._pale_ . Anything that smelled (& tasted) that bad should not be eaten, but I was told I was being ungrateful etc etc I still can't eat the stuff!

Raksha

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Rise and shine - there was a craze at my school for about a term of just eating the powder straight.

That was the stuff, we used to have it when we went caravanning (along with the Variety Packs of cereals, not very MSE, and led to a lot of arguments when there was only the Rice Krispies and the Cornflakes left..)

emilyt

luxor4t wrote: »

I remember trudging home through the rain to find the house full of wet washing, mum grimly ironing & an evil 'wet knickers' smell that turned out to be our lamb (mutton?) stew dinner....._pale_ .

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

O the good old days.

WEEGIE

flowerofthewest wrote: »

The powder in a tin that turned into a fizzy drink was Cremola, I used to love this
Can't get it any more unfortunately.

I loved Creamola Foam it was the best, as you rightly say it is no longer available. Wonder if anyone can bring it back, i.e start making it again.

luxor4t

WEEGIE wrote: »

I loved Creamola Foam it was the best, as you rightly say it is no longer available. Wonder if anyone can bring it back, i.e start making it again.

There is a campaign to do that! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creamola_Foam

I had some on a visit to OH's Scottish hometown ...:p sums it up!

Give me Sasparilla any day.