typical weekly menus in 1960

babs2008

I'm really enjoying this thread. It's brought back a fair few memories.

I used to love lyle's golden syrup on warm yorkshire puds. If we didn't have syrup we'd put warm milk and sugar on. I think I'll have to try that again soon.

One thing I wont be trying, which I have vivid memories of it sitting in front of me on the plate, is tripe :eek: . My nana fed it to us. I can't remember what it tasted like, but I do know I did eat it and didn't seem to mind - I obviously didn't know what it was at the time. We squeezed lemon over it I think. I wonder if that's why I don't eat much meat these days!!!

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

There's a tripe shop in our local market.I did'nt realise that there were so many varieties and that people actually still ate it.
The display on offer looked so vile,yet they sell out quickly and have been there for years.I just wonder what it tastes like.Anybody know.

Olliebeak

As a child/teenager in the 50's/60's, I would eat liver and kidneys (still love both today ) but no way could I be persuaded to eat herrings/kippers, tripe, lites, heart, brains, pig's trotters or rabbit.

I hated (and still do) the very sight/smell of fish with heads/eyes/skin (basically if it looks like a fish or smells like a fish, then I want to heave). OH is a fish lover - if he's having trout etc, then he eats alone and AFTER I've eaten! I can manage cod in batter, tuna from a tin, prawns/shrimp/scampi (all out of shells!) and scallops - but that is absolutely IT. OH once ordered trout in a restaurant when we were out - I refused to allow the waitress to remove the menu from our table while we were eating. I used it propped upright to block out the sight of his plate!!!

From what I can remember, I am certain that at one time I used to eat rabbit, but I do remember it being served a couple of days after my pet bunny had died and couldn't bring myself to look at the plate. I've never touched it since - even though nan often told me it was chicken (I weren't THAT daft)!

oldMcDonald

WEEGIE wrote: »

I remember when I was about 6 or 7 (1968/9) I wasn't too keen on potatoes and tried to avoid eating them but my mum 'persuaded' me to eat them by pouring milk over them, that made it worse, sometimes it would sit there for what seemed ages before my mum threw them away.:eek:

Eww! I can't imagine why that didn't make you want to eat them all up;)

emilyt

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

There's a tripe shop in our local market.I did'nt realise that there were so many varieties and that people actually still ate it.
The display on offer looked so vile,yet they sell out quickly and have been there for years.I just wonder what it tastes like.Anybody know.

My mum used to soak tripe in vinegar with a sprinkle of pepper. So i only remember it tasting of vinegar. That was the one and only time i tried it and hated it. Also i always thought tripe was fish until i was in my late teens.
A tripe shop:eek: . Never heard of one of those. :rotfl:

babs2008

emilyt - I think I thought it was fish too. At the time I don't think the thought of what it really was would have entered my mind.

I also remember having it with vinegar.

We also always had sliced tongue at Sunday tea times. My grandpa loved it. I can't stand the stuff now! Just remembered the horrible jelly stuff on it too _pale_

Boodle

Last time I went through my old hometown market there was honeycomb tripe on display in the butchers. Never tried it and no inclination to myself!

I grew up in the 80's/early 90's but most of the menus here are very like what we used to eat. Money was very tight back then. I am not sure whether I was never hungry or just never contemplated the feeling of being peckish Snacks just weren't really thought of, altho my sis went through a phase of appearing from the kitchen with a slice of plain bread. That's the only memory I have of snacks - apart from the odd wildlife choc bar as a treat.

We had school dinners, which were foul at primary school. Choice between a greasy sickly cheese pasty (the cheese always looked green to me :eek: ) or a slimy sweaty slice of luncheon meat. We weren't allowed to just have the veg and potatoes - one or the other had to go on there too and once it was on your plate, you had to eat it. Puds were usually angel whirl i.e. cheaper angel delight, or dry choc sponge with powdery sweet pink custard. Ah - the golden era of school meals, huh? :rotfl:

Our dinners went something like this:

Sunday: Roast beef (only had chicken at Xmas and Easter) with yorkies, carrots, cabbage, tinned marrowfat peas, and mash - sometimes swede.
Sunday tea was at my grandparents' house, we had tinned salmon sandwiches (mashed with malt vinegar and salt) then an array of HM cakes like Victoria sponge, macaroons, choc chip or raisin buns.

Tuesday: My nanna used to visit so there were 3 adults and 2 kids. We had a tin of mince stretched with water and gravy granules, tinned marrowfats, and mash. Bread and butter on a plate in the middle of the table. Yuk when I think back! But never considered whether food was enjoyable or not back then - just ate it.

Wednesday: Always toad in the hold, boiled onions, mash and gravy.

Friday: Chippy night. We had a bag of chips between 4 of us, my sis and I would share a beanie. Bread and butter stretched it all fine. I used to look forward to my beanie so much! Half was never enough, but then probably a whole one wouldn't have been either!

Mondays and thursdays were probably something like fishfingers or crispy pancakes or similar and chips. We rarely had puds. Later on there were choc ices or those frozen mousses you all talk about, except we always thought they were raspberry ripple ice cream! These were doled out as and when my mother saw fit and it was always a lovely treat to have a pud!

WEEGIE

babs2008 wrote: »

emilyt - I think I thought it was fish too. At the time I don't think the thought of what it really was would have entered my mind.

I also remember having it with vinegar.

We also always had sliced tongue at Sunday tea times. My grandpa loved it. I can't stand the stuff now! Just remembered the horrible jelly stuff on it too _pale_

I absolutely love tongue, I prefer the ox tongue which is delish.:D

caledoniaquine

Im 31 and up until a few minutes ago when I googled it I also thought tripe was fish :rotfl:

emilyt

babs2008 wrote: »

emilyt - I think I thought it was fish too. At the time I don't think the thought of what it really was would have entered my mind.

I also remember having it with vinegar.

We also always had sliced tongue at Sunday tea times. My grandpa loved it. I can't stand the stuff now! Just remembered the horrible jelly stuff on it too _pale_

LOL My Dh was eating a tongue sandwich at his mums house about 15 years ago now. He asked his mum what it actually was. Took a lot of convincing that it was a cows tongue. He went a very pale shade of white and started heaving. :eek: . Well what the heck did he think it was :rotfl: :rotfl: