Another pithy food memory post. We opened a tin of grapefruit the other morning and ate it for breakfast. I commented that grapefruit might be the one thing that I might possibly enjoy more from a tin than I do fresh. Not that I don’t like it fresh, because I do – but tinned grapefruit …
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Some more odd memories
Following my comments in this post and this one on how food was in Fifties’ Britain, I found my synapses buzzing. I thought I’d just jot down a few extra random thoughts. I am confining my memories to when I lived in Sheffield, where I was born in 1953 and stayed until November 1962. Some …
When Food Was Crude, Part 2
Continued from yesterday It isn’t just the food that has changed in the last 60 years. Imagine a time when advertising like this was acceptable? Again, behind the cut, ‘cos it do go on a bit. EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES (Part 2) Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town. …and …
When Food Was Crude
1950s Crude Food Poster by Miles_Harrison Browse other Food Posters Somebody sent me a mail circular the other day (she knows who she is) – one of those humorous lists such as turned up with daily regularity back in our Usenet days. This particular one was referencing our eating habits in the 1950s. Much of …
(Not very) Pinteresting
I follow the Food & Drink category on Pinterest, though I am beginning to wonder why. It is so rarely that following a pin yields an interesting recipe! Most pins seem to be made by USA-nians. That being so, the majority of pins lead to something that begins “All you need is a packet of …
It was a cold and frosty night…
Back in the bread-making routine today, with yesterday’s delivery of new yeast. We had a cold night – cold enough to stop the swanky electronic shower from functioning this morning, and my bread flour was icy cold to the touch. I am learning though – in the old days I would have pre-warmed the flour …