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Re: FS
Fish and chips sixpence . A bit different being young and healthy.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 17, 2022 at 2:51 AM
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Re: Good afternoon Sherri
Wrell you see Sherri I left school at 14 and helped my father on a travelling shop.
they were quite common at that time. It was !947 one of the coldest winters.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 17, 2022 at 2:49 AM
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Re: Pat
Pat it was probably a penance for shooting it by mistake. We kept hens, if one was
looking ropey we would kill it first and then break a leg. The butcher always said
'Is it a screw, which meant a poor payment. 'No was the reply it broke its leg.'
posted by
C_C_T
on December 17, 2022 at 2:46 AM
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Re: Kabu
I remember once going to Coventry for a short holiday near the end of the war.
The Cathedral was pretty well destroyed . A notice said please do not take
souvenirs
. I just took a small piece of rubble, I hope God did not notice.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 17, 2022 at 2:40 AM
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Re: Good Evening Goldiec
Yes it was pretty cold in winter, the cup of water in the window would freeze
overnight and a small oil stove was the only heat until the fire was lit.
I suppose we were young and could stand the chilblains even on our ears.
Dad had pneumonia three times, there was not today's remedy.
My Mother was a Ladie's Maid. She had to help out on the paraffin and grocery
rounds when Dad was ill. I suppose we children just got used to it.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 17, 2022 at 2:34 AM
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Re: Taps
Yes I quite liked pickled eggs. During the war mother used to preserve eggs in something called Waterglass I beleve. It made them sort of look like a jelly covered them. I would not want to try that system now.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 17, 2022 at 2:25 AM
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You were such a hard worker. I'll bet you were not a complainer about it either. Such is life for a lot of people. Ribcage loved pickled eggs. I don't know where he learned to like them for I never made any of those while he was growing up. After he told me how much he liked them, I did pickle a dozen eggs now and them for him...but I never tasted them.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 16, 2022 at 4:55 PM
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Good Evening
I'm so sorry you grew up where there were times when you were wet and cold. I cannot imagine it. We were always toasty warm in a warm house with hot food. I am thankful for that. I didn't realize that people had it this hard. I'm afraid that now that the economy is like it is things will be very hard for families again.
posted by
Goldiec
on December 16, 2022 at 3:48 PM
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even in 1962 when I made the first of many trips to the old country the UK was still recovering from the war. Country people we got to know told us all about how difficult the depression years and the war years had been for them.
posted by
Kabu
on December 16, 2022 at 2:15 PM
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I don't think I could eat a skylark, with or without the insides. We
raised a few chickens, mostly for the eggs, and once in a while if a hen got past the time she laid eggs, we'd have roast chicken. I understand how it is to make do or do without, it seems to have turned you into a philosopher/poet - and a kind person. I hope your holiday season brings much to be joyful about.
posted by
Pat_B
on December 16, 2022 at 10:26 AM
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Good afternoon
Geez, I thought that my childhood was rough. I can't imagine being wet and cold, trying to read anything. As for the pickled foods, I enjoy most fermented foods, but I do not like my eggs pickled, but I do like them in egg salad with pickle relish. I am glad that you are no longer wet and cold. Stay warm!
posted by
Sherri_G
on December 16, 2022 at 9:45 AM
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Those were quite the days with cooking...Things are never what they seem, I feel.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 16, 2022 at 8:55 AM
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