General Chat

sounds good, we would eat the stuff that was in season and save a fortune.
gooseberries dont grow here, I've seen them in small trays but cost the earth. just had to check the rhubarb this morning, I think there might be enough for a decent crumble.
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perhaps we should go back to gathering the wild harvest i used to love it we always had chestnuts and blackberries saved pennies lo!!!

goose gogs i love lo!!! does any one have greengages they are good too

Condensed milk on bread , or treacle on bread.Lemonade powder in the palm of your hand and lick it. We collected nuts from the hedges to go in the Christmas cake and pudding.

Goose gog is a Gooseberry.

Sheila

I remember a friend of mine was always eating
brown sauce sandwiches.
gwen.

dont know what a goose gog is?? but we had a huge mulberry tree that fell down, we've got another one now that should have more on it this year
couldnt make lemon sago , no lemons left, so we had coconut cream with it instead instead.
where were you Deanna? I had to put the rest in the fridge.

bed time, Yvette xxxxxxxxxx

We had 'goosegog' bushes in our garden when we were little.
Spent may happy days there.... my sister and I.
Had a cherry tree one time too... still one of my favourite fruits. What am I talking about? I love all fruits.. except the ones I don't yet know about. ;-0)

Mary... I loved shelling peas with my mum too.. and like you ate as many as we peeled. She never shouted at for it though.


Forgot to tell you.... my son (36) says celery is the food of the devil.
He can smell it in a stew.... so we have to leave it out for him.
He is not a fussy eater either.
Deanna X

Used to eat goosegogs straight from the bush. Also remember getting the job of shelling peas - I eat more than went into the collender . dont think I have spelt that right !!!
Also picking parsley and chopping it up with a gadget my grandma had ready for parsley sauce - yummy - feeling hungry now - off to eat a stick of celery
Love Mary xx

mmmm yes.... don't think I could now though!!

I used to like goosegogs when they were turning yellow... they were sweeter then and not so sharp!

I don't like tomatoes with sugar on them... but hubby does. I like beef tomatoes with salt..... mmmmmmm

I was born in the 50's, too.

Sound good to me.... off you go, I'll be there in an hour! ;-0)
Deanna X

all this talk and i'll have to make a lemon sago pudding.lol

Mary... we did that too.
Cocoa and sugar.. lick the finger and dip it in... loverly!

Fanny... yes we also had the occasional
condensed milk sandwich.
we loved that too.
We were in Germany just after the war and could not get cows milk, so we had Carnation milk ( diluted) in our tea and cocoa, and the condensed in puddings and on bread.
I suppose it was in an attempt to get us all topped up with CALCIUM.... we never complained anyway. ;-0)

Deanna X

its a bit sad about missing the things you enjoy, I've missed a few things this year - , I'm supposed to being doing some research too. and that its all online is sooo distracting. My youngest is almost past going camping with me. I think that I'll get one more effort out of him (at xmaS) then I'm the lone camper
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dont know if it was popular in the uk, but kids used to eat condensed milk sandwiches - yiiikkkk

Oh what memories come flooding back reading this. I too used to eat rhubarb with sugar - and drinking chocolate with sugar mixed in a bag. Happy days !!
Hope you are ok Puss. Bet you are looking forward to seeing David today.
Take care
Love Mary xx

OH YEAH......... I have a picture of my sister and me (wearing only our knickers)
sitting on the veranda steps (1947) eating out rhubarb and out little bit of sugar dip.

I still love Rhubarb and don't need sugar on it any more.
I love it hot with lovely cold from the fridge
yogurt.... mm.mm!

Deanna X

Back in the 50s there werent many sweets to be bought - and yes, we were given sticks of rhubard and a little bag of sugar.

Another "sweet" mum would give us was some chocolate powder mixed with sugar and put in a bag and we would dip into it like sherbert.

couldn't do lettuce with sugar lol
hi fanny lovely to hear from you, how is the camping going i had to give it up this year thro my illness but ive got some lovely funny memories, im supposed to be doing my research again but come on here and never get off lol xxxx

HI, hope you are well Puss.
dont spend much time on here as I've been soo busy but still maintain my membership. I miss the threads.
Rhubarb is a bit of an heirloom
Our rhubarb was given to me via my mum from a dear friend who passed away many years ago. I've had it in my garden for at least 20 years. He would have had it for the same time. dont eat it dipped in sugar any more, but when I cook it up, i usually end up eating too much.
Our family is divide into rhubarb lovers and haters, the youngest only likes it diluted with pears or apple

Yvette xx

PS. The lettuce with sugar was one way to make us eat our veg i suppose.