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What foods did your family think was posh when you were a kid?

For me it's Lucozade and After Eights.

If you had a chicken for Sunday lunch you was well off.

Dripping on toast

Spaghetti

Lovejoy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:24 pm If you had a chicken for Sunday lunch you was well off.

I was lucky if i got a Sunday lunch when i was a kid .

BIGRON wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:49 pm

Lovejoy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:24 pm If you had a chicken for Sunday lunch you was well off.

I was lucky if i got a Sunday lunch when i was a kid .

Luxury, we were lucky if we had a Sunday.

A tin of salmon

y o y o y wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:47 pm A tin of salmon

Can I second you on this. Tinned salmon sandwiches were our regular Sunday tea. Mega luxury was if it was red salmon rather than pink.

Bread and Butter with beans.

Gruel. Never asked for more.

Freshly caught lobster for a starter & mackrel
for main course .

Occasionally we would have champ with the mackrel
to remind of us those who may struggle

When money was tight mum would boil up scrag end of lamb.nouvelle cuisine these days

Bread and pullet.

battenberg

BoniO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 6:01 pm

y o y o y wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:47 pm A tin of salmon

Can I second you on this. Tinned salmon sandwiches were our regular Sunday tea. Mega luxury was if it was red salmon rather than pink.

Thirded guys. John West red tinned salmon on a Sunday and a box of dates at Christmas.

Vesta Beef Curry - my Mum used to make my Dad one on a Saturday lunchtime and I thought the smell was so exotic. Also, Steak and chips at the Berni Inn, the White Hart in Brentwood was a special treat. The Duck in Orange sauce was way above their budget though./

l can remember mum buying breast of lamb or pork strips cos they were cheap , bloody expensive now .

Years ago fish was really cheap while chicken was really expensive. Nowadays even fish and chips for a family of 4 demands a remortgage. The saying “I don’t make fish for one and fowl for another” , is reversed today as chicken is so cheap by comparison.

Crisp sandwiches with brown sauce and it’s frothy man strawberry cresta

Chicken was only for Christmas later replaced by Turkey.

The Sunday Joint (Lamb or Beef) lasted for 3 days. Monday was cold meat and chips, Tuesday the remaining meat was made into meat pies or rissoles. Wednesday was fish (cheap) and chips. Thursday was stew (often Ox tail which I hated). Friday was Steak (luxury). Puddings were great with Suet and Sponge puddings and on birthdays Baked Alaska.

Lucky7 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:39 pm Crisp sandwiches with brown sauce and it’s frothy man strawberry cresta

Do you not understand 'posh'?

I wonder whatever happened to Cresta though? Probably e-numbered into oblivion.

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:27 pm

Lucky7 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:39 pm Crisp sandwiches with brown sauce and it’s frothy man strawberry cresta

Do you not understand 'posh'?

I wonder whatever happened to Cresta though? Probably e-numbered into oblivion.

Wasn't raspberry flavour blue in colour

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:27 pm

Lucky7 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:39 pm Crisp sandwiches with brown sauce and it’s frothy man strawberry cresta

Do you not understand 'posh'?

I wonder whatever happened to Cresta though? Probably e-numbered into oblivion.

Smiths ready salted where classed as posh almost 15p Chipmunk crisps where 2p

Hoooper struve lemonade brings back memories