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Sue Wrote:

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> uncleglen Wrote:

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> > Spam- yuk. Corned beef- yum.

>

> xxxxxx

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> I just bought some corned beef from Iceland.

> Corned beef hash, making a comeback. Retro,

> innit.

>

> Shippams paste, YEH.

>

> Memo to self: Go To Bed.

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> ETA: That's weird. As I posted this, the subject

> box is saying Re: F***s sake instead of the

> $(*&%&?y# stuff. How did that happen? Numbers,

> what did you originally type?


I typed 'fucks' I think, not sure why it isn't coming up as &*%?@ s in the subject box. Oops. Thank god I didn't write anything else.


How was your retro corned beef hash? Is that paste the sludgy looking pink/grey stuff in tiny glass jars?


vik - I don't remember sugar sandwiches but that's reminded me of a recipe book (I use the term loosely) I had from the 70s (think it was a kids one), that involved buttering sliced white bread, spooning loads of soft brown sugar on top and grilling till it caramelised!

hibbs Wrote:

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> Jah Lush Wrote:

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> > Did you get a pineapple ring on top of your

> spam

> > fritter at school dinners?

>

>

> Yep we did...mmmm


pale, tasteless, dried-out, limp pineapple ring on top of spam fritters at my school too. think we got haggis fritters once

numbers Wrote:

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> I typed '@#$%&' I think, not sure why it isn't

> coming up as &*%?@ s in the subject box. Oops.

> Thank god I didn't write anything else.


Der, brain not engaged, pesky swear filter wins again. I typed f - u - c - k (no spaces) originally. Am I allowed to type that out here or will I get banned?

Blody fukking heel (this spelling gets around the EDF Swaar Filtar? BTW)


I'm genuinely fantasising about Spam Frittars?


That/those and mash and beans AND gravy


Oh god and this just jumped into my head "Spam Frittars? BLT"


Is this the Retro Futurism that radio 4 spoke of this week


I jolly well hope so !

Oh yes, UncleGlen and GSJ57, all those - except for the rabbit, for some reason.


Oh yum, condensed milk sandwiches :)) Toast and dripping - yum yum.


But in those days you could toast bread - and crumpets - over the coal fire on a toasting fork.


I tried that with smokeless fuel, and the toast tasted of chemicals and was completely inedible :(


ETA: I'm on a roll now.


"Cheesecakes" delivered in a basket to the door by Broomfields - puff pastry with some sort of filling then white icing and coconut strands on top.


Proper yoghurt in glass containers (I think) which was really sharp tasting and only came in vanilla or strawberry flavours.


Icecream blocks - vanilla, strawberry and pistachio.


Icecream cornets where you had to roll paper off the cylinder of icecream before you could eat them.


Sawdust in butchers' shops which you could scuff into little piles with your shoes.


Change whizzing round above your head in little tubes from some cashier's department in the sky.


Balls of wool, sixpence three farthings.


Walnut cake in Fullers (?).


Lyons corner shops.


Home and Colonial.


Oh God I'm history :(

numbers Wrote:

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> numbers Wrote:

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> > I typed '@#$%&' I think, not sure why it isn't

> > coming up as &*%?@ s in the subject box. Oops.

> > Thank god I didn't write anything else.

>

> Der, brain not engaged, pesky swear filter wins

> again. I typed f - u - c - k (no spaces)

> originally. Am I allowed to type that out here or

> will I get banned?


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The title is coming up in my gmail as F-u-c-ks sake - without the hyphens :))

puwetter Wrote:

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> Hi all who wants to eat spam fritters chip shop in

> brockley dose yummy one still try them



only if they come with (Bachelors) processed peas - (N.B. NOT mushy peas)


ETA: coming up as F U C K S sake in my subject box too....

maxxi Wrote:

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> only if they come with (Bachelors) processed peas

> - (N.B. NOT mushy peas)

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Bloody hell, do they still make processed peas?


I always far preferred them to the bright green tinned garden peas ...... more subtle colour and much tastier .......

uncleglen Wrote:

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> The bright green ones were 'marrow-fat peas' where

> did that come from?



Xxxxxx


Tinned "garden" peas were also bright green!


I thought marrrow fat peas were dried then reconstituted but hey it's a long time ago and my memory is crap at the best of times ....

Apart from Peas in their pods sold loose, all peas are processed. Are they not..?


Tinned peas, Frozen Peas. Dried peas...


Frozen Peas are considered the best as the process from being picked to being frozen is very short.

They are therefore 'Fresher' than loose peas in there pods which loose their flavour very quickly.



Foxy.

A cartoon crow, approached by another and asked " Where?s my dinner?"


First crow's response is


"Sorry mate you?re too late! The best peas went to Farrows!"


Knew how to make ads 'back in the day'


BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM Esso Blue. That was another one.


Used to be processed peas and blue paraffin as far as the eye could see.


And glad we were to go to bed of a night sated by the former and kept dangerously warm by the latter.

steveo Wrote:

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> I loved the smell of Esso Blue in the mornings;

> the condensation on the prefab window, the red

> rimmed eyes, the 16 year-long chesty cough.


...the sound of Ride My See-Saw by The Moody Blues...

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