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Old 28-09-2016, 15:13
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Tasteless big salad tomatoes. Always had them but would never buy big ones now as there's no taste in them. Has to be small ones like peeled plum, preferably on the vine. Some cherry tomatoes seem tasteless too.
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Old 29-09-2016, 19:55
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I can vaguely remember eating liquorice roots. Thinking about it now, it was like eating twigs
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Old 30-09-2016, 05:27
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I can vaguely remember eating liquorice roots. Thinking about it now, it was like eating twigs
Yes, we used to buy them from the health food shop. We used to chew and suck them for hours. Liquorice sticks we called them.
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Old 30-09-2016, 06:05
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my mother`s cooking.
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Old 30-09-2016, 10:27
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Yes, we used to buy them from the health food shop. We used to chew and suck them for hours. Liquorice sticks we called them.
Very good for your teeth, though. Africans use them for cleaning, which is why they always have such good teeth.
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Old 30-09-2016, 11:48
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Yes, we used to buy them from the health food shop. We used to chew and suck them for hours. Liquorice sticks we called them.
Oh god. We had two sweetshops in our small town, one of which sold some weird shit. I still haven't forgiven my mother for suggesting that I spend my pocket money on liquorice sticks (which for some reason were called "sticky lice").

Yeah, I'd love to gnaw on a twig for hours instead of eating chocolate, thanks mum.

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Old 30-09-2016, 12:17
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Tinned Meatballs :
"Chick Sticks" :
Bernard Matthews Turkey Roasts. :

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Old 30-09-2016, 13:00
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When we were children a regular meal was "special mince" with mash. Which consisted of beef mince fried off with onions, a tin of baked beans and a dash of brown sauce. The thought of it now makes me want to vomit
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Old 30-09-2016, 13:57
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When we were children a regular meal was "special mince" with mash. Which consisted of beef mince fried off with onions, a tin of baked beans and a dash of brown sauce. The thought of it now makes me want to vomit
Hmmm, switch in a tin of kidney beans for the baked beans and add chilli powder, and you've got a lot of people's quick version of chilli con carne.

I can remember people making chilli using baked beans back in my student days, although I was never a fan of them.
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Old 30-09-2016, 14:20
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When we were children a regular meal was "special mince" with mash. Which consisted of beef mince fried off with onions, a tin of baked beans and a dash of brown sauce. The thought of it now makes me want to vomit
My mother does 'savoury mince'. Mince steak boiled for ages in gravy with onions.
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Old 30-09-2016, 15:21
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chicken kievs
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Old 30-09-2016, 15:47
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Really? I love a Chicken Kiev. It was a naff menu item but they've still got their place.
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Old 30-09-2016, 16:02
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Really? I love a Chicken Kiev. It was a naff menu item but they've still got their place.
I'm not strictly against the notion of the chicken kiev, but often the execution. (Especially of the chicken) leaves much to be desired
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Old 30-09-2016, 16:03
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I'm not strictly against the notion of the chicken kiev, but often the execution. (Especially of the chicken)
Yes I understand that one.

Bit like the Prawn Cocktail. Great if done properly but very often abused.
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Old 30-09-2016, 17:01
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The ones that are processed chicken moulded round a stick of margarine are gross, although I used to love them when I was a kid, I have better taste now.

M+S Gasto chicken kiev is really good though.

They're too much hassle to try and make from scratch for me, and I'd probably mess it up.
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Old 30-09-2016, 18:09
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Sago and Tapioca remind me of school dinners from childhood. I can remember the individual translucent beads

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Old 01-10-2016, 15:42
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Something called Sandwich Spread which looked as though somebody had vomited over the bread.
You can still buy Heinz sandwich spread in any supermarket.! Haven't had it for years though. Tasty on a meat sandwich.
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Old 01-10-2016, 18:39
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Sago and Tapioca remind me of school dinners from childhood. I can remember the individual translucent beads

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Old 02-10-2016, 19:18
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I love semolina

You can keep the sago and tapioca though
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Old 02-10-2016, 20:40
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We must have had a thread a few years ago about the school dinner white/milk puddings.......rice, sago, tapioca, blancmange and semolina and shortly after I saw semolina in the supermarket and bought it for nostalgia

It wasn't very nice and I chucked the pack after making it once

But my memory was that semolina was alright in school dinners though I do mainly remember it as being flavoured with chocolate !

rice pudding was always OK.......one of the standards that Mum used to make a couple of times a week.

blancmange was OK........basically just like jelly but made with milk

tapioca and sago........I suppose I must have eaten them because they were part of dinners but I wouldn't have them now !
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Old 02-10-2016, 21:20
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I love semolina

You can keep the sago and tapioca though
Mmm, I haven't had semolina in decades. When I had it before school my mother served me it with a layer of milk over the top.
Those were the days. 7:30am watching cartoons in the living room in winter mornings with a bowl of semolina and the DJ Kat show.

Tapioca, ugh! Looks like fish eggs. I've never had it.


Some mentioned Angel Delight... I tried it in a long time 2 years ago. Strawberry and Butterscotch. Ugh, its like plastic goo. I used to swear by that stuff as a child and teenager. More so with jelly and evaporated milk.

Evaporated milk is disgustingly sickeningly sweet to me now that I find it impossible to take. Something I had always used for coffees. Had it one Christmas a few years ago. Never again.

Coffee boiled milk, win. Scooshy cream on top with a sprinkle of finely crushed chocolate. Nom nom nom. Haven't had that in years either.
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Old 02-10-2016, 21:22
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Luncheon meat, faggots and lard
Camp coffee
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Old 02-10-2016, 21:23
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We must have had a thread a few years ago about the school dinner white/milk puddings.......rice, sago, tapioca, blancmange and semolina and shortly after I saw semolina in the supermarket and bought it for nostalgia

It wasn't very nice and I chucked the pack after making it once

But my memory was that semolina was alright in school dinners though I do mainly remember it as being flavoured with chocolate !

rice pudding was always OK.......one of the standards that Mum used to make a couple of times a week.

blancmange was OK........basically just like jelly but made with milk

tapioca and sago........I suppose I must have eaten them because they were part of dinners but I wouldn't have them now !
The only thing I remember at one primary school was lovely home made custard with chocolate pudding. The really good thick stuff. All the little spongey bits breaking off mixing with the custard. Nom nom nom. Think I was 9 - 10.
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Old 02-10-2016, 21:28
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Weetabix with marge and jam on them. Yuck.
This reminded me of Rich tea and marg
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Old 02-10-2016, 21:50
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I used to love Horlicks tablets and my favourite biscuits were caramel squares.
Mum used to buy a box of broken biscuits and we,d fight over the broken chocolate biscuits.
Every Saturday I used to buy a portion of bits of batter from the fish and chip shop. They were cheaper than chips and fish was too expensive.
I still buy tinned pears now and every few months I fancy opening a tin.
Winkles or rabbit aren't missed, suede neither along with any type of offal. I also wouldn't fancy one of the tinned hamburgers the ice cream man used to sell, though at the time they were a rare treat.
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