tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post5183951091961968879..comments2024-03-29T00:37:50.677+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: Eating in the FiftiesTasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-37383287539456368822021-10-01T15:55:09.598+01:002021-10-01T15:55:09.598+01:00Not sure we had much food at all when there was ra...Not sure we had much food at all when there was rationing - which I can just remember. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-40422244703847546802021-10-01T15:04:50.082+01:002021-10-01T15:04:50.082+01:00This was also Food for thought Tasker (not sure we...This was also Food for thought Tasker (not sure we had such food in those days)The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-89055134448429603952021-10-01T12:12:34.610+01:002021-10-01T12:12:34.610+01:00That one seems to have amused several people. Mind...That one seems to have amused several people. Mind you, I shouldn't laugh. I've had Shredded Wheat for breakfast for over forty years. My wife says it looks like I', like eating hay stacks. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-91767630764652528942021-10-01T07:50:34.128+01:002021-10-01T07:50:34.128+01:00And into the 21st Century. I still do not eat past...And into the 21st Century. I still do not eat pasta, buy yoghurt or regard pizza as real food.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-38616793553853825432021-09-30T21:55:56.978+01:002021-09-30T21:55:56.978+01:00LOL at Muesli was animal fodder. Things have certa...LOL at Muesli was animal fodder. Things have certainly changed since then. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-47706382993591574592021-09-28T20:08:56.627+01:002021-09-28T20:08:56.627+01:00As mentioned to Mary, above, we still do eat at th...As mentioned to Mary, above, we still do eat at the table for our main meal and still have the elbow rule at least when eating. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-61237491331994231392021-09-28T17:57:38.963+01:002021-09-28T17:57:38.963+01:00That took me back to my youth. No 24 'elbows&#...That took me back to my youth. No 24 'elbows' certainly resonates. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-72987657783235103002021-09-28T17:12:34.017+01:002021-09-28T17:12:34.017+01:00Online ..
*Lost Manchester: The Kardomah.
Jonathan...Online ..<br />*Lost Manchester: The Kardomah.<br />Jonathan Schofield on a disappeared beauty on Market Street.*<br /><br />*Manchester's Lost Restaurants - Kardomah Cafe, Meng and Ecker and more.* Emily Heward. Evening News.<br /><br />*The History of Kardomah: Kardomah Leeds Cafe Culture.*<br /><br />HaggertyHaggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428937273804366081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-15234308632703177802021-09-28T13:51:01.538+01:002021-09-28T13:51:01.538+01:00The chicory flavouring in their bottled concentrat...The chicory flavouring in their bottled concentrate was horrid. Chicory was a Victorian fad. <br /><br />My mother (born in 1917) said there was a bottle of Camp Coffee in her mother's larder, though the family drank Co-op Tea.<br />In her 90s my mother liked a very weak cup of Nescafe Gold Blend. <br /><br />Dudley Moore said he had never drunk coffee until he went up to Magdalen College, Oxford, on a scholarship. <br />Coffee and jazz were natural partners in the days of restricted alcohol consumption. <br />I remember a cafe in Glasgow's West End with its Art Deco fascia: <br />The Papingo Coffee & Jazz. <br /><br />James Hoffmann has a number of coffee videos, YouTube.<br />*Four London Coffee Institutions* (2017) was the first I watched.<br /><br />I like Mr Hoffmann's approach, and his films remind me of the vanished coffee houses of Glasgow such as the Kenco, The Alhambra in Waterloo Street (see online photo: *The restaurants that helped Glasgow shake off its pie and beans image in 1960s and 1970s*).<br /><br />There was a Kardomah Cafe in Edinburgh, with its signature front design by Sir Misha Black of the Royal College of Art, London.<br /><br />I can't remember a Kardomah in Glasgow.<br />The Kenco Coffee House was the place to be seen on a Friday + Saturday evening. <br />The place to take your girl after seeing Fellini's La Dolce Vita at The Cosmo Cinema in Rose Street (now the Glasgow Film Theatre) which was conceived and run by a brilliant Hungarian intellectual.<br />HaggertyHaggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428937273804366081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-32524416154140043342021-09-28T09:18:59.487+01:002021-09-28T09:18:59.487+01:00Please could you speak up? I've got some olive...Please could you speak up? I've got some olive oil in my ears. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-56530942879061679332021-09-28T09:17:35.595+01:002021-09-28T09:17:35.595+01:00Well, it puts new meaning to the word "camp&q...Well, it puts new meaning to the word "camp": https://frostysramblings.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/the-gay-hero-of-camp-coffee/ Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-57528277167586824722021-09-28T09:11:17.921+01:002021-09-28T09:11:17.921+01:00Yes, I think a lot of the things on the list laste...Yes, I think a lot of the things on the list lasted much longer than the fifties. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-75641890482105333152021-09-28T09:10:20.812+01:002021-09-28T09:10:20.812+01:00A friend who lives near Dunblane bought a bottle o...A friend who lives near Dunblane bought a bottle of Highland Spring in Yorkshire. Trouble is that when you are travelling by car or other means, it's often the easiest option. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-44181475622948805222021-09-28T09:08:54.826+01:002021-09-28T09:08:54.826+01:00It's a brilliant list. It's rare that I po...It's a brilliant list. It's rare that I post stuff from other sources but this amused me so much. It also shows up our present day wastefulness. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-27924314979692185752021-09-28T09:05:28.085+01:002021-09-28T09:05:28.085+01:00At least water is one of the things we have plenty...At least water is one of the things we have plenty of in the north - at the moment. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-26906894445254302982021-09-28T08:36:28.439+01:002021-09-28T08:36:28.439+01:00Just to add that Olive Oil was bought at the chemi...Just to add that Olive Oil was bought at the chemist and put into your ears!pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-55506332107399387242021-09-28T02:32:49.491+01:002021-09-28T02:32:49.491+01:00This sounds very familiar to me as well, Mary. Tab...This sounds very familiar to me as well, Mary. Table etiquette was required while eating at table, too.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-51975476425539893772021-09-27T23:22:17.572+01:002021-09-27T23:22:17.572+01:00Ha! Even in the 70s where I hail from Curry was st...Ha! Even in the 70s where I hail from Curry was still a surname! Pasta and pizza were already being eaten, fortunately. Coffee was instant and came out of a canister or glass jar. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-22117750630224350652021-09-27T21:39:23.437+01:002021-09-27T21:39:23.437+01:00For all that, I wouldn't go back!
Mind you, a...For all that, I wouldn't go back!<br /><br />Mind you, a few years ago my wife did buy a bottle of Evian water in Bristol airport, then didn't drink it till we got to France - where our house is - you guessed it - right beside Evian!!!The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-83295407510885025632021-09-27T21:20:06.587+01:002021-09-27T21:20:06.587+01:00This is a great list. When I was a child we never ...This is a great list. When I was a child we never had anything as exotic as Tacos or Pizza at home and only rarely in a restaurant. Now we prepare them at home all the time. <br /><br />Imagine if we went to the past and shared that not only is water now sold in a bottle but people also buy dirt (potting soil) and now even Oxygen. In some places on the West Coast here there are "Oxygen Bars"! We saw them in Las Vegas. Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-36962626909777129352021-09-27T17:52:02.272+01:002021-09-27T17:52:02.272+01:00I quite liked those puddings, especially the frog ...I quite liked those puddings, especially the frog spawn, or tapioca.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-12845094002606189582021-09-27T17:46:22.242+01:002021-09-27T17:46:22.242+01:00There is a story behind Camp Coffee and the soldie...There is a story behind Camp Coffee and the soldier who appeared on the label. You are better off not knowing it.<br />HaggertyHaggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428937273804366081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-91006516539107376552021-09-27T17:44:33.802+01:002021-09-27T17:44:33.802+01:00Trifle law was good jurisprudence, my boy.
Marks ...Trifle law was good jurisprudence, my boy.<br /><br />Marks and Spencer used to do wee fresh cream gooseberry trifles.<br />I buy gooseberry yoghurt in Waitrose, Katy Rodgers brand.<br /><br />Who makes sherry trifle these days except Elsie Tanner and I hear she moved to Sheffield. <br />Haggerty<br />Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428937273804366081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-21104526344004907652021-09-27T17:37:23.435+01:002021-09-27T17:37:23.435+01:00*Water came out of a tap.*
I first heard of bottl...*Water came out of a tap.* <br />I first heard of bottled water from my late elder brother who went to live in Los Angeles. He said there were cafes selling bottles of H20.<br /><br />Think of African women who walk for miles to get water, and the water may not even be clean. <br />One day there will be water wars. <br />The film *Chinatown* was well ahead of its time.<br /><br />If only the death squads in the Taliban and Islamic State (or ISIL) gave a moment's thought to clean water, sewage, plumbing.<br /><br />If only the Islamic fascists in Batley saw how fortunate they were, living in a country with clean water and sewage, instead of threatening the life of a good teacher and his family. <br />HaggertyHaggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428937273804366081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-4870501945209735522021-09-27T17:27:30.164+01:002021-09-27T17:27:30.164+01:00Cabbage and lettuce with still the livestock in th...Cabbage and lettuce with still the livestock in them. Mashed potatoes that seemed grey and never saw a good quantity of butter. God awful puddings, of sperm, sorry semolina or rice ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.com