Old school teas/dinners

[MTVN]

Finsters crispy pancakes in the Top Answers has got me nostalgic for those old school teas that you'd have when you/your parents couldn't be arsed to cook. I used to love the chicken and bacon ones, not even sure if they're still around

Chicago town deep dish pizzas is another along with a load of oven chips or potato waffles

Fish fingers is a classic as well of course but I basically never eat them these days. Might have to get some in even just to have as lunches in a sandwich

[Benjamin]

Cheese flan at primary school. Can’t say I’ve ever had flan again since.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mince and tatties (with garden peas) was my old mums go to back in the day. Friday nights was the chippy, Haggis supper or special Fish (haddock in breadcrumbs) all wrapped in newspaper and washed down with a big glass bottle of Irn Bru

[MTVN]

Oh also Angel Delight was such a treat for pudding. Must be over 20 years since I've had that :o

[Benjamin]

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I’m sure nearly every 90s child got 90 degree burns on their tongue, mouth and chin from these.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Oh also Angel Delight was such a treat for pudding. Must be over 20 years since I've had that :o

literally grew up eating Butterscotch AD

[Benjamin]

Oh also Angel Delight was such a treat for pudding. Must be over 20 years since I've had that :o

I tried to make a butterscotch one a few months back but with oat milk. Sadly it doesn’t set with oat milk :(

[Benjamin]

Bernard Matthew’s turkey drumsticks 🍗

[Crimson Dynamo]

I tried to make a butterscotch one a few months back but with oat milk. Sadly it doesn’t set with oat milk :(

good

:nono:

coz it isn't milk

[Glenn.]

Bernard Matthew’s turkey drumsticks 🍗

The elite

[Benjamin]

good

:nono:

coz it isn't milk

I can’t drink milk :nono:

[MTVN]

Bernard Matthew’s turkey drumsticks 🍗

It's kinda strange that the only other time anyone in the UK would eat turkey was in that processed drumstick form

Why did they use turkey and not chicken for those :think:

[Cherie]

Dream Topping

[Crimson Dynamo]

Dream Topping

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/33/10/03/33100346ef8624beb65a09e7026b20c7.jpg

[Glenn.]

Anyone know whether you can still buy carnation extra thick cream? Can’t seem to find it anywhere

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://www.a1suppermarket.com/product/nestle-carnation-extra-thick-cream-170g/

[Glenn.]

Bye they axed it in 2023 :skull:

[Glenn.]

https://www.a1suppermarket.com/product/nestle-carnation-extra-thick-cream-170g/

Omg

[Glenn.]

I just bought 10 tins.

My mother will be so happy and so will me and my dad. We’ve not had a fruit flan for a year because my mum couldn’t find the damn cream.

Thank you LT

[Crimson Dynamo]

:douf:

[Zizu]

I just bought 10 tins.

My mother will be so happy and so will me and my dad. We’ve not had a fruit flan for a year because my mum couldn’t find the damn cream.

Thank you LT


How odd .. we just bought 10 tins of Red Salmon from Aldi .. only £2.50 each !!

[Ammi]

…it was the time and rise of ‘fast’ food, wasn’t it…like the Angel Delights and Dream Topping…desserts that could be made in moments…it was the death of the potato time as well…(…forgive me, Niamh…please look away….)…with frozen Waffles and Smileys and Alphabet potatoes so that you could play word games with your meal…we did have quiche and salad as well and that was thought of as a healthier option, even with the pastry…I also recall little square bits of fish which were boiled in the bag in a parsley sauce and they looked pretty awful but actually didn’t taste too shabby if I recall….
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[Zizu]

…it was the time and rise of ‘fast’ food, wasn’t it…like the Angel Delights and Dream Topping…desserts that could be made in moments…it was the death of the potato time as well…(…forgive me, Niamh…please look away….)…with frozen Waffles and Smileys and Alphabet potatoes so that you could play word games with your meal…we did have quiche and salad as well and that was thought of as a healthier option, even with the pastry…I also recall little square bits of fish which were boiled in the bag in a parsley sauce and they looked pretty awful but actually didn’t taste too shabby if I recall….
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How do you ‘cook’ your potato waffles incidental ??


I put them in the toaster .. two or three times ..
then fry for a minute in hot lard / beef dripping to add some flavour ..

[Zizu]

Absolutely love Angel Delight although it plays havoc with my sinuses !!

[Niamh.]

Finsters crispy pancakes in the Top Answers has got me nostalgic for those old school teas that you'd have when you/your parents couldn't be arsed to cook. I used to love the chicken and bacon ones, not even sure if they're still around

Chicago town deep dish pizzas is another along with a load of oven chips or potato waffles

Fish fingers is a classic as well of course but I basically never eat them these days. Might have to get some in even just to have as lunches in a sandwich

Are they not called Findus crispy pancakes?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Are they not called Findus crispy pancakes?

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[Niamh.]

I actually remember that ad :laugh:

[MTVN]

Good point don't know where I got Finsters from :huh: maybe I was mixing it with Ginsters

[MTVN]

How do you ‘cook’ your potato waffles incidental ??


I put them in the toaster .. two or three times ..
then fry for a minute in hot lard / beef dripping to add some flavour ..

Never tried that frying method but I like the sound of it! I did toast them once when short on time but I generally like them pretty well cooked so do it in the oven

[Niamh.]

Good point don't know where I got Finsters from :huh: maybe I was mixing it with Ginsters

Made me think of this guy

https://64.media.tumblr.com/6618009f8e7b912cd71534981877c0f2/5b8dda4c52283f20-e8/s500x750/7834e8ba919f1e00d4195e31088364bfd11215f1.gifv

[Crimson Dynamo]

remember this classic school pudding?

https://i0.wp.com/www.lavenderandlovage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jam-and-Coconut-Sponge-with-Pink-Custard.jpeg?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1

[Niamh.]

We didn't have school dinners, everyone brought packed lunches but the teachers always had something to give people who forgot their lunches or who never had lunches

[Jessica.]

We didn't have school dinners, everyone brought packed lunches but the teachers always had something to give people who forgot their lunches or who never had lunches

Bun and milk

[Niamh.]

Bun and milk

Or liga :laugh:

[Cherie]

remember this classic school pudding?

https://i0.wp.com/www.lavenderandlovage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jam-and-Coconut-Sponge-with-Pink-Custard.jpeg?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1

They do a version of that in Aldi, the sponge with the sprinkles on top, its called school cake

[Cherie]

Or liga :laugh:

The abuse! We were never sent with Liga :laugh: I remember once we had a picnic and we we could bring a drink other than milk but my Mum was short that week so me and my brother had Tuc biscuits and Milk, remember telling everyone I loved milk :laugh:

[Niamh.]

The abuse! We were never sent with Liga :laugh: I remember once we had a picnic and we we could bring a drink other than milk but my Mum was short that week so me and my brother had Tuc biscuits and Milk, remember telling everyone I loved milk :laugh:

aww :laugh: Did you used to get the little glass bottles of Milk delivered to the class everyday in a crate? I hated milk so i never had one most of the class did

[Crimson Dynamo]

aww :laugh: Did you used to get the little glass bottles of Milk delivered to the class everyday in a crate? I hated milk so i never had one most of the class did

We had little wax cardboard triangles come every day in an orange crate

https://merl.reading.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2021/10/72_9_3.jpg

[Niamh.]

We had little wax cardboard triangles come every day in an orange crate

https://merl.reading.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2021/10/72_9_3.jpg

Very strange looking :laugh:

[Beso]

We used to get milk time at school. 15 minutes to drink your free half pint of milk.

[Livia]

They do a version of that in Aldi, the sponge with the sprinkles on top, its called school cake

I remember... that was my favourite, alongside a kind of treacle tart topped with cornflakes. Will look in Aldi. Today.

[Ammi]

…when school desserts started to be more fruit options, the one that the children mourned the loss of most was the caramel tart…

https://www.baldbaker.co.uk/cdn/shop/products/Caramel-Tart_1024x1024.jpg?v=1613579918

[Benjamin]

We had little wax cardboard triangles come every day in an orange crate

https://merl.reading.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2021/10/72_9_3.jpg

Reminds me of sun lollies.

https://www.sunlolly.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/04/history_SunLolly_IMG_2430.jpg

[Ammi]

How do you ‘cook’ your potato waffles incidental ??


I put them in the toaster .. two or three times ..
then fry for a minute in hot lard / beef dripping to add some flavour ..

…I can’t recall having them very much tbh…but when the boys had friends around for tea, they did like to have the alphabet ones …and potato smileys were always a thing in school dinners if I recall…

[Ammi]

Reminds me of sun lollies.

https://www.sunlolly.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/04/history_SunLolly_IMG_2430.jpg

…I can’t quite make those out, if you could enlarge it a bit…

[Cherie]

Livia @Crimson Dynamo

https://i.imgur.com/ZClkdExb.jpg

[Benjamin]

…I can’t quite make those out, if you could enlarge it a bit…

It resizes automatically on phones. :idc: :tongue:

I’m not sure why it doesn’t do that for computer users.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Bloody hell Ben posting images the size of Everest and Cherie posting images so wee I cant make them out

:fist:

[Cherie]

Bloody hell Ben posting images the size of Everest and Cherie posting images so wee I cant make them out

:fist:

Is this better You blind bat aka @Crimson Dynamo

https://i.imgur.com/ZClkdExh.jpg

[Swan]

Not as good as it used to be when i was a kid. But mixed with a big of garlic pepper, paprika and butter, still not bad. Goes great with some chicken sausage and peas, and gravy

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71oojKyMgAL._AC_UL210_SR210,210_.jpg

Used to eat this stuff neat as a kid and teen (well, plain i mean, i did mix it with water first) :joker:

[rusticgal]

Cheese flan at primary school. Can’t say I’ve ever had flan again since.


They made me feel sick…

However I do enjoy a quiche these days.

[Cherie]

They made me feel sick…

However I do enjoy a quickie these days.

:creep: I bet you do

[rusticgal]

remember this classic school pudding?

https://i0.wp.com/www.lavenderandlovage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jam-and-Coconut-Sponge-with-Pink-Custard.jpeg?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1


I remember someone throwing it up…pink vomit :yuk:

[rusticgal]

:creep: I bet you do


lol…quiche :laugh:

[Cherie]

lol…quiche :laugh:

:laugh:

[Swan]

Mr Freeze Ice Poles as a kid with tonsillitis. And now as an adult when when im feeling child like and hungover, really hit the spot!

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61NFnks1PEL.jpg

I usually avoid sugar at all costs, unless beer, but i had some of these sugar free ice poles the other day. So bland.

[Zizu]

Not as good as it used to be when i was a kid. But mixed with a big of garlic pepper, paprika and butter, still not bad. Goes great with some chicken sausage and peas, and gravy

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71oojKyMgAL._AC_UL210_SR210,210_.jpg

Used to eat this stuff neat as a kid and teen (well, plain i mean, i did mix it with water first) :joker:


I use Smash occasionally

Add it to hot water with butter and a little salt

[Swan]

I use Smash occasionally

Add it to hot water with butter and a little salt

It's gone down hill imo, but i do still use it here and there!