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More of the 1970's for me.. Findus steak and kidney pancakes...crinkled chips... and although not shown, Findus chocolate or Strawberry mousse for dessert. Viennetta ice cream after Sunday roast too

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My childhood was in the 50s and early 60s so there was very little if any ready meal type foods, everything was home cooked by my mam. Home made chips fried in lard in a chip pan, home made pies etc.

Chicken was a luxury which we had on Christmas Day.

Neck of mutton stew was a staple cheap meal but smelt foul when cooking. On Sunday we had a roast, normally lamb the cheap shoulder blade end roasted with mint sauce, mash and cabbage. Dad would get up early to put a rice pudding in the oven which was slow cooked and had a lovely brown skin on the top.

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Cheap shoulder blade of lamb for me too, on Sundays @Fan of Big Tone

In summer, we were allowed to drink

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These sparkling pear (Peardrax) and sparkling apple drink (Cydrax) were popular in the UK during the 60s and 70s, until being discontinued in 19...

along with the Sunday roast

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was it findus who were using horse meat for their microwavable lasagnes almost 10 years ago? that would be grim for some younger people to look back on.

my mum has always made food from ingredients because she does not like instant food. even fish fingers tended to be home made, but at times birds eye might be something i would see from time to time. its why i have a fondness for cooking at home, although i am no chef. i do like to make some of her more basic recipes. my childhood favourite was warm oats for breakfast and meat dinners.

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@liampie 

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

The meat in some beef lasagne products recalled by Findus earlier this week was 100% horsemeat, the Food Standards Agency says.

 

Was it on the hoof😆

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My childhood memories that I look back with fondness is of the 60s & early 70s & my Mum's cooking. 

She made her own jams, strawberry, Raspberry & Marmalade. 

She could cook all kinds of Cakes, Pies, even bonfire toffee & regular toffee. She would make her own mince to go in her mince pies.

The mince pies you can buy just don't compare.

It's just a pity she never wrote down her recipes.

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Spaghetti Bolognese is one of my earliest memories. I could be quite fussy, but my mum is an excellent cook, and a lot of the food we had, from casseroles to shepherd's pie, are things I used to look forward to. One of my all-time favourite simple meals was cheese, beans and potato, three of the best ingredients to make a meal from.
 

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10 minutes ago, CliftonMagpie said:

Spaghetti Bolognese is one of my earliest memories.

When I first got married if we had spaghetti bolognaise it was a posh meal for a celebration, it seemed very cosmopolitan at the time, now it’s something kids eat.

I think it’s a real shame that people these days don’t do so much home cooking, a lot of the younger generation don’t even know how to cook, it’s either takeaways, fast food restaurants or ready meals. A lot of which is quite unhealthy.

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I can remember my mum's Spaghetti Bolognese I think that was a staple of the 90s&00s. She used to finely chop carrots and peppers in hers to add more veg without me noticing! Sheppard's/Cottage pies too, again with the added finely chopped veg tactic.

Sausage and mash was probably my favourite meal though, with proper thick gravy. Chicken Kiev's felt like another food of that time period, I haven't had one for about 10 years now!

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