Genealogy Forum UK

GenePitney wrote:Pomegranates remind me of my nan, and whenever I see them in the shops, which is rarely, I remember her. Also, vanilla ice cream in lemonade. It makes me feel a bit ill at the thought of it, but thats what we used to eat.

I remember the Milk Bar in our local town, I never was allowed a Nickerbocker Glory Don't remember what I did get, probably a coca cola.

Rob wrote:They have pomegranates in Pittsburgh Gene? Or are you from Tulsa?

not far about 24 hrs

You've employed a gag writer haven't you? Or is a certain Girl From The North Country egging you on?
I'll crack this mystery eventually and that's no yolk!!

Bubble and Squeak!

My sister always did that when we sat down to watch the Saturday morning cartoons.

Wednesday, High Tea, at Grandma's in Quinton. Lots of home made cakes, jam tarts and those triangular shaped wafer biscuits covered in chocolate. The savory part could be home cooked Ham, with salad and sometimes, home made soused herrings, this would be hot and bits of cooked tomato and onion in the liquid and the whole spices would be in there too. I could never quite get to grips with that, as I don't like fish with bones but I sort of liked the flavour. I have never eaten that dish anywhere else but 45 years later, I can still remember the taste.

Fish and chips! Not always the same memory, but lots of them. More recently the ones that Wolvie fetched for me when I stayed with NL.

At the moment I am all alone home (children in three different countries and husband as far from me as is possible on this island) so I cycled into town and bought a take away from the Icelandic Fish and Chips restaurant, cycled home and ate them and sipped a glass of white wine. This place does "healthy" fish and chips, organic, spelt batter, the chips are oven baked potaotes with their skins on, and I had garlic and basil potatoes with a pot of honey and mustard "skyr" sauce, sort of like a yoghurt-based mayo.

Delicious Not fish and chips but still really good. Only problem is I'm still hungry, must be all that cycling!

No!! It's probably that "Poofy " food you've just ate!!!

Rob wrote:No!! It's probably that "Poofy " food you've just ate!!!

Trust me, if I could get the real thing I would!

gardener wrote:

Rob wrote:No!! It's probably that "Poofy " food you've just ate!!!

Trust me, if I could get the real thing I would!

I avoid fish and chips here, I only end up disapointed
Have to have it when I'm home though!!

you got taties and fish and you can make batter, all you need is some good old fashion dripping when you come over agian, fish and chip like home

peterd wrote:you got taties and fish and you can make batter, all you need is some good old fashion dripping when you come over agian, fish and chip like home

It wouldn't be the same!
I'm a great believer in time and place! When they started selling Bon Maman jam in the UK it spoiled it, it was always a holiday treat! Same goes for fish and chips, making them myself would take most of the fun out of it - don't think I could ever do the batter justice, either.

You can't beat 'Cheese & Onion Sandwiches....
and 'Pigs trotters' boiled till the flesh is peeling off.

Yes to the Cheese & Onion sarnies Sparks, but you can keep the trotters. Beef dripping on a round of bread with salt over the top - yummy.

When my brother and sister in law are over here from America, their first meal has to be fish & chips.

Oh, yeah! bread & dripping with salt & freshly ground black pepper. My dad used to make that. It was a staple for his family during the war, but a rare treat for me. That reminds me ... I've got some duck fat in the frig from a roast duck that I cooked. It has a faint flavour of bay leaves through it. I wonder how that would go on bread?