tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post3472036534212644221..comments2024-03-28T20:56:34.131+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: Back In Time For Dinner!Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-49854582858505030172015-04-03T11:35:10.259+01:002015-04-03T11:35:10.259+01:00Tinned peaches and evap were on the tea table ever...Tinned peaches and evap were on the tea table every Sunday afternoon!Penelope P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01867211542630495981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-33318602429182787892015-04-03T09:57:52.684+01:002015-04-03T09:57:52.684+01:00We were still eating traditional foods in the 70s ...We were still eating traditional foods in the 70s - lots of stews because of the power cuts, pies, shepherd's pies, roast dinners, toad in the hole, sausage, egg and chips etc. Everything was cooked from scratch, chips were actually potatoes which had been peeled and then chopped with the crinkly cutter. I haven't watched the 70s episode yet, but I suspect that we'll be shouting 'we've got one of those' quite a lot. Agree with you about the ' everyone was eating' comment - me and J most definitely weren't eating the things featured on the 60s episode, and my Mum didn't eat things featured on the 50s episode - cold liver????? Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-55360333700825382392015-04-02T23:03:16.002+01:002015-04-02T23:03:16.002+01:00wish we could see this programme in Canadawish we could see this programme in CanadaGill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-48767235556028351402015-04-02T22:59:52.902+01:002015-04-02T22:59:52.902+01:00I like how they found her a job in an office and n...I like how they found her a job in an office and not a shop or a factory as a lot of women had to do. That last meal that she produced from Delia's cookbook looked disgusting. I really can't stand Giles Coren's patronising ways. Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-29399446637765350932015-04-02T22:18:40.272+01:002015-04-02T22:18:40.272+01:00I haven't seen the programme but your photos t...I haven't seen the programme but your photos took me back in time!! I can remember having all those things and still have a celery jar somewhere! 70's food, would that be the era of prawn cocktail, steak and Black forest gateau at the Berni Inn?Christine17https://www.blogger.com/profile/13305963901751150615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-5698878085235547872015-04-02T18:53:54.642+01:002015-04-02T18:53:54.642+01:00Vesta curries served with sliced banana and raisin...Vesta curries served with sliced banana and raisins! My dad had How to Cheat... & used it to cook a meal for us on Wednesdays (his half day off work as a GP). Our "treat" was butterscotch Angel Delight with crumbled chocolate flake sprinkled over. Yum!Fat Dormousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061838276997211115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-14467453420922640442015-04-02T17:21:39.883+01:002015-04-02T17:21:39.883+01:00I think there are many of us in agreement with you...I think there are many of us in agreement with you, Trudie!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-7824470649486205182015-04-02T17:20:49.976+01:002015-04-02T17:20:49.976+01:00I did 'hot spiced grapefruit' as my first ...I did 'hot spiced grapefruit' as my first dinner party started too!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-39838945623305981652015-04-02T17:20:14.007+01:002015-04-02T17:20:14.007+01:00We said that too! - my parents 2nd hand fridge arr...We said that too! - my parents 2nd hand fridge arrived in 1972. My father on law always regarded yogurt as suspect!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-28837021745177232402015-04-02T17:19:14.919+01:002015-04-02T17:19:14.919+01:00Maybe they selected a less competent cook to add t...Maybe they selected a less competent cook to add to the 'entertainment value'!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-26929961983498513332015-04-02T17:18:02.308+01:002015-04-02T17:18:02.308+01:00My Mum used to whip up some 'evap' for the...My Mum used to whip up some 'evap' for the peachesAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-50219091336865246702015-04-02T15:40:13.658+01:002015-04-02T15:40:13.658+01:00I've watched this series too and was also born...I've watched this series too and was also born mid 50's and agree with your observation of the lady of the house - I find her extremely annoying and so pathetic - it does make you wonder just how poor her culinary skills are and what a whinger she is - people who lived the 70's with the 3 day weeks, bread strikes etc., didn't whinge we just got on with it and got organised - sorry for such a long comment but can't stand pathetic women like thatTrudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16242249211391956940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-7684616661887436232015-04-02T13:36:08.344+01:002015-04-02T13:36:08.344+01:00Arctic roll! It had absolutely no taste whatsoever...Arctic roll! It had absolutely no taste whatsoever,but it was given the title of 'treat'.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-57559504713675830002015-04-02T13:29:11.128+01:002015-04-02T13:29:11.128+01:00Dave and I have been loving this series! It was th...Dave and I have been loving this series! It was the sight of Vesta curries last week that brought memories flooding back, that was as exotic as food got in our house! As my Mum was a working Mum we did have a lot of frozen stuff and things like tinned stewed steak (delicious!) but without fail we had a proper Sunday roast with millions of vegetables that had been grown by my Dad. The Fondue still lives as far as we're concerned, and in fact my son has a fondue set in regular use in his student house!!Penelope P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01867211542630495981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-86242019226423344972015-04-02T13:25:43.843+01:002015-04-02T13:25:43.843+01:00I haven't seen this series, wish I had!
I had ...I haven't seen this series, wish I had!<br />I had my first dinner party as a recently married "housewife/student" and served warm grilled grapefruit halves, complete with half a glacé cherry on top of each one as a starter - and in the right dishes bought on Leeds market!<br />Our guests were very impressed and we thought we were very sophisticated!<br />Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-28363281605846062792015-04-02T12:33:44.523+01:002015-04-02T12:33:44.523+01:00I remember my carpenter father doing a job at Dair...I remember my carpenter father doing a job at Dairy Crest and coming home with trays of yogurts; I'm not sure if they fell off the back of the lorry or were a legitimate perk; they were an exotic treat anyway. I was born mid-sixties and my parents were born in 1925 and 1928. Mum, especially, was very old fashioned and we only had an automatic washing machine (of which she was terrified) in the 80's, and a tiny fridge in 1973 when Dad's mother died and we had her's. So when the Robshaws got a fridge in the 60's and a freezer in the 70's, I was saying how middle class they were!Attilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15916442932314835859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-53061743745942104422015-04-02T09:28:58.727+01:002015-04-02T09:28:58.727+01:00There certainly wasn't the huge choice of flow...There certainly wasn't the huge choice of flown in foods in the 70s!<br /> I remember cooking interesting Greek and French dishes having found a good cookery book with recipes from other countries.<br /> But I also remember just cooking simple dishes from my Grandma's recipe book, such as apple pie, sponge pudding etc.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-595384742533580372015-04-02T09:24:17.797+01:002015-04-02T09:24:17.797+01:00I wore that red dress! I think it was one from Lau...I wore that red dress! I think it was one from Laura Ashley. For special occasions I cooked meals from the Cordon Bleu magazines that came out every week and although I did make up a few dried food desserts, I often found fresh food cheaper and nicer!Sue Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831000271337244366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-36258553009856386252015-04-02T08:41:42.215+01:002015-04-02T08:41:42.215+01:00It makes me rant too. For all the reasons you have...It makes me rant too. For all the reasons you have stated. And for the record, my parents - both of them - put nice, tasty food on the table - even during the 50's! How much more interesting the programme would be if it featured a family who actually knew how to cook from scratch. <br />*Our* celery jar went to the CS some time ago :-)<br />Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674861197059323883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-27227509105155523402015-04-02T08:00:16.415+01:002015-04-02T08:00:16.415+01:00We kept saying the same. I think your celery jar I...We kept saying the same. I think your celery jar IS collectable. XFrugal in Buckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03637007004041752433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-31897021628785647362015-04-02T07:59:40.885+01:002015-04-02T07:59:40.885+01:00I was born in the '40s so like you I remember ...I was born in the '40s so like you I remember much of what they show but also like you I think often "we didn't have/do/eat that"! I was reminded of not having a fridge until the early 60's and in a bedsit I used an Osocool to keep my milk and butter cool. I love reminiscing along with the programme and was as shocked as you were that the poor lady couldn't open a tin with the old fashioned tin opener and feared she might cut herself badly on that tin of pilchards!!Marigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-30442447793845782722015-04-02T07:13:00.824+01:002015-04-02T07:13:00.824+01:00Tip top tinned cream on sliced tinned peaches, mo...Tip top tinned cream on sliced tinned peaches, mother's pride bread in waxed paper wrapping and the introduction of peanut butterAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555001676886354389noreply@blogger.com