[dotti34]

Rabbit pies, meat pies. Rabbits straight from the traps so had to be skinned and gutted. Mondays we always had stewed potatoes with left-over meat from Sunday, stews. Cheap, wholesome food. Baking took up a full day, think it might have been Wednesday. Apple pies, cakes and biscuits. No gadgets to help with the beating. As a special treat mum made toffee in a pan on the stove. Pretty sure that vegetables were cooked on the hot plate. Himself can remember his grandmother’s mouth-watering pies and currant cake, also cooked in oven next to fire.
I remember the goose being plucked at Christmas before it could be cooked, what a treat this was – the goose that is not the plucking! Feathers flying. Goose grease saved to ease chapped hands.
This was also a time when kids could go off for the day roaming the fields. I took a bottle of cold (black) tea for my thirst (luxury instead of plain water) and a couple of jam butts to ease the hunger, which has absolutely nothing to do with your question - sorry!