What food did your Mum make you eat when you had nowt else!! - Page 2

flashy · 19-05-2009, 07:35

we never had the problem of not having any food in, when we used to ask her what was for tea my mum used to say to us 'its IFITS for tea...if we've got it you can have it, if we havent you cant '

jaysay · 19-05-2009, 11:21

Believe this or not, I've never had it, cheese and egg that is

, weren't right keen on cheese when I was young, now I love it it don't like me to much

spex357 · 24-07-2009, 14:35

I cant really say in here, although she is dead and gone its not for human consumption.

Gayle · 24-07-2009, 14:46

Our 'cheap' tea was Egg in a window - but never a chore eating it, I still love it.

Before toasters came along we used to eat a lot of burnt bread - we always used to know it was ready when the fire alarm went off.

jaysay · 24-07-2009, 16:34

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Originally Posted by Gayle

Our 'cheap' tea was Egg in a window - but never a chore eating it, I still love it.

Before toasters came along we used to eat a lot of burnt bread - we always used to know it was ready when the fire alarm went off.

Fire Alarm Gayle

Gayle · 24-07-2009, 20:15

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Fire Alarm Gayle

I meant smoke alarm.

Lol, it still works in our house - I know the bacon is cooked just how Chris likes it when the smoke alarm goes off. At that point I have to run upstairs and wave my arms around a lot - well it makes the kids laugh.

sm_counsell · 24-07-2009, 20:35

In winter before we went out of the house to go to school, my mum had two deep dishes. In one was a kind of treacle and in the other a yellowy-green powder.
My brother called it 'Brimstone and Treacle'. and she forced us to eat it.
It was awful but I must say that we never suffered from colds or flu (not even now that we are 'ancient')

jaysay · 25-07-2009, 10:08

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Originally Posted by Gayle

I meant smoke alarm.

Lol, it still works in our house - I know the bacon is cooked just how Chris likes it when the smoke alarm goes off. At that point I have to run upstairs and wave my arms around a lot - well it makes the kids laugh.

Funny that Gayle I have exactly the same type of timer for my bacon too

bondi38 · 25-07-2009, 10:31

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Originally Posted by sm_counsell

In winter before we went out of the house to go to school, my mum had two deep dishes. In one was a kind of treacle and in the other a yellowy-green powder.
My brother called it 'Brimstone and Treacle'. and she forced us to eat it.
It was awful but I must say that we never suffered from colds or flu (not even now that we are 'ancient')

hiya Sue
The same in our house but my dad used to make us have it and we never suffered colds or flu and still dont .
It must have been an old ossy recepie that was passed around or a miners cause he worked down the pit uuuuuuuuuh wasnt it horrible but not done us any harm.

Retlaw · 25-07-2009, 12:00

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Originally Posted by sm_counsell

In winter before we went out of the house to go to school, my mum had two deep dishes. In one was a kind of treacle and in the other a yellowy-green powder.
My brother called it 'Brimstone and Treacle'. and she forced us to eat it.
It was awful but I must say that we never suffered from colds or flu (not even now that we are 'ancient')

Brimstone and treacle, is an old remedy for cleaning the blood, I was dosed with it often as a kid, boils, it cured them, never had boils since.

Retlaw.

bondi38 · 25-07-2009, 12:22

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Brimstone and treacle, is an old remedy for cleaning the blood, I was dosed with it often as a kid, boils, it cured them, never had boils since.

Retlaw.

Retlaw
Please can you give me the mixture of treacle and what else was in it .
Thanks.

Retlaw · 25-07-2009, 18:47

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Originally Posted by bondi38

Retlaw
Please can you give me the mixture of treacle and what else was in it .
Thanks.

Just plain ordinary treacle in a small tin,
and add about two ounces of brimstone to it.

Brimstone is hard to come by these
days, since the govenment of the
country went paranoid some years back
its no longer available at chemists or
health shops, they think any one who buys
Sulpher is a bomb maker.

Retlaw.
Ps if you do get some and mix it well in,
make sure you are outside if you break wind,
it will clear a room faster than a hand grenade.

shazfury1 · 26-07-2009, 01:39

Sorry to say, but had this yesterday, love it!

Eric · 30-07-2009, 23:26

When there was nothing else, my mom used to toss potatoes into the embers of the fire; and when the peel turned black, they were ready to eat .... great with salt ... tho' a little butter would have been nice.

grannyclaret · 31-07-2009, 22:50

oxo pobbies,,,,,,,,,,,yuk..but i guess you could call it a square meal...