Nostalgic Food - Good and Bad!

Seamai

FatBallerina wrote: »

I don't think anything tastes as good it did back then. Too many additives and such banned now

As a kid my two favourite biscuits were Boland's Jersey Creams and Café Noir, (chocolate biscuits were a rare treat). In the last few years I've seen both and bought them expecting to be whisked back to my 7 year old self. What a let down on both counts !

Purple Mountain

Graces7 wrote: »

Never had either the waffles or the pancakes!

You obviously weren't poor so

Mollyb60

Well there ya go! Back in shops apparently:

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/legendary-crispy-pancake-flavour-back-17801321?fbclid=IwAR3lxGzy5WKrQEyRBU23ZrFxrRFwLHcDtm8YiJ-7pOmVlqrEM5iZYK1gU0I

coolshannagh28

Graces7 wrote: »

The Nal wrote: »

Jellied eels.

Seriously, WTF

I keep forgetting I am in ireland; jellied eels were/are a working class delicacy in the UK. eg EastEnders folk would eat them when they went to the seaside, along with whelks and winkles.. Originated in London as a street food.

I was a Lancashire lass and our equivalent was fish and chips!

Tried them once when I lived over there , even after a skinfull of pints I couldn't stomach them.

odyssey06

I don't see Findus crispy panckes on Tesco website, these are the closest from Birds Eye.

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=303193382


These are close cousins:
Birds Eye Cheese And Ham Saucy Chicken 2 Pack
https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=300256221

Mollyb60

I think they're better off living in my memory. I'd be afraid they'd taste terrible. As I find with most things labelled "New" or "New & Improved Flavour"

Graces7

Purple Mountain wrote: »

You obviously weren't poor so

Oh we were but this was Lancashire UK way back ; grew up in 40s and 50s when there were no such things and like most we had no fridge or freezer.

I can remember my mother way after I had left home loving frozen oven chips but myself have never been much for processed food or complete frozen foods.

Fish fingers is the nearest I get even now Most of my freezer space is chicken for the cats and home frozen veg.

rubadub

odyssey06 wrote: »

I don't see Findus crispy panckes on Tesco website, these are the closest from Birds Eye.

Birds eye & findus are owned by the same people now so thats why there are no findus ones anymore.

Birds Eye and Findus are both owned by the Iglo Group, which is why the pancakes could change brands from Findus to Birds Eye. A recent study of 2,000 British adults by cinema chain Vue found that Findus Crispy Pancakes are one of the top 20 most nostalgic foods that remind us of childhood

the beer revolu

Graces7 wrote: »

and like most we had no fridge or freezer.

I remember my dad saying that when they'd get sausages, what the didn't eat on the day would be boiled so that they would last a few days without a fridge.


Regarding the crispy pancakes, the last time (good few years ago, now) I had them was in a Portuguese restaurant in Cork. They were serving them as a starter. I think they were calling them rissoles but they were, as far as I could make out, exactly the same as crispy pancakes - I bet they are still popular in Portugal.

iamwhoiam

Before we had a fridge my dad had a hole dug in a cold northside part of the garden . Into the hole he placed a large tin box , it fitted perfectly in the hole . They kept butter and milk and sometimes meat in the tin box and it kept cold even in summer

L1011

rubadub wrote: »

Birds eye & findus are owned by the same people now so thats why there are no findus ones anymore.

The Findus brand has such negative connotations that they've been trying, and failing, to kill it for over 20 years. First rebrand was to Crosse & Blackwell

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/findus-brand-merge-c-b/61951

Graces7

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Before we had a fridge my dad had a hole dug in a cold northside part of the garden . Into the hole he placed a large tin box , it fitted perfectly in the hole . They kept butter and milk and sometimes meat in the tin box and it kept cold even in summer

We had a meat safe. Fine metal mesh cage on legs which would be put outside in a cool shady breezy place, for meat etc.

When we moved to the new build the walk in pantry had the concrete shelf above the outside coal hole, and was really cool.

We were perforce ingenious and resourceful !

odyssey06

I remember watching an old 1970s sitcom might have been Rising Damp or Likely Lads.
Guy staying in a bedsit would keep his milk bottle on the window ledge outside.

Graces7

odyssey06 wrote: »

I remember watching an old 1970s sitcom might have been Rising Damp or Likely Lads.
Guy staying in a bedsit would keep his milk bottle on the window ledge outside.

Been there done that many times! lol Loved bedsits dearly, Happy memories, Dried milk was dreadful then but I use it now in coffee and it is so much better.

Oh am enjoying this! Dwelling more and more on younger days and happily so

the beer revolu

Graces7 wrote: »

We had a meat safe. Fine metal mesh cage on legs which would be put outside in a cool shady breezy place, for meat etc.

When we moved to the new build the walk in pantry had the concrete shelf above the outside coal hole, and was really cool.

We were perforce ingenious and resourceful !

My dad's family had an old oven outside the back door which served as a meat safe. It was later (within my memory) repurposed as a fish smoker. That old oven is still knocking around. It must be 100 years old by now.

I have a gas BBQ outside my back door. In winter, it's great for extra cool space. Pots of stew and the like, regularly sit in it.

HildaOgdenx

Sober Crappy Chemis wrote: »

The food of kings from nearly 30 years ago!

This qualified as gourmet and progressive in our house :pac:

I still remember the jingle from the ad 'I feel like Chicken Tonight '...

ASOT

I miss Turkey Twizzlers

HildaOgdenx

FatBallerina wrote: »

Findus Crispy Pancakes, one of my best 80s memories. Nothing half as nice as them now.

Seamai wrote: »

If I got a penny for every time I burned my mouth from wolfing those things down I'd be a wealthy man.

FatBallerina wrote: »

The scalded palate was always worth it!

Oh, for sure! Loved them.
Always burned my mouth, so worth it though.

Graces7

Checked the web site and SV have potatp waffles .. maybe next week! More expensive than potatoes though..

RubyGlee

There used to be these crepes with savory fillings, they were nice I can’t remember the name.
Also mini Kiev’s in a green bag they were yum

Dizzyblonde

Birds Eye crispy cod fries, they were around in the 60s/early 70s. I don't know what was in the 'special batter' but they tasted amazing.

Rows Grower

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Birds Eye crispy cod fries, they were around in the 60s/early 70s. I don't know what was in the 'special batter' but they tasted amazing.

I'm gonna hazard a guess that you were an only child.

Dizzyblonde

Rows Grower wrote: »

I'm gonna hazard a guess that you were an only child.

No - one of four and working class! We got these a few times as a treat, and maybe that's why I'm nostalgic about them

Rows Grower

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

No - one of four and working class! We got these a few times as a treat, and maybe that's why I'm nostalgic about them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i1cJIwE7M

doingthedo

Not sure if mentioned but Angel's Delight brings back childhood memories!

Alun

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Birds Eye crispy cod fries, they were around in the 60s/early 70s. I don't know what was in the 'special batter' but they tasted amazing.

Oh yes, I remember those very clearly! There was something in that batter certainly, don't know what it was, but just seeing that packet I can taste it!!!

igCorcaigh

Graces7 wrote: »

Checked the web site and SV have potatp waffles .. maybe next week! More expensive than potatoes though..

They're worth a shot Grace, I quite like them.

Dizzyblonde

Alun wrote: »

Oh yes, I remember those very clearly! There was something in that batter certainly, don't know what it was, but just seeing that packet I can taste it!!!

I've never tasted battered fish like it since

Alun

Not sure if these ever made it to Ireland, but does anyone remember Brain's fagg0ts (don't worry Brain's was the manufacturer!)?

Cooked in the foil tray in the oven with mashed potato and peas, yummy

You can still get them in the UK ... https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/282049626

(P.S. had to replace the o with a 0 to get around Boards swear filter!!!!)

Seamai

Alun wrote: »

Not sure if these ever made it to Ireland, but does anyone remember Brain's fagg0ts (don't worry Brain's was the manufacturer!)?

Cooked in the foil tray in the oven with mashed potato and peas, yummy

You can still get them in the UK ... https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/282049626

(P.S. had to replace the o with a 0 to get around Boards swear filter!!!!)

Fagg0ts never existed on this island of saints and scholars, how very dare you.

I hadn't read your last line I was so incensed and made the same mistake, so I can't even call myself one (even though I am) 😄