Paul H Vigor Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 15 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Actually, rabbit curry is pretty good, cheaper (eg free) than lamb, ditto pheasant over chicken. If I can get it, I do prefer the 'otter version - Tarka Dhal. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 It's groan button time again! 😉 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 10 hours ago, PhilJ W said: As long as the meat wasn't rabbit. Going back to Bucoops thought, were they doing dissection in the Biology class the previous day? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) I remember the sultana's in the curry lark. An interesting concept. Going back to my school dinners (mid-70's)the only thing that made a lasting impression was a pudding called rainbow cake which was the highlight of any week, and I've never come across since sadly.Seems to be some sort of LGBT thing now😉 Custard was only used on puddings that tasted worse than the custard. Oh and the tiny class bottles of milk. Edited September 12, 2023 by Sjcm Predictive text stupidity 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 Excuse me waiter, there's a hair in my curry. No sir, that's rabbit. During my first year at secondary school the head was called Mr Levitt. One day he just dissappeared, no mention of it, just didn't come in again. The next week a new breaded chicken thing appeared on the dinner menu, and I jokingly called it a Chicken McLevitt. That went viral round the school with everyone calling them that - before "going viral" was a thing. Oops. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 I once got brought before the headmaster because I told a few classmates that they re-painted the classrooms green to match the geography teacher's corduroy jacket. Luckily the teacher concerned had a sense of humour. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 34 minutes ago, Sjcm said: I remember the sultana's in the curry lark. An interesting concept. Going back to my school dinners (mid-70's)the only thing that made a lasting impression was a pudding called rainbow cake which was the highlight of any week, and I've never come across since sadly.Seems to be some sort of LGBT thing now😉 Custard was only used on puddings that tasted worse than the custard. Oh and the tiny class bottles of milk. I suspect the sultanas were an attempt to make the 'dish' appear more exotic - otherworldly? Tepid/warm school milk put me off drinking milk on its own for decades! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: I suspect the sultanas were an attempt to make the 'dish' appear more exotic - otherworldly? Tepid/warm school milk put me off drinking milk on its own for decades! Probably. This was back in the mid'70s where Vesta curries were all the rage and Blue Nun was the height of sophistication 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Tepid/warm school milk put me off drinking milk on its own for decades! In winter, you were between a rock and a hard place. The milk was either frozen to some degree and was so solid that it had popped the foil cap off the bottle or had mini icebergs bobbing around inside, OR had been stacked in a corridor against the radiators... In summer, it was yoghurt, and that was before the general public knew about the stuff*... 9 minutes ago, Sjcm said: ...back in the mid'70s where Vesta curries were all the rage and Blue Nun was the height of sophistication Back in the days when the general meal was meat and two veg followed by something like prunes and custard and a cup of tea, or if you were lucky, some tinned salmon on Sundays. So a Vesta dried meal washed down with a glass of Blue Nun was sophisticated! * I remember the first yog adverts, cool and sophisticated people dressed in white, in white rooms, eating this white stuff from little pots. "It'll never catch on" we said... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sjcm said: Probably. This was back in the mid'70s where Vesta curries were all the rage and Blue Nun was the height of sophistication When the first Chinese Takeaway opened in our part of South-West Hampshire, I recall being surprised that the food was NOTHING like a Vesta Chow Mein! We used to love watching mum fry the crispy noodles! There was something about the way they used to writhe in the frying pan? Edited September 12, 2023 by Paul H Vigor to add information 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 46 minutes ago, Hroth said: In winter, you were between a rock and a hard place. The milk was either frozen to some degree and was so solid that it had popped the foil cap off the bottle or had mini icebergs bobbing around inside, OR had been stacked in a corridor against the radiators... In summer, it was yoghurt, and that was before the general public knew about the stuff*... Back in the days when the general meal was meat and two veg followed by something like prunes and custard and a cup of tea, or if you were lucky, some tinned salmon on Sundays. So a Vesta dried meal washed down with a glass of Blue Nun was sophisticated! * I remember the first yog adverts, cool and sophisticated people dressed in white, in white rooms, eating this white stuff from little pots. "It'll never catch on" we said... "In summer, it was yoghurt, ..." - sends a shiver down my spine! 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 My lasting memory of school milk in the infants was that whatever the weather it was nothing like that from our fridge or the farm across the road. You also forgot to mention that the sparrows often got to it first! 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 9 minutes ago, MrWolf said: You also forgot to mention that the sparrows often got to it first! Unless the caretaker had beaten them to it and had dumped the crates in the corridor.... Must admit, it was the slowest/weakest that got the bottles (1/3 of a pint...) that had been pre-punctured for your straw! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 40 minutes ago, MrWolf said: My lasting memory of school milk in the infants was that whatever the weather it was nothing like that from our fridge or the farm across the road. You also forgot to mention that the sparrows often got to it first! Hey, there's a whole section of eBay didicated to collectors of the vintage school milk bottles! https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l2632&_nkw=school+milk+bottle&_sacat=29797 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterem Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Paul H Vigor said: We used to love watching mum fry the crispy noodles! There was something about the way they used to writhe in the frying pan? Poundland stocked some Vesta meals a few years back and it was an interesting experience to revisit. They were enough like the originals to make me suspect they had discovered some old stock in a warehouse - a suspicion heightened when they later disappeared from the shelves. Brought to mind a couple of student hacks from the 1970s 1) For a bigger meal you could add extra rice to the paella and a bit more water, and there was enough yellow goop to cover any excess 2) The Chow Mein crispy noodles were exactly the same as the simmerable noodles in the other pack, so if you wanted more (as did everyone) you just grabbed some and added them to the frying pan. Students today and their organic quinoa fritters, eh? Peter, Sidcup 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Sjcm said: Probably. This was back in the mid'70s where Vesta curries were all the rage and Blue Nun was the height of sophistication You mean it still isn't? Mike. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: You mean it still isn't? Mike. Superseded by Black Tower. Cheers Darius 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: You mean it still isn't? Mike. Today its 'retro' and 'cool!' 😎 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Today its 'retro' and 'cool!' 😎 In other words, mere marketing flannel... It'll be "L00K, RARE!!!" next! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 On 11/09/2023 at 08:24, Sjcm said: Our old friend bpsworks has taken a break from hacking up Blue Pullmans to launch his new product range. Triang Network Rail Class 08's. glow in the dark shunter Seems it was quite a big tin of yellow paint. Have to say the box it comes in is quite nice. Might bid on it just for that. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256215454499?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=jFNwAufNRVO&sssrc=0&ssuid=jFNwAufNRVO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 13 minutes ago, darkstar said: Seems it was quite a big tin of yellow paint. Have to say the box it comes in is quite nice. Might bid on it just for that. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256215454499?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=jFNwAufNRVO&sssrc=0&ssuid=jFNwAufNRVO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 😲😂😲😲. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 4 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Hey, there's a whole section of eBay didicated to collectors of the vintage school milk bottles! https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l2632&_nkw=school+milk+bottle&_sacat=29797 We must have been posh at my primary school as our milk was served in glasses. They didn't hold 1/3 pint and the excess was used to make custard. The milk came to school in a small churn straight from the farm, TT tested. So that's why few of us needed the BCG jab at secondary school (which did have 1/3 pt bottles.) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 hours ago, darkstar said: Seems it was quite a big tin of yellow paint. Have to say the box it comes in is quite nice. Might bid on it just for that. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256215454499?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=jFNwAufNRVO&sssrc=0&ssuid=jFNwAufNRVO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Seems to have been bitten by the same spider wot got @newbryford Mike. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 The state of this! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275937209710?hash=item403f23ad6e:g:6goAAOSwCHBkpoeN&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwNPyFXOyBwwdrlv2C04OoOX3D2UeGbV2zTyhQnda7BgWAI8acm7SMxhlOIvJYjEeVljfw5VJIr05GqPLLCp8QI%2BNRTjs%2Bsd9EWFa6l3jNY%2BoBtf2VdbpqcY%2BxZgrTBHKu4ffGqoftmjXCfxGIyaznEc9zt883pB89na9mn6hF0igWnJp0X9KYAoTkt%2FchTmjREEktBnxzrD6%2F7QlVRuxwnFRnuoaGgfx%2BjEGgtgyMWi6twpReuZwePJZfn4tfj2rdw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7yJ3abRYg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, R. Knowles said: The state of this! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275937209710?hash=item403f23ad6e:g:6goAAOSwCHBkpoeN&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwNPyFXOyBwwdrlv2C04OoOX3D2UeGbV2zTyhQnda7BgWAI8acm7SMxhlOIvJYjEeVljfw5VJIr05GqPLLCp8QI%2BNRTjs%2Bsd9EWFa6l3jNY%2BoBtf2VdbpqcY%2BxZgrTBHKu4ffGqoftmjXCfxGIyaznEc9zt883pB89na9mn6hF0igWnJp0X9KYAoTkt%2FchTmjREEktBnxzrD6%2F7QlVRuxwnFRnuoaGgfx%2BjEGgtgyMWi6twpReuZwePJZfn4tfj2rdw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7yJ3abRYg Potential bidders are not being shown everything? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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