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We often have tinned fruit with tinned milk for pudding but one of the household found a stone in his portion of tinned apricot, now he hates tinned apricots and won’t have them, is this a child? Well sort of he is 62 :-( I still it up to him and if he doesn’t eat it then I do and he goes without :-D

I always offer two choices. Yes, that or whistle!

:-D :-D :-D

When we asked mum what was for dinner she would say bread and pullet

She had a wealth of sayings that seemed to be Londoner sayings

When asked where was something she would say up in nannys room behind the clock

One though that was probably only her was when she was exasperated with us and she would say " for gawds sake PO "

When asked what PO was she would say Post Office !!!

Was always a puzzle what post office had to do with it

Took yonks as an adult to realise what she actually meant !!!!

Pickled eels feet and herring's eyebrows.

When either my mother or her mother were asked what was to eat, they would both reply ...............


a run and a jump up the pantry door

:-D :-D

My mother's reply was

"larks' legs on toast"

:-D :-D

My mother's was

"Stewed bugs and onions"

Shirley my mum was Hampshire born and bred as was my father. Both would answer bread and pullet. My Dad was RN so I thought it might be one of the sayings from there.

and they would also say up in Nanny's room behind the clock as well.

Down the galley on a plate.

My Mum was a Londoner and we grew up with bread and pullet, usually followed by wait-and-see pudding. When we asked where anything was we were told it was “‘anging on the ‘ook in the ‘all”.

The OP reminded me of a time, many years ago, when my late mil saw her daughter buying an avocado. Next time she shopped she decided to buy one too. Got it home, peeled it and cut it into slices, thought “that’s not enough for pudding” so she mixed it with tinned mandarin oranges and poured evaporated milk over :-D. May be that’s how new dishes get invented.

Had some tinned fruit and some carnation milk few weeks back. The milk didnt seem to taste as good as when I a kid

I used to love evap but, last time I had some on a pudd'n, I decided I wouldn't bother any more.

SuffolkVera ..............

we used to be told " 'anging on the 'anger in the 'all"

I'm from Lancashire, but OH also says that and he's from Cheshire

Mum was born in Wales, but moved to Hampshire on marriage.

We were also told, "Bread and pullet" sometimes she added to the phrase with "step and fetch it"

Sometimes we'd be told "Cheese and onion - Hot dinner and no cooking".

I was from Lancs as well Sylvia and we got ....2 jumps at the cupboard door...very similar to you!

I’ve started having tinned milk in tea again cos it’s lovely, he thinks it’s disgusting :-(

He is right though. Bleh!

My grandfather used to have very strng tea with evaporated milk in it

yuk!

My son's Nanna in Malta always served evaporated milk to put in tea, never fresh milk.

We always had tinned fruit and evaporated milk for Sunday tea but Mum called it unsweetened millk as opposed to sweetened milk which was her name for condensed milk.

My friend's Mum, a Londoner, used to say 'bread and pull-it', my Norfolk Mum would say 'fresh air sandwiches', and it was always 'up in Nellie's room behind the clock' from Dad, from Buckinghamshire, if we couldn't find something lol

Lizxx