i buy pre grated cheese

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When I was at school we used to call dried grated parmesan 'babysick' and make people smell it - can't remember if it was to be cruel or funny or both. Hmm, actually now trying to think of way to dessicate DD's posset to send to Delia for use in her latest 'cookery' programme.

We used to have salmon {the tinned variety) sandwiches and cress for lunch on a Sunday, every Sunday in fact.

I love the word posset

Sooo reminiscent of newborn babies

In fact, we only used to refer to 'tea' as 'tea' on a Sunday. The rest of the week it was dinner

Where are you from Bernard? We always had dinner on a week night but dinner on a Sunday was 'Sunday dinner'. My dad was a scouser and my mum was a wooly back.

Wooly back?!

Parents from London, raised in Kent

Ahh your childhood sounds quite northern! A wooly back is someone who lives in or around widnes, Runcorn way. My mum was from Widnes

Zilch Northern blood

But dare I say working class

Ahh we were middle class but middle class in Liverpool probably equalled working class in Kent.

Tis funny it's only on MN someone could start a thread on pre grated cheese and the thread goes off on a tangent about child hood meals and class.

I do believe the Medway area (ahem) was where the term 'Chav' originated

Kent is a big county

Lol I'm off to watch Shameless and dreamfeed ds2 now , nice talking to you. Even if you are from down sarf.

Dreamfeed

Enjoy Shameless!

Catch up over the next poncey vegetables thread

Ledodgy, my definition of woolyback was anyone from Merseyside who wasn't from Liverpool - especially St Helens. I was (technically) born in Knowsley, so my sister used to call me a woolyback whenever she wanted to be particularly cutting...

If you're talking Parmesan, I mostly buy it grated unless Mum's up. Otherwise a few determined fingers end up grated too.

Do you see it as offensive then Habbibi if so it wasn't meant ot be my mum called herself a wooly back. The term derives from when farmers in those parts used to carry sheep on their backs across a bridge to avoid paying a toll.

*Habbibu I mean.

I didn't know the origins, actually - never really thought about it, which is a bit daft, in hindsight. I have to say, when we were kids we did use it as a derogatory term (not nice, I know). I'd never come across anyone calling themselves a woolyback. That's really interesting - thanks, Ledodgy.

i brought it at the weekend as we were away-its so dry!