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About time imo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2ln31g8gvo

Tinned curry still exists. DD's boyfriend bought some the other day!

His verdict was "it's not too bad".

I just looked up Angel Delight and they don't do the mint chocolate one anymore 😥
Sad times
Still do fecking banana though 🤮

Yes I had an M&S veggie masala in a tin the other day, was quite nice and I agree, good thing to have in the cupboard.

Did she get that idea from the Vesta chow mein packets, that included a bonus packet of noodles that would puff up when fried? 😂

No bolognese as such but my gran used to make her infamous "mince and spaghetti" 😂
It never saw a tomato even in the distance

We may not have women’s rights, but we still have ice magic on sale in Australia…

My mum used to make her own version of Ice Magic, basically just chocolate and coconut oil. I don't know the ratio though.

We loved ice magic! Also findus crispy pancakes were a regular treat. And Birds Eye Steakhouse Grills.

Mum was a great cook but dad was funny about meat texture, it had to be very tender which was difficult on a very limited housekeeping budget. So the steakhouse grills were more acceptable than the cuts of beef we could afford.

She also pureed the homemade bolognaise sauce she made so it was like baby food. Again for dad reasons. If she served him food that he’d never had before he’d look suspiciously at it, lean in and sniff it and say “what’s this?” in an accusatory tone. She told us one day that if he did it again she was going to push his head into the plate. She never did, to our great disappointment as kids.

Definitely seen ice magic or something very like it on sale in the uk in a big supermarket in the last 5 years.

That's classic - thank you! We grew up on mince and tatties but this was occasionally transformed into "italian mince" by the addition of a tin of Heinz tomato soup spread on top of the mince. Very exotic

Entirely possible 😄

The crispy noodles were the best bit of the whole "bolognese".

It is undergraduate holidays but certainly not university holidays. When the undergraduates are off is when academics catch up on research, write papers and courses etc. Like most other sectors more people take their holidays during school holidays which could delay stuff, but undergraduate students being off doesn’t mean anyone else is!

To be fair, it's when staff are encouraged to take holidays - even non-teaching staff - so arranging anything at the moment just means umpteen Out of Offices by return.

I should imagine trying to convene a panel will be impossible until September, maybe even October.

It is also school holidays just now and academics have children at school too so prime holiday demand season for that reason (plus summer so the weather is better).

Mince with tomato soup sounds odd but Cambells suggested such things on the side of their tins of condensed soup. Cream of mushroom was regularly used as a pasta sauce in my house. I also remember crushed cornflakes on top of things for extra crunch. Can’t remember what they were on top of though.

We have some Askeys Crack in the cupboard. Well, it might not be called that on the bottle but it's what the kids call it. It's great as long as you shake the bottle really, really well.

My Granny used to make deep-fried chicken with a coating of crushed cornflakes - it was a recipe from Woman's Own or Woman's Weekly magazine I believe. I can't remember how it tasted (probably a mercy lol).

As a 70s child, I loved the entire gamut of 'astronaut food' like Smash, Angel Delight, Cremola Foam, Sodastream, UM tinned stew, Vesta curies and chow mein, Bird's Eye's entire frozen food oeuvre, Kraft cheese singles - basically the more processed and freeze dried the better 😊

I always have to keep some Dairylea triangles in the fridge for emergency cravings 😬

Wasn't Campbell's tomato soup the basis for the invention of Chicken Tikka Masala?

Oh aye. Mince and tatties was a staple in our family too. Occasionally mixed up with the same mince but with spaghetti.

It was the most tasteless mince in the world I do believe. It was artistry.
I'd have welcomed a sloshing of tomato soup 😂

I used to love Birds Eye cheesies. Sort of cheesy potato croquettes in triangle shapes
Mum used to shallow fry them
Anyone remember them?
And Birds whisk and serve semolina.

Those were the days

whisk and serve semolina

Dear God, please, no.

Tinned tapioca pudding with a dollop of jam was a staple pudding in our house.

Oh I loved it. Not as much as school semolina but still...
I was a weird child

Whisk and serve semolina? As opposed to regular semolina which needs whisking and serving?

It was a powder you added boiling water to
They did a custard version too