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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

To remember when a chicken was a rare treat for easter Sunday dinner?

How things have changed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What did you have for Sunday dinner then? We always had chicken Sundays, including Easter Sunday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You're not that much older than me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We always had chicken because it was cheap!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What did you have for Sunday dinner then? We always had chicken Sundays, including Easter Sunday "

Pork,lamb,beef. ..all in the day were cheaper then a chicken

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"You're not that much older than me."

Must be fab old then

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By *entleman and SassyPussCouple
over a year ago

Alway been lamb for our families. Chicken for rest of the year.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We always had chicken because it was cheap! "

It wasn't always that way

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Alway been lamb for our families. Chicken for rest of the year."

That's it look at the price of lamb now....it's a arm and a leg for a leg of lamb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I remember having chicken some Sunday dinner times. Now it's purely for midweek dinners x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What did you have for Sunday dinner then? We always had chicken Sundays, including Easter Sunday

Pork,lamb,beef. ..all in the day were cheaper then a chicken

Were they? I think we had pork now and then, never beef or lamb. I always thought chicken was the cheapest meat.

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

"Alway been lamb for our families. Chicken for rest of the year.

That's it look at the price of lamb now....it's a arm and a leg for a leg of lamb

I have 1/2 leg of lamb in the fridge for tomorrow, cost me £5 - special offer from Tesco

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What did you have for Sunday dinner then? We always had chicken Sundays, including Easter Sunday

Pork,lamb,beef. ..all in the day were cheaper then a chicken

Were they? I think we had pork now and then, never beef or lamb. I always thought chicken was the cheapest meat. "

It is now but back then....before intensive farming it was a luxury.

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By *100Man
over a year ago

Essex

I never noticed we always had beef or lamb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Alway been lamb for our families. Chicken for rest of the year.

That's it look at the price of lamb now....it's a arm and a leg for a leg of lamb

I have 1/2 leg of lamb in the fridge for tomorrow, cost me £5 - special offer from Tesco

I pay £8-9 for lamb chops for two of us. It's stupidly expensive.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What did you have for Sunday dinner then? We always had chicken Sundays, including Easter Sunday

Pork,lamb,beef. ..all in the day were cheaper then a chicken

Were they? I think we had pork now and then, never beef or lamb. I always thought chicken was the cheapest meat.

It is now but back then....before intensive farming it was a luxury."

Turkey is dearer than chicken now.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Chicken was Sunday dinner for those that could afford it.

Most times we had minced beef in a pie with veg.

When we could smell chicken cooking in someone's kitchen it was like being transported to heaven.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Chicken was Sunday dinner for those that could afford it.

Most times we had minced beef in a pie with veg.

When we could smell chicken cooking in someone's kitchen it was like being transported to heaven.

Can you be transported to heaven or do you have to pass away first?

But I do actually like that story as brings back memories.

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

When I was a youngster we had turkey at Easter. We had beef,pork or lamb rest of the year on a Sunday. Oh and I'm not from a rich family I grew up on a council estate

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What did you have for Sunday dinner then? We always had chicken Sundays, including Easter Sunday

Pork,lamb,beef. ..all in the day were cheaper then a chicken

Were they? I think we had pork now and then, never beef or lamb. I always thought chicken was the cheapest meat.

It is now but back then....before intensive farming it was a luxury.

Turkey is dearer than chicken now."

It was then....that was the Xmas luxury lol.

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By *amslam1000Man
over a year ago

willenhall

Chickens wer for the eggs when they stopped laying we eat them. stringy tough things with a great difference between the breast meat and the dark stuff (they were well fed too) nowadays the meat you get is about 60 days after hatching and they are breeding them so all the meat is paler and full of anitbiotics and hormones

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Yep. Chicken was very expensive. Fish was cheap so was beef and lamb.

We had chicken and rabbits in the back garden for the table as did lots of our friends but a chicken from the butchers was beyond the reach of most families on a regular basis.

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

I'm only a little younger than you but my mum used to carve a raw chicken in half, stick one piece in the freezer for another time, then we'd have *half* a chicken for Sunday lunch between *4* of us. We hardly ever had chicken at any other time, unless it was some highly processed minced article covered in breadcrumbs and purporting to be chicken. But then I grew up in a very frugal family ...

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

We had chicken in rotation once a month. Back then we didnt know about spag bol I would cook long spaghetti and shake on tomato ketchup instead of spag in a tin.

Lots of food we have now wasnt around when I was young. Still had rationing till '53.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"We had chicken in rotation once a month. Back then we didnt know about spag bol I would cook long spaghetti and shake on tomato ketchup instead of spag in a tin.

Lots of food we have now wasnt around when I was young. Still had rationing till '53."

I remember the first time we had spaghetti bolognaise, I was about 10, we felt very cosmopolitan

I was about 18 and at college in Brighton when I first saw a pizza.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Chickens wer for the eggs when they stopped laying we eat them. stringy tough things with a great difference between the breast meat and the dark stuff (they were well fed too) nowadays the meat you get is about 60 days after hatching and they are breeding them so all the meat is paler and full of anitbiotics and hormones"

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yep. Chicken was very expensive. Fish was cheap so was beef and lamb.

We had chicken and rabbits in the back garden for the table as did lots of our friends but a chicken from the butchers was beyond the reach of most families on a regular basis."

Yep Sunday dinners were a leg of mince for us most of the time

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Chicken was Sunday dinner for those that could afford it.

Most times we had minced beef in a pie with veg.

When we could smell chicken cooking in someone's kitchen it was like being transported to heaven.

I remember so well lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"When I was a youngster we had turkey at Easter. We had beef,pork or lamb rest of the year on a Sunday. Oh and I'm not from a rich family I grew up on a council estate

Aye but back in them days there was rich and poor living on council estates. Depending where your dad worked.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm only a little younger than you but my mum used to carve a raw chicken in half, stick one piece in the freezer for another time, then we'd have *half* a chicken for Sunday lunch between *4* of us. We hardly ever had chicken at any other time, unless it was some highly processed minced article covered in breadcrumbs and purporting to be chicken. But then I grew up in a very frugal family ..."

Ours was full but it was roast on Sunday

Then sandwiches for my dad's bait....rest would be boiled for a chicken stew on Monday.

No waste them days

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We had chicken in rotation once a month. Back then we didnt know about spag bol I would cook long spaghetti and shake on tomato ketchup instead of spag in a tin.

Lots of food we have now wasnt around when I was young. Still had rationing till '53."

Yep mince in them days was with onions and suet dumplings lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We had chicken in rotation once a month. Back then we didnt know about spag bol I would cook long spaghetti and shake on tomato ketchup instead of spag in a tin.

Lots of food we have now wasnt around when I was young. Still had rationing till '53.

I remember the first time we had spaghetti bolognaise, I was about 10, we felt very cosmopolitan

I was about 18 and at college in Brighton when I first saw a pizza."

First time we had pizza it was know as pizza pie

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By *inkywife1981Couple
over a year ago

A town near you

We only ever had chicken on Sunday or beef or lamb for a Sunday dinner.

Always had fish every friday

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By *acavityMan
over a year ago

Redditch

Chicken was a rare treat.

Always bloody pheasant at our house. Eaten carefully to avoid swallowing shot.

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

"We had chicken in rotation once a month. Back then we didnt know about spag bol I would cook long spaghetti and shake on tomato ketchup instead of spag in a tin.

Lots of food we have now wasnt around when I was young. Still had rationing till '53.

Yep mince in them days was with onions and suet dumplings lol"

Yes mince casserole mash tatties and dumplings, when the kids were young. Son remembers first having spag bol at about 10.I used to make jam roly poly too or syrup pud all filling stuff.

I remember Wimpy burgers used to love those far nicer than McD.Toated buns, burgers were so juicy.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Chicken was a rare treat.

Always bloody pheasant at our house. Eaten carefully to avoid swallowing shot."

Bloody pheasant! Where do you live...in the manor?

Mince for us peasents

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We only ever had chicken on Sunday or beef or lamb for a Sunday dinner.

Always had fish every friday"

You weren't born in them days lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We had chicken in rotation once a month. Back then we didnt know about spag bol I would cook long spaghetti and shake on tomato ketchup instead of spag in a tin.

Lots of food we have now wasnt around when I was young. Still had rationing till '53.

Yep mince in them days was with onions and suet dumplings lol

Yes mince casserole mash tatties and dumplings, when the kids were young. Son remembers first having spag bol at about 10.I used to make jam roly poly too or syrup pud all filling stuff.

I remember Wimpy burgers used to love those far nicer than McD.Toated buns, burgers were so juicy."

Ahh wimpy burgers....that's a whole thread on its own

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Alway been lamb for our families. Chicken for rest of the year.

That's it look at the price of lamb now....it's a arm and a leg for a leg of lamb

I have 1/2 leg of lamb in the fridge for tomorrow, cost me £5 - special offer from Tesco

I pay £8-9 for lamb chops for two of us. It's stupidly expensive. "

Bloody hell Tiff. ...how big are the chops

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By *acavityMan
over a year ago

Redditch

"Chicken was a rare treat.

Always bloody pheasant at our house. Eaten carefully to avoid swallowing shot.

Bloody pheasant! Where do you live...in the manor?

Mince for us peasents

No such luck, but my father used to go rough shooting, so we had a lot of game.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Old enough????

I had to go out and slay a Tyranasaurus Rex before they evolved into chickens ffs

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

M hubby would go shooting out Henley way Lord of the Manors grounds. Bringing home rabbit which he would have to gut and clean in the garage. I have never eaten it but he and the kids really enjoyed. They now eat anything.

Me I'm real pernickety.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Old enough????

I had to go out and slay a Tyranasaurus Rex before they evolved into chickens ffs

You getting mixed up with angry bird

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Chicken was a rare treat.

Always bloody pheasant at our house. Eaten carefully to avoid swallowing shot.

Bloody pheasant! Where do you live...in the manor?

Mince for us peasents

No such luck, but my father used to go rough shooting, so we had a lot of game."

The only game I new in them days was hide and bloody seek

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"M hubby would go shooting out Henley way Lord of the Manors grounds. Bringing home rabbit which he would have to gut and clean in the garage. I have never eaten it but he and the kids really enjoyed. They now eat anything.

Me I'm real pernickety.

Rabbit always seemed simular to chicken when I was a kid....but never had it for years now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Me I'm real pernickety.

Rabbit Stew

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up."

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Me I'm real pernickety.

Rabbit Stew

Or rabbit pie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread. "

Chicken! Luxury, if we were lucky we used to take it turns to lick a chicken stock cube for Christmas dinner!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up."

Your still a little of a spring chicken to remember the day lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread. "

Do say who these four Yorkshiremen are

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread.

Chicken! Luxury, if we were lucky we used to take it turns to lick a chicken stock cube for Christmas dinner!

Feck off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread.

Do say who these four Yorkshiremen are

Noooo, how can you not know. It up there with "Fork Handles" and Del falling through the pub hatch.

It was sketch by Monty Python, four rich successful Yorkshire men reminisce about are hard it was growing up and each tells progressively worse tales of woe growing up...you must watch it.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread.

Chicken! Luxury, if we were lucky we used to take it turns to lick a chicken stock cube for Christmas dinner!

You were lucky

We had a sniff of an open chicken crisp Bag every leap year

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread.

Do say who these four Yorkshiremen are

Noooo, how can you not know. It up there with "Fork Handles" and Del falling through the pub hatch.

It was sketch by Monty Python, four rich successful Yorkshire men reminisce about are hard it was growing up and each tells progressively worse tales of woe growing up...you must watch it."

I must admit I've not come across it

But will look for it on kodi now

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread.

Chicken! Luxury, if we were lucky we used to take it turns to lick a chicken stock cube for Christmas dinner!

You were lucky

We had a sniff of an open chicken crisp Bag every leap year

Now keep it real.....it's not a monty python thread

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By *ombat291Man
over a year ago

STOKEONTRENT

born and raised on a farm,kill a pig on the first of December salt it down ready to eat xmas.if mother wanted a chiken we had to wait till dark and catch one roosting proper food.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't want to sound like one of the Four Yorkshireman but rarely used to have it growing up.

Lol, yes the 4 yorkshireman was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title thread.

Chicken! Luxury, if we were lucky we used to take it turns to lick a chicken stock cube for Christmas dinner!

You were lucky

We had a sniff of an open chicken crisp Bag every leap year

Now keep it real.....it's not a monty python thread

Run away, run away!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"born and raised on a farm,kill a pig on the first of December salt it down ready to eat xmas.if mother wanted a chiken we had to wait till dark and catch one roosting proper food."

Ok....did you play a banjo on the farm

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By *ombat291Man
over a year ago

STOKEONTRENT

I sure did and on cold nights cuddled a sheep, then cooked it in the morning

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I sure did and on cold nights cuddled a sheep, then cooked it in the morning"

Er.... ok

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We used to live in 'ole in't road..

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We used to live in 'ole in't road..

Ah toad in't hole...nice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I sure did and on cold nights cuddled a sheep, then cooked it in the morning"

Should have slow cooked it in the Aga overnight, lovely.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I sure did and on cold nights cuddled a sheep, then cooked it in the morning

Should have slow cooked it in the Aga overnight, lovely.

Then what would he have shagged

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