'Mike' wrote:

I have been invited to present a 1940's Night and would love to know what
you grew in your garden in the 1940's. I would also welcome any recipe from
the 1940's

AND, jokes from the 1940's???????????

Mike

Wot abu honey suckles, lemon soles, fruit cakes, cheese plants, heinz beans,
mushey peas, tobacco leaves, dodgy grass, opium plants and such like?

"'Mike'" wrote in message
...
I have been invited to present a 1940's Night and would love to know what
you grew in your garden in the 1940's. I would also welcome any recipe from
the 1940's

Rabbits, for rabbit stew, and chickens both for eggs and the pot, not much
room for anything else in a west london garden, although I did forget the
mint!

Alan

In message , alan holmes
writes

"'Mike'" wrote in message
...
I have been invited to present a 1940's Night and would love to know what
you grew in your garden in the 1940's. I would also welcome any recipe from
the 1940's

Rabbits, for rabbit stew, and chickens both for eggs and the pot, not much
room for anything else in a west london garden, although I did forget the
mint!

Hello Alan. How lovely to see you back.
--
June Hughes

alan holmes wrote:

"'Mike'" wrote in message
...
I have been invited to present a 1940's Night and would love to know what
you grew in your garden in the 1940's. I would also welcome any recipe from
the 1940's

Rabbits, for rabbit stew, and chickens both for eggs and the pot, not much
room for anything else in a west london garden, although I did forget the
mint!

Alan

My first shocking experience in the UK. I bought a packet of minted peas,
thinking that Mint was the brand name.

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:05:37 +0000, johannes

wrote:



alan holmes wrote:

Rabbits, for rabbit stew, and chickens both for eggs and the pot, not
much
room for anything else in a west london garden, although I did forget
the
mint!

Alan

My first shocking experience in the UK. I bought a packet of minted peas,
thinking that Mint was the brand name.

and that the Royal Mint makes After Eights?
--

Martin


We had some Dinner Mints the other day which were superb. Much better than
After Eights. Cannot remember the name I am afraid but they were very good.
Anyone know of other After Dinner Mints by name that I may recognise the
name?

Mike


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"'Mike'" writes:
|
| We had some Dinner Mints the other day which were superb. Much better than
| After Eights. Cannot remember the name I am afraid but they were very good.
| Anyone know of other After Dinner Mints by name that I may recognise the
| name?

Bendick's.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

'Mike' wrote:

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:05:37 +0000, johannes

wrote:



alan holmes wrote:

Rabbits, for rabbit stew, and chickens both for eggs and the pot, not
much
room for anything else in a west london garden, although I did forget
the
mint!

Alan

My first shocking experience in the UK. I bought a packet of minted peas,
thinking that Mint was the brand name.

and that the Royal Mint makes After Eights?
--

Martin


We had some Dinner Mints the other day which were superb. Much better than
After Eights. Cannot remember the name I am afraid but they were very good.
Anyone know of other After Dinner Mints by name that I may recognise the
name?

But did you ever have chocolate covered peas? So why then minted peas?

Following up to "alan holmes" wrote:

Alan

hello Alan!
--
Mike
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"'Mike'" writes:
|
| We had some Dinner Mints the other day which were superb. Much better
than
| After Eights. Cannot remember the name I am afraid but they were very
good.
| Anyone know of other After Dinner Mints by name that I may recognise
the
| name?

Bendick's.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Could well be. I have to visit the Wholesalers Cash & Carry tomorrow. I will
look :-)

Mike
(cross posted to uk.food+drink.misc 'cos someone might have the answer)

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'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates.
www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly
After a lot of trouble www.nsrafa.org is now up and running for the National
Service RAF man

Mike....... wrote:
Following up to "alan holmes" wrote:

Alan

hello Alan!

Hello Alan I wondered where you had gone

But did you ever have chocolate covered peas? So why then minted peas?

Mint is something we grow really well, unlike many of the other herbs
which really like something warmer and better drained. So not surprising
that it would have crept across our cooking, eg mint sauce for lamb,
mint with new potatoes.
--
Kay

K wrote:


But did you ever have chocolate covered peas? So why then minted peas?

Mint is something we grow really well, unlike many of the other herbs
which really like something warmer and better drained. So not surprising
that it would have crept across our cooking, eg mint sauce for lamb,
mint with new potatoes.

Yuk!

"Zhang Dawei" wrote in message
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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:57:24 +0000, in
, alan holmes wrote:

Rabbits, for rabbit stew, and chickens both for eggs and the pot, not
much room for anything else in a west london garden, although I did
forget the mint!

I could send you my mother's recipe for Nettle Beer which she and her
mother used to make in early summer during WWII. I've sampled it often
myself (making it on more than one occasion), and it really is a
refreshing drink.

Dawei
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email address given there is guaranteed to work for two weeks
from the date of this message.

slightly off subject, but my grandfather & mother used to brew their own
(fruit & vege) wine in the 1970s. They are both poms. Pa used to make some
vile stuff from accounts. Every big family event at Ma & Pas, he'd bring out
the home brew wine & force it on people. Comments I can remeber as a lad
ranged along the lines of "Pa, this is crap" or "Pa, this is disgusting".
His stock reply seemed to be "the bottle we had last week was very nice". Pa
has been gone for a few years now but me & dad still have a chuckle over the
stories.

rob

johannes writes


K wrote:


But did you ever have chocolate covered peas? So why then minted peas?

Mint is something we grow really well, unlike many of the other herbs
which really like something warmer and better drained. So not surprising
that it would have crept across our cooking, eg mint sauce for lamb,
mint with new potatoes.

Yuk!

I suspect there's things about your national cooking that we would find
equally unpalatable.
--
Kay

In article ,
Martin writes:
| On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:36:35 +0000, K wrote:
| johannes writes
| K wrote:
|
| But did you ever have chocolate covered peas? So why then minted peas?
|
| Mint is something we grow really well, unlike many of the other herbs
| which really like something warmer and better drained. So not surprising
| that it would have crept across our cooking, eg mint sauce for lamb,
| mint with new potatoes.
|
| Yuk!
|
| I suspect there's things about your national cooking that we would find
| equally unpalatable.
|
| and at least we try them.

The use of mint in such contexts isn't exactly an English invention;
it is heavily used in many of the "Middle Eastern" traditions. They
often use different mints (often ones adapted to hotter, drier areas),
but the flavours are similar.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.