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meekan wrote:A piece an' mince
Now your talking, but it was easier handled in a roll, a well fired one from Veronica's. I used to get rolls an' mince when I was contracting at Hunterston from the tea boy called Sinky ( Sinclair) his first name I can't remember.
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morag wrote:oooo, salmon and cucumber sandwiches, yum!

Seems we called it American pan bread / loaf and it was usually for visitors. Give me Wonderloaf any day or well fired rolls from Pops.

Oh Morag, you stirred an old memory there - I remember American pan bread - wow, wonder where that came from. I love a plain loaf - I dont think there is bread to beat it the world over (and I've tasted quite a lot:-)

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The two makes of syrup I remember were WESTBURN and LYLES.

Was it Lyles that had the dead lion on the tin with the swarm of bees round it - and something written under it about sweetness coming from the strong?
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Penny Tray wrote:
Was it Lyles that had the dead lion on the tin with the swarm of bees round it - and something written under it about sweetness coming from the strong?
Penny,
it was lyle's
it's a quote from the bible, Judges 14. "Out of the eater, something to eat. out of the strong something sweet" (NIV bible)
It refers to the riddle which Samson set as a challenge to the Philistines. The riddle relates to the time that he killed a lion with his bare hands. Some time later he passed that way again and noticed that bees had made a hive in the carcass. He scooped the honey out with his hands an ate it as he went on his way. He did not tell anyone about the honey and so was able to set a seemingly unsolvable riddle. But he hadn't reckoned with the treachery of his wife.
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Thanks for that Meekan.

Is it not strange that no one has yet mentioned EGGS - fried or boiled.

And square sausage.
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I don't think this is any stranger than any of the other submissions, but my Mum used to buy those squares of Dates. I sliced it thin and put that on bread.

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Trawling though this topic I saw some-one commenting how strange they found a piece with jam and cheese. I still have that regularly.

We used to call a jam piece a jeely piece.

If an adult saw you in the street with a piece, they would ask, 'Hiv ye goat a sair haun son?'

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Penny Tray wrote:Thanks for that Meekan.

Is it not strange that no one has yet mentioned EGGS - fried or boiled.

And square sausage.
Oh PT - you missed my reply - which was Lothian's slice fried crisp - and on plain bread - dont bother with sauce, you dont need it:-)

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Meg,

I did notice your submission but you're in danger of opening up a whole new debate - WHAT IS A SAUSAGE? You said "a Lothian's sausage". A sausage to me was always a link sausage, so I imagined links on your piece. Square sausage was always square sausage.

Incidentally, I don't think anyone has mentioned "freshly cut tomatoes" yet, sometimes with lettuce, sometimes with salad dressing.
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Penny Tray wrote:Meg,

I did notice your submission but you're in danger of opening up a whole new debate - WHAT IS A SAUSAGE? You said "a Lothian's sausage". A sausage to me was always a link sausage, so I imagined links on your piece. Square sausage was always square sausage.

Incidentally, I don't think anyone has mentioned "freshly cut tomatoes" yet, sometimes with lettuce, sometimes with salad dressing.
Tomatoes and lettuce would have been fancy in those earlier days, but as a teenager I relished quite a few gammon, tomato and lettuce sandwiches with salad cream. I'm not that old but remember when fruit was not readily available in the three towns and when it was and we had it we broke out in 'heat spots', anybody else remember that?

Also, maybe another topic, we were delighted to get fruit and nuts at Hallowe'en or a tangerine, big thrill, at Christmas,rather than sweets.
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Meg Gordon wrote:Plain bread, thick butter and Lothian's sausage, fried crisp.

I'm starving now ......
PT - note there isn't an "a" next to Lothian's - a link is a link, sausage is sliced sausage or, at least it was in Clyde Terrace, maybe Rowanside was a bit more anglified :lol:

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A piece on square sausage (known as Lorne Sausage in England).
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