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Rev. Roger Perry
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Quoting: Steve Greenwood
Just to move this on a bit (and feeling somewhat nauseous!) but to stay in the same era, I remember joining HMS Victorious in 1958.
The food served on board this newly refurbished carrier was second to none!! There was always a choice of at least four menus and, when the Queen Mother came on board to rededicate the ship there was a table laid out in the junior ratings messdeck resplendent with a whole poached salmon as the centrepiece with every kind of meat and fish with accompaniments that made your mouth water.
This was a foretaste of two happy gastronomic years on board.
As far as I remember I had never been better fed in my life until I got married.

My old Headmasters son was on Victorious. Lt. Cdr Apps was the spitting image of his Dad who was one of the best teachers I ever met. He also stayed for school dinners.

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04/05/2012 23:12:49

Owen Hunter
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Food from the 50s

I used to have boiley for breakfast, boiley for dinner, minus the milk. We never had lunch, that’s what the posh folk used to have. Then for tea, I had boiley, minus the milk and sugar. I had to sing for my supper...... have any of you ever had boiley toasted on an open fire?

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05/05/2012 08:27:59

John (scouse) Hirons
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I used to have boiley for breakfast, boiley for dinner, minus the milk. We never had lunch, that’s what the posh folk used to have. Then for tea, I had boiley, minus the milk and sugar. I had to sing for my supper...... have any of you ever had boiley toasted on an open fire?

Alright Owen, I always thought a Boiley was something you got on your bummie & a doctor lanced it for you.

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05/05/2012 08:45:03

Owen Hunter
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Naar, where I come from Scouse, it’s a pitmatic Northumbrian delicacy.

edit: Currants were sometimes included if we had visitors dropping in for a bite to eat.

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05/05/2012 08:50:46

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Two or three things I used to really enjoy were tinned sliced peaches with evaporated milk for Sunday pudding, ’Conny Onny’ as a snack when coming home from school and a Naval delicacy called Hammy, Eggy, Cheesey. This is a very simple snack for lunch which consisted of toast with a layer of cheese then a layer of ham topped by a fried egg. Try it!!,

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