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In England, we always had Roast Beef for Christmas dinner. Potatoes, onions, and carrots were placed in the roasting pan with the beef. The potatoes got a caramelized, crunchy coating on the bottom that is indescribably delicious. Beef gravy was made from the pan drippings and our plates of food were always covered with gravy. We also had whatever greens were available at the time.
For dessert, we would have Christmas Pudding drenched in Bird's Custard.
Later, we'd have "bread and drippings" - bread/toast slathered with the congealed fat/juices that didn't get used in the gravy.
Oh, and we always have novelty crackers at the Christmas dinner table.
During WWI? I imagine most families were lucky to get anything. There was rationing and it was pretty strict.
We had rationing during WW2 as well, but we rarely had to give up foods we really enjoyed. Mom would trade her ration stamps with friends and family. We used little sugar so she gave her sugar ration stamps up for something we used more. Dad was overseas part of WW2. Not everything by any means was rationed. My mom raised chickens while dad was overseas and sold the eggs to neighbors. I believe eggs were one thing rationed but she didn't have to worry about that because she only had about a dozen hens and only sold to good friends
And many employees provided turkeys to their employees for Christmas .
LIVE TURKEYS.
No kidding.
don't remember live ones, but do remember dad buying a freshly killed and cleaned one at the butcher. We would pluck the pin feathers. I almost missed not having that fun when frozen turkeys or even better cleaned turkeys started appearing.
don't remember live ones, but do remember dad buying a freshly killed and cleaned one at the butcher. We would pluck the pin feathers. I almost missed not having that fun when frozen turkeys or even better cleaned turkeys started appearing.
My grandmother could butcher fowl and rabbits at a speed that would be shorter than the time it takes most people today to get the bird out of the wrapping. Of course, when you butcher 50 chickens at a time ...
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