Off Topic Food and Your Eating Habits

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And yet according to the bleeding hearts and artists in the left of UK politics, child poverty is a big issue in 2026 and families need even more benefits.

Kids today don’t know how well off they are.

And I bet those of us who didn’t have much as kids wouldn’t have it any other way. It built our characters and gave us resilience.
 
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I still think we're a lucky generation. Born after the war, before various environmental problems, able to walk to school, play outside without adult supervision, no junk food. Maybe I was born before you lot (1948), but in Kilmarnock in the 1950's and 1960's there was no hunger. It was a thriving industrial town with the second lowest unemployment rate in Scotland after Motherwell. There were the types of job which don't exist any more, and I was able to supplement my pocket money by caddying or paper rounds. It was a different world, being a housewife was a full-time job, most men could walk or cycle to work and there weren't so many cars on the road, although my Mum led a campaign to get a lollipop man near the local school. The manufacturing industry has gone now <wah> and most people seem to work in Glasgow, but I'd much rather have grown up then than now. Walking to your local primary school beats the modern school run hands down.
 
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The Penguin said:
I still think we're a lucky generation. Born after the war, before various environmental problems, able to walk to school, play outside without adult supervision, no junk food. Maybe I was born before you lot (1948), but in Kilmarnock in the 1950's and 1960's there was no hunger. It was a thriving industrial town with the second lowest unemployment rate in Scotland after Motherwell. There were the types of job which don't exist any more, and I was able to supplement my pocket money by caddying or paper rounds. It was a different world, being a housewife was a full-time job, most men could walk or cycle to work and there weren't so many cars on the road, although my Mum led a campaign to get a lollipop man near the local school. The manufacturing industry has gone now <wah> and most people seem to work in Glasgow, but I'd much rather have grown up then than now. Walking to your local primary school beats the modern school run hands down.
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I agree. Yes I am a bit younger and I grew up in one of the poorest parts of London, but was blessed with living literally next door to Victoria Park for the first 13/14 years of my life. My parents never owned a car, the only take away food we ate was fish and chips maybe once every couple of months, we never had a foreign holiday, and summer holiday was a week at Camber Sands or Ramsgate. There was never any money for luxuries and both my parents had to work round the clock to earn enough money. To make a bit of extra money I used to help the rag and bone man on his rounds and helped look after his horses which were kept in an alley behind the local boozer, rats and all.

And I wouldn’t change a bloody thing.
 
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lardiman said:
Done <ok>

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Sign of the times.

Off topic I know, but the breakfast cereal I’ve eaten for years has just changed recipe and now contains about 20% less of the expensive ingredients (sugared papaya and pineapple) and more of the cheaper ingredients (wheat and barley flakes). The box (which is exactly the same size as the old one) now contains 500g instead of 630g so a reduction of over 20%. BUT, you guessed it folks - the price is exactly the same. No phone number for customer service to complain to and when you go to their website you just get a “New Website Coming Soon !” message. Total rip off and it’s happening everywhere. Ordinary people in this country are being screwed rotten. Time for a revolution. Needless to say I’m looking for a new cereal now.

Lardi feel free to move this post somewhere else if more appropriate. What does everyone else do for Brekkie ?
 
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Ubedizzytoo said:
Sign of the times.

Off topic I know, but the breakfast cereal I’ve eaten for years has just changed recipe and now contains about 20% less of the expensive ingredients (sugared papaya and pineapple) and more of the cheaper ingredients (wheat and barley flakes). The box (which is exactly the same size as the old one) now contains 500g instead of 630g so a reduction of over 20%. BUT, you guessed it folks - the price is exactly the same. No phone number for customer service to complain to and when you go to their website you just get a “New Website Coming Soon !” message. Total rip off and it’s happening everywhere. Ordinary people in this country are being screwed rotten. Time for a revolution. Needless to say I’m looking for a new cereal now.

Lardi feel free to move this post somewhere else if more appropriate. What does everyone else do for Brekkie ?
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Your post ranges across several subjects @Ubedizzytoo
On balance I think it's best here in the food thread, as you have asked members about their brekkies too.

I'm afraid it's still a Full English for me - in an ideal world.
I treat myself only occasionally.
My favourite cereal though is probably crunchy nut cornflakes, even though I know they're loaded with sugar.
Will buy a box from time to time and scoff each morning for a week or so until they're gone.
With lactose free semi-skimmed milk.

On a working day my breakfast is usually a sandwich & bag of crisps.
 
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Similar to above for me - either toast with egg or porridge oats with nuts and or blueberries (frozen ones are best)
 
Also a mug of lemon and ginger tea, then a shared pot of Yorkshire loose leaf tea and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.
 
Nowt for me, nowadays I'm Burlington Bertie, but I'm not from Bow. :emoticon-0138-think


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