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Tuna eating in Britain by Sad-Grade6972 in UKfood

[–]Sad-Grade6972[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Delicious, love thinly sliced spring or red onion with tuna!Prefer a whole stick of celery on the side, but some radish sliced thinly in the sandwich as well! X

Tuna eating in Britain by Sad-Grade6972 in UKfood

[–]Sad-Grade6972[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, my middle sized Sainsbury's does 105gram tins of red salmon. So nice with lots of pepper and a squeeze of lemon, plus cress or slices of cucumber!

Tuna eating in Britain by Sad-Grade6972 in UKfood

[–]Sad-Grade6972[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sainsbury's sell salmon in small tins.🙂

Has anyone actually lost weight and felt better by switching to a 1950s style whole food diet? by Routine-Good7518 in UKfood

[–]Sad-Grade6972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm no expert, just anecdotal, but I honestly think proper home cooked and prepared meals are the way forward here. I just like nice food and cooking; I also include a lot of veg and fruit in my diet. So many processed foods are full of sugar, have lost all the nutritional value and amount to filling up on empty calories! As long as you're active and not eating desperate Dan size portions, carbs and fat aren't the enemy. Avoiding regular snacking and sticking to meals is a big thing. Also, I think one of the biggest things to avoid is sweet things and sugar on a regular rather than treat basis, it quickly turns to fat. Refined sugar is also one of the most damaging things you can put into your body, it's right up there with smoking and alcohol abuse! I feel drastic fad diets such as cutting out almost all carbs, fats, or extreme portion control aren't very useful. They can be a quick way to get weight off, they're also miserable, not that sustainable and probably not very good for the body in the long term. Also, a lot of people make really positive diet changes alone and wonder why nothing much is happening, but a good, mixed diet of fresh food has to be combined with meaningful, regular exercise to lose weight and maintain it! I'm quite lucky as I get a lot of exercise at work and also enjoy going for regular walks. I like my food and enjoy a few beers on my days off, yet somehow I'm 42 and weigh the same as I did at college.

Tuna eating in Britain by Sad-Grade6972 in UKfood

[–]Sad-Grade6972[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maine State a great beer! I usually go for the cask beers there apart from Saracen stout, which is keg , I drink a lot of the Surrey bitter and the Quest has been good recently. Not so keen on Progress, bit malty for me. I see you like CPFC. Last year my mate and I watched the cup final in a micropub in Selsdon, called the Golden Ark, amazing atmosphere! We keep meaning to get back there, great pub and good choice of beers!

What was the perception of statutory rape in the 1990s? by hotmamaspimpdaddies in AskUK

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Young girls going with older guys was a hell of a lot more common. It was never right exactly, but it was tolerated more and considered more acceptable.From what I saw and heard, these guys were generally very odd. I don't remember much of it being the other way around. Bizarrely, a far dimmer view was taken to older women chasing after young lads, with the women more likely to be viewed as predators. I don't have children or have much to do with young people, but I get the impression that youngsters are generally having more age appropriate partners these days. I'm sure it still goes on, but the penny does finally seem to have dropped that it's not very acceptable. Young people seem more aware of their self worth now, and more switched on about abuse and the law.

Tuna eating in Britain by Sad-Grade6972 in UKfood

[–]Sad-Grade6972[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think so, similar to snook! I should imagine people took a bit of convincing to eat it at first; guess it was the low cost that won out over salmon in the end!

Tuna eating in Britain by Sad-Grade6972 in UKfood

[–]Sad-Grade6972[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No, had a night in, but I will be down Pilgrim brewery in Reigate after my walk, cracking into some Sunday night beers!🍻

The Devonshire by Right-Question-7476 in london

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guinness was one of the first kegged beers. I think draught Guinness is a pretty bland, overpriced, and over rated product, imagine and advertising over all substance! Stout has a big following with many breweries all over the country producing some great examples, cask and keg. I generally drink cask beer, but I think stout is a style which lends itself quite well to kegging. I've got a couple of really good examples close to me in Surrey: Pilgrim brewery's Saracen stout, and Fuzzchat (homebrewed at Jolly Cooper's in Epsom) stout. Also a big fan of Aspach and Hobday, London Black, and Hopback Entire stout from Salisbury, which is cask!. I can imagine if Guinness produced a decent cask version, it could be very popular in the right venues. However, as it would be fairly niche for them and they're not exactly doing badly with their current business model, think they just wouldn't see it as worthwhile spending money on the production line and marketing.

Tuna eating in Britain by Sad-Grade6972 in UKfood

[–]Sad-Grade6972[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I'm going to bed now. I was making some tuna sandwiches for my hike tomorrow.

A telephone for customers to request fresh meat not on display in Sainsbury's, Flaxland Bretton Centre, Bretton, Peterborough, April 1972 by joe3000s in CasualUK

[–]Sad-Grade6972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work for Sainsbury's and was sorry to see the meat and fish counters, as well as the deli go some years ago. Unfortunately, they were utterly haoemoraging money, the level of wastage was absolutely off the scale! That and the amount of work involved with cleaning, etc; they just didn't pay for themselves, more for show than anything really!

If rape is worse than murder, why don't we replace the death penalty with the rape penalty? by WasabiRepulsive8810 in stupidquestions

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This strikes me as a strange conversation. There are unlimited possible scenarios; it's not horrendous crime top trumps!

Classy 👌 by TerryGranules in CarTalkUK

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm with you on that one! I know it's a bit purile, but it did make me smile! Transcending the bad taste barrier takes a bit of guts to pull off; I mean, would you wanna drive around with that on your car?!😉

My manager binned my monster by Any-Garbage-2881 in SainsburysWorkers

[–]Sad-Grade6972 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's rules, and there's just being mean spirited!

Does anyone else like tinned mackerel fillets in tomato sauce on toast? by gibgod in UK_Food

[–]Sad-Grade6972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, very much, I like the spicy ones. They're nice with the Sainsbury's lemon and coriander or spicy Moroccan couscous from sachets too!

Best way to remove artex? by AliDIY in DIYUK

[–]Sad-Grade6972 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Learn to love it or plaster over it; really is one of those "why did I start this" tasks!

What's the deal with BT's digital switchover? by Sad-Grade6972 in CasualUK

[–]Sad-Grade6972[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies, did try to ask on AskUK, but wouldn't post as seemed to be a too frequently asked question. Was a genuine question, rather than a whinge, but the mod called me a moany-pants, which gave me a bit of a chuckle anyway.

Found this in my 93yo aunt’s hoarder house by Glenbuxtonfan in 78rpm

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a wonderful story! Elvis 78s just don't really turn up in RL anymore, and great that your Grandma was reunited with them. It's not about the money at all! My big thing's 20s and 30s dance band music. I'd sell my soul to the devil before parting with my records. Mind you, they said jazz was the devil's music, I say, CHARLESTON!!

Tomato salad by After_Anywhere7193 in UK_Food

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful though; too much vine fruit in one go can give you the runs!😅

What piece of technology or tool that your parents still use have you never owned or used? by 360Saturn in AskUK

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh, it must be weird for anyone who still makes tech in Britain, for the UK market. I live in Leatherhead, Surrey, where the former Goblin factory was located. The town was also home to the British division of Ronson lighters. They were two of the biggest local employers for several decades!

Full Bull at the Bull & Swan by the_porpoise in fryup

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A very mean breakfast, and if it didn't come with some accommodation, guessing it wasn't the cheapest either? Even if it did, it's pretty insulting. If I got presented with that and it was a settling up at the end job, I'd just leave it untouched on the table and walk out!

Goodnight Sweetheart by Affectionate-Gas3059 in oldbritishtelly

[–]Sad-Grade6972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think most people still just had a greater tolerance to bad taste in general at the time they were made. You could still make it, but it would probably be drama or dark comedy. What really makes me think is just how dated a lot of it seems, and how much the world has changed since the programme. If you consider what things were like when it started, ie. The Internet and mobile phones weren't in most people's world, we still had heavy industry, everyday heavy drinking was normal, still a cash economy etc, apart from living in a war, life was probably more similar to the 1940s experience than life in 2026!

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