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Viktoria
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Puffer Billies and things
« on: Tuesday 29 September 09 19:21 UTC (UK) »
Why --when I was young anyway---were engines called" Puffer Billies" or" Puffing Billies"?My dad always called them that ,especialy to young children . We also had "chukkie eggs" which tasted nicer than just ordinary eggs,and butties of course were what my posh friends called sandwiches.
Has anybody made condensed milk butties the night before and then eaten them next morning all curled up but gorgeously sticky and sooooo sweet.?
Where have all the "kiddies " gone?-there only seem to be kids nowadays.
All this was sparked off because there was some decent beef dripping and lovely brown essence at the bottom of the roasting tin from Sunday`s joint,so we had it on toast. Sadly the toast was done under the grill ,it would have tasted even better had we knelt on the peg rug in front of the fire with the toasting fork as we did every morning, before school ,but you have to improvise when the genuine article is not available!!! .
Just read in the local rag a young mum extolling the virtues of school breakfast clubs on the basis that " we don`t always have time to give our kids breakfast in the morning".She has just been voted Mother Of The Year . God help the children of the rest . Ooer ,I`m off again .Viktoria.
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Re: Puffer Billies and things
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 29 September 09 19:34 UTC (UK) »
Toast and dripping - that brings back memories.  Dad always got the brown bits, so we were left with the white bit. It's not often you get it now.  Grin

Toasting the bread over the coal fire there was always one bit that fell off the fork and you had to rescue it before it caught fire  Roll Eyes

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Re: Puffer Billies and things
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 29 September 09 20:37 UTC (UK) »
The first steam locomotive to run successfully on rails was built by William Hedley for use at Wylam colliery, Northumberland, in 1813, and was apparently named ‘Puffing Billy’ at or soon after this date.

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Re: Puffer Billies and things
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 30 September 09 14:23 UTC (UK) »
Viktoria you have just taken me back 60 odd years. I well remember the dripping on toast. Then the chuckie eggs has reminded me of a mixture my late sister made. Boiled eggs chopped up and mixed with margarine and mustard powder. Then spread over a thick slice of bread.

I think it was called 'mock turtle' no idea why but it was quite strong. Never could eat more than one.

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Re: Puffer Billies and things
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 30 September 09 18:33 UTC (UK) »
Thanks Stan, that term lasted a good while didn`t it?.

Jean, did you have chuckie eggs chopped up in a cup?- soft boiled eggs chopped up in a cup with salt,pepper, and butter,mmmmm.With dippy in soldiers.

Groom, our house rang to the sound of early morning  burnt toast being scraped--especially when I was toaster- "b----y day dreaming again" my dad would say.

That`s a good title for a book-"The sound of early morning toast."Someone got there before me, something to do with clogs. Cheerio, Viktoria.
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