Luxury we were too poor to have a TV, we lived in a cardboard box on the M62.Have you never seen the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch you will never know how poor we were
Meat Luxury-we used to eat a handfull of hot gravel if we were lucky
Now you've done it (the old dinner tea debate) I have dinner12:00, Tea at 17:00 I am from "Up North"
My mum used to sharpen the knife (there was only one) on the front door step as a matter of course. Yorkshire pud certainly had to do with scarcity of meat, but I'd always thought it was for when the meat had run out, later in the week. No concept of a "starter" in or house. You had your dinner followed by pudding (I think we called it "sweet"). Having a starter would have been like having two dinners.My understanding (and I’ve married into a Yorkshire family ) is it was originally served with gravy before the meal to fill you up with low cost ingredients as meat was not only scarce but very expensive.
I’ve also been told of stories whereby housewives would sharpen a carving knife on the front doorstep on Sunday morning in order to fool the neighbours into thinking they were having roast meat for dinner ( Lunch if from down souff like me )
You had a knife and a door luxury. We had a Starling for Xmas dinner if we were lucky.
We had a door step, but dad had chopped up the door for firewood some years earlier. Our knife was the pride of the neighbourhood even when the handle came off.
That is true my dad used to sharpen his carving knife on the stone stepMy understanding (and I’ve married into a Yorkshire family ) is it was originally served with gravy before the meal to fill you up with low cost ingredients as meat was not only scarce but very expensive.
I’ve also been told of stories whereby housewives would sharpen a carving knife on the front doorstep on Sunday morning in order to fool the neighbours into thinking they were having roast meat for dinner ( Lunch if from down souff like me )
Horseradish goes with everything; not least, sprouts!
