What is Readybrek? (or what food adventures have you had in the last two weeks)

alastairgott · Mar 23, 2020

Wow!
A watery gruel, I didn't think it would be that when I picked it up off the shelf. :yucky:

Oh well, least I've got some sausages to look forward to later... "plant based sausages"

Pegasus · Mar 23, 2020

Have bought an air fryer so can make chips

...and have planted lots of veg seeds, should plant some spuds really #diggingforvictory

Boy Engineer · Mar 23, 2020

Have bought an air fryer so can make chips

...and have planted lots of veg seeds, should plant some spuds really #diggingforvictory

I?d definitely plant spuds if you plan to make chips. Choose a quick growing variety.

AR · Mar 23, 2020

alastairgott said:
Wow!
A watery gruel, I didn't think it would be that when I picked it up off the shelf. :yucky:

Oh well, least I've got some sausages to look forward to later... "plant based sausages"

Halve the quantity of milk suggested and put plenty of sugar/syrup on it, otherwise it just tastes like cardboard that's been left out in the rain...

PeteHall · Mar 23, 2020

Pegasus said:
Have bought an air fryer so can make chips

...and have planted lots of veg seeds, should plant some spuds really #diggingforvictory

Planted my spuds yesterday

andys · Mar 23, 2020

Here's an old Ready Brek advert - filmed at Clapham Station!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzBxYi7IKzc

Fishes · Mar 23, 2020

Windscale flakes if anyone remembers the sketch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk0WzCtF0yY

Tommy · Mar 23, 2020

Boy Engineer said:
Have bought an air fryer so can make chips

...and have planted lots of veg seeds, should plant some spuds really #diggingforvictory

Click to expand...

I?d definitely plant spuds if you plan to make chips. Choose a quick growing variety.

Aubergine fries with black treacle is fantastic. Grow Aubergines

CatM · Mar 24, 2020

Topimo said:
Boy Engineer said:

Have bought an air fryer so can make chips

...and have planted lots of veg seeds, should plant some spuds really #diggingforvictory

Click to expand...

I?d definitely plant spuds if you plan to make chips. Choose a quick growing variety.

Click to expand...

Aubergine fries with black treacle is fantastic. Grow Aubergines

Whenever I've tried to grow aubergines they get infested with greenfly. I gave up with them last year, it got so bad. Some spuds will be going in today/tomorrow though.

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Pegasus · Mar 24, 2020

Aubergine fries with black treacle is fantastic. Grow Aubergines

Sounds weird but will give it a go - recipe??

Tommy · Mar 24, 2020

Chop
(thin fries/julienne).

Fry
(hot) not sure about air friers, I like my arteries well insulated.

Douse
(as much of the gloop as you can handle, actually no be sensible so you can eat enough without feeling ill.

JJ · Mar 24, 2020

Thanks Andys for the Ready Brek TV add of old, along with the spoof. As a fairly regular user of Clapham station I knew of the add having been filmed there, but could not remember it from my youth - excellent

tamarmole · Mar 24, 2020

alastairgott said:
Wow!
A watery gruel, I didn't think it would be that when I picked it up off the shelf. :yucky:

Oh well, least I've got some sausages to look forward to later... "plant based sausages"

You youngsters should count yourself lucky. In the 1970s Readybreak was the only food we had, morning noon and night. It wasn't until the discovery of cheese in 1982 that things started to get better. The younger generation don't know they're born! And another thing.... Corvid 19, call that a disease, when I were a lad we had foot and mouth, now that was a proper disease, we couldn't go caving for most of the decade.

I think I'll stop now as the attendants are coming.

ttxela2 · Mar 24, 2020

tamarmole said:
alastairgott said:

Wow!
A watery gruel, I didn't think it would be that when I picked it up off the shelf. :yucky:

Oh well, least I've got some sausages to look forward to later... "plant based sausages"

Click to expand...

You youngsters should count yourself lucky. In the 1970s Readybreak was the only food we had, morning noon and night. It wasn't until the discovery of cheese in 1982 that things started to get better. The younger generation don't know they're born! And another thing.... Corvid 19, call that a disease, when I were a lad we had foot and mouth, now that was a proper disease, we couldn't go caving for most of the decade.

I think I'll stop now as the attendants are coming.

Here in Cambridgeshire in the 70's we dined like kings on prawn cocktail, fondue & arctic roll!

Speleotron · Mar 24, 2020

I don't have a garden so I'm growing radishes indoors. Seems to be a good return on investment in terms of strength of flavour / space taken up.

andys · Mar 24, 2020

JJ said:
Thanks Andys for the Ready Brek TV add of old, along with the spoof. As a fairly regular user of Clapham station I knew of the add having been filmed there, but could not remember it from my youth - excellent

My pleasure! Its a bit quiet now though - no trains for the last few days!

Tommy · Mar 24, 2020

Speleotron said:
I don't have a garden so I'm growing radishes indoors. Seems to be a good return on investment in terms of strength of flavour / space taken up.

Cellar mushrooms - or in a dingy cupboard?

Jenny P · Mar 24, 2020

alastairgott said:
Wow!
A watery gruel, I didn't think it would be that when I picked it up off the shelf. :yucky:

Oh well, least I've got some sausages to look forward to later... "plant based sausages"

One reason I took to eating it (neat but with milk and sugar) while I was still working, was that it was the quietest breakfast cereal to eat - I hated the snap crackle and pop or crunch noises early in the morning.

Now I eat it cut half-and half with a good muesli and sliced white grapes or chopped apple on top. A good bowl of this, even with cold milk, is a pretty good starter for the morning.

Fjell · Mar 24, 2020

Cold, with half a pound of sugar. Sets you up for the day.

alastairgott · Mar 25, 2020

Its getting better, had less of a watery mix today, i'll be able to stick my spade up in it soon, like concrete.

potato, onion, leek and carrot soup for lunch. you should see the bag of Tatties I picked up! proper stuff, with the mud still on them, the size of 2 fists each!

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