Myrtle
Bagot’s Pages
Chatelaine
of Milford Station buffet explains all about our mid 20th century
diet.
1.
Holiday Camp (1947)
‘Holiday Camp’ is a very interesting film all
about a family who take a holiday at one of those camp places just after the
war. You wouldn’t catch me at one of those, they don’t give you a minute’s
peace. All those disembodied voices ordering you about…I should be telling Mr
Godby to make a complaint, even if it is Esmond Knight. Not that Mr Godby would
be with me on holiday, as we are as yet unmarried. I shall be visiting my
sister in Frinton for my holidays. And that poor girl that gets murdered at the
end of the film, I should think that’s enough to put anyone off.
As is the pudding that is offered to the campers
during the meal scene. Prunes and custard? On a holiday? Surely that is the
sort of food that’s offered to a toddler when he’s being all cross because he’s
bunged up. After they’ve eaten they all go off to the hall and do the “bobbing
up and down like this” thing with Charlie Chester. Can you imagine what
happened to people's insides doing all that jigging about after a dishful of prunes? The
smell in there must have been quite appalling.
If you must have prunes for a pudding, this is
what I recommend. It’s a lovely recipe from my Main Cookery Book for Rural Gas.
Prune
Cake
8oz Flour
4oz Butter
4oz Prunes
3oz Sugar
2oz Syrup
½ gill Milk
1 Egg
¼ tsp Bicarb
Sieve the flour and the bicarb and rub in the fat.
Cut the prunes and add them with the sugar.
Beat the egg, add the syrup and milk, and mix into
the dry ingredients. Bake in a tin 6” in diameter, in a very moderately heated
oven, about halfway down, for half an hour.
If you do enjoy a good murder and that sort of
thing, I’m sure some people do though heaven knows why, this download might be
up your street. It’s only £1.29 which is cheaper than a glass of brandy, which
incidentally I’m not allowed to serve until later.
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