Making the Mustard today for the full blow out Sunday lunch I was remembering how it was my job as a child to mix the mustard. A tiny little spoonful and then slow drips of water until it was a lovely smooth paste with no lumps. Now I make it in a ramekin, as it is a popular condiment in our house!
When I was young I was only allowed to use a little bit as it was so expensive, and we only had a tiny taste of it on our dinners.
It was like that with a lot of things, Sundays was the only day for a sweet course or cake, butter only on very special occasions, high days and holidays, lots of things were luxuries.
Luckily for most of my childhood we lived in a house with a large garden so there was plenty of fresh fruit and vegetable even if other things were in short supply.
Now maybe it is my generation’s fault that we are becoming such a fatty society, because we tried to give our children the things that were restricted due to cost when we were young.
Now it seems we have difficulty in restraining ourselves and sticking to small portions.
So the mustard, whilst not an issue in itself, I think is probably indicative of these less constrained times.
Although if this country carries on the way it’s going we may all be tightening our belts several notches before long!!!!
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