And then having to clean the trough afterwards
Just had to think of that
Crab flab and muck
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Crab flab and muck
Baked beans and bacon and fried bread dripping with grease at 7 am
And then having to clean the trough afterwards
Just had to think of that
And then having to clean the trough afterwards
Just had to think of that
Fish fingers for breakfast
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Crippen
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Re: Crab flab and muck
It was 'crug', surely, not "crab"?!!!
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loringa
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Re: Crab flab and muck
I am pleased to report that I have just enjoyed a proper fat boys' breakfast of sausage, bacon, fried bread (x2) and baked beans, also at 0700. Armed forces food has got worse and worse since I first joined in 1980 but I am pleased to say that breakfast is as good as ever even though my waistline means I can only have it once a week nowadays.Charlie s wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:12 pm Baked beans and bacon and fried bread dripping with grease at 7 am
And then having to clean the trough afterwards
Just had to think of that
Re: Crab flab and muck
Definitely 'crab' in the late 1970s.It was 'crug', surely, not "crab"?!!
About 20 years ago the CH website mentioned 'croissants' as part of the breakfast. Ye Gods, that sounds like progress (well, until tested and tasted, perhaps not).
Re: Crab flab and muck
I couldn't abide the so-called "toast" served at breakfast in the early 1970s.
It was pre-toasted and then kept warm in the large "Hostess" trolleys that were dotted around Dining Hall.
But the trouble was that the trolleys were always full of steam, so what you got was soggy toast to put your flab and muck on.
Yuk!
It was pre-toasted and then kept warm in the large "Hostess" trolleys that were dotted around Dining Hall.
But the trouble was that the trolleys were always full of steam, so what you got was soggy toast to put your flab and muck on.
Yuk!
Paul Strange
Leigh Hunt A 1969-71
Peele A 71-75
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Re: Crab flab and muck
Crug in my time (left in 77), never heard crab.
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Re: Crab flab and muck
accent (and language)
Probably regional . When I joined with a mixed Belfast / Devonian accent and vocabulary I certainly couldn't understand the Lunnun pronunciation. Tharbe funny folks up thar.
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loringa
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Re: Crab flab and muck
I think it was a bit house dependent. Traditionally it was certainly Crug so maybe Crab was some sort of pidgin picked up by those in lesser houses than Leigh Hunt or Coleridge, the A sides at least. In LHA and Coleridge A it was always Crug but I do know that it had fallen out of use elsewhere. I don't miss the steamed toast but as far as I know Crug was unsteamed or untoasted bread as served slightly stale in stainless steel trays.MrEd wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:09 pmDefinitely 'crab' in the late 1970s.It was 'crug', surely, not "crab"?!!
About 20 years ago the CH website mentioned 'croissants' as part of the breakfast. Ye Gods, that sounds like progress (well, until tested and tasted, perhaps not).