Memory Lane was a disappointment

The Cotswold village of my long childhood holidays with my aunt and godmother.
On returning, the cottage by the stream with roses round the door and a proper kitchen garden had been turned into a Spanish style hacienda, smooth lawn etc. No more visits there for me😢

Fray Bentos pies are a staple on every holiday. The steak pies, not the mince pies. Usually plenty of meat and gravy and a pastry that is special to Fray Bentos. I have never eaten the mince version.

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chips, when we were at school we'd go to the cinema and on the road home we'd stop at the chip shop for a bag of chips 3d
three old pennies...they just don't taste the same,, they were probably cooked in solid fat...not oil.

We never use cooking oil for chips. We use lard which is a pure food unlike oil which is stuffed with additives 🙁

chips, when we were at school we'd go to the cinema and on the road home we'd stop at the chip shop for a bag of chips 3d
three old pennies...they just don't taste the same,, they were probably cooked in solid fat...not oil.

Well, they say to never go back don’t they? I think there are loads of things that disappoint from the past.We often have rosier memories of something as we were different people at the time.
In your case with the pie, that was different as it now really is a different pie from that in the past.I do remember those steak pies and they did have very nice beef and gravy in them.Now they are made from inferior ingredients.