[Sca-cooks] aging meat

[Sharron Albert]

>I'm pretty sure that this was not commercially hung meat, partly 
>because Mom said it was really gamey to the point she didn't eat 
>much of it.  Everybody else seemed to think it was delicious that 
>way.  Of course they had rationing because of the war, and meat was 
>one of the major things rationed. 
>
>   Even at late as 1952 in England they were still rationing meat 
>(personal experience).  You didn't get very big pieces of meat for 
>meals.
>
>   Cordelia Toser

I was but a child back then, but my Dad (Navy) did a stint at the 
embassy in London then, and I do remember rationing and going from 
store to store with mom (not supermarkets back then). We were, of 
course, lucky in that we also had the commissary as a bit of a backup.

I went to a British public school (colors maroon and grey although I 
don't remember the name), and mostly remember terribly cooked 
vegetables for dinner at the school and a sincere desire to then have 
tea with the doctor's kids across the street rather than having to 
share yet another dinner in the evening at home. My mother professes 
to never having realized that. I was a skinny little kid when we were 
there, and I'm entirely sure that eating two full meals a day didn't 
add to my [over]heating problems...

Sharron, just reminiscing
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