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Ah, I’m getting all Proustian about the old egg-and-cup too. My mum called it “eggy cup”, somewhat matter-of-factly. There was also always that cut-off point when you could ask for solids without fear of being sent back to school. Neighbours was a good demarcation point, as was some dreary offering “from Pebble Mill”. I think I could probably hold down a bacon roll now… maybe some hot dogs. If you had skills – and this was rare – you could turn it around from death-bed/summon the priest, to being allowed out to play footie after tea. As I said, though, that required Brando-like acting chops.
willie1foot wrote:
Ahhhh....memories. Said concoction was imaginatively known in my household as 'egg mixed up in a cup' and was used to cure all manner of ills, ranging from a slight sniffle to full-blown bubonic plague. Lovely stuff. Did your Mum have a proper name for this GdSC?
Originally posted by Geoffrey de Ste. Croix
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