> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:39:19 +0100, "Harry Keane"
> blueyonder.co.uk> blethered:
>

>>"Halla" drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> I'm told canny housewives here(abouts) used to do similar with
>>> porridge: they'd make a load and put it in the drawer, then haul it
>>> out and slice a bit off for their man's dinner for his work. However
>>> there'd be no fruit or cinnamon, or milk, or honey... Sounds
>>> fearsome and I'm glad to eat my porridge with some salt and milk,
>>> TJBM.

>>
>>My late father-in-law (born in 1900) always used to refer to his packed
>>lunch as his "piece" - this term came from his days as a child in
>>Aberdeenshire, when a slice, or piece, used to be cut from the drawerful
>>that had been made on Sunday, and doled out each day to take to school.

>
> We still have pieces now, but they're sandwiches. :-)