Ha! Remember when (some) people used to have a set menu—braised beef on Tuesday, chicken fricassee on Wednesday, or whatever—every week?
Yes! My mom always had ‘Franks,Beans & Brown Bread’ every Saturday and Fish and Chips on Friday. My DH’s parents had the same menu those 2 days :)
For a while, I myself was into the habit of what we called “Poultry Sunday”...chicken, duck or turkey for Sunday dinners - but I shook that repetitive menu habit...even though it was anticipated every week for years, we just ‘grew’ out of it I guess...
We need to do the ‘Franks, Beans & Brown Bread’ more often at our house - especially the Brown Bread, Yum.
I think many of us grew up with a ‘set’ weekly menu. One of the scenes in “A Christmas Story” rings ‘home’ to so many is the narration of the many meals and concoctions of Cabbage :>)