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General Discussion => The Laughter Zone => Topic started by: Clive on July 05, 2013, 20:27

Title: *EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES*
Post by: Clive on July 05, 2013, 20:27

      Pasta had not been invented.
      Curry was a surname.
      A takeaway was a mathematical problem.
      A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
      Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
      All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to  put the salt on or not.
      A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter.
      Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.
      A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.
      Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
      Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking
      Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
      Coffee was Camp, and came in a bottle.
      Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
      Only Heinz made beans.
      Fish didn't have fingers in those days.
      Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.
      None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
      Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
      People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.
      Indian restaurants were only found in India.
      Cooking outside was called camping.
      Seaweed was not a recognised food.
      "Kebab" was not even a word never mind a food.
      Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as  being white gold.
      Prunes were medicinal.
      Surprisingly, muesli was readily available, it was called cattle  feed.
      Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a  picture of a real one.
      Water came out of the tap, if someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than           
      petrol for it they would have  become a laughing stock. 
      The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the   Fifties .. Was elbows!
Title: Re: *EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES*
Post by: Simon on July 05, 2013, 21:22
The most surprising one is the yoghurt.  I would have thought that to have been around for ages!
Title: Re: *EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES*
Post by: sam on July 05, 2013, 23:10
Surely rice was being eaten.
Title: Re: *EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES*
Post by: Clive on July 06, 2013, 07:40
We used to eat rice pudding but I don't remember eating it with chicken as we do now.   :)
Title: Re: *EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES*
Post by: Simon on July 06, 2013, 09:29
You eat rice pudding with chicken?   :ack:
Title: Re: *EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES*
Post by: Clive on July 06, 2013, 09:48
 :)x  Might be an interesting combination! 
Title: Re: *EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES*
Post by: sam on July 06, 2013, 22:03
Sounds like pregnant food...
Title: Re: *EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES*
Post by: Clive on July 07, 2013, 11:49
 ;D  So true!