asperity Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 For those of you who are old enough to remember, enjoy.For the rest - it's a history lesson!!Very surprising how time and memory has taken its toll.Have things really changed this much in our time? EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES 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. 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 recognized 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! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Yep... never did us any harm.. or did it?? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 got as far as pasta not invented, I think it was invented at least 800 years before the 1950's. Ah well !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Have you had a bad day PJ Not like you to be a grumpy pooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 There are many of these 'When we were young' topics about, however most of the content is true as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 got as far as pasta not invented, I think it was invented at least 800 years before the 1950's. Ah well !! It was a fun trip down memory lane not a history lesson for gawd's sake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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