EATING IN THE FIFTIES

[Bazle]

Curry was a surname.

A takeaway was a mathematical problem.

A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
All potato crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.
Rice was only eaten cooked in milk, as a pudding.
Calamari was called squid and we used it as fish bait.
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. These were never green.
Sugar enjoyed good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold. Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
Chicken 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.
Prunes were medicinal
Muesli was readily available; back then it was called cattle feed.
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!
But the two things that we never, ever had on our table in the sixties? Elbows or phones.

[gs joe]

Very good

 

Reminds me of what my old Nin said when tea bags first came out ,

 

"They take to long to open "

 

Joe

[midlifecrisis]

The 1950's when boys knew that weenie had a double meaning. Thank God they weren't all roasted.

[laffnliv]

......and in the forties, and the thirties. I know. I was there.

 

Little Roy

[teelack]

I always recall a restaurant in Newcastle on Tyne that sold genuine Indian food. Curry and chips. I thought that the race were lucky buggers getting chips every day of the week.

 

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