EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES

Jon · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:05 pm **Posts:** 2807

Can anyone who was around at the time confirm if this is all true.... :lol:

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.
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!

Kremmen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:34 am

How true

Sunshine · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:36 pm **Posts:** 888

Thanks Jon - I've pinched it and it's now on my facebook page

:lol:

Father Ted · **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:11 pm

Heaven : French chefs and English policemen

Hell : French policemen and English chefs

Brian · **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:34 pm

Why do they put such small portions on such big plates and have to drizzle something over it?

Sunshine · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:36 pm **Posts:** 888

Why do they pile things one on top of another?

Batty bat · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:24 pm **Posts:** 329

And why? do you have a separate knife and fork for each course? why cant you just use the same spoon for everything, from start to finnish?

jim · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:10 pm **Posts:** 1461

Batty bat wrote:

And why? do you have a separate knife and fork for each course? why cant you just use the same spoon for everything, from start to finnish?

cos it would take to long to eat your shredded wheat with a teaspoon, and a table spoon don't fit a tea cup. :roll:

Kremmen · **Posted:** Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:13 am

jim wrote:

Batty bat wrote:

And why? do you have a separate knife and fork for each course? why cant you just use the same spoon for everything, from start to finnish?

cos it would take to long to eat your shredded wheat with a teaspoon, and a table spoon don't fit a tea cup. :roll:

get a bigger tea cup !

Sunshine · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:36 pm **Posts:** 888

That is why I buy mugs and not teacups Jim :lol:

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