| For the mature readers 23:18 - Oct 21 with 6158 views | Swanseajill |
Subject: Fw: Fwd: 50's eating
How times have changed......
For those of you who are old enough to remember, enjoy.
For the rest treat this as 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 consider that:t
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!
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| For the mature readers on 23:22 - Oct 21 with 5207 views | ItchySphincter |
Loh still drinks Camp coffee. I just had food from an Iraqi takeaway. Unheard of back in the day. |  |
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| For the mature readers on 23:54 - Oct 21 with 5181 views | Swanseajill |
| For the mature readers on 23:22 - Oct 21 by ItchySphincter |
Loh still drinks Camp coffee. I just had food from an Iraqi takeaway. Unheard of back in the day. |
Takeaways in the 50s would be the chippy, good to see its still around.
I remember a tiny shop that opened in our local market...called Sainsburys, it sold just cheese, eggs and bacon. | | | |
| For the mature readers on 00:02 - Oct 22 with 5174 views | oldgrey |
I remember when they invented garlic in the late 60s. |  | | |
| For the mature readers on 00:13 - Oct 22 with 5169 views | Rogerstone |
| For the mature readers on 00:02 - Oct 22 by oldgrey |
I remember when they invented garlic in the late 60s. |
I can remember my mum making a pizza (base as well) that was in the early 80's |  |
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| For the mature readers on 07:01 - Oct 22 with 5110 views | Edmundo |
Spag bol....luxurious Italian meal
😂
Staple part of the British diet now 👠|  |
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| For the mature readers on 08:24 - Oct 22 with 5077 views | longlostjack |
Fray Bentos and Smash and I thought I was Jamie Oliver. |  |
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| For the mature readers on 09:32 - Oct 22 with 5040 views | lifelong |
Milk used to be in bottles, it would go off very quickly in the summer, no such thing as a fridge. Wine was virtually unheard of, if you were posh you may have had a bottle with your Christmas dinner.
Bread was sliced with a bread knife. |  | | |
| For the mature readers on 09:46 - Oct 22 with 5022 views | perchrockjack |
Sterilised milk was disgusting | |
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| For the mature readers on 10:34 - Oct 22 with 4999 views | GreatBritton |
Anyone remember seed cake (for humans, not birds)?
Semolina seems to have taken a bit of a hit too. And Vesta packed meals. And you don't see blancmange much either.
(Sweet tooth in those days, it seems) |  | | |
| For the mature readers on 10:44 - Oct 22 with 4986 views | perchrockjack |
Vesta was the first "curry " I bought along with Angel Delight.
Yep, Ive done ok  | |
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| For the mature readers on 10:50 - Oct 22 with 4984 views | airedale |
Coffee is camp again. |  | | |
| For the mature readers on 11:03 - Oct 22 with 4972 views | Starsky |
| For the mature readers on 10:44 - Oct 22 by perchrockjack |
Vesta was the first "curry " I bought along with Angel Delight.
Yep, Ive done ok |
Don't forget...
Spam
London grill
Shippams paste
Andrews liversalts
And sloans liniment |  |
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| For the mature readers on 11:16 - Oct 22 with 4962 views | Joe_bradshaw |
Funny how things turn full circle.
"The best thing since sliced bread" was a load of bollux really. I haven't bought sliced bread for donkeys years.
Remember the spaghetti tree April fool? |  |
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| For the mature readers on 11:19 - Oct 22 with 4956 views | the_oracle |
| For the mature readers on 10:34 - Oct 22 by GreatBritton |
Anyone remember seed cake (for humans, not birds)?
Semolina seems to have taken a bit of a hit too. And Vesta packed meals. And you don't see blancmange much either.
(Sweet tooth in those days, it seems) |
I still regularly make a seed cake( Caraway seeds) my nan used to make it in the 60's.. Still my favourite. | | | |
| For the mature readers on 11:22 - Oct 22 with 4955 views | monmouth |
| For the mature readers on 11:03 - Oct 22 by Starsky |
Don't forget...
Spam
London grill
Shippams paste
Andrews liversalts
And sloans liniment |
Andrews kept me regular for years. As did Sally Andrews but that's another story.
A bit later but - for mash get smash. Powdered potato that you add water to. What could possibly go wrong. [Post edited 22 Oct 2015 13:20]
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| For the mature readers on 12:08 - Oct 22 with 4925 views | ItchySphincter |
| For the mature readers on 11:03 - Oct 22 by Starsky |
Don't forget...
Spam
London grill
Shippams paste
Andrews liversalts
And sloans liniment |
Frey Bentos steak and kidney pie in a can. | |
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| For the mature readers on 17:11 - Oct 22 with 4794 views | Lord_Bony |
| For the mature readers on 12:08 - Oct 22 by ItchySphincter |
Frey Bentos steak and kidney pie in a can. |
With Birds Angel Delight to follow ..fookn class mun..
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| For the mature readers on 00:53 - Oct 23 with 4621 views | Ebo |
Goblin tinned puddings. I dread to think what was in it! |  |
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| For the mature readers on 00:54 - Oct 23 with 4620 views | Ebo |
| For the mature readers on 17:11 - Oct 22 by Lord_Bony |
With Birds Angel Delight to follow ..fookn class mun..
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Or a bowl of instant whip! | |
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| For the mature readers on 01:39 - Oct 23 with 4611 views | Treforys_Jack |
| For the mature readers on 00:53 - Oct 23 by Ebo |
Goblin tinned puddings. I dread to think what was in it! |
Still out now, bloody lovely. |  | | |
| For the mature readers on 07:45 - Oct 23 with 4565 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| For the mature readers on 12:08 - Oct 22 by ItchySphincter |
Frey Bentos steak and kidney pie in a can. |
I can taste the suet and crispy crust just reading this lol |  |
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| For the mature readers on 08:33 - Oct 23 with 4547 views | builthjack |
A few pennies got you some black jacks, you ended up with black teeth! |  |
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| For the mature readers on 08:39 - Oct 23 with 4542 views | SwansNZ |
| For the mature readers on 11:22 - Oct 22 by monmouth |
Andrews kept me regular for years. As did Sally Andrews but that's another story.
A bit later but - for mash get smash. Powdered potato that you add water to. What could possibly go wrong. [Post edited 22 Oct 2015 13:20]
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Smash and those burgers in gravy in a tin - do they still do those?
Pop delivered to your door. Used to have a crate of different flavours for christmas. |  |
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| For the mature readers on 10:13 - Oct 23 with 4519 views | monmouth |
| For the mature readers on 08:39 - Oct 23 by SwansNZ |
Smash and those burgers in gravy in a tin - do they still do those?
Pop delivered to your door. Used to have a crate of different flavours for christmas. |
Dandelion and burdock...or 'piss the bed' as my dad used to call it. | |
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| For the mature readers on 10:35 - Oct 23 with 4509 views | Pegojack |
| For the mature readers on 08:39 - Oct 23 by SwansNZ |
Smash and those burgers in gravy in a tin - do they still do those?
Pop delivered to your door. Used to have a crate of different flavours for christmas. |
The Corona lorry. |  | | |
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