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This tickled me
« on: July 10, 2017, 23:17:26 PM »
Sent from my iPadWigan in the 1950s

• Pasta had not been invented.

• Curry was a surname.

• Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet

• Spices came from the Middle East where they were used for embalming

• Herbs were used to make rather dodgy medicine.

• A takeaway was a mathematical problem.

• A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.

• The only vegetables known to us were spuds, peas, carrots and cabbage,

• All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.

• Condiments consisted of salt, pepper, vinegar and brown sauce if we were lucky.

• Soft drinks were called pop.

• Coke was something that we put on the fire.

• Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.

• A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.

• A microwave was something out of a science fiction movie.

• Brown bread was something only poor people ate.

• Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking

• Bread and jam was a treat.

• Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.

• Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.

• Figs and dates appeared every Christmas, but no one ever ate them.

• Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town.

• Jellied eels were peculiar to Londoners.

• Hors d’oeuvre was a spelling mistake.

• The starter was our main meal. Soup was a main meal.

• Only Heinz made beans.

• Leftovers went to the dog.

• Special food for dogs and cats was unheard of.

• Fish was only eaten on Fridays.

• Fish didn’t have fingers in those days.

• Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.

• For the best taste fish and chips had to be eaten out of old newspapers. (Still true today, they use newsprint)

• Nothing ever went off in the fridge because we never had one.

• Ice cream only came in one colour and one flavour.

• If we said that we were on a diet, we simply ate less.

• Healthy food consisted of anything edible.

• People who didn’t peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.

• Indian restaurants were only found in India .

• Brunch was not a meal.

• If we had eaten bacon lettuce and tomato in the same sandwich we would have been certified

• A bun was a small cake back then.

• The word” Barbie” was not associated with anything to do with food.

• Eating outside was a picnic.

• Cooking outside was called camping.

• Seaweed was not a recognised food.

• Pancakes were only eaten on Pancake Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday/MardiGras)

• “Kebab” was not even a word never mind a food.

• Hot dogs were a type of sausage that only the Americans ate.

• Cornflakes had arrived from America but it was obvious they would never catch on.

• The phrase “boil in the bag” would have been beyond comprehension.

• The idea of “oven chips” would not have made any sense at all to us.

• The world had not heard of Pot Noodles, Instant Mash and Pop Tarts.

• Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.

• Lettuce and tomatoes in winter were only found abroad.

• Prunes were medicinal.

• Surprisingly muesli was readily available in those days, it was called cattle feed.

• Turkeys were definitely seasonal.

• Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one.

• We never heard of Croissants we certainly couldn’t pronounce it,

• We thought that Baguettes were a problem the French needed to deal with.

• Garlic was used to ward off vampires, but never used to flavour food.

• 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.

• Food hygiene was all about washing your hands before meals.



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Re: This tickled me
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2017, 23:19:39 PM »
When mercury   :)  :)  :)




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