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.