Ah,those were the days! And sometimes I miss them. This may not make a lot of sense to some of you…unless you were there! EATING IN THE FIFTIES * Curry was an unknown entity. * Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet * Spices came from the Middle East where we believed that they were used for embalming * Herbs were used to make rather dodgy medicine. * A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower. * The main vegetables known to us were potatos, peas, beans, carrots and cabbage, anything else was regarded as being a bit suspicious. * All crackers were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not. * Condiments consisted of salt, pepper and vinegar. * Soft drinks were called pop. * Coke was something that we mixed with coal to make it last longer. * Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever, part of our dinner. * A microwave was something out of a science fiction movie. * Brown bread was something only poor people ate. * Oil was for lubricating your bike not for cooking, fat was for cooking * Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves, not bags. * The tea cosy was the forerunner of all the energy saving devices that we hear so much about today. * Tea had only one colour, Black. * Cubed sugar was regarded as posh. * Figs and dates appeared every Christmas, but no one ever ate them. * Salad cream was a dressing for salads, mayonnaise did not exist * Hors doeuvre was a spelling mistake. * Soup was a main meal. * The menu consisted of what we were given, and was set in stone. * Only Heinz made beans, there were no others. * Leftovers went in the dog, never in the bin. * Special food for dogs and cats was unheard of. * Sauce was either brown or red. * Fish was only eaten on Fridays. * Frozen food was called ice cream. * Ice cream only came in one flavour, vanilla. * None of us had ever heard of yoghurt. * Healthy food had to have the ability to stick to your ribs. * Indian restaurants were only found in India . * Cheese only came in a hard lump. * Eating out was called a picnic. * Cooking outside was called camping. * Hot cross buns were only eaten at Easter time. * Pancakes were only eaten on Shrove Tuesday – and on that day it was compulsory. * Cornflakes had just arrived from America but it was obvious that they would never catch on. * We bought milk and cream at the same time in the same bottle. * Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold. * Prunes were purely 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 didnt eat Croissants in those days because we couldnt pronounce them, we couldnt spell them and we didnt know what they were. * Garlic was used to ward off vampires, but never used to flavour anything. * Water came out of the tap, if someone had suggested bottling and charging for it they would have become a laughing stock. * Food hygiene was only about washing your hands before meals. * Campylobacter, Salmonella, E.coli, Listeria, and Botulism were all called food poisoning. However, the one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties….ELBOWS
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:25:28 +0000
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