Food In The Fifties

Food In The Fifties

·         Pasta had not yet been invented. When it was, it was put into tomato sauce, tinned and eaten on toast

·         A pizza was where there was a leaning tower in Italy

·         All crisps were plain. The only choice was how much salt to put on them from the little blue bag

·         A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter

·         Rice was for making milk puddings only, and NEVER part of the main course

·         A Big Mac was what we wore when it rained

·         Oil was for lubricating machines.  Frying was done with dripping or lard.

·         Olive oil was obtained from the chemist & used to treat ear-ache

·         Tea was always black leaves, never green or fruit, never in bags, and was mashed in a teapot

·         Sugar was regarded as “white gold” and very good for you

·         Cubed sugar was regarded as very posh

·         Baked beans could only be made by Heinz

·         Fish did not have fingers

·         Eating raw fish was not called sushi, but poverty

·         Yoghurt had not been invented

·         Muesli was, surprisingly, available – but it was called cattle food

·         Not peeling potatoes or vegetables was either lazy, or stupid, or both

·         Indian restaurants were only found in India

·         Curry was a surname

·         Chilli meant it was cold outside

·         A takeaway was an arithmetic problem

·         Cooking outside was not called barbecue, but camping

·         Seaweed was not recognised as a foodstuff

·         Kebab was not even a word, never mind a food

·         Pineapples came in chunks or rings, and only in a tin

·         Prunes were for medicinal purposes only

·         Water came out of the tap.  The idea of putting it in bottles and selling it at prices higher than petrol had not yet been thought of

·         A cappuccino was a type of monkey

·         A skinny latte was a starving person on the Baltic coast

·         A bagel was a type of hunting dog

·         Brown bread was only eaten by poor people

·         Muffin was what you did to a mule

·         Coke was what you put on the fire

·         Bananas did not refer to yellow, curved things but meant “a bit mad”

·         Crackers were not eaten with cheese, but meant “a bit mad”

·         Healthy food meant anything edible

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