Eating In The 50's

[alsoarty]

EATING IN THE FIFTIES

· Pasta had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti.

· Curry was a surname.

· A take-away was a mathematical problem.

· Pizza? Sounds like a leaning tower somewhere.

· Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.

· All chips were plain.

· 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.

· Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.

· Chickens didn't have fingers in those days.

· None of us had ever heard of yogurt.

· Healthy food consisted of anything edible.

· Cooking outside was called camping.

· Seaweed was not a recognized 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 gasoline for it they would have become a laughing stock.

· The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties . . . were our elbows.

[englishrose]

So funny - I can relate to all of that. The first time my Mum bought whole sweetcorn she boiled them for 30 minutes and wondered why the centres didnt get soft!

[GrannieEv]

I remember the 1st time my mom used a cake mix!

[Belle]

Wow, how true.

[Smiles]

In the American South, rice was a pretty common starch. My mother grew up on a rice farm.

[Florida granny]

So funny - I can relate to all of that. The first time my Mum bought whole sweetcorn she boiled them for 30 minutes and wondered why the centres didnt get soft!

I love your story, Hilary!

 

Andrea: So funny!

[lorac]

I can relate to all of these. Cooking outside was when we went on our Saturday picnics in the summer and cooked over a coal burning fire pit. What fun we had.

[zebidee75]

Love the comment about muesli!!

[Becster]

These are great!

[Boatlady]

I hate to admit, because it ages me....but I can relate. Back in the simple days. Life was so much different.

[jhbren]

Yes, Debby - I can relate, too. But I remember my first exposure to pizza while still in high school, after which I learned to make it at home, and I graduated in 1961. Mother was not an inventive cook; she prepared whatever Daddy bought & brought home, as we had only one car. "Salad" was a wedge of iceberg lettuce with 1000 island dressing - mayo, ketchup & pickle relish, and we did have curried ham or chicken leftovers over rice. But I loved Grandma's brown bread, which was steamed in an empty can, and stewed prunes for breakfast.

[A-M]

Thanks for sharing... made we think back to how times were when I was a child. I remember a roast Chicken was a special meal... not something you had every week.

[DixieLee]

Bringing back the memories, I remember the orange groves in Calif and picking strawberries in fields in WA making money in the summer.

[alsoarty]

Thanks for sharing... made we think back to how times were when I was a child. I remember a roast Chicken was a special meal... not something you had every week.

 

Yup I remember roast chicken was a special treat, and only served on a Sunday.

[Sara Arell]

Sundays, my Mom always fixed a rump roast with rice and gravy - rice was a real staple in our home when I was growing up - and still is! And elbows on the table - were never allowed! Love this, Andrea!