UK food in the 50's

[fatherted]

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> EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES
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> Pasta had not been invented.
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> Curry was a surname.
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> A takeaway was a mathematical problem.
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> A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
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> Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
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> All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.
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> A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter.
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> Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.
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> A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.
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> Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
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> Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking
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> Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
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> Coffee was Camp, and came in a bottle.
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> Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
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> Only Heinz made beans.
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> Fish didn't have fingers in those days.
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> Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.
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> None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
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> Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
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> People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.
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> Indian restaurants were only found in India .
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> Cooking outside was called camping.
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> "Kebab" was not even a word never mind a food.
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> Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.
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> Prunes were medicinal.
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> Surprisingly muesli was readily available, it was called cattle feed.
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> Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one.
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> 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.
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> The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties .... was elbows!

[Can the Man]

Very good fatherted

[waggy]

FTed:
You forgot to mention that olive oil was only for putting into your ears with wodges of cotton wool to remove stubborn wax.

[glenys]

Great list fartherted but in Wales they have always eaten seaweed. It's called laverbread.

[PHo]

Pasta had been invented. Spaghetti hoops in tomato sauce in a tin from Heinz.  You ate them on toast.
No oven chips - if you wanted chips you started with potatoes and a saucepan of boiling lard, or you went to the chippie.

[waggy]

Great list fartherted but in Wales they have always eaten seaweed. It's called laverbread.

Also known as Carragean Moss, aka Chondrus crispus or Irish Moss. Shame on you FT.

[Keith Dean]

Reading this topic reminded me of the 70s. Two true stories.
At the time I was selling fruit and vegetables. It was the start of the Pea season. As you do, I always offered someone a pea to try, then announce to all in sundry that they where having a "pea".
I offered a lady a pea and she gave it to her 7 to 8 year old girl, who said " what's this mom ". Mom's answer " it's a pea ", child's response, " they come out of the freezer ".
The other story. I was making an Apple Crumble, just rubbing the flour, butter and sugar together, when our neighbours girl came into the kitchen. She asked what I was doing and when I told her, she said, " no, crumble comes out of a packet "

I have often wondered what these two girls cooked when they got married.
PHo, I think the youth of today would not know what a potato was!!!!!!!!!

Next time you are in a supermarket, have a look at other peoples shopping, it will surprise you.

[fatherted]

Apologies Waggy and Glenys post edited

[bluefox]

bring's back fond memories, and yer know what, it did'nt do us much harm, for me, the "good-old-day's" 50/60's .   

[meggie]

I only new olive oil as Popeyes girlfriend

[growers:)]

I also have a true story about olive oil in the 50's
My mum (now 86) left work to nurse her dying mother in the early 50's.
She spent most of her days rubbing her mothers feet, legs hands and arms with olive oil, the doctor said as long as it  brings the poor woman ease and from then on they got olive oil on prescription.

[pete from rochdale]

Great list fartherted but in Wales they have always eaten seaweed. It's called laverbread.

I've eaten laverbread in Liverpool in the early 1960's.

[pete from rochdale]

I also have a true story about olive oil in the 50's

They used to make suncream with olive oil mixed with vinegar in the 1950's. Not only smelly, but incredibly dangerous in a place like Fuerte.

[IsThisForumStillGoingWow]

I don't think there were many tourists in Fuerte in the 50's and I don't suppose the goat farmers were really interested in sun oil 
Back onto food..what about the wonderfully 'healthy' snack of all us kids...bread and dripping with loads of salt and pepper  Pure pure fat.

[fatherted]

Oh yes Hev, theres some nice pork shops in the Sheffield area that do beautiful roast pork sarnies made with drip spread,crackling,stuffing and apple sauce besides selling various other cholestrol raising goodies like savoury ducks,pies and cakes 
OOH DOCTOR

[Can the Man]

What about the 'Foot of gum' it was a piece of pink chewing gum 12" long, in a plastic wrapper that was marked out like a 12" ruler

[SheilaW]

My favourite treat in the 50s, like for cheering me up after a visit to the dreaded dentist, was a sugar sandwich . Two slices of bleached bread, spread thickly with very salty butter, and covered with a really liberal sprinkling of granulated sugar. All those lovely textures and flavours - a gourmet's delight and almost worth the next visit to the dentist . What was my dear old Mum thinking of?

[Can the Man]

We used get bananna sandwiches, and sometimes for a threat a granny smith applie sliced on batch bread and butter 

[emmi]

Or a banana sandwich with condensed milk!  Yummy!

[KWC]

What I didn't like when younger, was when I stayed with my grandmother and was in my room coughing, she would run up the stairs with a nob (felt like the size of a cricket ball!!) of butter rolled in sugar.

Was it good for the sore throat?  Feck knows, but it stopped you from coughing again I can tell you 

[Can the Man]

Do you remember when our parents gave us syrup of figs wheather we needed it or not 

Do they still make that stuff AAAhhhhhhhhhhhh

[KWC]

Do you remember when our parents gave us syrup of figs wheather we needed it or not 

Do they still make that stuff AAAhhhhhhhhhhhh

yep and that other "made in hell" stuff, Malt Extract!!

[fatherted]

My old man swore by Fennings Fever mixture to cure any ailments besides his 60-70 Capstan Full Strength cigarettes

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Cod Liver oil - by the spoonful - not neatly disguised in a capsule - yuck, the taste lingered all day.........

But, streaky bacon and onion suet pudding - yummy! Or when I was on holiday staying with relations on a farm in Yorkshire, 'homegrown' bacon that was pure fat - no lean to be seen! Saw some almost as good in Mercadona the other day!

[Can the Man]

When I used holiday as a young lad, I used stay on my uncles farm and we drank the raw unpasteurised milk, home made salty butter, home made bread and home made jams. Superb.

I also learned how to milk a cow by hand back then, and drink the warm milk squirted straight from the cows teat 

[Mr Boo Boo]

When I used holiday as a young lad, I used stay on my uncles farm and we drank the raw unpasteurised milk, home made salty butter, home made bread and home made jams. Superb.

I also learned how to milk a cow by hand back then, and drink the warm milk squirted straight from the cows teat 

CTM are you from up North, we used to holiday in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 60's and used to call off at the local farm and drink milk straight from the milk churn, also used to eat banana butties laced with lots of sugar

[Can the Man]

No Graham, I'm from Ireland. Never ate sugar sandwiches didn't like them, though my missus did.