Eating in the Fifties ... Thx Paul C!

 EATING IN THE FIFTIES

  

       AMEN TO THAT. 

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> EATING IN THE FIFTIES
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> * Pasta had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti.\
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> * Curry was a surname.
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> * Taco? Never saw one till I was 15.
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> * Pizza? Sounds like a leaning tower somewhere.
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> * Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
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> * All chips were plain.
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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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> * Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
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> * Chickens didn't have fingers in those days.
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> * None of us had ever heard of yogurt.
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> * Healthy food consisted of anything edible!
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> * Cooking outside was called camping.
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> * Seaweed was not a recognized food.
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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 and stewed.
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> * Surprisingly Muesli was readily available. It was called cattle feed.
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> * Pineapples came in chunks or were round with a hole in the middle, 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 gasoline for it, they would have become a laughing
> stock.
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> * There were three things that we never ever had on/at our table in the
> fifties .. elbows, hats and cell phones!
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> .........and you always had two choices for each meal...
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> "Take it" or "Leave it"[Image removed by sender. :-D]

  > : Where did the time go. Gone are the days when we were the Best Generation !!!