Pasta was not eaten in Australia.
Curry was a surname.
A takeaway was a mathematical problem.
A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
All potato chips were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.
Rice was only eaten as a milk pudding.
Calamari was called squid and we used it as fish bait.
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.
Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as
being white gold. Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
Fish didn’t have fingers in those days.
Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.
None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
People who didn’t peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.
Indian restaurants were only found in India.
Cooking outside was called camping.
Seaweed was not a recognized food.
“Kebab” was not even a word, never mind a food.
Prunes were medicinal.
Surprisingly, muesli was readily available, it was called cattle feed.
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!!
But the one thing that we never ever had on our table in the sixties …..
” Elbows or Phones”.
Thanks, Greg!
The first Pizza Hut opened in 1958. I’d say raw fish was something you ate when lost in the wilderness with wet matches.
Dried seaweed (dulse) was a treat in eastern Canada.
Cooking outside was became popular in the ’50s as GIs were buying homes and getting charcoal grills.
Back in the 1700s and maybe later, lobster was so lowly regarded that they would not even serve it to prisoners.
Passed a Captain D’s this afternoon advertising “Lobster Rolls 2/$5.49”