>> >>EATING IN AUSTRALIA IN THE FIFTIES >> >> >> >> Pasta had not been introduced. >> >>· Curry was a surname. >> >>· A takeaway was a mathematical problem. >> >>· A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower. >> >>· Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time. >> >>· All crisps were plain; the only choice >>we had was whether to put the salt on or not. >> >>· A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter. >> >>· 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. >> >>· Coffee was Camp, and came in a bottle. >> >>· &n bsp; Cubed sugar was regarded as posh. >> >>· Only Heinz made beans. >> >>· 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 recognised 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 petrol for it they would have become a laughing stock. >> >> The one thing we never ever had on our >> table in the fifties .. was ELBOWS!!!!
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