Pasta was not eaten in Australia .


Curry was a surname.


A take-away was a mathematical problem.


A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.


All potato crisps were plain;
the only choice we had was whether to put 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 yogurt.


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.


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!!


The one thing that they never ever had on our table in the fifties ......






! !"Elbows Or Phones." ! !


Just an e-mail from my Aunty  

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