Eating in the 50s

[shippy]

EATING IN THE FIFTIES


Pasta had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti.

Curry was a surname.

Taco? Never saw one untill I was 15.

All chips were plain.

Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.

Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.

Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.

Chickens didn't have fingers in those days.

None of us had ever heard of yogurt.

Healthy food consisted of anything edible!

Cooking outside was called camping.

Seaweed was not a recognized 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 and stewed.

Surprisingly Muesli was readily available. It was called cattle feed.

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.

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.

There were three things that we never ever had on/at our table in the fifties . . . elbows, hats and cell phones!

......and there was always two choices for each meal...

"Take it" or Leave it"............

[hindy54]

EATING IN THE FIFTIES


Pasta had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti.

Curry was a surname.

Taco? Never saw one untill I was 15.

All chips were plain.

Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.

Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.

Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.

Chickens didn't have fingers in those days.

None of us had ever heard of yogurt.

Healthy food consisted of anything edible!

Cooking outside was called camping.

Seaweed was not a recognized 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 and stewed.

Surprisingly Muesli was readily available. It was called cattle feed.

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.

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.

There were three things that we never ever had on/at our table in the fifties . . . elbows, hats and cell phones!

......and there was always two choices for each meal...

"Take it" or Leave it"............

No pizza then.?

[shippy]

I'm sure there are many changes ...sheets, blankets and the eiderdown ..
Today it's the duvet ...

[shippy]

No pizza then.?

There certainly wasn't.

[Hamble]

Pulled Pork was just an innuendo.

[seivad]

I'm sure there are many changes ...sheets, blankets and the eiderdown ..

... and candlewick bedspreads!

On really cold nights, when the frost was on the inside of the bedroom window, my dad's RAF greatcoat spread over the top of the bed really helped.

[seivad]

Pulled Pork was just an innuendo.

Ha, love it!

[theantiquesman]

The odd Chinese Restaurant had opened in Liverpool city centre.
3 course lunch ranged from 2/3d to 2/11d

into today's money 11p approx to 15 p approx

baking soda flour soup
choice of 3 main courses
then custard made with water.

Then we had the Liverpool Echo with stories of restaurants serving dog.
I remember a restaurant off Dale Street possibly Old Hall Street, that had no price menu. You just left what you thought the meal was worth.

Sykes's and Sayers bread shop crescent roll 1d and 3d worth of chips from chippy, a fish was 8d, big lunch that made.


or in Turkish Lira ...............O my God what a drop. feel sorry for the Turkish people. But on the other hand the Brits that have abandoned the Mother Country must be having a field day with their pension.

The fabulous smell of the Kardomah.

Love Reese's Randevu by the side of Owen Owen and Reese's

Does any one remember Owen Owen being a hotel.

The flower Ladies in front of Browns department store.
Liverpool FC in Second Division

Just like yesterday.............. keep remembering, keep your brain going, it may help us when we get older with Alzheimer's

[shippy]

Please don't think I'm sending this to you cause you're old, but,..... ok, I am sending it to you cause you're old. Who else would understand?

Some of the artists from the 60's are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging folks. Who can remember doing the "Limbo" as if it were yesterday!

60's hit songs renamed for Seniors:
Bobby Darin's --- "Splish, Splash, I Was Having A Flash!"
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Herman's Hermits --- "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Walker!"
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Ringo Starr --- "I Get By With A Little Help From Depends!"
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The Bee Gees --- "How Can You Mend A Broken Hip?"
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Roberta Flack --- "The First Time Ever I forgot Your Face!"
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Johnny Nash --- "I Can't See Clearly Now!"
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Paul Simon--- "Fifty Ways To Lose Your Liver"

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The Commodores --- "Once, Twice, Three times To The Bathroom!"
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Procol Harem--- "A Whiter Shade Of Hair!"
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Leo Sayer --- "You Make Me Feel Like Napping!"
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The Temptations --- "Papa's Got A Kidney Stone!"
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Abba--- "Denture Queen!"
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Tony Orlando --- "Knock 3 Times On The Ceiling If You Hear Me Fall!"
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Helen Reddy --- "I Am Woman; Hear Me Snore!"
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Leslie Gore--- "It's My Procedure, and I'll Cry If I Want To!"
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And, last, but NOT least,
Willie Nelson --- "On the Commode Again!"
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Every day may not be good,but there is something good in every day!

[seivad]

Does any one remember Owen Owen being a hotel.

Are any of us that old?

I know the Clayton Square building was originally designed as a hotel, by the architect who designed the Liver Building, but I'm not sure if it ever operated as a hotel. Owen Owen had it repurposed as a department store, and moved from London Road in 1925.

[shippy]

... and candlewick bedspreads!

On really cold nights, when the frost was on the inside of the bedroom window, my dad's RAF greatcoat spread over the top of the bed really helped.

Those candlewick bed spreads were so annoying. I would sit on the bed to put my makeup on ,and when standing up my black pants were full of the darned fluff from the candlewick spread...took ages to clean off ..

Who was lucky enough to have a mangle in the back yard ?

[shippy]

Are any of us that old?

I know the Clayton Square building was originally designed as a hotel, by the architect who designed the Liver Building, but I'm not sure if it ever operated as a hotel. Owen Owen had it repurposed as a department store, and moved from London Road in 1925.

Wasn't it replaced by TJ Hughes ...?

[Hamble]

Ha, love it!

A rare treat when I was young was a Chinese Takeaway
though it never went as far as chopsticks.

That was deffo….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPzjHgMENrc

[theantiquesman]

Are any of us that old?

I know the Clayton Square building was originally designed as a hotel, by the architect who designed the Liver Building, but I'm not sure if it ever operated as a hotel. Owen Owen had it repurposed as a department store, and moved from London Road in 1925.

Does any one remember Owen Owen being a hotel.

I bet someone remembers the Castle at the bottom of Castle Street. that would be Liverpool not Southport

[Blackrock]

Quote: "Who was lucky enough to have a mangle in the back yard ?


We did Shippy. We also had a coal shed and a wash house (not forgetting the outside loo of course). One of my jobs was breaking up large lumps of coal with the back of an axe, and I was probably only about 7 or 8 years old doing that. I can even remember my Grandfather having the old fashioned water pump in his kitchen that pulled up water from a cistern below. No running water in that house, and when I stayed with them, I washed in the bedroom using a bowl filled from a jug.

Happy days? NO !!!