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Reptilia said:
Sounds like an absolutely shite time to be alive to me.
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It had its compensations. Any day you weren't atomised by the Russians was a bonus. Your dad had work unless he was a real scatter. Your mam probably had better footwork than they have today and could ride a well deserved punch..The only peados that were about hung around furtively and wore long macks, they were easy to dodge and never your scout master or vicar. You could play out from dawn to dusk in summer holidays and of course there was no rain then.
Homosexuality hadn't been invented so you didn't have awkward choices to make and of course you always had the knowledge you were white to fall back on so you were at least one up on all the savages and wallahs.
So yes I will sacrifice my doritos willingly..;)
 
Some of those applied to me and I grew up in the 90s. Getting up first on a morning so you could scoop out the cream off the top of the pint of milk to put on your breakfast :cool: brown and red sauce, tap water aka council pop and a lack of ready meals.
 
Skandhaless said:
Off twat book but all true..

If you love food but were a child of the 60’s you should remember most of this;
* Pasta had not been invented. * "Kebab" was not even a word, never mind a food. * Curry was an unknown entity. Indian restaurants were only found in India. * The only vegetables were spuds, peas, carrots, turnip, cauliflower and cabbage. Mange tout and Pak choi were made up words. Chilli was in South America and scotch bonnets were worn by old ladies in Aberdeen.* A take-away was a mathematical problem. * A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.* Oil was for lubricating your bike chain not for cooking.* Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet.*Spice went in Christmas cakes (and so did peel, Yuk).* Herbs were used to make medicine I think.* All crisps were plain.* All soft drinks were called pop. * Coke was something that we put on the fire, we never drunk it and we certainly didn’t sniff it. * Ginger beer burnt your lips off, when you stopped drinking. * Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner. * A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining. * A microwave was science fiction * Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves. The tea-cosy was the forerunner of all energy saving devices. Tea had only one flavour, it was tea flavoured * Figs and dates appeared every Christmas, but no one ever ate them. * Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town. * Mayonnaise was called Salad cream* Hors d'oeuvre was a spelling mistake. * Dinner consisted of what we were given, and not negotiable. * Only Heinz made baked beans.* Leftovers went in the dog. * Sauce was either brown or red. * Eating raw fish was called madness, not sushi. * The only ready meals came from the fish and chip shop. * Frozen food was called ice cream. * Nothing ever went off in the fridge because we never had one. * None of us had ever heard of yoghurt. * Brunch was not a meal. * Cheese only ever came in a hard lump.
* If we had eaten bacon, lettuce and tomato in the same sandwich we would have been certified insane. * Eating outside was called a picnic not Al Fresco. * Seaweed was not a recognised food. * Eggs were not called ‘free range’ they just were, and the shells were white. * Pancakes were only eaten on Pancake Tuesday - it was compulsory. * The phrase "boil in the bag" would have been beyond our realms of comprehension. * The term "oven chips" would not have made any sense at all. * We bought milk and cream at the same time, in the same bottle, before you gave it a shake.* Prunes were purely medicinal. * Pineapples only came in chunks in a tin.* We didn't eat Croissants because we couldn't pronounce them, we couldn't spell them, and we didn't know what they were. * for Baguettes (see Croissants). * Garlic was used to ward off vampires in films, but never to be eaten. * Water came out of the tap; if someone had suggested bottling it and charging for it
they would have been locked up.
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To summarise Meat and 2 veg 3 if you were lucky Fish/ Fish fingers and Chips on a Friday. Oh and homemade Pie Crust
 
A big treat on a Sunday was a block of ice cream from the lads coming round with their barrows and a bottle of pop that was to last a week - if we were lucky.:eek:

I remember we got a gas fridge that went under the cold shelf in the larder.
It ran on town gas - and our hot water was heated on an "Ascot" gas heater; very similar concept to today's combi boiler, giving hot water on demand.:)

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raindog said:
To summarise Meat and 2 veg 3 if you were lucky Fish/ Fish fingers and Chips on a Friday. Oh and homemade Pie Crust
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Pies in tins? Broths ? Tinned salmon for Sunday tea ?

Butcher's Coat said:
A big treat on a Sunday was a block of ice cream from the lads coming round with their barrows and a bottle of pop that was to last a week - if we were lucky.:eek:

I remember we got a gas fridge that went under the cold shelf in the larder.
It ran on town gas - and our hot water was heated on an "Ascot" gas heater; very similar concept to today's combi boiler, giving hot water on demand.:)

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Putting the emersion on for a bath on a Friday or Sunday.. The gradual emergence of deoderant
 
In our house it was whatever went with the veg (mainly potatoes) for dinner (at tea-time). So some meat with a pie crust, leek pudding, sometimes a pork chop or sausages (sometimes boiled?) with a skin you could chew forever. Friday was fish day so fish fingers or skate knobs for the kids. I don't think we ever had chicken through the week (maybe left overs on a Monday), it was always a Sunday dinner thing.
 
Teed said:
A dollop of Fella's ice cream in Sykes cream soda...:cool: proper savory and savaloy dips, jublees the size of ice bergs.
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Loved jubblees. Suck all the juice out then smash it on a kids head on the way home.from school. My school was like Lord of the flies :(
 
Of course they all did exist just not to the working class .Travel opportunities changed all that and that devil called immigration
 
anotherfinemessi said:
In our house it was whatever went with the veg (mainly potatoes) for dinner (at tea-time). So some meat with a pie crust, leek pudding, sometimes a pork chop or sausages (sometimes boiled?) with a skin you could chew forever. Friday was fish day so fish fingers or skate knobs for the kids. I don't think we ever had chicken through the week (maybe left overs on a Monday), it was always a Sunday dinner thing.
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Sunday dinner remains in a fry-up on a Sunday night, lush. Don't recall anything ever making it to Monday.
 
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