These things apply to the house in which I grew up. Your mileage may vary, and all that...
"Pasta" had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti.
Curry was a surname.
Taco? Never saw one till I was 15.
All chips were plain. "Ruffles" were a huge deal, when they came along.
Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.
Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves, and they were 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, and meant it hadn't gone "bad".
Cooking outside was called camping.
Seaweed was not a recognized food. We only saw it on "Sea Hunt" with Lloyd Bridges.
'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 mostly 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 gasoline 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 phones. And Heaven help the kid who showed up in a T-shirt.
And there were always two choices for each meal: "Take it" or "Leave it"!
URGENT CALL TO REPENTANCE: All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord. And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee. For the Kingdom is the Lord’s and He rules among the nations. (Psalm 22:27-28)
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Yep. An accurate description of food at the house where I grew up. :)
I grew up in the 60's, so some of the 'rare' items on your list, like yogurt, were becoming common.
And by the lat 60's, whoo-whee!
Thanks, Vicki. :)
Jim, the main reason why a number of those things listed above were in my home was because we were pretty poor. We didn't have a lot of the new things which were becoming available, but exceeded our very small budget.
As young'uns we regularly had stewed prunes (did you see what I did there) and custard for dessert on Sundays.
FrankC, nicely done. We had custard once in a great while, but it never a regular treat. I don't know whether it was because the ingredients were expensive, or if my mom simply couldn't or wouldn't make it.
crisco lard, in everything we cooked. Great for making popcorn.
Swanson TV Dinners was like being royalty.
Fast Food was only McDonalds, Burger King, and Arbys.
A friend's dad was COO of Perkins we used to talk about when coffee prices started to raise folks had a fit, if they saw whats being charged now days.
Iced coffee was coffee gone cold.
Soft drinks was Coke Pepsi & RC, Shasta
Dads Root Beer, Hires Root Beer, and Bubble Up
An energy drink was running to get a cold pop out of the fridge.
Rob, what part of Michigan are you from?
I loved Sea Hunt.
A&W was the best root beer. Especially in that frosty mug. Now it's only passable.
Swanson TV dinners were the best!
Crisco was the only way to cook or bake.
I remember when McDonalds hit their first 1000, etc, back when they started keeping count.
Linda, A&W root beer in the frozen mugs was awesome. And their root beer floats were the best ever. TV dinners were a rare treat, but at least we got them from time to time. And I remember when McDonald's food was actually good.
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