Nerys

I am from 1960 and I remember the chips had a separate sachet with salt and where plain end of 60s or start of 70s paprika flavor was added. Cubed sugar with polio vaccine I also remember that. Chocolate bar was plain milk or plain dark. Tang drink powder was good. The grocery shop only had baskets for the shopping. Then we got a supermarket with shopping carts/trolleys. Single or 2 portion servings did not exist all was family size. Food had no use by or sell by dates yet almost never something went bad or off. No e-numbers. Foods had more flavour more taste. Meats did not shrink in the pan after cooking. Bonbon fancy chocolates where only bought or gifted at Christmas.

Sandygirl

No kale? Yay! Nasty stuff!! Cooked or raw....no thanks!

Sandy

miriam

yes and we had to line up in the cafeteria to get it

miriam

and the cans at the grocery had the price stamped on the can - they didn't expire because if they raise the price women bought the cheapest can.

Reba'squilts

The no elbows were a strict rule in our house. Also no singing....that would have been a rule they made up for me! Yep, that's the way we rolled in the 50's. Smile inducing post!!! Thanks.

dd

Oh, yes kale. Used to have to help momma wash the kale and the spinach and it was cooked together in ham broth. Yum! My kids won't eat it.

lclang

We had elbow macaroni or homemade noodles, never heart of spaghetti or other pastas. Made our own butter, canned veggies from the garden and apples from the orchard. Mom made our own bread and cinnamon rolls or biscuits. Didn't buy a lot from the store or go very often.

miriam

Used to eat plums off the neighbor's tree along with all the other kids... BUT we got in big trouble when we threw rotten tomatoes at cars - they all knew who did it... Neighbors watched out for neighbor kids. AND the neighbor's knew who's kid lived where. BUT it was ok to get a cookie and milk from a neighbor.

Geri B

.....hmm, yes/no on all except the last one!!!!! My pet peeve nowadays....still not allowed at MY table!!!!!

sassysews2

light bread was what you bought at the store. biscuits were made 3x a day. Learned to eat cold oatmeal and like it cause papa had breakfast before I got up and he had the hot oatmeal. DH laughs at me cause at 70 I still like cold oatmeal. lol No boxes of cereal at my house, cobblers instead of pies, chickens were killed & cleaned Sunday mornings before church so lunch would be ready to cook when we got home. Always a bowl of bacon, grease and all, and biscuits on the table to grab if you were snackable. Walked 3 blocks home from school to eat lunch every day, got a nickel after lunch to buy treats at the corner grocery store. Nickel would buy a box of pretzels or a sack of 2 for 1 candy. Those were the good old days, today kids don't know what they missed.