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Back in the 50s

Pura Vida

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CANADA YYC
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Can you relate??? I know some of you aren't old enough to remember those days!!

Pasta had not been invented. We had macaroni or spaghetti.
Curry was a surname.
Taco? Never heard of one.
Pizza? Sounds like a leaning tower somewhere.
Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
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.
None of us had ever heard of yogurt.
Healthy food consisted of anything edible!
Cooking outside was called camping.
Seaweed was not food.
Sugar enjoyed a good press and was regarded as white gold.
Prunes were medicinal and stewed.
Surprisingly, Muesli was readily available. It was called cattle feed......LOL!
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've been a laughingstock.
There were three things that never on/at our table in the fifties: elbows, hats and cell phones!

And there were two choices for each meal: "Take it" or "Leave it", but often you couldn't leave it and had to clean your plate.
 
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