70's

[agiordano]

ideas for foods from the 70's era

[splodger]

Prawn cocktail, Steak with Mushrooms and Tomatoes and Black Forest Gateau. All available now at Aberdeen Steak Houses around the country

[Mr Bear]

A cheese fondue. You know 6 people , 6 forks and a bubbling pot of oil on the table ... oh and a heap of cheese and other crap

[rinkytink]

Cheese and pineapple on sticks, Jelly and Ice Cream, Arctic Roll.

[thewillow]

Vesta curry and chow mein. Lemon meringue pie. Dried cabbage. Jelly made from powder. Birds Cream Topping. Robertson's Cherry Pie Filling. Libby's orange juice in enormous tins. Angel Delight (butterscotch). Instant Whip. Marvel milk substitute. Smash. Yo-Yos. Rose's Lime Cordial. Rose Hip Syrup. How did we ever survice with sun-dried tomatoes?

[woofgang]

a whole chicken tinned...tasted disgusting, taffy toast treats(oooh there's tasty innit) baked beans with pork in, surprise dried peas, bird's trifle mix, (thewillow, it was Bird's Dream Topping) Curried eggs for school dinner.

[bluedolphin]

the thingy that u used to pump fizz into ur drinks ....got one for xmas....was called a jet stream??? also toast toppers small cans of mixed toppings...open them up spread it on the bread stick it in the grill for a tasy bit of toast also coca cola tablets...bought them in a sheet drop them into water and seem them disolve (much like alkaseltzer).orange drinks in triangular paper packing. being able to walk into a shop and buy a wafer (guy behind the counter took out a block of icecream cut a slice and put two wafers around it and judged the price....does that happen anywher now?????How about Babycham at xmas....loved the tv advert for it. Harvey's bristol cream, sandeman port, all adverts on tv especially at xmas. And lets not forget Milk Tray...all because the lady likes milktray.

[thewillow]

woofgang - Yes, you're right. I was getting confused. Because it was so revolting, we used to call it Birds Cream Dropping. bluedolphin - Toast Toppers! It had the consistency of dog food. Do you remember that pate in red or green tubes? Le Parfait, I think it was called. The height of sophistication.

[kags]

Tea at my nan's - a tin of salmon covered in vinegar, a couple of lettuce leaves, a hard boiled egg sliced in one of those lethal contraptions that I used to try and play a tune on, some white bread and butter with the crusts cut off, followed by a slice of battenburg and a Fancy or a marshmallow from M & S (remember the fancies had little sugar flowers on them).

[kags]

and talking of my nan got me thinking about Newberry Fruits - don't know if they still make them, my teeth are aching just thinking about them.

[kags]

And all vegetables had to be boiled to within an inch of their lives - but cooked with bicarb to keep them green. Yeeuuuccckkkkkk.

[thewillow]

Those vile steak & kidney pies that you cooked in the tin after taking the lid off. Farola - in a yellow and green box with a smiling blonde child on the box. Though god knows why she was smiling. Tinned victoria plums in syrup served with custard made from powder.

[molly]

Plumrose tinned risotto (yellow rice with ham and mushrooms), pork pie with egg in it, Spam spread, Sandwich spread, pink custard, bread and butter pudding, Gipsy creams, those triangular wafer biscuits covered in chocolate, orange juice in little bottles left on the doorstep by the milkman.

[tankman_37]

bluedolphin: that was a soda-stream, which I seem to remember an advert the other day for one on the TV!

[woofgang]

get busy with the fizzy...our tesco's sells the gas and concentrates

[moggyday]

angel delight

[redmug100]

SMASH! curley wurleys, advocart(egg yokes and vodka!) Whites lemonade, Tinned ham, hundreds & thousands, Texan Bars, Walnut whips, Watneys Pale Ale, Mothers Pride white sliced bread - in waxed paper, Stalk margerine, Bluebird toffees, fruit bon-bons, players No 6, caramac, smash, alphabetty spaggetti, curried baked beans, bovil chrisps, Woolworth pic N Mix, Cream horns, Red topped milk, School milk (quater of a pint served slightly above room temerature) Lincoln biscuits, processed peas, granny smiths, nesquick SMASH! What a decade!!

[Popup]

School Milk was one third of a pint not a quarter, and it was stopped by the Minister that should have been a foreboding of her attitudes, (M. Thatcher). I recall beer in 4 & 7 pint cans, Arctic Rolls, a fascination for Fresh baguettes.

[rodsbaby]

Mint Cracknell - am I the only person who remembers this ? two thin pieces of flat chocolate covered green cracknel , came in a dark green wrapper I think ?

[KAZJOHN]

MMMmmmmm I loved Mint Cracknell. I wish I could still get some. I also liked Ice Breaker, Cherry Lips, proper Milky Ways (not the ones with the white filling) and Spangles (hope my dentist isnt reading this)