What did people eat from say 30 's to late 70 's

[Asteroid]

hello .. for the past two days i been reading up on peoples experiences of when toilets were outside and people washed in tin baths in front of the living room. I find this really interesting as it wasent really that long ago, maybe stopped in the late 70's to early 80 's .. anyhow because people didnt have fridge freezers, i am wondering what meals people used to eat through the week. Does anyone remember their meals they used to have, also what is a geyser and a copper. their mentioned but noone describes what it is other than they were heated of some kind .. thanks

[Se7enhills]

A geezer is a wall mounted water heater and a copper is like a large caudron for heating larger amounts of water

[poppet2]

Housewives shopped for fresh meat or fish, fruit and veg, every day. Women didn't work before the war, and stopped working when they got married. They had time to prepare and cook fresh meals every day for the family. Aah bliss.

[Se7enhills]

Housewives shopped for fresh meat or fish, fruit and veg, every day. Women didn't work before the war, and stopped working when they got married. They had time to prepare and cook fresh meals every day for the family. Aah bliss.

 

I still do that now, though Im not a house or a wife, or even a woman.

 

There is no reason to eat frozen stuff (except maybe peas!)

[Alcoblog]

I still do that now, though Im not a house or a wife, or even a woman.

 

There is no reason to eat frozen stuff (except maybe peas!)

 

And ice-cream.

[Anna B]

Meat and 2 veg.

 

In other words, fresh vegetable like cabbage or cauliflower, potatoes, and some sort of meat, usually cheap, like sausage, mince, chops or stewing meat. Pies etc would be made at home. On Sunday there'd be a roast like chicken, with yorkshire pudding.

 

Everyone ate together round the table, and ate the same thing. No fussy eaters allowed and no eating from a tray in front of the telly.

 

A takaway was fish and chips as nothing else was available, and few working class ever ate out until the first Chinese Restaurants and Berni Steak houses appeared in the seventies.

[Se7enhills]

Doubt they would eat Chicken prior to WW2, it really was expensive then.

[shanes teeth]

Meat and 2 veg.

 

In other words, fresh vegetable like cabbage or cauliflower, potatoes, and some sort of meat, usually cheap, like sausage, mince, chops or stewing meat. Pies etc would be made at home. On Sunday there'd be a roast like chicken, with yorkshire pudding.

 

Everyone ate together round the table, and ate the same thing. No fussy eaters allowed and no eating from a tray in front of the telly.

 

A takaway was fish and chips as nothing else was available, and few working class ever ate out until the first Chinese Restaurants and Berni Steak houses appeared in the seventies.

 

Only if you were rich! Chicken was a real treat until the 70's when it started to become the cheap option.Beef lamb and pork were the roasts for ordinary Sundays,but then only a small joint and there had to be some left over for Monday!

[Mr Bloom]

Meat and 2 veg.

 

In other words, fresh vegetable like cabbage or cauliflower, potatoes, and some sort of meat, usually cheap, like sausage, mince, chops or stewing meat. Pies etc would be made at home. On Sunday there'd be a roast like chicken, with yorkshire pudding.

 

Everyone ate together round the table, and ate the same thing. No fussy eaters allowed and no eating from a tray in front of the telly.

A takaway was fish and chips as nothing else was available, and few working class ever ate out until the first Chinese Restaurants and Berni Steak houses appeared in the seventies.

 

Don't forget the pie, peas and hendersons shops!

[handypandy]

As for the 'Copper' washer, I well remember my grandmother's house on mondays. Monday was the traditional washday and was pretty much a days work.

THE COPPER

 

WASHING IMPLEMENTS

 

 

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