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Back in time for dinner

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hideandseekpig · 15/03/2015 11:10

Is anyone going to watch this? I'm really torn because the presenter is Giles Coren who I don't like much but the idea is interesting. They are basically getting a family to eat from a different decade each week from 1950s to now

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 14/04/2015 20:11

I was right about master chef !

Whitewhine · 14/04/2015 20:44

Love the Jeff Banks "Ports of Call" patterned plates - I had the wallpaper version in my teenage bedroom!

Hulababy · 14/04/2015 20:51

Just started watching this weeks on sky plus ...

KenDoddsDadsDog · 14/04/2015 20:58

Best episode so far

Hulababy · 14/04/2015 21:40

Enjoyed this one - guess I remember so much more too.

Pipbin · 14/04/2015 21:57

I just spent all of it feeling old.
I didn't really see much difference in the fashion other than big jeans.

ppeatfruit · 15/04/2015 10:06

No, very true about the fashions pipbin that terrible fashion for boys in those trousers that fall off their bums started then and hasn't stopped properly has it? Grin I was told how it originated and it's a vile reason. Shock

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 15/04/2015 10:29

Eddiemairswife and ppeatfruit - when I was growing up, we did have central heating, but it was coke-fired - we had a coke boiler in the dining room, that had to be stoked and raked and all sorts, and it was nigh-impossible to keep it going overnight - it would have meant someone getting up to put more coke on it, so mum and dad used to let go out overnight.

They used to let it go out gradually, towards bedtime, so we always went to sleep in a house that was getting cold, and if we had to get up for the loo in the middle of the night, it was freezing! Dad used to have to get up early, to light the boiler, so that the house started to warm up again, in the mornings.

And that was in the 70s!

OnlyLovers · 15/04/2015 11:52

I like the whole family! I've found Rochelle's comments very perceptive throughout – how the 50s were drudgery, the 60s were great for young people but left middle-aged women behind, how sad she feels that in the 80s they all eat different things and don't sit round the table together ...

I loved that 80s table. Blush We never had a Soda Stream but I dreamed of one. Vienetta was for Christmas only.

The 90s neutral sofa with purple 'accents' made me shudder, for some reason. It was relatively recent but all looked so dated.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 15/04/2015 14:31

We had a soda stream, it had pride of place on the side board in the dining roomGrin it was my sister's and my job to make the drinks at meal times! Such a faff looking back but a lot of fun, it didn't ever taste like lemonade !

ppeatfruit · 15/04/2015 15:31

Oh yes in the early 70s we had a huge old coal fired boiler in the kitchen for the very inefficient central heating. I'm probably older than you SDTG!! But before that in a different house we didn't have proper central heating although there was a funny little boiler for the hot water in the dining area of the kitchen that I used to lie across for the heat on my stomach because I was 12 and having horrible period pains!! I managed to burn my knee though duh!

bigTillyMint · 15/04/2015 20:45

eddiemair and SDTG, I got changed under the blankets in the 70's - DM didn't get central heating till the 90's. We had ice on the inside of the bedroom windows and in NZ it's still like that! We had a back boiler behind the coal fire that just heated hot water, and when you had a bath, the water came out rusty colour.

I didn't enjoy this weeks as much, despite them having our old kitchen, laminate and all, it all seemed so recent. I liked the 60's, 70's and 80's best.

Davros · 15/04/2015 23:13

As I said up thread, we have a modern soda stream now. I highly recommend it. Fizzy water but from the tap, much better for the environment, no lugging heavy bottles around and perfectly healthy (if you ignore my two heads!).

Jacana · 16/04/2015 08:20

That last epi was different for me in that everyone was noticeably more cheerful - including RochelleShock but despite seeing lovely smiles from her, she still managed one stupendous grump - she felt that she'd been ousted from the kitchen!!! ShockGrin Grin

bigTillyMint · 16/04/2015 08:39

Yes, I noticed that, Jacana - how ironic!

ppeatfruit · 16/04/2015 09:50

Yes Jac and bigTilly that was funny ! I got a feeling that the whole family humoured Rochelle about her lack of cooking skills, like it's almost unmentionable , in the same way as you don't mention that e.g. maybe the dad can't drive well or whatever.

I liked her though, the way she reacted to that MP trying to get his daughter to eat a BSE burger was great considering how long ago it was!

We got into organic food big time in the 90s too, and we still are. We are lucky in Fr, though because it's soo much fresher and cheaper here, and they have better than organic, which is natural, seasonal food also it's cheaper than the certified organic.

bigTillyMint · 16/04/2015 13:04

Fruit and veg are so much nicer in France - in season and fresh (not picked and cold-stored) - going to the market is a real pleasureEnvy

Jacana · 16/04/2015 13:12

I think about the time of bse and the great reveal of how cattle were being fed, there was an upsurge in vegetarianism which still holds good,and the allotment movement really took off. Suddenly there were all the grow your own veg TV programmes. But actually the family's veggie growing predated this, they were already shown having an allotment back in the...50s? there was another shot of them in a later decade still using a Lottie.

Btw, when were seat belts made compulsory, anyone know? Pretty sure that when they were driving down the country lanes they weren't buckled up. Anyone else notice this, or am I wrong?

KenDoddsDadsDog · 16/04/2015 13:50

1983 , clunk click every trip ........advertised by Jimmy Saville

ppeatfruit · 16/04/2015 15:40

Was it their own allotment Jacana? It wasn't made clear, or if it was I didn't hear Grin. One of the reasons Rochelle looked a bit mis. all the time could've been that the National Food Survey didn't stipulate a lot,or any, fresh veg.!

ppeatfruit · 16/04/2015 15:50

True about the veg. here Tilly and at the moment we've got beautiful strawberries from the South.

Though the Farmers markets are good for fresh veg. in Britain. They were just beginning in the 90s weren't they?

Ref. allotments Jac People still had allotments in the 50s because of HAVING to grow them due to the 2nd WW. (they weren't on ration). I'll never forget moving from half a house with the use of a huge garden in the 60s to an upstairs maisonnette. The downstairs people had their garden in rows and rows of veggies. (we used to look over the balcony at them) feeling very Sad.

BooToYouToo · 16/04/2015 17:34

So, if they did continue into the millennium what would the trends be?

Farmer's markets popped up everywhere
Scallops and pea puree seemed to be on every menu
Kitchen/diner extensions with islands & bifold doors really took off

Anything else?

profpoopsnagle · 16/04/2015 17:40

Veg box schemes
Artisan bread
Chrome look everything

Jacana · 16/04/2015 17:51

Allotments, allotments,allotments! Grow your own and Huge waiting lists round here.
More exposure to other cultures gives more interest in eating Asian foods, for instance, and supermarket aisles dedicated to forrin stuff.
Upsurge in cookery books from all countries.
Sod the English Channel, we've now got a whole wine lake to glug our way through.
Coffee making machines

MelanieCheeks · 16/04/2015 22:58

Is that national food survey still going?