When the so-called “oldies” start listening to music from their era (which would be anywhere from the 1940’s onward), people of today’s generation just twitch an eyebrow and think to themselves how prosaic the tastes of these old people are.
Of course, there are timeless classics such as Elvis Presley and the Beatles but overall, the generational gap is simply too big for younger people to truly enjoy music from that era. As it turns out, that generation gap also extends to their taste in food.
Watch these kids’ reactions to 1950’s food below.
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A fun experiment was conducted by Sun Life where kids of today were asked to sample British school meals from the 1950’s. While the people of that generation may look back fondly over those favorite school lunches, if the expressions of the kids in the experiment are anything to go by, they were not impressed.
Roughly 17 percent even said they preferred to go hungry than eat meals provided by the school and a whopping 71 percent of school-aged kids actually think the school meals of today are far worse than the school meals during the time their parents were in school.
Of the school meals of that era, Brits missed jam roly-poly and pink custard the most. One-in-five wish liver and onions were brought back while a quarter stated that they wished toad in the hole was still a menu item.
The least favorite dishes of the past were scouse, apple and crackers, and tinned peas. Some of the youngsters didn’t know what retro-favorite spam fritters were and a few giggled at the spotted dick pud because of the seemingly rude name.
About half of today’s kids prefer to eat a packed lunch than eat school food. One-in-five even say that prison food is better than the meals their school serves!
Ian Atkinson, marketing director at Sun Life, said: “Our research reveals that while many of today’s school kids don’t like their school dinners, most over 50’s remember theirs fondly.
“This either suggests they were better back then, or we are looking back at our school dinners – and our school days – with rose-tinted specs and a huge helping of nostalgia!
“Plus, 71 percent of school kids say they think school dinners are far worse now than when their parents were at school, so we decided to put it to the test and get today’s school kids to try the school dinners over 50’s say they miss the most.
Replaced!