We like a lot of people in England could tell the day of the week by the dinner we were eating, always roast beef on Sundays and other days of the week various pies and liver and always fish on Friday, which to a degree still persists.
Myself, I agree with Lisa about the hair. Washing too often strips the natural oils. But that was then... and kids were kids! I don't think my daughter does that anymore.
@Terry Page , post war diet being the healthiest there, I heard that green vegetables were almost non existent on the British table. Is that true? Also I'd like to ask why is Indian food so popular there? I like it too, but how did it become the national food there? What you call a "curry"; is that anything with curry style spices? Thanks for the info.
Well as far as I recall some fresh veg was available, but I didn't like it as a child. The reason for our cuisine being influenced by India is because of our occupation of India and the times of the Raj. We have a large Indian/Pakistani population in the UK and they are often involved in the restaurant business. Curry is a English description of any Indian dish consisting of meat or/and vegetable with a spicy sauce The English invented the word curry and the concept of a spicy sauce for meat and/or vegetables, to be eaten with or over rice, taking it from earlier South Asian words and dishes. The irony is that the English-speaking Indians use the word "Curry" for Indian dishes that they have forgotten the original name of.
Thanks Terry, it hit me later that the occupation might have had something to do with it. Interesting the origin of the word curry.