Huzzah!
They did the 1980s this week. It was interesting to see how the food of not all that long ago has, in a large part, shaped our eating habits now - what with the introduction of the microwave and all the horrors it inflicted in the name of convenience - ready meals (as Giles Coren pointed out, it took six minutes to cook the thing, you could cook a decent meal in that time), going to restaurants becoming a normal thing for many people rather than a special treat, the emergence of "foreign" food like sun dried tomatoes.
I also swear the meal at the end of each episode is simply an excuse for Sue Perkins to get absolutely smashed out of her box, which she does with aplomb. The lunch with Tebbitt and Archer was amusing, and as for the 1980s cocktail bit...urgh!
Middle ages next week. Personally, I can't wait, it's a great show
They did the 1980s this week. It was interesting to see how the food of not all that long ago has, in a large part, shaped our eating habits now - what with the introduction of the microwave and all the horrors it inflicted in the name of convenience - ready meals (as Giles Coren pointed out, it took six minutes to cook the thing, you could cook a decent meal in that time), going to restaurants becoming a normal thing for many people rather than a special treat, the emergence of "foreign" food like sun dried tomatoes.
I also swear the meal at the end of each episode is simply an excuse for Sue Perkins to get absolutely smashed out of her box, which she does with aplomb. The lunch with Tebbitt and Archer was amusing, and as for the 1980s cocktail bit...urgh!
Middle ages next week. Personally, I can't wait, it's a great show
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