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Period: to
1950s
- After WW2 in the 1950s baking cakes became much easier. with boxed cake mixes available on store shelves everywhere.
- Grilling food and convenience food was very popular because it was very easy to get/make.
- Pineapple upside-down cake became popular
- In the mid 1950s the fridge became more widely available and allowed for easier storage of fresh meat, milk and vegetables.
- In 1955 80% of Australian households had electric ovens which allowed them to boil and cook food more easily.
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the fridge became more widely available
In the mid 1950s the fridge became more widely available and allowed for easier storage of fresh meat, milk and vegetables. -
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1960s
-The main style of cooking was easy and convenient food like nutritious convenience food, like boil-in-the-bag meals and microwave dinners.
- Green Giant frozen peas, frozen bread dough, frozen pie crusts, Chiffon margarine, Seven Seas salad dressing and Spaghetti-O's and Shake n' Bake
- The pressure cooker become popular and more widely available
- The roles in the kitchen were still majority held by women who would cook breakfast and dinner for their husbands and/or kids -
The microwave oven became wide spread
The microwave oven became widespread and more easy to get -
The pressure cooker become popular
The pressure cooker become popular and more widely available -
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1970s
The main cooking styles for this decade were Boeuf Bourguignon, Black Forest Cake, Cheese & Pineapple Hedgehogs, Cheese Straws, Fondue, Watergate Salad, Country Captain, Crepes Suzette.
The food was mostly presented in glass transparent dishes so that the food could be seen clearly
The wives of the house cook dinner for the husband and for their kids if they had any
The crock pot made a resurgence when started to enter the workforce so they wanted a quick easy health meal -
Juicers began to extremely popular with a health-conscious trend
Juicers began to extremely popular with a health-conscious trend -
The crock pot made a resurgence
The crock pot made a resurgence when started to enter the workforce so they wanted a quick easy health meal -
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1980s
- In 1986 a large majority of households have a microwave which made popcorn become a more easy snacks
- Sews and pasta cooked in the microwaves
- The food of the 1980s began to be more fatty when people began to transition to fast food when women began to take up more full time work but had the main job of cooking.
- The main cooking styles for this decade was microwaves for cooking turkey, chicken and other things
- Some of the main foods were French onion soup and lobster bisque,
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Period: to
1990s
- 25% of households had a dishwasher
- Convenient foods are still popular like ready to eat pizza.
- Indigenous equine and Asians food became more popular
- The main food presentation was stacked food and sprinkled herbs and spices
- The main gadgets used for cooking in the 1990s were the salad chop, side by side refrigerators and the George foreman grill
- The men and women were both responsible for cooking in the home
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- 25% of households had a dishwasher
- 25% of households had a dishwasher
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Period: to
2000s
The main food gadgets in the 2000s were the soda stream, the magic bullet, the coffee machine and the vegetable spiralling
The men and women were both equally responsible for cooking in the kitchen
The things that helped with getting these things so popular were the advances in science and technology and YouTube which made it easier for people to follow instructions
Advances in online instructions and recipes and videos to follow along with helped with people making more advanced foods with ease