article_snippet: After all, this was the decade that gave us the Pot Noodle.
article_snippet: While a stay-at-home mum in the eighties would lay out an afternoon tea that might have been made using a Magimix machine for the cake and coffee from a filter machine.
article_snippet: The tin-opener became a big ally in the kitchen as tins of Spam and corned beef were popular dinnertime treats.
article_snippet: In an attempt to tantalise British palates, food packaging became brighter and more exciting...and often the bright colours would extend to the products inside.
article_snippet: Convenience food arrived in earnest, with the Pot Noodle stocked on supermarket shelves for the first time...much to the delight of students everywhere. 
article_snippet: Bakers fell in love with the Magimix and coffee tasted better in the filter machine.
article_snippet: Compared to the stark rationing of The Fifties, shopping was now all about variety with 10 types of apple, 20 types of bread laid before us.
article_snippet: Meals would readily be accompanied by a nice bottle of Shiraz and supermarket shelves creaked with bottles of plonk, often at cut-down prices.