Foreign food

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When I was about 13 in the 70s I thought my friend was very exotic because at their house they had something called Vesta. I think they were a convenience food and they were a curry.

I lived in a village, my friend lived in a small town just behind Woolworth’s. As if that wasn’t exciting enough her Mum let us go out and choose Vesta curries for our tea. I thought it all so exciting.

I am late 50’s born, my parents had pubs with restaurants, I cannot recall a time when we didn’t have foreign food.

I loved Vesta especially the one where you friend the noodles to go on the top First taste of different food I had was when I started dating a West Indian lad then it was curried goat and cook ups this was early 60 s then I went to live in Malaysia and my taste buds were really awakened and I was loving all the tastes and smells and have never looked back

When I was about 13 in the 70s I thought my friend was very exotic because at their house they had something called Vesta. I think they were a convenience food and they were a curry.

We ate very plain food at home and I couldn’t believe it when aged 13 my older sister took me out for lunch in the West End and I was able to order spaghetti bolognese.