The average salary was $2000 and the average cost of bread was 14 cents. Men outnumbered women in the work force 3:1 and bomb shelter plans were widely available to the masses. In this wacky post war world man is king and he rules over his 2.5 children in a sterile Levitt Town Suburbia. Armed with tongs he chars meals over the bbq because for the first time in a long time, back yards are now extensions of people's living rooms and kitchens.

However, what atrocities happened in the 1950's goes beyond simply inequality of the sexes, races and the introduction of the television. There was the food. Convenience foods were rating high on every housewife's list from awful tv dinners to horrendous creations featuring jell-o, pop, angostura bitters and a whole lot of pimento stuffed olives!

There's no reason for these foods, but, they do provide a lot of humour for us now a days. Host a 1950's potluck, visit the Gallery of Regrettable Food for a laugh, or finally understand why so many people died in the 50's.