Blast from the past! This bizarre 1974 school canteen menu will SHOCK you
A NSW school canteen menu from the 1970’s has made the rounds on social media and has caused a major stir online for its ridiculous prices and insane menu list.
Kevin Hayes posted the image to the Old Shops Australia Facebook group showing a Berala Public School tuckshop menu, some of the items not even available to be purchased anymore.
Things allowed to be sold to young kids were a lot sweeter back in 1974 with doughnuts, cakes, custard tarts, chocolate eclairs, apple pies, finger buns and Wagon Wheels available for purchase for less than a whopping 20 cents.
Many people noted the insanely cheap prices that used to buy you a meal for less than 50 cents.
A large meat pie was just 20 cents, a sausage roll went for 12 cents while a baked bean and spaghetti sandwich went for 11 cents.
Peanuts were just 5 cents and a Wagon Wheel biscuit put you out of pocket by 6 cents.
“Those were the good days,” one nostalgic user commented below the post.
“Just LOOKING at that image evokes smells and tastes of our canteen!! Thank you!!” another wrote.
“Back in the day when having tuckshop was a treat so the kids got what they didn’t bring from home like a sausage roll or pie and a cream bun,” one comment read.
Food prices back in 1974 were definitely different to now in 2019, as well as the food standards expected in schools – peanut butter sandwiches are not typically found in school menus anymore.
Scroll through the gallery above to see the whole menu.
What food did you buy from the tuck shop when you were in school? Let us know in the comments below.