Along with music, food is an ideal subject to slot a memory firmly into its timeline.

Exotic foods were less inclined to cross borders in the early parts of baby boomers' lives so many of us will remember things such as our first avocado as a truly stand-out event.

It is surprising there weren't more eating disorders when you recall creepy party food like cubes of cheese and pineapple speared on a toothpick then stuck into a large citrus fruit to make some sort of bloated and anemic-looking hedgehog — adventurous chefs added a head.

And then there are those great family meals where everyone sat around a table, with grace, manners and a straight back, to enjoy their meal — on a daily basis!