People forget the ways in which the past was fake. Fake butter, for example, was more common than real butter from the 1950s up until the early 2000s. But most people don't eat margarine anymore and so most people don't remember it.
My childhood was dominated by the smell of licorice in some places because chocolate was too expensive.
My childhood was dominated by the smell of licorice in some places because chocolate was too expensive.