Remember before American food arrived in Adelaide? Hamburgers in those days were generally made at a cafe or fish'n'chip shop and one 'with the lot' consisted of a REAL mince meat patty, fried onion, tomato, beetroot, bacon, fried egg and tomato sauce. We never had McDonalds of course and I can recall on a Saturday night, as a teenager, we'd drive miles to go to the Burger King on Anzac Highway or the Blue and White Cafe in O'Connell Street (best hamburgers in Adelaide), to buy a Hamburger. The best chicken shop was owned by Chick Hansen out on Main North Road at Prospect and I reckon the first Pizza Palace opened in the early 70s

The Pie Cart on the GPO corner....I think it held the record for a while as the longest operating 'restaurant' in Adelaide. Working the midnight to dawn shift at 5KA in 1968, I'd stop on my way to work and buy 2 pies, eat one before starting work and eat the other one cold at about 3am. (No microwaves in those days). After a night out, the pie cart was a life saver!

Andrew Heslop - Commentator, MC and Community Advocate has shared a memory of growing up in Adelaide; "Seppelts Wine Vinegar was once on the counter at every fish and chip shop in Adelaide. The distinctive bottle provided a thin stream of vinegar through a tiny hole in the blue top, right on to your steaming fish and chips. With the advent of multinational fast food chains the shops - many owned by hard working first generation migrants - have slowly closed down. My favourite is still open - Sotos on Semaphore Road down near the beach. Many happy memories of being there with my grandparents during summer and taking our meal across to the (now closed) sideshows and summer carnival. Happy days"! Thanks Andrew. That photo brings back so many memories of fish and chips with salt and vinegar, wrapped in yesterday's newspaper, at the beach or to take home for tea (dinner). I reckon the newspaper was better at soaking up the oil from the batter than the white butchers paper they now use. Where was your favourite fish and chip shop growing up?

Do kids today still drink milkshakes? I remember as a kid growing up in the 50's and 60's going to the deli or corner shop with a mate after school or as a teenager with a group of other teenagers for a milkshake or maybe even a 'nut sundae'. As teenagers I can't ever remember going to a pub just to get drunk....we drank, mainly beer, and that was usually outside the dance so we'd get up a bit of 'dutch courage' to ask a girl to dance. Milkshakes were served in colored annodised cups and were really cold and if you drank them too fast you'd get "brain freeze". My wife remembers a 'blue moon' milkshake which was like a bubble gum flavour. Any memories about the local milk bar and milkshakes?

                                                

Remember when Mr Whippy first started to sell ice creams in Adelaide suburbs from his van? I reckon it would have been mid to late 60's? During summer school holidays or on weekends you'd hear 'Greensleeves' a few streets away and it would get louder as he came closer to your street. Then it was on to try and scrape a few coins together, then a sprint to hopefully catch Mr Whippy before he merrily made his way to the next street. You could get icecream dipped in chocolate, hundreds & thousands, or topped off with a flake. Come to think of it I haven't heard a Mr Whippy van for years. Are they still around?

While we're talking about ice creams and milk shakes, lots of posters comments mentioned Sigala's as the BEST place for a milk shake. Sigala’s was in Rundle Street – now Rundle Mall – Just opposite the Myer Emporium. They had all different flavoured milkshakes and ice creams. One of my favourites was their “Special” – which was served with a scoop of ice cream and then a flavoured syrup, followed by another scoop of ice cream and a different flavour syrup. From memory there was about four scoops of ice cream then a layer of mixed fruit salad topped with whipped cream, then crushed nuts, and a cherry on top. I think it cost about 2/6. They also had "American Milkshakes' and fantastic 'spiders'