Back to the future for food
They called it the decade taste forgot, but now the 1970s is giving the new generation a taste of something different.
Storecupboard staple Smash is making a comeback, with a new healthier recipe and extra flavours to tempt the tastebuds.
The dried potato, which is reconstituted with boiling water and is perhaps best-known for its adverts featuring robot Martians, is joining a host of other 1970s food and drink on the comeback trail.
Like Spam, Blue Nun wine and sweet vermouth Cinzano, Smash didn't disappear from the shelves but its relaunch is expected to capitalise on the 30 to 45-year-old age group's love of nostalgia, The Guardian reported.
