The BBC put that out to make fun of the "commoners" who had never travelled or tried foreign food at the imported goods shop.
This was back in the day when spaghetti was only available in special "exotic food" shops.
Pizza was known as "Italian rarebit" - like welsh rarebit (grilled cheese on toast) but with italian "tomatoes" at that time so... yes it was exotic
0
The BBC put that out to make fun of the "commoners" who had never travelled or tried foreign food at the imported goods shop.
This was back in the day when spaghetti was only available in special "exotic food" shops.
Pizza was known as "Italian rarebit" - like welsh rarebit (grilled cheese on toast) but with italian "tomatoes" at that time so... yes it was exotic