Strangest Dishes That Were From *Your Time*
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leybadana — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 06:33 AM)
Sorry, they weren't strange, but i'd like to share anyway
Enchilada cassies, chicos and beans, homemade beef and bean burritos w/ homemade tortillas, tuna noodle cassies, hamburger fried rices, (just hamburger, onion, rice, and soy topped w/ green onions) chicken and rice cassies w/ cream soups mixed in.
We also had lots of stews, and soups, Americanized tacos., spaghetti casseroles. scrambled eggs with potatoes, homemade hamburger red and green chili, Spanish rice. ,and some Hamburger Helpers. The crock pot was a big deal too.
Dessert was usually lemon, or orange cake from a box with a drizzle of powdered sugar, mixed w/ a lil almond flavoring, or oatmeal cookies BC they were cheap. We also used the "Jiffy" mixes, and "Bisquick" mixes., BC they too were cheap. Powdered eggs, and milk too., along w/ government cheese (soooo good), canned meats. (commodities). Mom always used the fat from the meat drippings to save more money to fry or bake w like biscuits or like I mentioned earlier homemade torts.. Pure Deliciousness! We seldom drank soda, but mostly milk, and iced teas.
Good Times, smells, and memories. I grew up in the 70's. early 80's. We ate out sometimes at places like; the Royal Fork Restaurant, Big Boy's, Smorgasbord Restaurant, Pizza Hut Buffets, McDonald's happy meals(if we were super-good)., and Taco House.
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fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 08:58 PM)
I didn't care for the government cheese (we ate a lot of it for about a year, after my dad was laid up w/ a back injury).
But I LOVED government butterit came in a 1 pound brick. Still the best butter I have ever tasted.still!
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NJtoTX — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 08:51 AM)
Tongue
Tuna mold
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Bacon pudding
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fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 08:59 PM)
I hate tuna fish so that wouldn't appeal anyway, but it still looks frightening there lol!
I love bacon but that doesn't look so great either.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 09:00 PM)
I remember seeing recipes for that EVERYWHERE for a while!
I never made it, but I did have it served to me once at a friend's house for Christmas dinner.
I hated it, but I ate it to be polite.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 04:10 PM)
I was very curious as to what Tomato Soup Salad could be, so I Googled it.
I kinda see what you mean. It doesn't sound very appetizing to me either.
http://www.aliciasrecipes.com/Recipe/7171/Tomato-Soup-Salad.htm
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DeltaHomicide — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 05:54 PM)
I'm not sure if anyone else was eating this, but my mom used to make me mashed potatoes with sugar. And I'm not talking a pinch of sugar to bring out the flavor, I mean she fed me sweet, sugary mashed potatoes.
In her defense, this was way way before people realized that white sugar is bad for you. I haven't had sugar mashed potatoes since then, but my love for mashed potatoes is still going strong. -
fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 09:02 PM)
Hmmm, never heard of mashed potatoes with sugar before.
My grandma, who ironically became a borderline diabetic later, loved to sugar things.
My mom was appalled when she saw me sprinkling sugar on fresh orange slices one day, at home.
She demanded to know where I got 'that idea'. I told her Grandma makes these for me when I sleep over!
My mom put a stop to that sugaring-practice PDQ! It took me awhile to appreciate orange slices sans sugar!
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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koskiewicz — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 04:20 PM)
around Easter, my mom would make ziltzthis was a horrid concoction that included meat by products and clear gelatin= head cheesemy dad would gobble this up with white vinegar as we kids watched and gagged!!!
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fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 04:30 PM)
Wowza! That's a dish I have never heard of.
I always wondered who liked head cheese, I figure some people must..they keep selling it.
What exactly is a meat by-product?
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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koskiewicz — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 08:56 AM)
ziltz is a Polish concoction but I also understand that Swedes have their own version and love it too. Meat by products, as I understood it, was muscle, fat and other stuff that were not edible. YUK !!!! It is called head cheese in the USA
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leybadana — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 04:30 PM)
head cheese is good.>
http://sawasausage.com/
Polish food, YUMMY
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IcingOnTheCake — 9 years ago(October 25, 2016 08:03 PM)
I can't think of anything strange but I fondly remember
stir 'n frost
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snack 'n cake
or something like those names. The boxes just mixed in one small container. Kids though weren't as gluttonous as many are today. One of those small cakes fed many of us with some left over. -
fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 02:16 PM)
That must have been kinda cool!
It reminds me of a couple prepackaged foods from my youth, when microwave ovens were becoming commonplace (and wondrously viewed) in everyday households.
There was a microwave spaghetti w/sauce, sold in a big glass jar. You took the lid off, but otherwise you microwaved it in the jar.
Ghastly stuff, yet I loved it!
Same with the first microwavable cake mix. It was vanilla, and baked in a plastic pan that came with it. It even had a packet of frosting, it has multi-colored frosting balls in a white frosting base.
Like you mentioned, everyone tended to eat smaller servings of junk food then (heck you weren't allowed to eat more in my home, even if you wanted to!
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The cake was strangely tasty, and wow whatever was in it made you hopped up with energy for hours!
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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IcingOnTheCake — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 08:01 AM)
The spaghetti reminded me of box pizzas we used to eat, the Chef Boyardee ones. They had them later but they seemed better during the late 0s and early 80s.
the microwave cake reminded me of those metal colored pieces that are supposed to help crisp microwave oven pizzas. They never worked. The cake though sounds interesting.
