I'm south Slavic European and I enjoy these videos because they are a window into US culture that popular media or news don't show. The human side. Stay awesome, my US brothers and sisters!
Great to have you here, but be aware that these are still common foods in the US. If you read the comments on this video, you will that practically everyone is still eating these at home.
I literally have leftover stroganoff, rice a roni, and spam in my house right now. And this reminded me to make some tuna casserole and sloppy joes because I miss them. And I can’t remember a thanksgiving without green bean casserole. 34. Indiana.
As of late there are a lot of videos where it seems the content creators are intentionally being contrary just to stimulate replies which powers the algorithm.
@@Kewrock You took my answer lol...same here...I and extra noodles if I have to feed more people out of the same pack...Do what you have to do in this Biden "RAT PARTY" economy.
We eat Manwiches all of the time. Ground beef in the freezer and cans of Manwich in the pantry? A fast, delicious meal, when all you have to remember to get are the buns.
The creators of this video must be living under a rock. Many of these dishes are still being made by people today, as old style comfort foods still survive the generations.
I'm American and live in Egypt with my Egyptian wifey We eat sloppy Joe. We eat tuna casserole. Liver & onions.... twice a month. Green bean casserole is a hit in her family gatherings
None of these dishes featured in the video have vanished from our family's table! Tuna Noodle Casserole and Sloppy Joes are just two of our absolute favorites. Thanks so much from Canada ♥
Looks like Canadians still cook dinner every night while most Americans don't so salute to you for not only cooking but cooking these meals we used to have when I was growing up in the 70s-80s
We don’t eat meals together as a family because people don’t put an importance on that any more. There is a difference on what the American family looks like it’s not like it was 50 years ago. 4:28
@@ghostladydarkling3250 I'm kind of afraid of that banana meatloaf. I use my mother's recipe for meatloaf. It has bell peppers and onions, but no banana. I did make split pea soup last night with carrots and smoked sausage in it.
...I still fix sloppy joes often. ...I still fix Rice-A-Roni often. ...I still fix tuna casserole often. ...I still fix beef stroganoff a couple times a year. ...I still fix green bean casserole several times a year, especially for Thanksgiving and Christmas. ...I still fix SOS for breakfast often. It reminds me of my grandmother, who used to make it for me as a kid. ...I still eat Vienna sausages often. In fact, I just ate some over the weekend.
You can buy the stuff peppers in the prepared food section at Costco. I have also seen them at my local store. They are not gone. I hope you enjoy yours. They are good.
yeah that seems to be a theme with this guys "This meal FADED Into History" videos. I noticed on the last one I watched on this channel like 6 of the 10 were still extremely common and the rest were just overly complex meals like beef wellington or something. Stuff you wouldn't just decide to cook for a meal one Tuesday.
@@leahjuniper2031 I never cared to much for sloppy joes or the stuff the call American goulash no I might be because of the greasy ground beef they used for school food
I grew up on liver, bacon and onions with a side of spinach during the 50’s. YUM! My parents lived thru the depression and this was a staple! I am now 82 and long for Mom’s great dinner!
I am 44 and despise liver and onions lol… However, my father who would have been 77 this year, absolutely loved liver and onions as he grew up on them as well. Point of this post is while I know there are people out there that actually eat liver and onions. I’ve never actually heard anyone outside of my own father who actually liked liver and onions. 😂
@WineandBeauty my late mother was a hell of a cook, with heavy Southern Cuisine and Mennonite influences. Growing up on a cattle farm, liver & onions was served more than a few times a year. As good as my mom's was, my wife's is better. I thought my wife was gonna cry when I told her as much. 😊
I can't seem to ever cook liver right, or I can't make it come out they way my mom did. Hers was always tender, mine always comes out like a piece of boot sole.
I used to make tuna noodles noodle at least once a week. It was easy, and tuna in cans were easy to stock up. We made the noodles as per instructions. We added can of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup. Add some sautéed onions. Then one can drained tuna. If we had sour cream, add about a cup . Mix. Heat through. We served a scoop of peas and carrots along with it. We made a simple salad. Hardly ever had left overs. I loved to make and eat it.
My dad was in the military and I grew up on an Army base and severed myself in the 10th Mountain Division for 15 yrs.....I have eaten so much S.O.S in my life it's not even funny but it's still one of my favorite (bring back memories) dishes.
That totally sounds like old school military food. Some of it borrowed recipes from Europeans like stuffed cabbage rolls, bell peppers, Hungarian goulash, and the like.
Green bean casserole is like the only thing made around where I live on this list sloppy joes every now and then but everyone complains if they have to eat one
I do! I liked most but one thing I couldn't stand was tomato soup we used to get, the smell still sticks with Me after all these years. One time, I was on a job years ago and we were working in a school and I smelled that smell again, yuck! They should have put Mr. Yuck stickers on that soup!
People are not eating these dish, not because they are eating more health, it's because they don't know how to cook. They go out to fast food joints and restaurants. For those that still cook a lot of these are still on the menu.
Ya'll remember when the boiling bags came out with chicken la king, cornbeef and white sauce (sos), Salisbury steak in them ? They were individually packaged and all you had to do was drop the bag in boiling water and cook for a few minutes. Then serve over bread, rice ect. ?
These dishes take me back to the 70s and 80s. We still make over half of them and when my grown kids come home they request them. Just the other day we had Chef Boyardee Pizza, my kids thought his was a real treat back in the day.
We make our own pizza from scratch, and it can't be beat. So, Chef Boyardee Pizza? Never. But I do remember eating Chef Boyardee spaghetti from a can on surfing trips in the 1960s.
I was born in the same year as you and the only thing I disagree about with your statement is the kickball. 😂😂😂 My sister is and was the athlete, I’m the book nerd so pretty much everything in gym was painful for me.
'69, here. Don't forget: an ice cold carton of milk, lightly seasoned yellow corn and diced peaches for dessert! (at my other school it was a brownie, for dessert.. win/win!) This might STILL be.. the BEST LUNCH EVER. Aaaaaannddd.. I still make the grown-up, "I do what I Wawent!", Pimp My Ride version of this for dinner. Thanks for the memories, brother.
'67 here too. School then latchkey home to the TV. Watched Gilligan's Island and Little Rascals reruns. Dad comes home, cooks dinner--pretty good for a guy who never cooked (That was moms' work in the 40s/50s when he grew up.). Go to mom's every second weekend and listen to her neurosis about my dad and boyfriend and everything else in her effed-up existence. Dad comes to pick me up, then a screaming match. Repeat for about seven years. Ahh, the good old days of the 70s. hehe
My mom made them with tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, onions, & diced green peppers. Tuna noodle casserole was on our table on Friday nights, as I grew up during pre-Vatican Ii days.
i grew up in pre-Vatican days, and Dad did not like canned tuna. He'd come home with shrimp, mussels, and any number of finned fishes. He loved to cook. I actually loved Lenten Fridays for the seafood we ate - yes we were Catholics. Mom would occasionally make tuna noodle casserole, but it was never close to the top of our hit parade - though we scarfed it down anyway.
I didn't care for tuna noodle casserole, as it was made with two things I despised at the time, one I still do. One is the basis, cream of mushroom soup, the other peas. The first, I now appreciate, the second, no way !!!!
Fish fries in Buffalo Taverns were great and common back in the day. Many a Friday or during Lent. Not as readily available, but some are delicious if you could find them. Haddock fish fries are one of my favorites. Served with french fries coleslaw macaroni salad and potato salad and a nice slice of rye bread. I love mine with lemon and ask for extra lemon sometimes. Oh and tartar sauce if you wish. 🍋 🍋
My kids love my sloppy joes. Made from scratch, takes about an hour to get it together, then let it simmer for about 2 hours, then enjoy! Sometimes I put them in the fridge overnight. They are gone in a day!
Some of these disapeared because companys making these tampered with the ORIGINAL recipe by putting different cheaper meats, different tastes, and a no more quality attitude.
Through the whole thing made me keep mumbling, “dang healthy eating”. It’s why McDonalds fries lost their number one spot in the fast food industry; they used to be fried in lard and I’m old enough to remember the switch to vegetable oil, took a while to get used to.
Lard is actually good for you. It's just high in calories. Vegetable oil from plant seeds, which is what they usually call vegetable oil are actually poison and taste like ass because you're body knows they are poison.
These dishes are still around everywhere. At least for those of us that grew up cooking (we had cooking class in grade 7 onwards in the late 70s/80’s. ) The problem today is most generations after Gen X , can’t even cook a basic meal - they are used to Uber Eats, Door Dash and eating out every single day. My neighbour as an example , cannot even make coffee. He orders Starbucks delivery , same with breakfast lunch and dinner. Every day. He spends more in a single day on delivery food than I do cooking at home daily , for a week. It’s insane - like $100 to $150 a day on delivery meals I can make a big one pot meal , say beef stew, portion it , freeze enough for 10 meals , and it costs me less than $25 (beef pricy in Vancouver) Meatloaf is a godsend for thrifty cooking . And is very versatile
We always had a vegetable with dinner entrees. So sliced tomatoes , sliced onions were the usual, but cucumber salad, peas and carrots, canned or fresh steamed spinach with a white sauce, canned or fresh steamed green beans, homemade coleslaw, fresh steamed cauliflower. Stuff with these always with homemade roasted meats, or with a casserole, or sandwich. And homemade mashed potatoes. We didn’t so fat or overeat because we ate vegetables. Most fast food only have a tiny bit of vegetables.
Obesity is a DISEASE on its own - it's not entirely to do with only food and behaviour. It's mostly a complex 'perfect storm' for each individual, most of the factors aren't even known by the medical experts and researchers. Other factors are the hormones and pesticides that are endocrine disruptors in cleaning products and in the food supply. ALSO: We may HAVE t ogo back to more than a few of these since food scarcity and costs are a factor - not everyone can AFFORD 'modern' lighter and more fresh etc palettes - soooo, back to canned and budget friendly stuff. I'm betting a lot of these are making a comeback just out of frugality. *shrugs* I can't eat a lot of these since I have a gastric bypass and T1 diabetes, but I can adapt them. (I'll have to since my income is disabikty benefits). Good luck to everyone in these trying times.
The biggest problem with fondue is the need for specialized serving equipment. The cheese mixture or cooking oil has to stay hot to work and the food bits require lengthy forks to dip in cheese or fry in oil. It's too much effort for just one or two people dining, and a gathering of guests makes it difficult to do from the stove. Then there's having yet one more appliance that gets rarely used (and people have very few parties or gatherings these days). (That said, if your cooktop is set in your kitchen island, you can do a fondue party if the guest list is of reasonable size.) The last time I had fondue was for a dinner party of 3 guests and myself. I didn't have a fondue set, so I used klieg lights on the dining room table. They were wide enough to hold bot the cheese fondue pot and the cooking oil pot (I served cubes of bread, steak, mushrooms, and broccoli florets). We just had to keep an eye on the cheese, that it didn't burn. Actually, people DO still serve fondue. I've even seen a few restaurants that are specifically fondue restaurants. And I worked a couple of years ago in a chain grocery store's cheese department and we stocked pre-mixed fondue cheese mixtures, although fondue cheese is a very simple recipe of two kinds of cheese, some white wine, and some quality mustard. Brand new fondue sets are easily found for sale, not just in specialty kitchen stores, but in ordinary department stores (Walmart, Target, Macy's, etc). They're a standard stocked item, so people are buying them, sometimes dropping hundreds of dollars for high quality ones. On average it appears standard fondue party size is six people, as there are only six fondue forks in the average fondue set.
Hah, I was on a first date at a fondue restaurant when the fondue pot suddenly cracked and dripped hot cheese all over the table. There was no second date.
This video began like a warm blanket of nostalgia for all my favorite Midwest comforts. Then.. near the end it took a really weird turn. Lol. The banana hollandaise and shrimp dish are some of those bizarre pre boomer foods. Hahaha. I loved this whole video. Thank you so much.
It was never lunch but dinner most of the time when my Mom would make "Leftover" Suprize for a Saturday meal. She always hit the mark every time with the way she was able to take those "Leftovers" and make a new meal out of them. Loved it every time it was made.
Here's a couple I remember, baloney sandwich with American cheese on white bread with tomato soup, or canned pork and beans with cut up hot dogs in it otherwise known as beans and weenies. The only molded salads I had was fruit salads in jello. Hot dogs were also added to mac and cheese for a quick meal.
Fried baloney, yes, it was also a breakfast meat at our house, as well as a great lunch meat for sandwiches. Also, my mom would take a package of hotdogs, split the hotdog, and tuck some american or velveeta cheese in there, then put it under the broiler. Not eaten in a bun, this was the meat entree 😉 We kids loved this meal.
May 2024. Over half of these I still make. My grandchildren love everything I make. My daughters fav is sloppy joes and 15 bean soup w/ham and corn bread(not listed)
Ditto. They go from standards people still eat like sloppy joes and chicken a la king to obscure stuff that never made it into the standard cookbooks of the time like ham and banana hollandaise or banana meatloaf. The fact that the guys selling bananas suggested these recipes does not mean people actually made them. But what do you want. The guy pronounces buffet with a hard "t."
If I don't bring the green bean casserole to every family get together, My Dad will disown me; I am sure of it. I still eat most of these 'forgotten' meals.
We had a love-hate relationship with the green bean casserole. We wrinkled our nose at it, and we complained it wasn’t at Thanksgiving dinner if we skipped it. The delicious secret was add some soy sauce to the cream of mushroom soup mix. And do not ever forget the canned crispy fried onions on top!
When I was in elementary school we had liver & onions 1 day & we had to eat our liver before we got ice cream. I was probably the only 1 at my table that ate mine. 😂 Haven't had beef liver in years. I eat chicken livers maybe once every year or 2.
Pass me your onions, and you can have my liver. The only liver dish I've ever enjoyed was in meat pies when I lived in the UK. Liver should only be eaten once per week, to avoid Vitamin A overdose, a potential health concern.
Beef stroganoff was one of my mother's favorite dishes to cook. Its ease of prep was its charm for her, who always found cooking a chore. She liked deviled ham and chipped beef for the same reason, both of which were readily available canned. What's easier than popping a can and spreading on bread? I have Vienna Sausages in my pantry as I write. But I'd never heard of banana ham Hollandaise, and I'm 71!
As a boomer, I remember my mother making Liver and Onions once a year. And back in the 60’s and 70’s, there was no crying about what you were served for dinner. You ate it or you didn’t leave the table.
Once a yr? My mom made it every two weeks..thank goidness she is an EXCELLENT cook and I loved thevway she made..most other people did not do cooking it justice
Now I'm hungry. I still eat most of these dishes. Making them every now and then. These are all classics I grew up with. Thank you for the video. Excellent.
Remember Chinese chicken salad? We made a salad as usual. We deboned some cooked chicken (fried, baked, pan fried). Crumble raw ramen brick of noodles. Save the packet. Add one can drained mandarin oranges. 1/2 cup of vinegar and 1/4 cup oil (salad oil), 2 tablespoons white sugar, 1 packet of ramen flavor that was in the package. Mix the salad dressing. Toss this all together. I may have the vinegar-oil recipe mixed up. Some recipes had to add candied almonds (either directions how to do that). Some recipes said use bottle Italian or Asian salad dressing.
Most of these meals can still be found in restaurant's around the nation. If you live in Amish, Mennonite, Pennsylvania Dutch areas as I do, you will find none of these meals ever went away. They are coming back in a major way, since prices of food has become so high. This guy needs to visit more places.
That's true, with the price of food getting so high these dishes are pretty cheap to make. Sloppy joes, chicken ala king, liver and onions with rice are really economical.
Turkey A-La-King was something we had after Thanksgiving and Christmas. Really miss the way mom made it. Even with her recipe I still can't make it as good as she did. Love you mom!
I remember Mom making tuna cassoulet for the first time. We lived in a household that you ate what was put in front of you. Mom,we could see,was a bit nervous hoping Dad, my brother and myself would be happy with her quick thrown together dinner. Using our best Emily Post table manners after we ALL finished our first plate my brother and I asked for more. My mother was actually surprised. Dad chimed in too. Never saw Mom so proud of her "boys" enjoying her quick, put together dinner. Still Love It!!!
'You enjoyed 'casserole' not 'cassoulet'. Cassoulet is a French stew, made with beans, pork (and/or other meats), sausages, garlic and herbs. It's a peasant dish, but certainly nothing you could throw together quickly
@@gusalexandrakis5151 I made a similar comment and agree with you entirely. A “quick, thrown together dinner” certainly doesnt describe a cassoulet and it’s obvious that this guy has no idea what a cassoulet actually is. I imagine he would use tinned tuna, which would produce a horrid slop.
Please, Sloppy Joes are still being eaten by millions, whether they be solely homemade or by using some sort of canned good as a base. You can still get Beef Stroganoff at many restaurants, and you can find prepackaged kits to make at home at most grocery stores
Australia here. I remember dishes like Rice a Riso, Welsh rarebit, Vol au Vents, Coronation Chicken, Salmon Mousse, Chicken in Aspic. My parents even ate Lamb's Tongue in aspic! Salmon Kedgeree, Kippers, Lamb's Kidneys in Gravy, White Bait Fritters, Savoury Pancakes, Smoked Blue Cod with white parsley sauce, Sardines on Toast topped with tomato sauce. Curried sausages, Turtle Soup - all forgotten!
I’ve wanted to try Coronation Chicken since I’ve heard about but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Thanks for the reminder of sardines on toast, it’s been a long time since I’ve had it.
Sloppy joes, beef stroganoff, liver & onions, green bean casserole, creamed chipped beef, pimento cheese, spam, pickled beet eggs, Vienna sausages, deviled ham all still regularly eaten here (South Carolina).
Rice a roni! I eat it alot since it has so many new flavors that are just plain easy and for a dollar you just can't beat it. If you put any kind of meat in it most everyone likes it.
Sadly they are $1.45 each now in my area.. 50% hike increase!! Dining on a dime book has a recipe to make your own so I made a huge glass jar of it and have the instructions on the jar so even my teens will pull it out and make some when they want a snack after school lol
I don’t usually make any of these dishes. However I do remember my Grandmother would often make a version of sloppy Joes with ground beef and onion sour cream. Kinda line the chipped beef We all loved this lunch as kids as it fed all of us for not a lot of money. My Grandma was all about that. Lol
That one and Shrimp Wiggle are two dishes I have never heard of before now. Not a fan of shrimp with cream, so I'll pass. But the Banana in meatloaf sounds intriguing.
SOS was my grandfather’s favorite! He loved it on his ship in WW2 and my mother would cook it for him and grandma every time they visited when I was child.
Some of these dishes are still favorites and staples of my family dinner table. And some are truly frightening! I cook sloppy joes, beef stroganoff, tuna casserole for example. Seafood Jello not so much.
I grew up in the 50's when, I believe, we ate far better than we do today. It seems that people have lost their imagination. I loved most of those dishes mentioned though I never had bananas with ham and cheese nor bananas in meatloaf.
Many of us have been into health foods since the sixties. Traveling through various states is shocking to see just how pitiful the American diet is in myriad homes.
Some adults our there only ever ate processed food . Chicken , patty , nugget , etc. Never ate real meals . Crazy ! I'm 47 and remember boo on a shingle !
Well, food prices have risen 20 to 30% over the past few years. Fast food prices are also skyrocketing. Maybe it's time to dust off some of these nutritious and tasty receipts.
The damn cat stray outside didn't finish a McDonald's hamburger ! Every other meat he eats , chicken ,ham , steak , beef hotdogs ! Not the Mcdonald hamburger ? Dogs didn't mind .
I was blessed with gluten intolerance in my 20's. I hated it at first. But now I have to cook most of my meals, so they are healthier. And they are often cheaper than even fastfood.
I think cause we eat all different cultures throughout the week now and less American full cooked meals. American cook burgers on Monday. Chinese food on Tuesday. Fast food on Wednesday. Italian spaghetti or Alfredo Thursday-Friday. Bbq on Saturday. Soul food on Sunday ik every week ain’t the same but it be the same 😂
