20 Forgotten Foods From The 1960s, We Want Back!

20 Forgotten Foods From The 1960s, We Want Back!
Join us on a nostalgic journey as we rediscover the quirky and weird foods of the 1960s in our video, "20 Forgotten Foods From The 1960s, We Want Back!" Explore a curated list of these culinary gems that have faded into obscurity but still hold a special place in our hearts.
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[@pamelamccarthy1412]

Anybody remember Jiffy Pop Popcorn? You would move it over the burner, and the foil on top would expand into a dome as it popped. Also, I still make several of these dishes. Good food and economy are timeless.

[@Scoop2992]

It is still around. My friend buys it all the time

[@kimberlymerket1610]

It’s still around. I love it ❤

[@Nancy-y8q1n]

Yes momma bought it, and we would all gather around and watch daddy cook it on the stove

[@darrellcook8253]

You still can find Jiffy Pop.

[@mjverostek1278]

I literally just made popcorn on the stove last week. I ran out of kernels but ALDI doesn't sell them and that's where I was doing groceries.

[@nancycurtis488]

I still make Upside-Down Pineapple Upside Down Cakes AND Jello Salads…..yum!

[@rossjudd6049]

My Grandmother used to make PUDC for every Sunday dinner in the 60's when I was growing up!

[@hissykittycat]

Pineapple upside down cake is my favorite cake of all time! I want to go make one now! With some tuna casserole! That stuff was yummy!

[@hueyiroquois3839]

I missed the part about SPAM, because I was remembering how wonderful Jello salads were.

[@LS-um3zq]

Yours end up right-side-up.

[@rachelgreene7956]

Pineapple upsidedown cake never faded into obscurity, nor did several of these other things you mentioned.

[@hatchling88]

They're not as common, but they are still alive, if people want to take the time to cook. Pineapple upside down cake was delectable and almost everyone loved it. Come to think about it, I haven't made it in a long time. Time to dig out the recipe. I know it can be made with cake mix, but I really try to avoid chemical laden foods, which is probably why people back in the 60's weren't usually overweight. I'll make it from scratch the way my mother and grandmother did. It's not hard.

[@BiblicalFlatEarth]

@@hatchling88Not for illegals.

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

​@@BiblicalFlatEarth illegals?....

[@luisreyes1963]

When was the last time anyone had a Jell-o mold with vegetables? 🤢

[@margarettickle9659]

Hated Jello with vegetables. Especially the Cole slaw one.

[@stanwolenski9541]

I was an Army cook/baker in the late 60’s early 70’s. I would make 17 pineapple upside down cakes for the day. 17 cakes would give 102 servings. Never did make creamed chipped beef, S.O.S. was for the Marines. Did make Waldorf on occasion.

[@Rebecca-r7h]

Stan, did you make barbeque beef made with tumeric? My Grandmother got the recipe from a Marine cook. It is my favorite! Thanks for your service!

[@delallegood5799]

I ate ground beef milk and flour SOS every morning for eight weeks apr to Jun 1960 at Ft Benning Ga.

[@stanwolenski9541]

@@delallegood5799 So sorry to hear about the food torture you endured. I was stationed at a small missile base in RI, and as first cook I placed the ration order. We were 90 miles from Fort Devens and only 20 miles from Newport Naval Base. The Army figured it would be cheaper for us to buy our rations from the Navy, by doing so we didn’t follow the Army wide menu which was great news for our battery. Getting to the point, no one ever asked for SOS which means I never ordered the chipped beef. I do know there was a recipe using ground beef, flour, milk, salt, pepper and bay leaf.

[@margarettickle9659]

You sir are my hero.

[@stanwolenski9541]

@@Rebecca-r7h No, among other ingredients I used cumin. The recipe I’ve developed works with every one who has tried it. Although the addition of turmeric may enhance the recipe I’m loath to try it. The most difficult thing to do with a recipe is to get the exact combination and exact measurements of the ingredients. If I was given the recipe in it’s entirety I would give it a try.

[@SherrieAllen]

My family made Ambrosia every Christmas but we didn't use only canned fruit. We added sliced bananas, chopped walnuts and apples. We used bananas because mama always had bananas. The apples and walnuts were for a crunchy surprise. I love Ambrosia. I don't make it much anymore because - well - I'm the last of us alive and it's a lot of preparation for a 1 person dessert. But, it sure made a pretty and colorful dish when put on the table. I miss those days.

[@catherinemckenney6317]

AND COCONUT

[@eddiesofast]

That chiffon cake they show is actually an angel food cake

[@maryjackson1194]

Angel food doesn't contain oil; chiffon does.

[@Isabella66Gracen]

​@@maryjackson1194Came here to point this out as well. The crumb looks similar but the texture is different.

[@Wesley-eu7rn]

It does look like one, but of course the oil. I've never had one and must look into it.

[@selectiveoutrage6617]

Mom always made chiffon cake which I disliked. I should try to make it now to see if I still dislike it.

[@Wesley-eu7rn]

I hated tomatoes as a kid and now I really like them.@@selectiveoutrage6617

[@DaveDaDeerslayer]

My mom's tuna noodle casserole was to die for. So good!

[@lancerevell5979]

I still drink Tang. SOS, in various versions (hamburger, sausage) is still popular today. I eat it often.

[@mariateresamondragon5850]

Tang is great with tequila.

[@kathleenbeltz7566]

Metamucil tastes like Tang! LOL

[@wavion2]

I LOVE pineapple upside down cake. Those caramelized pineapples are SO good!

[@girlygirl2969]

My Aunt used to make Jell-O cake and it was awesome.

[@lisabishop6266]

A friend just made a cake w jello in it a few weeks ago! I had totally forgotten about it. Nice memories!

[@mfar3016]

I love tuna casserole, liverwurst & pineapple upside down cake, but only have them occasionally, as carbs/salt/ultra processed foods weren’t a concern years ago. LOL! 😁

[@susanmorgan8833]

Yes!! I still do those, as well as the Waldorf salad, GB casserole and fondue.

[@wyominghome4857]

My parents had to feed 6 children on an elementary school teacher's salary. Creamed chipped beef on toast, Kraft macaroni and cheese, canned baked beans, Chef Boyardi spaghetti dinners. We ate it until it came out our eyes! I never understood the recent popularity of Mac 'n Cheese.

[@mariateresamondragon5850]

I ate a lot of boxed mac and cheese when I was in grad school (in the 1980's), but I couldn't afford the Kraft brand. I could get a box of the generic mac and cheese for 25 cents. I'd make it without adding the butter or whatever else it called for, just adding the powdered cheese stuff to the damp macaroni and stirring it up.

[@ResinAlchemist2024]

Space food 🚀 sticks crack me up 😂. When I was a kiddo I was convinced I was going to be the 1st female Shuttle Commander. So where does a Kiddo with aspirations like that go in the early 2000's? Space Camp 🌌🚀 in Huntsville Alabama. 👍🏼🫶 Two years of Space Camp and 2 years of Space Academy. The best part? Mock Shuttle missions, working in a giant dive tank to simulate weightless conditions, building and getting to launch enormous rockets, wearing the astronaut jumpsuit( comfy and super cool, freeze dried ice cream, fruit, and other interesting freeze dried meals used in space (sadly no meals in a tube 😅), and all the tang one could drink. I also freaked out one night on a walk back to the dorms as glowing orbs started to hover around the trees. Terrified and thinking there were 👻 ghosts I ran and found my counselor. He listened with a concerned look on his face until he eventually cracked a smile. He then grabbed a clear plastic cup, took me back outside, and explained that the glowing orbs were not ghosts. He taught me about the wonders of Fireflies, and gave me a tutorial on how to catch and release the creatures. 😅 To this day whenever I visit the Southern States and see fireflies the I get giddy. The first time I introduced my own kiddos to them their eyes lit up with childlike wonderment. I got to watch them smile and gleefully chase the magical little bugs through the forest. I apologize for the loquacious rambling comment. Nostalgia is a truly wonderful thing. Did I become the first female Shuttle Commander in my adult life? No. Instead I became an artist and a Social Worker who sent her kiddos to Space 🌌 Camp🚀 that still loves the cosmos, freeze dried meals/ snacks, nature, and a nice ice cold glass of Tang every now and then. 😊 Have a great week everyone. Don't forget to let your inner child come out and play every now and then.🫶

[@mikkins85710]

I never saw and indeed have never even heard of space food sticks and I graduated from college in 1963.

[@tazia37]

I hadn't heard of Space Food Sticks before watching this video. But I'm glad that it was mentioned because it led to you sharing your wonderful experiences! Thank you!

[@JoeOrber]

Wow, those sound like wonderful experiences with space camp and all that, thanks for sharing the memories 🥰

[@lisabishop6266]

You gotta love having a jar of fireflies to use as a night light when camping!!!

[@toastnjam7384]

Back in the late 50' early 60's my aunt always made some godawful Jello salad. Probably contributed to my distaste of veggies as a kid.

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

lol I wasn’t fond of that either

[@GG-py9vp]

I remember when my parents immigrated to Canada in the sixties. I was a young teenager, my younger brother was 12 and I had an older brother. We were invited to neighbours for supper. They served a very nice meal (I can’t remember what) but I do remember they served a jello salad. My parents had no idea what to do with it. We had never heard of such a thing. Jelly (as we called it) was only for dessert. My younger brother was passed the salad and started to get the giggles, which started me off. My parents were mortified. The neighbors turned out to be nice people but I still don’t understand jello salads. 😂

[@kezkezooie8595]

My Edwardian nan used to make terrines in aspic which were delicious, with combinations of meat and vegetables, served cold in slices in summer. I think the jello salad thing was just a more modern, to me, less appealing reinvention of them. One of my favourites of hers was pressed ox tongue in aspic. Many younger people will be horrified by the idea of it but ox tongue is absolutely delicious when done as a cold lunch meat, or even in hot dishes.

[@maryjackson1194]

Fruit punch still makes a party. Always add some tea to elevate the flavor away from kids' juice boxes.

[@deendrew36]

Pineapple upside down cake is still totally a thing. Never went anywhere!

[@sheriwright5411]

I still cook alot of these. Pineapple upside down cake, never gets old.

[@pjesf]

I used to love TV dinners but .98 per dinner makes a $7 dinner for the family seem expensive given the income at that time. Honestly I don’t know how my parents did it - all the while providing for us everything we needed. RIP Dad & Mom - I love you forever ❤

[@b_ks]

I grew up in the 1960's and this really rang a bell for me. I think I'll make a project of cooking the whole list. 😊

[@catalinawoody6954]

OMG I remember so many of these and many are still served today in our household.

[@mickeymch876]

Most of what we ate in the early 1960's was non-processed food, real meat, real potatoes, real eggs, real bacon, spaghetti sauce and meatballs made from scratch, etc. but there were some exceptions in the mid and late 1960's. Egg Beaters, Bacos, inside out pizza things that went into the toaster (I loved those things), KFC, TV dinners in the foil (cooked in oven) and most of all I remember take out from Chicken Delight.

[@TimothySeay-e1d]

I loved tang and surprise to see it in a Latin supermarket in miami. now, if I can just find space food sticks, "what astronauts eat" I'll be able to relive my childhood.

[@MadMFox]

I just made a blueberry upside down cake.

[@ES-qu1jd]

That sounds delicious! Did you do everything the same and just swap blueberries 🫐 for pineapple 🍍?

[@MadMFox]

@@ES-qu1jd p.s. It IS delish.

[@Terbear300]

I still make my mom’s pineapple upside down cake. It’s our favorite dessert. I grew up in the 60’s with all these foods in the this video.

[@jacobfranz1204]

I was hooked on chocolate space food sticks. While Tang never tasted like orange juice just orange water, but tang grapefruit tasted just like grapefruit juice. I wish they would bring it back.

[@cg4646]

Tuna aka king.. cream of mushroom soup with a can of tuna , canned peas salt and pepper served on toast with French fries .. childhood nostalgia

[@frankwafer6919]

Thank you💯😯👌👍!

[@j.w.2391]

Loved this Nostalgic video and Crazy foods I still remember --- Jell-O, Tang and Freshie . Still keep my Typewriter for quickie Envelops and labels, and my Record player for rare Jazz records ! Any Job openings for a Telex - Operator...? Where are the Avon and Tupper-Ware Hucksters...?

[@j.w.2391]

Does any one remember Ash trays in homes where no one smokes, all the Candy dishes, the Cake Platter, the Punch Bowl, the electric carving knives

[@anubis2814]

Pineapple upside down cake, tuna noodle casserole, green bean casserole, waldorf salad and ambrosia salad are not forgotten. These are still eaten at family gatherings, though they are no staples. Most of the rest of them I'm don't want back.

[@foreverealm]

We love the memories with Jiffy Pop. Even though it scorched easily and was probably pretty lousy, the fun of making it made it memorable. The last time I had Jiffy Pop, my friends and I were trying to make it over a campfire. It just wouldn’t start popping. Finally, one of my friends said: “Let’s take turns coming up with a zany command and see who gets it popping.” (We had a child with us, so he waz trying to make the situation fun for his boy.) “Open Sesame!” “Shazzaaaam…!” “Supercalifragilicious Expialidoshus!” Then I said: “Giji Giji Yaya Zaza?” They looked at me like, What the heck? Then the Jiffy Pop began to pop. It was a hilarious memory. Thanks, Jiffy Pop.

[@gmoney4utoenvy]

Very interesting learned a lot about the 60's I was always wondering why my mom would make some of these as a kid

[@hollyingraham3980]

Jello salad was classically 1950s. Pineapple upside down cake is way before the Sixties, and Spam is older too, while it was down in the Sixties. Gone.

[@tkparrish31]

Libbey's jingle just popped into my head! OMG! "If it says Libbey's, Libbey's, Libbey's on the label, label, label you will like it, like it, like it on your table, table, table!" I suddenly feel old! Oh, wait, I am old. 😆

[@foreverealm]

In 1970, when we moved to a new subdivision in N CA… my mom was invited to a ladies’ potluck luncheon at her new best friend’s home. It was an amusing culture shock: She said each lady brought a small rectangular casserole dish with about a dozen swedish meatballs in gravy with toothpicks. All 7 women. In Hawaii, a potluck always meant the tables bulged. Variety the key. Each person brought enough food to feed everyone. Then we made plate lunches with a little of everything leftover… so folks could enjoy leftovers the next day. (And most of the food was so good that you did want it.)

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

You can make your own spam, it was originally something people made in Europe especially England? From things they had on hand. You can choose it and make it pure & healthy as you want! It's well worth the work. Pineapple upside down cake is insanely delicious! Thank you for making this wonderful video, foods that I remember from childhood!

[@lightgiver7311]

I was never a fan of Jello salads. Just Jello and whipped cream thanks! TV dinners was the beginning of our downfall into frozen prepared foods.

[@tommybutler2454]

I miss pudding pops!

[@Catsface99]

Vienna Sausages are nasty! I lived with a woman while my parents were getting divorced and her idea of a sack lunch was a can of Vienna Sausages and an apple. I used to throw that sack away as soon as I got to school.

[@deendrew36]

You could have eaten the apple at least!

[@g.ecoleman5910]

😂

[@susantaulli6580]

Yeah even as a kid I never liked them.

[@tommybutler2454]

My wife still eats liverwurst, tomatoes and onions on white bread ! She is the only one in the house that eats it !

[@susanhansell3435]

Spam is still a big thing in Hawaii, no explanation why. IKEA serves a mean Swedish Meatball at their stores.

[@ThePurleflower]

I remember having bread and butter/savour butter which was butter whipped up with oil or lard to make it go farther. Then the meal would go farther and I thought butter was a first class protein until I was older!

[@SpectralightPhoto]

I just asked my wife to make a pineapple upside-down cake the other day. It was delicious! Only problem was that she never flipped it so the pineapple was on top! Didn't affect the taste... just the presentation. I'll be scolding her when we sit down for dinner. ;-)

[@KathrynTanner-t8f]

Sometimes flipping a dish can be scary because you can't be sure it will all come out right. Next time, YOU make the cake, Mr. Smarty-Pants.

[@SpectralightPhoto]

@@KathrynTanner-t8f So my comment sounded so "flip." My wife and I have been married 43 years and have a wonderful and sometimes playful relationship. I actually thank her for a nice meal whenever she makes something more than a packaged meal. She is an AWESOME cook and baker and my BEST friend.

[@darrellcook8253]

Chicken Tonight, Birds Eye sweet peas with onions, Bird's Eye creamed sweet peas, McCormick Newburgh sauce in packets and Orange Julius hamburgers. I miss those things the most. And my dignity.

[@KathrynTanner-t8f]

Did you get a hold of my mom's cookbook to compile this? I remember and loved all of this stuff. And now liverwurst!?! You guys have it all.

[@maryltake1449]

I don't know who comes up with this idea that these items are no longer made, has never been to my house. Also, the costs of things back then, my family made $400 a month, rent was $100.00 etc. These were luxuary items.

[@UTleochi]

We used to mix powdered milk and Tang and it made a delicious kind of watery milkshake. Nowadays I shudder at the amount of sugar we ingested that way, lol.

[@marie-ctunnicliff513]

I'm making one tomorrow, for Easter - can't wait! Hope it turns out OK!

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

You can still find or make most of these, or something pretty darn close, if you try.

[@SamtheMan0508]

I love pineapple upside-down cake!

[@frankwafer6919]

S.O.S. was delisous!😯💯👍!

[@hume6900]

I hate to sound as dumb as I feel right now, but, what is S.O.S.?

[@kbaz6658]

​@@hume6900 Sh*t on shingles 😂

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

I miss Space Food Sticks.

[@johnslaughter5475]

Pineapple upside down cake - delicious. My daughters love SOS. We get the Stouffer's brand shown. I got it a lot in the Navy and have always loved it. I still eat spam - sandwiches, fried with eggs and other ways. Nowadays I get BBQ flavored Vienna sausages. Much of what was mentioned is still around.

[@patriciatinkey2677]

My Dad jept sending me cases of vienna sausages in the mid 1980's. Living a 1000 miles away, he wantedto be sure we were fed!

[@CaraHTheRealCie]

I make pineapple upside down cake often. It's quite easy.

[@kimquinn7728]

I was born in '59 and I love my moms Tuna Noodle cassarole to this day and make it a few times each year. Pure comfort food. Same with 🤬 On A Shingle(chipped beef on toast) and Salmon Pea Wiggle. Comfort.

[@sherrybirchall8677]

Who bid farewell to pineapple upside down cake? Not me. But it has to be topped with a large dollop of whipped cream.

[@fum00A]

The concept and content of this video are excellent however the execution is terrible... $15 is not "dollar 15" it's fifteen dollars.😡

[@hume6900]

I had a math teacher in high school that read the announcements that way. When the school rings became available to order they required a $5.00 deposit and he read it as dollar five not five dollars. As he was our home room teacher as well you can only imagine 30+ students running up to his desk to read the announcements for ourselves. While he was not a citizen of my country by birth, he had been a citizen for 15+ years.

[@Havenwyck_Media]

We ate lots of jello, tuna noodle casserole, pineapple upside-down cake, Swedish meatballs and we even had Tang on occasion...We didn't do Chicken ala King though...Fondue I did not do until the 1970s, into the 1980s. At Christmas I still make 'boozy punch', abd green bean casserole (at Christmas and Thanks Giving)!

[@alyasviews]

I’ve had all but two of these items and I was born in 1978…

[@loganwilcox4037]

I was born in 1990 and my mom made pineapple upside-down cake every year for my birthday. I didn't know it wasn't cool!

[@andrewbatts7678]

My favorite cream chipped beef was best served over aldente and well drained beef ramen noodles with toast

[@AlvaSudden]

Could you do a video on food on airplanes? I always loved it and it's gone forever.

[@Shesthebadmamajama]

My Dad’s favorite is pineapple upside down cake. I make it every year!

[@2WOLFS]

Coconut pudding with pineapples chunks and slices of banana was an absolute perfect dessert and frequently still is at my house and stir-fry spam with sweet peas and carrots and several other quick and tastes ways to use spam. Fried spam slices with biscuits and breakfast items are the usual items we have on long camping trips. So many of the foods he's speaking of we still use during summer and camping trips in the deep woodland.

[@marciabritton8133]

Waldorf salad was one of the foods we had to make for our Home Ec. exam to teach in the 1970's

[@brendadrew834]

Jello mold salads and desserts were also popular in the 1930s and 40s! There's a fabulous little book on the history of jello and other foods created by the scientific kitchens at MIT since 1894! There used to be a whipped cream cake frozen dessert either strawberry and chocolate by Pillsbury, wish they would bring that back but a lot of the commercial foods back then in the 1950s and 60s were laden with artificial coloring and chemicals like many still are today! What I really wish they'd bring back is the more reasonable lower prices which have gone through the stratosphere ever since then! When I was single in the early 1970s I only spent 10 dollars a week for food including cat food! Not anymore, smdh!

[@cheryljunkin3531]

That was Mary Berry making the fruit cocktail cake!

[@ej3016]

pineapple upside down cake may have only been 75 cents but it was still too expensive for the seven of us - it was “a treat” once maybe twice a year - we all preferred mother’s from scratch baking - give me a one egg white or chocolate cake over canned nonsense any day - interesting am a child of the sixties (literally - am 64 yrs) don’t miss of your items

[@warmlantern0000]

My mom made pea salad. Wich i still make. Peas chopped onion and mayo salt pepper. ❤

[@Nancy-y8q1n]

I put fruit cocktail in jello

[@therealthornblossom3740]

That’s not Fruit Cocktail Cake, that’s fruitcake, there are no nuts or dried fruit in Fruit Cocktail Cake Fruit cocktail cake * 15 oz. can fruit cocktail * 1 cup all purpose flour * 1 cup granulated sugar * 1 large egg * 1 teaspoon baking soda * ¼ teaspoon salt * Preheat oven to 300°F and grease an 8-inch square baking pan * In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, white sugar and salt * Add the egg and fruit cocktail along with all of the juices from the can. Stir until uniform * Pour the batter into prepared baking pan * Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs * Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes before serving

[@onedumbbaby]

As a boomer I still eat all these foods.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

Pineapple upside down cake is still my favorite!!

[@justmeandthethree]

Mine too!

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

Me too

[@joandeimling7681]

I make pineapple upside down Bundt cakes

[@Candy-O1776]

I have everything to make a pineapple upside down cake in my pantry.

[@joandeimling7681]

@@Candy-O1776 always

[@kristinb5121]

I loved many of these recipes. One that was missing from the list was the Chung King canned chop suey with the chop suey in one can and the crunchy noodles in the other. That was very exotic where I grew up and was a treat dinner in the early 60's. I'm so glad Asian cuisine is widely available now!

[@KathrynTanner-t8f]

I used to love that canned chop suey too! In a fit of nostalgia I bought some a couple of years ago--yuck! Memories are still good though. Looking back, I imagine my mother served them as a "treat" now and then to give herself a break from cooking!

[@kristinb5121]

@@KathrynTanner-t8f LOL - thanks for saving me a from trying it again. I couldn't imagine it would be as good as freshly made. Those crunchy noodles, though, they were so good. 😋

[@ladywolfwolf]

Oh my gosh, yes!

[@anetzband1383]

I just made it last week!

[@FOX007-um1wr]

OMG, I remember eating that when I was a kid. I have like 4 cans of it now in my cabinet right now. I like it, sorta a fast tasty meal when you don't have time to cook. LOL

[@C.O._Jones]

Pineapple upside-down cake still exists. It’s delicious.

[@VickiTakacs.]

Never made fruit cocktail cake. Blech.

[@C.O._Jones]

@@VickiTakacs. Fruit cocktail cake? That sounds disgusting. Not the same as pineapple upside down cake.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

​@@VickiTakacs. Give the old traditional English fruit cake a try ! Made from dried fruit.

[@cordiagabert2573]

It is a dessert in some restaurants I've been to. I also make it.

[@joycej9415]

Exactly, we make it often!

[@nocturne7371]

Swedish meatballs is still, and will probably always be a staple in Sweden. It's one of our national dishes. And based on the fact that IKEA sells 180 million of them every year I can't see how it's a forgotten dish around the world.

[@cactustree505]

You are exactly right. Still going strong!

[@updownstate]

These never went out of style. And there's no substitute for IKEA, though we try.

[@sarot2002]

Love Ikea food

[@kris50503]

We have Swedish meatballs every Christmas Eve and always have. And IKEA can’t match my Aunt Phyllis’ meatballs, although the Lingonberry and Cloudberry preserves are quite good.

[@herbsuperb6034]

Yeah. Was surprised to see that on here. I still love Swedish Meatballs. One I've never even HEARD of is 'Butter Mint Peas'. Can't figure that one out.

[@AnitaKraft-ux9qk]

I remember all these recipes. We ate at home and eating out was for special occasions and people were a whole lot thiner and you.talked about your day. This part of the 60s needs to come back❤

[@rashone2879]

Highly processed foods heavy with sugar and artificial ingredients….TV dinners were made from the lowest food grades. What was “must have” in the 60s is what has ended up as obesity and diabetes.

[@chrisroper2731]

True, I was always called skinny back then. Haven't heard that in years!

[@chrisroper2731]

​​@@rashone2879😮 Baloney, in the 1980's agriculture in America changed. Our winter wheat was replaced by GMO wheat. It replaced the tall longer grain, with shorter, chubby grains meant to flatten up cattle & livestock. It's taken over all the US heirloom wheat now. And in the 80's & 90's is when obesity hit an outrageous number.

[@margarettickle9659]

Yep. I agree.

[@DorothySpang]

I remember Family Reunions in Jackson Kentucky when about 25plus Southern cooks brought a covered Dish! So grateful to be a Baby Boomer 😊

[@johnbrentford5513]

The death of the green bean casserole has been greatly exaggerated.

[@lisabishop6266]

😂😂😂 I am 62 and believe it or not, somehow I have NEVER had green beans casserole!! I actually want to try it cause everyone I know says I am deprived 😂😂

[@silkyswoman]

@@lisabishop6266it’s nasty

[@diannelavoie5385]

I like green bean casserole. My bonus granddaughter likes to make it sometimes for big family meals at my son and DIL's home. Bet she'll do one for Easter dinner.

[@susanmorgan8833]

@@silkyswomanNot if made properly.

[@silkyswoman]

@@susanmorgan8833 I’m not a fan! I love green beans just without cream of mushroom soup on them. Just my preference

[@pattidrier9593]

Ambrosia salad is alive and well in the Midwest. Every church supper.

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

It's also found Thankfully at "Buffets",. 😊 "Isa"

[@JessicaSue]

yes, along with most of these foods!

[@joiedevivre7376]

yes, and I can still smell the Swedish meatballs at the pot luck church suppers

[@lynnedgecomb2672]

Recipe please?

[@dwightcurrie8316]

Just fine Down South In Georgia too

[@sherrybirchall8677]

My Dad's specialty was tuna casserole. He would open an extra can of tuna, which we would snack on while he was making the tuna casserole. Good old Dad. ❤

[@JoeOrber]

Beautiful memories, thanks for sharing 🥰

[@blessedKSMom]

With potato chips crumbled on top??

[@JoeOrber]

@@blessedKSMom I wonder if Fritos would go well too 😅

[@PaulWhitcomb-ty6md]

Did he put peas in it?

[@sherrybirchall8677]

@@PaulWhitcomb-ty6md of course!

[@PorkChopJones]

If they ever brought back Swanson TV dinners in the foil tray, I would buy them instead of the TV dinners sold in heat resistant microwavable plastic containers. Back in the old days we weren't in a big hurry for everything. At a 20-25 minute baking time once you got home from work you just place your dinner in the oven 30 minutes before your favorite TV Show. It is my own opinion that the taste of a baked TV dinner is far superior from it's microwavable counterpart of today.

[@lisabishop6266]

I SO agree!!! I keep buying TV dinners every few months, but yea, they are NO where near a good as the '60's foil ones 😢😢😢

[@MeowingKittyCat]

When I was growing up, a microwave oven was about 6 feet tall, weighed about 750 pounds, had to be water-cooled, and cost, in today's dollars, up to $52,000 -- another good reason to use the regular oven! 😊

[@tarnishedknight730]

PorkChopJones, When TV dinners first came out, they were intended to be just as nutritious as a regular (home cooked) meal. They were intended to a quick alternative to home cooking. And they tasted almost as good as my mother's cooking. But modern TV dinners are not made to be tasty. They are made with the lowest cost ingredients and sold at the highest price that the company can get away with. Taste and nutrition are close to last on the list for the modern version of these things. But then, for a society that eats "Hot Pockets" and "Tide Pods" I guess flavor doesn't matter. 😁

[@tophorn7348]

I bake mine in the toaster oven. The cardboard box is not damaged at all. Not even singed. But still not as good as the metal trays. Before the cardboard, before the aluminum foil, there was the heavy metal trays. I don't know if they were tin or solid steel, but there was no recycling ♻️ back then. It all got tossed in the 🚮 trash, all those heavy metal trays. We didn't even bat an eye!

[@lisalu910]

I remember the vegetables having an unpleasant metallic tang from cooking in those aluminum trays.

[@katsu-graphics5634]

Chop Suey in a can and Rice-a-roni in a box . . . .saw those commercials when Mom watched soap operas. . . . and "Shake and Bake chicken". . . and Jiffy Pop popcorn.

[@altitudeiseverything3163]

My mother used to serve Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs *from a can.* Shockingly, they still make that 💩! I mean, really… it isn’t hard to brown some ground beef, boil some packaged pasta, and open a jar of marinara sauce. 🙄

[@patriciasalem3606]

I still love Rice-a-Roni. I steam broccoli with it and grate Asiago cheese over the top. It's a nice comfort food.

[@lisabishop6266]

" It's Shake n Bake, and I helped""" that's a running joke w a friend of mine 😂 I make my own version of Rice a Roni for 30 plus yrs now, can't get enough. But how I used to gobble down Spaghetti O's is beyond me now! I grabbed a can a few yrs ago, and tossed 99 percent of it out, SO gross 😂😂😂. And a few yrs ago, I actually found a box of Quisp cereal w the Lil Martian guy 😂😂😂

[@mark-xx1lt]

The "Shake & Bake" commercial with the little Southern girl "and I helped" was too funny. That was a heavy accent.

[@DarkElfDiva]

Chop suey in a can always tasted awful.

[@cyclenut]

Even with these kind of foods, most people back then were thin. The vast majority home cooked.

[@mooster47]

The covid isolation taught us that home cooking is definitely not the secret to a trim body. We're overweight because we eat too much and sit on our behinds, not because of what we eat. It started with restaurants competing with oversized portions of rich food, but they trained us to envision food as it looks in - for example - a Red Lobster ad - huge plates piled high in full color, coming at you on a big screen.

[@robinmitchell6701]

They had no preservatives and hormones girls have boobs at nine ugh😢

[@MarisaFrasure]

You can also thank pres. Regan (legalization of GMO's..... a continuous legal scientific experiment without final results).....

[@patriciasalem3606]

​@@mooster47I would add huge portions and hormones in food as contributing to obesity today. Also snacking.

[@BornIn1500]

@@MarisaFrasure there has been a lot more studying of GMO's than the brief experiments with the COVID vax they're injecting in everyone.

[@diane9247]

I'm 76. It's kind of scary that I've eaten just about all of these, even know how to make most of them. I have Braunshweiger (liverwurst) in my fridge right now! I absolutely have to make pineapple upside-down cake sometime. It was a family faveorite.

[@BrettHarvey-u6c]

Then you,madam, remember that liver wurst came in beef. My father and I were mad when we couldn't the beef one in the mid 70s

[@Candy-O1776]

I love a great d mustard and onion liverwurst sandwich.

[@kathleenjorgensen8350]

Cherry

[@dr.eliciarosen-fox1354]

My favorite was boar's head with raw onion and mayonnaise which on its own, I really disliked but with liverwurst on an onion roll. OMG. I have been Vegan for over 30 years but yes, I did love the stuff. Go figure?😉

[@the22ndday]

I'm 69. My dad loved liver wurst and also sardines with those funky cans with the "key" to open it. We'd put them on saltine crackers. I miss dad! 😊

[@MeowingKittyCat]

When my mother made Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, she would put the pineapple rings in the pan, then a maraschino cherry in the middle of each ring. All remaining spaces were filled with pecans -- yummy! When I was in elementary school, Health Salad was sometimes on the menu -- chopped salad vegetables molded in Lemon Jell-O -- delicious! That was in the days when the lunch ladies prepared everything homemade -- microwave ovens were rare, huge, and extremely expensive.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

Ah! Thank you for the info on the pecans! We may have had that as kids because I do remember there being an additional ingredient, and that might have been it or you've given me a great new idea!

[@MeowingKittyCat]

@@iahelcathartesaura3887 I'm getting in the mood for pineapple upside down cake, myself. When I see one without pecans, it looks sort of naked to me!

[@lisabishop6266]

My youngest daughter is actually head cook at a school and she does make a lot from scratch. And I have gotten on " leftovers" and for school food, most is pretty darn good. Better than what I remember from the '60's and '70's.

[@MeowingKittyCat]

@@lisabishop6266 It's good to know there are still schools doing things the right way! 😊👍

[@brockreynolds870]

We still make carrot jell-o all the time, orange jell-o, shredded carrots, and cruished pineapple,

[@victoriajarvis2260]

What? No meatloaf? No Marshmallow Fluff? Say, this is nostalgia: The whole family stopping whatever they were doing to sit down at table and eat a meal together. I would set the table for six - silverware and napkins and glasses. I made dinner and lined the plates up on the countertop and served each with a meat, vegetable, and "carb" . Everything was homemade. I usually also had a big bowl of green salad on the table and everyone passed the basket of bread and the butter. It was "Please pass the salt.", etc. No one shouted, ever cursed, - let's not even mention cellphones. You talked. Talked. "Conversation". A great art, now dead. - My brother spoke about lying on his bed, doing homework. He says he remembers the smell of pot roast (hey, there's another 60's favorite - affordable too) and roasted vegetables and wondering what was for dessert. - The best part was when he heard our mother call him: "Jimmy! Dinner's on the table." What an entirely different world it was. God bless America.

[@katbow5922]

You are exactly right, the smells that would fill the house were so wonderful and we ate at the table trying to sneak the peas to the dogs ( we had two...Taffy & Trixie) once a year there was the homemade Root Beer and that was amazing. Didn't really eat Spam but we sure did eat Pot Roast. Thank you Mom for not feeding us TV dinners. I didn't feed them to my kids either and in my 70's I sure don't want to start 😂😂

[@denadeerdancer594]

Young people would never believe You. They never knew the pre communist state of existence

[@margarettickle9659]

That was in the good old days. Now the meat stinks. All meatloaf tastes terrible. I've tried several recipes and have decided never to eat it again.

[@DorothySpang]

So So Grateful to be a Baby Boomer ❤ I could relate to your memories. I believe many of our Generation could as well 😢

[@susanjeffay3851]

Some TV dinners had chocolate pudding or cake in a little square in the top middle, which was the only dessert we got!

[@Cricket2731]

Swanson still makes TV dinners with cake or fruit cobbler in the middle.

[@FOX007-um1wr]

Hungryman T.V. dinner with Saulsberry steak is served with a brownie. I like that dinner to. LOL

[@aandino1239]

Hungry Man and others are still found in American supermarkets. I still indulge every once in a while.

[@Blech-h9z]

The corn always drifted into mine 😢

[@suzannelawson9215]

I absolutely loved all the Swanson TV dinners. My parent's both worked during the late 1960's and we frequently had these for dinner. My father didn't cook very often but he made a really good tuna noodle casserole with the crushed potato chips on top as mentioned in this video.

[@catnip824]

Tuna Casserole, no noodles!!

[@suzannelawson9215]

@@catnip824 No noodles? What did you have in the casserole? Just tuna by itself?

[@kathywiseley4382]

​@@catnip824It's kind of hard to make tuna noodle casserole without noodles 😅

[@catnip824]

​@suzannelawson9215 Just Tuna, cream of Mushroom or Celery soup, green peas, Potato chips on top. We just called it, "Tuna Casserole", and IDK why my mom didn't use noodles.

[@cordiagabert2573]

My mom was a professional cook, but in her day(1908 born)when women got married they could no longer work, but she cooked great meals at home. It was a treat to eat a TV dinner GO FIGURE or Chef Boy Ardee spaghetti and meatballs. I guess she was tired as she aged in doing all the housework.

[@rjabja]

I use 2 cans of drained crushed pineapple for my upside down cake because I want pineapple in every bite. I use the juice in place of the liquid in the cake batter and apple sauce in place of the oil. Yum. When ever my mom made angel food cake there was alos a chiffon cake as one used the egg whites and other used the yolks. Nothing went to waste back then unlike today.

[@debbiedugay8574]

I still make most of what is on your list of recipes. I was born in 1958, so may of these items are comfort food for me. My husband is not a fan of cake but he loves Pineapple Upside down Cake and I make that quite often. The recipes are very cost effective which help when you are on a fixed income so I will keep these recipes alive in our house. But not the weird Jello casseroles! I love jello and have it in my cupboard all the time but I only add fruit to it as I never liked the more odd combos!

[@lauratroxel24]

I was also born in 1958. We ate everything on this list, and I still make many of them, too! Yummy! My mother is a very up to date groovy lady!

[@Hremo_158]

Me too. Also a 1958 baby.

[@alisong2328]

I still drag out the fondue pots occasionally - usually on New Year's Eve. We do one for cheese (bread cubes & veggies) and one for chocolate (with cake and fruit). Some people do an oil fondue for chicken or beef (but it's hard to keep these hot enough).

[@lisabishop6266]

😂😂😂 back in the '70's , Mom was super into fondue etc. She invited her parents over for dinner and all night all we heard was Grandpa b*thing cause he had to cook his own food!!! What kind of hostess, especially his own daughter, would make him cook his own food!!!!

[@lisalu910]

You can get an electric fondue pot (I have one by Cuisinart) for oil fondue. The ceramic pots with the alcohol burners don't get hot enough, you're right.

[@oldrndrt]

My mom made a casserole called Chicken Glop, canned chicken, cream of mushroom or chicken soup, peas, mixed up with crushed potato chips and topped with more crushed potato chips. As a child in the 50s we thought it was wonderful.

[@redheadsrule2785]

That does sound good. My Mom made a dish called "chopped meat" it had ground beef, egg noodles, canned corn, canned tomatoes. This all put into a casserole. I love it!!

[@cscshop4391]

I remember eating this. Loved the name.

[@lisabishop6266]

I remember back in the '70's, Mom would buy a big box of Jello and i would make it, pour into glasses, saving 1/2 to " froth" up w a handmixer, then pour that on top of the semi set Jello. By dinner time, it was all set nicely, add some fresh fruit and Cool Whip and myself and my brothers were very happy!

[@dreamjeannie29]

Hmmmm, I seem to remember a jello concoction that was called 3-2-1 or something, it came in a box. It had 3 different layers and I loved it.

[@blondek767]

I make green bean casserole for Thanksgiving and Easter dinners. Every bit is eaten. My kids grew up on Vienna Sausages, a great low carb snack! My favorite jello salad is called ‘Watergate Salad’ which is made with pistachio jello, minced pistachios, marshmallows, Cool Whip, and a can of crushed pineapple. My family loves fried Spam for breakfast.

[@AnitaKraft-ux9qk]

I make my Waldorf salad with apples celery walnuts dried cranberries and I use lemon yogurt for the dressing it is delicious and people just love it very refreshing give it a try you'll love it

[@MeowingKittyCat]

That sounds wonderful, with lemon yogurt! 🍋

[@AnitaKraft-ux9qk]

@@MeowingKittyCat really lightens it up and it's perfect in the summer when it's hot

[@cactustree505]

@@AnitaKraft-ux9qk I have to try it soon YUM

[@mitzigaynor-rz5zn]

In Australia I make a smoked chicken Waldorf salad with apples, cucumber, celery, chopped pecans bound together with a small amount of mayonnaise. Great summer dinner straight from the fridge. 🇦🇺🦘🦘🇦🇺

[@luisreyes1963]

​@@mitzigaynor-rz5zn Bet you got inspired by an episode of Fawlty Towers. 😁

[@markkram6548]

tv tray + tv dinner + Mr MaGoo = Good Nite!

[@pamelamccarthy1412]

My brother and I couldn't wait for the wonderful world of Disney on Sunday nights. Bed time at 8 PM.

[@lisabishop6266]

And Wild Kingdom w Marlin Perkins and Jack Hanna!!

[@boogiedaddy3434]

There are several of these I still enjoy today. I love pineapple upside down cake and make it a few times a year. I also like using peaches instead of pineapple for a different spin on it. I also like liverwurst (braunschweiger), spam, vienna sausages, waldorf salad, creamed chipped beef, and Swedish meatballs.

[@BELINDA_LANE]

My uncle bought liverwurst in 3 ft long tubes, he died at 43😮

[@boogiedaddy3434]

@@BELINDA_LANE I've only ever bought the 6 inch ones and I'm now 44. he should have learned about moderation.

[@BELINDA_LANE]

@@boogiedaddy3434 Too late, plus 3 packs Pall Mall unfiltered a day,, he died mowing his yard

[@pam8962]

Braunswager on rye with red onions brown mustard and mayo

[@pam8962]

Orange sherbet and 7Up

[@mooster47]

Pineapple upside down cake appears in my mom's 1950 Betty Crocker Cookbook. We had it often well before the 60's, and it was probably not new in 1950. I still make it now and then. Probably most of these items predate the 60's, other than Tang. Waldorf salad dates to 1893 and is still very popular.

[@kevinlee45]

i get that cake every year as my birthday cake...im 60

[@robylove9190]

I lived through the 50s and 60s and ate, pretty much, all of these. In the mid-60s I was a wife and mother who cooked a lot of them. I used ground beef instead of dried beef to make SOS. I still make it occasionally.

[@gsabo1000]

How ya make beef gravy?

[@robylove9190]

@@gsabo1000 Do you want to know how to make roast beef gravy or SOS gravy.

[@madelinehall8944]

I used dried corned beef. The dried beef in the jar is not the same as the thin sliced dried beef in a bag. I'm in Chicago and have not seen dried beef. I depend on Stoffer's.