20 Forgotten Lunches From The 1970s, We Want Back!

20 Forgotten Lunches From The 1970s We Want Back!
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Curious which once-popular lunches from the 1970s have fallen out of favor? Pull up a chair for 20 delicious meals that used to brighten up our midday breaks. Let's chow down and chew over these nostalgic bites-bon appétit!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:13 Tuna Melt on Rye
1:13 Fish Stick Sandwiches
2:08 Pizza Burgers
3:00 Turkey and Cranberry Sandwiches
3:48 Fried Bologna and Cheese Sandwiches
4:46 Curried Sardine Salad Sandwiches
5:46 Olive Loaf Sandwiches
6:41 Baloney Boats
7:27 Peanut Butter and Bacon Sandwiches
8:17 Spam and Pineapple Sandwiches
9:22 Jiffy Ground Beef Cornbread Casserole
10:15 Ravioli Sandwiches
11:03 Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwiches
11:49 Tuna Jell-O Salad
12:42 Rice Pudding Lunch Bowl
13:33 Chili Cheese Dog Casserole
14:14 Egg Foo Young Sandwiches
15:03 Cheese soufflé
15:58 Sloppy Joe Casserole
16:46 Macaroni and Cheese Loaf Sandwich
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[@VintageLifestyleUSA]

What’s a beloved lunch from your 1970s that seems to have disappeared over the years?

[@marklopez7775]

Hello. Good afternoon. I do not always love all the snacks from the 1970s that have disappeared. I prefer American snacks from the 2000s that have disappeared. Okay?

[@dragonwithagirltattoo598]

@@marklopez7775 well find a post about 2000 snacks and move along.

[@marklopez7775]

@@dragonwithagirltattoo598 Speaking of 2000s snacks, what is your favorite Dragon Tales episode? Please let me know in the comments down below.

[@tracisayhi]

Tater tot hot dish, Swanson frozen dinners, Jiffy Pop popcorn

[@marklopez7775]

@@tracisayhi Are those foods from the 1970s or any other decade? Please let me know in the comments down below.

[@charliedavis8894]

That "Jiffy ground beef cornbread casserole" was called "Tamale Pie" on the Jiffy box and in cookbooks of the era.

[@michaelsessums]

I still love a tamale pie. Yum!

[@Just-Nikki]

I just heard about it and started making it a few years ago. We don’t do a lot of boxed foods but it sure is nice every once in a while to have that convenience.

[@msr1116]

If you live in a cold climate, remember this recipe for those fall or winter afternoons spent leaf raking or snow shoveling. Just imagine coming back inside and getting that first whiff of tamale pie aroma wafting through the house.....

[@LaoshiDJ]

My mother would make a hot dog , cheese , macaroni casserole that was absolutely delicious.

[@ricobhi]

I wasn't vibing with this video at all until he said Jiffy ground beef cornbread casserole. My ears suddenly perked up and I had to lean in and find out about this one

[@kh7955]

Tuna melts, PB and bacon, thanksgiving sandwiches, and fried bologna and cheese sandwiches haven't disappeared.

[@DavidReyes-1970]

I agree😂😂😂❤

[@uncledick9445]

Just because they are still popular in your region does not mean they are still popular across the country.

[@nixarrowman78]

That's because old people still exist. old Gens absolutely love their childhood nostalgia foods

[@DanielJohnson-ec8rk]

Stuff I still eat at 50

[@loraann54fi10]

​@nixarrowman78 it's not just the old, here in Southern Appalachia, fried bologna sandwiches are even served in the schools. Everyone grew up eating them around here so even the kidos ask for them.

[@dm9078]

It’s pronounced baloney! And I don’t know where this guy lives but fried bologna is a staple in diners and family restaurants across the Midwest. Usually it is thick sliced bologna.

[@joefaller4525]

Yep, I have heard 2 pronunciations, but never the way adds a "Y" sound, unless you are actor Joe Bologna, who used the "Y" sound in is name.

[@bunkyman8097]

There is a restaurant in town that is famous for smoked meat. One of their most popular menu items is a fried baloney sandwich. So good!

[@ryankeul5690]

All artificial unfortunately

[@kipp14]

Most areas don't have it anymore. I've had it more at home than not. It's hard to find large packs of thick bologna where I'm at for example

[@jeffmckenzie7282]

He is pronouncing it correctly. Baloney is a redneck creation word.

[@firebird6522]

I've never had a pizza burger. I'll have to remedy that. A couple of these I'm actually glad I missed. Looking at you tuna jello.

[@cicilla1556]

Pizza burgers are pretty good, my husband's hometown has a bar that sells them!

[@robertthomas5906]

They used to be on the school menu. I always bought lunch those days.

[@pamelayeager2083]

They’re delicious!

[@KageNoTora74]

Some foods have no business being suspended in Jell-O.

[@Sparky0627]

Never heard of the Pizza Burger!

[@careercnsltnt1982]

I'm southern and grew up in the 70's, but he lost me at tuna jello.

[@dennisthurston727]

Sadly I remember tuna jello casserole but I assure its not a fond memory 😂

[@Paul-qo1hb]

Yuck 🤮

[@chellagirl3664]

Jello "salads" or molds were/are huge in the Midwest. Tuna in a jello mold usually isn't made with sweetened jello it is made with unsweetened gelatin. However, it is something found in a lot of cookbooks from the 70's. I have so many of my grandmother's cookbooks from the 50-80's and the 70's have a ton of savory gelatin based recipes 🤢🤮

[@chrystalkellogg7093]

​@@dennisthurston727😆😆

[@tatergirl8765]

That explains those old fish shaped jello molds . I always wondered about that. Now I can sleep better 60 years later.

[@chrisj2991]

Literally have Tuna Melts, Thanksgiving Sandwiches, Pizza Burgers, and Fried Baloney sandwiches on the menu at the restaurant I work at right now and make at least 4-8 a day of each EVERY DAY.

[@khrystleooo6994]

Whoa! Where do you work?? That sounds AWESOME!!

[@khrystleooo6994]

Whoa! Where do you work? That sounds AWESOME!!

[@ymh.smokespot]

Whoah! Where do you work?? That sounds AWESOME!!

[@kimjung-un8204]

But is it everywhere? Or is your restaurant one of the few.

[@chrisj2991]

@@kimjung-un8204 anywhere in Connecticut for the most part

[@TransitpointWave]

That Tuna Jello mold though😂 how can you not unsee it

[@Sparky0627]

Oh heck, there were far worse food items stuck into Jell-O .... disgusting most of them! Olives, coleslaw, or hard boiled eggs!

[@stevelent2463]

It wasn't appealing before, and that didn't help things.

[@garrykniffen1461]

I’m trying real hard. I’ll keep you posted.

[@dawnfoster2873]

I grew up in the 70’s and never heard of tuna jello mold! Yuk. Sometimes we would have green jello with grated carrots in it and that was yuk.

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

Wow, it took me forever to realize that one mold at 12:25 was a lobster and not something else. 😂

[@ethelnewberry151]

You forgot to mention the "Over The Kitchen Sink Tomato Sandwich" on 2 slices of sturdy white bread. Spread your Hellman's or Miracle Whip thickly on the bread, or whatever brand you want. Slice a nice red ripe tomato really thick, S & P it, & put it together, cut it on the diagonal. Then roll up your shirt sleeves, pick up your homemade treasure, & plant both elbows on the edge of the kitchen sink counter, bend way over with your neck & face, and commence to chomp out a great big bite, while the tomato juices & mayo's start to ooze into the kitchen sink. Not a good idea to order this in a restaurant, because they won't cut the Tomato thick enough, but if they do, it may cost around ten bucks. The absolute best "Tomato Sandwich" will be made from you picking your own tomato from your own garden while it's still sunshine warm, but store bought will have to do if you don't have your own garden. Happy Tomato Sandwich eating.

[@Inkblot67]

Hahahaha! Love it! 😂

[@michellenc1237]

I almost agree with your recipe 100% but down my way its Dukes mayo or nothing....dang. Out of all these mentioned, a good ole kitchen sink matter sandwich is the one that has me salivating... nothing can beat them when you have a fresh from the back yard just 10 mins ago tomato. Like red ripe beefsteak or my fav Cherokee purple....yum num

[@joanneartz1254]

While listening to Bobby Vinton....

[@ethelnewberry151]

@@michellenc1237 : I knew I should have said DUKES...Sorry kiddo.

[@kalevala29]

One of my favorites as a kid was a cold, meatloaf sandwich. I liked apple butter sandwiches too.

[@stevenhoskins7850]

Cold meatloaf with ketchup. Hell, yeah!

[@bitterklinger8160]

Yummmm meatloaf sandwiches are soooo good!

[@kalevala29]

@@bitterklinger8160 Ah, meatloaf. Always satisfying hot or cold.

[@Jojo01171]

Meatloaf sandwiches are the bomb even today 🤤

[@adamhuffman3354]

Yea I bet. Never heard of the pizza 🍕 burger 🍔! Sounds good!

[@melissataylor9880]

Tunamelt on Rye is still a favorite of mine.

[@dennisthurston727]

I still cant eat a turkey sammy without cranberry sauce on it. They never get tiring

[@sandratuttle]

I never heard of it until I saw it in a video a few months ago.

[@MargaretCutt-um8iq]

but i've never had cheese on them.

[@saved_yet_so_as_by_fire]

They're pretty common in northern California, you can find turkey and cranberry sandwiches premade in most grocery stores out there.

[@martybee6701]

I've discovered that Cranberry Sauce goes well with ANY meat not just Turkey. Pork, Beef, Lamb are also ideal companions. Served hot is best I take the lid off and put the entire jar in the microwave for 90 seconds. Warning : use oven gloves it gets VERY hot. Ladled over any meat gives the meal another dimension.

[@joannaedwards6325]

The BEST part of the actual Thanksgiving day meal IS THE LEFTOVERS in sandwiches. We even added a thin layer of stuffing along with the cranberry jelly. 😋 😋

[@dawnlinnell]

We never ever ever need tuna jello again.

[@JustM2024]

Exactly

[@timbillings6884]

No🤢🤮

[@bobbiewright1500]

When my mom was having my little sister in 1973 ; my dad made us fried bologna sandwiches for a week until my mom came home !

[@kwbarron]

Having grown up in the 70's, I can safely say these were not all huge players. A few, sure, but some of these I have never heard of.

[@pamelayeager2083]

You lived a sheltered life, lol. Actually, I grew up in the 1960’s and ate many of these sandwiches.

[@kwbarron]

@@pamelayeager2083 I wasn't alive in the 60's. and this video is about sandwiches from the 70's.

[@marysmith7765]

By your own admission, you were a small child during the 70’s, and possibly missed a few things.

[@Enoch-nn1id]

Exactly!!! i think they are specific to little villages ..😂

[@sandratuttle]

@@Enoch-nn1id I grew up in the 50's and raised kids in the 70's but most of these things I never heard of. I think they must be Southern things.

[@Crochet-Quilting]

As I am sure most know, these foods never went away in rural, Amish, Mennonite, Pennsylvania Dutch areas. Anyone trying make it with the prices these days, still eat these foods.

[@Karlsz]

Even the curried sardines?! 🥵

[@terrimoore7082]

I don't know about that tuna jello thing though..I'll stick with a tuna sandwich...LOL

[@rochelleb973]

Who doesn't eat a thanks giving sandwich after the holiday?

[@Michaelfatman-xo7gv]

Not in long time. No leftovers.

[@rochelleb973]

@@Michaelfatman-xo7gv lolol, that makes sense😊

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

We made casseroles from the leftovers. I think Mom made a sandwich or two, but without the cranberry sauce in the sandwich or casserole.

[@TheRealNameless1]

I eat my Thanksgiving sandwiches during Thanksgiving

[@rebels42wynn83]

Two pieces of fresh loaf 🍞, Miracle Whip on both slices, lettuce, tomato,a dash of black pepper,and a couple slices of Thanksgiving Day turkey. It's still remains me of my grandmother and my still favorite sandwich to make 🥰😋🥪.

[@Cocobeachhippie]

Where is the FLUFFERNUTTER? Long live the Fluffernutter sandwich 🥪!!!

[@Flyonlittlewing265]

Amen 🙏 ❤loved it as a kid!

[@JennRoc5]

Yes!

[@babiesista]

We still make the fluffernutter in our house

[@sonyafox3271]

Again it’s a brief video, they aren’t going to show every single thing! If you love the fluffier nutter, my mom made this spread/ dip that she got out of a magazine in the 70s and, it became our favorite evening snack that we ate on spread on graham crackers, basically, take the fluffier nutter concept, except you just add a tub of thawed cool whip and, mix it up in a bowl!

[@penniewyatt9391]

Marhmellow sandwich? 😂😂

[@DavidReyes-1970]

Shit I still enjoy a a fried bologna and cheese sandwich

[@lorettacarroll6015]

White bread, bologna and cheese. Nothing else.

[@stevefoote9995]

Just had one for lunch! Thick sliced garlic bologna on salt rising bread. Dee-lish

[@mycat6029]

Red neck sandwich 🤢

[@timbillings6884]

Yup!!! Yum not white bread though!!!

[@allanholder8948]

@@lorettacarroll6015 oh you gotta have Hellmanns mayo

[@mikailbumpus692]

Thanks for sharing this 👍 Iam still Old school at age 57 And I still eat all of these foods and many other 70’s Forgotten Meals. I absolutely love cooking for leisure and entertaining friends. Many of my younger friends have always thought I’ve been a little bit weird, but when they tried some of these things and realized how good things tasted, It kind of changed their way of looking at things. Iam about as old school as it gets and happy to remain that way.

[@joannaedwards6325]

✌ 👌 ☝ 🎉

[@darthtaiter]

Back in the mid 70's my mom would make open faced grilled tuna , whole wheat bread lightly toasted, top with the tuna salad of your choice, a couple of hearty slices of tomato and topped with sharp cheddar, a little cracked black pepper and salt, run under the broiler until the cheese bubbled and toasted. It was DELICIOUS!

[@allanholder8948]

I still enjoy a good tuna melt.

[@darthtaiter]

@@allanholder8948 nom 😋 😍 👌

[@joannaedwards6325]

Oh jeeze please NOT HOT TUNA 😝😝

[@Mouse-fw8el]

😂❤yes! I stillmake them just like that! TUNA MELTS!!!🎉

[@debbiemohekey1509]

We did that with mashed potato. Pile on toast with sprinkle of grated cheese and squirt of tomato sauce/ketchup. Everyone thinks it sounds horrible until they taste it.[ everything needs to be hot}. yes, that needs to be specified. Baked beans is a meal where I live. Hot beans on hot buttery toast eaten with a knife and fork. Watched a vid with Americans trying this but they put a spoonful of cold beans on a hunk of cold unbuttered bread. Yuck! They wondered why we called this a meal although most quite liked it.

[@SherryBeardslee-ie5kj]

These are not forgotten, many are still being served.

[@aprildawnlalala]

They are forgotten most ppl have forgotten 😂

[@joannaedwards6325]

​@@aprildawnlalala Sorry. You're mistaken or maybe just too young 😢

[@Vivalarosa45]

Many of these sandwiches I still eat. To me nothing's changed.

[@LaoshiDJ]

How’s your health?

[@joannaedwards6325]

​@@LaoshiDJ Why?? How's yours?? Gotta break away from just veggie sandwiches once in a while. Good bumper sticker LIFE IS SHORT EAT MORE BUTTER

[@TheNancypoo]

Tuna and lime jello????????? I'm going to hurl...😨

[@LDuncanKelly]

Yeah, it's supposed to be celery Jello...

[@LDuncanKelly]

Yeah, it's supposed to be celery Jello...

[@nikkid4890]

I’ll join you

[@joannaedwards6325]

Tuna in anything other than plain cold tuna salad is gross to me. Just the smell of a tuna casserole makes me gag ...yuck😝

[@mistytharpe3991]

Somebody was really pushing the jello in every meal thing back in the 50s

[@christinebutler7630]

Ot many now remember that many, many rural areas still did not have electricity until after the war. Electrification didn't reach the whole country until the late Fifties. Well, among Midwestern farm women, jello was a status symbol, it meant you had a refrigerator and the electricity to run it. So, if you had a fridge, you brought a jello salad to every church supper.

[@gregggoss2210]

Jell-O and tuna? Sorry, that's where I draw the line.

[@mistytharpe3991]

@@gregggoss2210 yeah no doubt but there wasn't anything they wouldn't put into a Jello mold. I'm assuming they had a neutral flavored Jello that they can spice up anyway they wanted to. But still I won't even eat the gelatin that's in the can with the spam. Ew that's disgusting

[@Sparky0627]

There were some disgusting attempts putting food into Jell-O! Plain or with fruit is the only way!

[@Xkittyloverr1997]

​@@mistytharpe3991 at one point veggie was a jello flavor

[@teresahelms1709]

Love Tuna melts, BLT'S, Grilled cheese and fried bologna sandwiches 😊😊 Oh and can't forget sandwiches made from the Thanksgiving leftovers. 😊😊

[@drbluzer]

1970'S FORGOTTEN LUNCHES : @00:15 : TUNA MELT ON RYE @01:13 : FISH STICK SANDWICHES @02:06 : PIZZA BURGERS @03:00 : TURKEY AND CRANBERRY SANDWICHES @03:45 : FRIED BOLOGNA AND CHEESE SANWICHES @04:45 : CURRIED SARDINE SALAD SANDWICHES @05:45 : OLIVE LOAF SANDWICHES @06:40 : BALONEY BOATS @07:25 : PEANUT BUTTER AND BACON SANDWICHES @08:15 : SPAM AND PINEAPPLE SANDWICHES @09:20 : JIFFY GROUND BEEF CORNBREAD CASSEROLE @10:15 : RAVIOLI SANDWICHES @11:03 : PEANUT BUTTER AND PICKLE SANDWICHES @11:50 : TUNA JELL - O SALAD @12:45 : RICE PUDDING LUNCH BOWL @13:33 : CHILI CHEESE DOG CASSEROLE @14:14 : EGG FOO YOUNG SANDWICHES @15:05 : CHEESE SOUFFLE' @16:00 : SLOPPY JOE CASSEROLE @16:45 : MACARONI AND CHEESE LOAF

[@katsmeow6946]

U🪨

[@mrsjprich]

Just after WWII in the midwest, my grandfather worked in a meat plant and saw how balogna (baloney) was made. After seeing what was put into it, he banned it from his home. My mom said he told them it was too disgusting to repeat. Naturally, my mother banned it from our diet as well, and I banned it from my own home. Seeing the video of the olive loaf being made turned my stomach. It made me remember what kids at school used to say about "baloney" when I was growing up: It's made from lips and a$$holes.

[@kaycem3711]

Eh there's worse things in your food from the grocery store. Bugs, mouse parts, etc. lips and butts is just meat.

[@joannaedwards6325]

And same with hot dogs. 😝

[@matthewmartin4394]

I'm a 39 yr old of Irish decent. As a kid we would make sandwiches consisting of the leftovers of Thanksgiving including turkey, cranberry sauce, & my Nan's incredible homemade sausage based stuffing...Delicious. Another unbelievable leftover sandwich was roast beef w/butter & ketchup, served room temperature on white bread...YOU HEARD ME! It's even better chilled.

[@christyhoehn8244]

But rare toast beef, right?

[@anothercitizen4867]

Who doesn’t make the turkey cranberry sandwich after thanksgiving?

[@muri134]

In Ireland we have Turkey, cranberry and stuffing sandwiches

[@ArabianShalifa]

We don’t at our home. I don’t like cranberry sauce. So I don’t even make it for thanks giving.

[@ethelnewberry151]

@@muri134 I make the same thing with a smear of mashed taters in the USA.

[@garycamara9955]

I never use cranberry on my turkey sandwich. Just butter bread and turkey

[@Just-Nikki]

Rice pudding is awesome. My adult daughter still asks me to make it for her.

[@briansmith48]

Restaurants don't have it anymore or if they do they don't cook the rice long enough. It's still crunchy. 😝 yuck...

[@Just-Nikki]

@@briansmith48 oh that sounds so gross!

[@leilaabdelmeguid3977]

I still make it😋

[@dragonwithagirltattoo598]

I love rice pudding with cinnamon and raisins.

[@upsidedowner6814]

Just made this for my daughter’s gf. She loved it. We ate so much rice as kids that I never cooked it for my children or my grandkids

[@Darci3333]

And fried potato cakes made from left over mashed potatoes....still love those....😋😋😋😋😋

[@kathikapp6707]

Could eat a bucket of those!! ❤

[@nilspetterhellvik5519]

My girlfriend who is lithuanian makes those. Served with bacon cubes and sour cream. No wonder I love that woman

[@Gitchagoat420]

I make them at least a couple times a month. And Salmon Patties. 😋

[@jeffreypetro3803]

I definitely remember eating pizza burgers back in the 70s...

[@gregggoss2210]

I would order a pizza burger for breakfast back in the 70's. The local greasy spoon would accommodate me every Saturday morning. I remember buying the burgers from Murry's back in the 80's. The sauce and cheese was molded into the center of the beef patties. They were pretty good for frozen food.

[@elizabethwitt2621]

Brooklyn diner food at its best along with a side of french fries and brown gravy. Good times. Good times. ☮️

[@Sparky0627]

I don't remember them at all! West Coast, so maybe it was an East Coast and/or Mid-West item?

[@ninagalvani1007]

I haven't had a pizza burger since school lunch in the 80's

[@joswearingen3507]

Mac n cheese with tuna and peas, yum

[@Scriptorsilentum]

grnd bf, ons and garlic mixed into the mac n chs.

[@joannaedwards6325]

​@@Scriptorsilentum Much better than tuna.

[@sandramika6710]

I add some onion too. Still love it. I also do it with the ground beef, green pepper, garlic and onion.

[@joannaedwards6325]

With tuna??? NEVER 😝😝😝😝

[@sandramika6710]

Tuna, peas, and onions .🙂

[@karenhaynes8797]

Turkey and cranberry is still my fave

[@Pitsler]

But it MUST include cream cheese?

[@mikeward7290]

Some of these are good meal ideas.

[@chrisj2991]

Rice Pudding definitely never went away, you can still buy it pre-made in tubs at the supermarket (at least here in New England). We love it.

[@LDuncanKelly]

And on the opposite coast...

[@martybee6701]

Rice Pudding was a big hit in the Roman Empire. Apparently they used it as a sea sickness cure. Don't know if it works - anybody tried it ?

[@joannaedwards6325]

​@@martybee6701 When I was a sick little girl Mom always fixed me rice pudding. Always felt better. . . but getting to read MAD magazine in bed helped a lot too😅.

[@martybee6701]

@@joannaedwards6325 Interesting, in UK Heinz Cream of Tomato 🍅 soup is the usual go to cure all for poorly people !

[@ldqa2737]

2:54 we used to make pizza burgers at a Pizza shop I worked at back in the late 70's. They were top sellers!

[@ethelnewberry151]

I've never had a Pizza Burger, nor do I know how to make them...I don't even know what they look like.

[@ldqa2737]

@ethelnewberry151 Fry up a thin burger patty large enough around to accommodate the large burger bun and set aside, keeping warm Take a large hamburger bun and lightly toast them. Lay the halves bread side (inside) faced up. Spread pizza sauce on both sides. Lightly add your favorite pizza toppings and shredded mozzarella to both sides. Sprinkle some Italian season and a touch garlic powder. Bake at 400° until mozzarella is melted like you like it. While that bakes, heat up your burger patty. Put it all together like a burger 🍔 Sounds complicated but it really isn't.

[@loraann54fi10]

My mother made what was called a "puffy omelet." I didn't know how fancy we were eating until I grew up and made my first souffle. I didn't know my mother and I had been making them for years.

[@babusastry]

I miss the glorious pancake potato coffee breakfasts where you got GENUINE (I THINK) variety syrups!

[@heatherklick3667]

Still make melted tuna sandwiches. 🥪

[@jaym1301]

I'm a "hey, boomer" from 1957 and the only things in this vide I've even seen or heard of are the tuna melt generally only available at diners and lunch counters; turkey and cranberry sauce sandwiches (from a deli and with cream cheese added, our own turkey sandwiches growing up just had some mayo); peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches which actually I thought I had invented; and olive loaf sandwiches made with pre-sliced cold cuts (which I didn't like.)

[@michaelbaucom4019]

You can still find these in many small roadside diners and school cafeterias, even in food sections of places like Walgreens and Target. Olive Loaf is still sold in grocery stores. Chil Cheese Dogs can be found at the fast food place Wienerschnitzel, and are easily made at home

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Blimey ! 😬 Those sardines were dead twice over... No Scandinavian would have accepted that sardine massacre... Also a half filled tin is a rip off ! 😠 👩‍🦳🇳🇴

[@dragonwithagirltattoo598]

Don’t Scandinavians eat lutefisk? That stuff is disgusting.

[@wandacarr668]

Tusen Takk

[@wandacarr668]

Det stemmer.

[@billgrandone3552]

Sandwiches I enjoyed in the 50's and 60's 1. cold meatloaf on toast with catsup 2. open faced roast beef or hamburger steak sandwich with mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy' 3. the Dagwood sandwich-anythin in the fridge that fit between two pieces of bread 4. hot roost beef on french roll au jus with horseradish and mustard. 5. Daikon radishes sliced lengthwise on buttered bread with salt and pepper 6. Deviled eggs salad sandwiches 7. Buffalo fish sandwiches 8. Bacon and melted cheddar with onion, tomato and barbeque sauce on toast 9. Liverwurst with a slice of thin onion and mayo on rye bread and a glass of beer 10. Ham and hot mustard on rye. 11. pickled herring or sardines with cream cheese and sweet deli pickled cucumbers on Danish rye crackers 12.Peanut butter and honey on cinnamon toast.

[@Scriptorsilentum]

ultra-thin slices of sweet spanish onion, salt, pepper, miracle whip in between fresh bread.

[@billgrandone3552]

@@Scriptorsilentum and a cold beer!

[@kristenp5835]

My family used to love grinding bologna up with mayo and relish. Very nostalgic

[@kellyclark7517]

Check out “simply Sarah”. I believe she does an old fashion bologna salad, which I found to be totally disgusting but I guess people love it and I’m pretty sure she’s got the legit recipe! She is a super sweet lady. I hope you enjoy her channel.😍

[@camillewing656]

Just made some last week! Then did an olive loaf spread ..Bologna, green olives, mayo. Yum!!

[@supersizeit4204]

🤢🤮

[@rochelleb973]

I eat rice pudding often

[@richardbas2948]

Yes, you can even buy it! Here in the Netherlands it's in the dairy, at the supermarket!

[@Joan101b]

You have to add a little nutmeg to the rice pudding

[@camillewing656]

About 60 years ago, my uncle made rice pudding and put in too much nutmeg. It tasted like dish soap! Lean times...we ate it anyway!!

[@LordShockwave9]

Ok, anyone else come to this channel at this point to just point out the foods that are still being eaten and are NOT forgotten at this point?!?! Because I'm sure bologna and cheese and tuna melts aren't going anywhere.

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

It was celery and/or vegetable flavored gelatin used in tuna molds, not lime flavor! 😂 Those two + tomato gelatin discontinued.

[@tangerinerose3724]

Aspic 🤢

[@Astyra26]

Ooh that makes sense. I was always wondering why they kept using Jello in savory salads.

[@tangerinerose3724]

Actually it's "aspic"

[@curtiskimm7225]

Uh, in my Midwest family it actually was lime.

[@Tulsa_Time]

​@@curtiskimm7225 same

[@cathode5876]

Brought back some childhood memories. But the food "bologna" is pronounced as baloney, not like "Bologna" the city.

[@bornontherimofchaos]

Remember Sissy Spacek in Coal Miners Daughter? She called it poor man's steak.

[@Grigsy]

It's not. You've pronounced it wrong your entire life

[@sgtsempersquid531]

Computer generated narration doesn't care about proper pronunciation.

[@BrittMFH]

​@@Grigsy It IS! You've been pronouncing it wrong !!!!

[@ethelnewberry151]

@@BrittMFH Oh!!! Baloney..."Ba-lone-nee." is how I pronounce it for at least 85 years.

[@marywinn8953]

I still love my tuna melts. I'm 70 years old and raised in the South.

[@Just-Nikki]

Well now I have to make a macaroni loaf sandwich 😂

[@ethelnewberry151]

Sweet comment!!! My favorite is the open face M&C Sandwich with a thick slice of Velveda on top, & then you put it under the broiler until the cheese starts to melt down & get kind of crusty on top...Have this with Tomato Soup. Oh my God! That's my first favorite. My second first fave is Peanut Butter & Apple, & my third first fave is Peanut Butter & Banana. They are all my first favorites...I just don't know how to make up my mind.

[@traceyleadorgan2962]

Cream cheese and olive sandwiches

[@Flyonlittlewing265]

Ah, yes yes yes. I remember those from my earliest years in nursery school. 😋 yummy

[@basketcaz]

Funny, I just bought some olives and cream cheese today! Very tradable sandwich when I was a kid back in the '60's.

[@brieezy.]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ why can’t we just keep all this in mind? It doesn’t have to disappear!!!

[@rainydaydiva6320]

They haven’t in my house, except for maybe that sardine sandwich😣

[@loraann54fi10]

Some need to dissappear. 😂😂😂 just kidding I know everyone likes different stuff.

[@rainydaydiva6320]

⁠@@loraann54fi10 Lol, true & for me some of those dishes never hv even made an appearance. But, as you say we all hv different taste, someone probably loves that sardine sandwich and that olive loaf with potted meat sandwich.

[@brieezy.]

@@rainydaydiva6320 well I mean, if you have the ability you can always try to do it yourself right? 🤤 Actually, I have a tin of sardines in my refrigerator XD it’s like the most random thing in there because I heard they were healthy so I bought some

[@brieezy.]

@@loraann54fi10 no you’re absolutely right because some of these sound super sketchy -but the fried bologna and spam ones I wouldn’t mind trying! I love a good sandwich and a cheap meal is always nice Am I right?

[@tiffanyroberts5993]

That first tuna and jello salad mold is inappropriate. 🤣💀

[@leilaabdelmeguid3977]

Tuna jello needed to be stopped!🚫🐟

[@melissagayheart7716]

I loved a bologna sandwich as a child, especially fried lol.❤

[@grauntie57]

I am so thankful that I never came across the bologna boat

[@TeddyStrongBear]

…Steak’ems!!! …Potted Meat Sammich!!! …Minced BBQ Sammich!!! …Slice of Sunbeam Bread with Pizza Sauce & shredded cheese on top & grilled to perfection!!!

[@crosisofborg5524]

I don’t think Steak’ums existed in the 70s.

[@rainydaydiva6320]

Teddy is either starving or he’s pregnant 😂. J/K Teddy 😊

[@theresajones8367]

@@crosisofborg5524yes they did

[@mikeabresch3827]

Sunbeam where are you from we had that bread in Dubuque Ia they made it there awesome

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

Cheers from Brazil, this channel is amazing.

[@robertfrank886]

With the tuna mold, what is that mold shape supposed to be?🤔 A fish, an arrow, or something else???

[@CentralCalPiper]

I think it’s supposed to be a big lobster 🤣🤣🤣

[@kristiemarsh49]

Yes,giving phallic vibes 😂

[@carenelisa4441]

Lobster, utterly gross.

[@bobbieschendel3144]

Lobster mold I believe

[@1984potionlover]

A lobster....Wither didst thy mind wander to, you rapscallion?🤪

[@Just-Nikki]

I love thanksgiving sandwiches.

Whenever our church would have a potluck, one dear lady would always bring ground bologna and relish and she’d say “Here’s the ham salad”. ❤

[@ethelnewberry151]

I put finely chopped sweet onion & celery & chopped up Bread & Butter Pickle & a small drop of mustard, with my Miracle Whip. I call it Baloney Salad. It's really good any way you want to eat it. These days I buy the low sodium because by the time I get everything mixed in, especially the Pickles, there's enough salt for me.

[@jeni2114]

That tuna jello salad mold threw me off for a min 😂😂😂

[@rinehardt6837]

I love the sloppy Joe day's in elementary, middle and high school. As somebody who just turned 56 I had sloppy Joe's about a week ago lol

[@notreyf]

Love the way you have made this video seem so retro. Even though I'm British I feel a pang of American nostalgia, an amazing feat, thank you.

[@loraann54fi10]

Welcome to some of our treasured memories.

[@ethelnewberry151]

Food unites all people of the world. Is there anything so beautiful as a good cup of tea & warm freshly baked scones with blueberry and or strawberry jam? I'll bet this Question has a ton of answers. I love your comment, & thank you for saying it.

[@ethelnewberry151]

​@@Flyonlittlewing265 : Purple hair & dark nail polish has been around since the early 1940's that I'm able to remember Now days, the dark nail polish has turned into BLACK nail polish, from men to little girls and to little old ladies. It's all the rage. My grandson has worn black polish since his University days of hard studies since 2013...Many of the "kids" & Professor's, instructors, teachers, even my personal male doctor wears black polish. It is all the rage in some communities in the US. Fads come & go, just like a thundershower in Spring. Remember QE2, & her famous head covering...a Babushka? I still wear one as the weather calls for it. I keep one in the pocket of each coat & jacket for when I need it. I really don't feel you are keeping up with the "Jones Family" these days. Happy Summer, 2024.

[@loraann54fi10]

@ethelnewberry151 absolutely, one of my childhood friends will come to visit and we can sit all day with our American mud coffee 🤣 and my homemade banana bread and just talk and laugh and cry and have the most glorious time.💜

[@alanstrong55]

Cheese Frenchee at King's Food Host was a delight. Their breaded onion rings were good as well. King's died roughly October 1976.😢😢

[@sandrahunter5904]

Yes. I remember King's in Omaha, Nebraska. . I used to LOVE tuna melts on Saturday!

[@princesskristan]

I miss tamale pie! I ate it alot as a kid, and it's one of my favorite foods

[@stephanieb1196]

Hello, I enjoyed the video. I remember some of the recipes. Trader Joe’s put out a tamale pie recipe some years ago using their corn bread mix. I still make it tamale pie, but usually make the corn bread topping from scratch. I can’t recall any 1970’s lunches that you haven’t already shown. But here’s an appetizer I made as a teenager for my brothers’s going away party. It would have been around 1974 and I think the recipe came on a Danola ham package. You cut the crust off a slice of white bread and then flattened it with a rolling pin if I recall correctly. Next you spread mayonnaise on each slice before placing a slice of Danola brand ham on it. Then you placed one canned asparagus spear at one end of the bread and rolled it up. Last you stuck a colorful toothpick😅 in the roll to hold it all together. Everyone enjoyed the rolls and we made them for several more occasions 😊😊 They were pretty tasty!

[@christyhoehn8244]

That actually sounds very tasty!

[@ethelnewberry151]

It sounds okay, but I would never use canned/jarred asparagus. I would use fresh, & steam it until it softened up a bit, but still had the crunch to it.

[@stephanieb1196]

@@ethelnewberry151 Hello, It is fun to reminisce about those foods. I agree fresh asparagus would be much better. But it was the early 1970’s and canned veggies were commonly used, along with Tang, Kool-aid, jello gelatin and pudding desserts and Campbell soup for lunch or made into casseroles etc. Thankfully my mother also served salad daily and some fresh vegetables and wasn’t big on hamburger helper. Happily many of my friends and I have moved away from convenience foods to healthier choices now. Perhaps you’ll make the asparagus & ham roll your way and enjoy it. Hope you have a good day! 😊

[@bunkyman8097]

I believe the egg foo young sandwich is called a St. Paul sandwich. Sounds good to me!

[@Donaldopato]

It is. A staple of Chinese take-away in St.Louis.

[@kristiemarsh49]

I used to LOVE olive/pimiento loaf sandwiches ❤

[@DavidReyes-1970]

I still do now and again ❤❤

[@jeffreypetro3803]

For some reason back in the day, in Indiana, we called it pickle loaf. I could see it was sliced olives/pimentos, but still it was called pickle loaf.

[@pennybechtold3524]

@@jeffreypetro3803you can buy pickle loaf which is just pickles and bologna.

[@jeffreypetro3803]

@@colleencrowl1543 I didn't say it contained pickles, I said they called it pickle loaf but it had olives & pimentos in it. They still sell it here, Oscar Mayers, with olives & pimentos, & still call it pickle loaf.

[@jamesrobertson7906]

We called it a pickle loaf. That's it. End of story.

[@bettyir4302]

When using an older recipe that calls for canned tuna, know that today's small cans are only 5 oz. Back in the 70s they were 7.5 oz so you'll need to adjust. If the recipe calls for 2 small cans, use 3 of today's cans. Shrinkflation.

[@Al-Nisa-ShahRat]

That Tuna Mold… Looks Kinda Suspicious! 🙄

[@cmk921]

I really forgot how disgusting most of the food of my childhood was. Blocked that postprandial PTSD right on out of the old noggin.

[@roz805]

😂

[@Ms.noelp453]

💯!!!

[@joannaedwards6325]

The key to being able to try to stomach a sardine sandwich is to make them then keep over night in the refridgerator and serve the next day with an ice cold beer.

[@garkmr6200]

Fish sticks on a bun with ketchup is still a thing in my house.

[@arfriedman4577]

I never liked much cold cuts. As a kid i liked olive loaf once in a while. I liked genoa salami and pepperoni, hot sausage, kosher salami and kosher bologna, mozzarella pinwheels Ive never heard of raviolis sandwiches. Cheese souffle might be good if made with cheese i like. My mom made my dad many pizza burgers. The slloppy joe casserole sound good. Im a very picky eater and most of these foods i wouldnt eat. Thanks for sharing foods from years before.

[@dgator3599]

That fried bologna sandwich looked great!

[@Gratefulman1965]

I use to make these at home in the 70’s when I was nine. I’m 59 now but they still look great😋

[@molotulo8808]

I'm making my tuna melt while watching this video. Italian white bread with sesame seed, cheese on both slices with tuna ,then a layer of sweet bread butter pickles and more tuna. Yummy.

[@jtcummins1304]

I just bought olive loaf. I love it!

[@0216chw]

Where did you find it? Its always been my fave.

[@jtcummins1304]

@@0216chw Harris Teeter or Publix.

[@FoulOwl2112]

​@@0216chwAnywhere that carries Boar's Head meats should have it. My local Publix deli department has it and it's delicious

[@joemcdonald4654]

I need a bottle of Tums after watching this😂

[@juanitahardy8583]

Grew up in the 70s and never ate or heard of half of these junk foods. Grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches, corned beef in rye or a Rueben sandwich were our favourites.

[@AdamArrSquared]

I love rice pudding.

[@CHANCEINTUITIVE]

I love this channel ❤

[@harveyh3696]

As an American kid, I was overseas for most of the '70's. Fish stick sandwich is the only thing I find appetizing now (FiletOFish). I might've appreciated the other offerings if I experienced them. :)

[@owlbuquerqueturkey]

Tuna melts are alive and well in many restaurants on the Oregon coast. However, no one would dare use canned tuna here.

[@donaldlewis567]

Peanut butter and bacon bit sandwiches are a staple of my childhood and still indulge every once in awhile :) Delicious!

[@tangerinerose3724]

They had jarred peanut butter and bacon.

[@glennso47]

Peanut butter and banana sandwich was a favorite of Elvis as I remember.

[@martybee6701]

Elvis Presley's favourite dish was peanut butter and bacon sandwiches.

[@tangerinerose3724]

@@martybee6701 peanut butter and banana sandwiches

[@tangerinerose3724]

@@martybee6701 it was peanut butter and banana.

[@PhantomLover007]

I think I would definitely try the ravioli sandwich

[@madelainepetrin1430]

My son was asked to write a sentence in grade 3 about tuna melt. He wrote: I heard that tuna melts. He got zero. I explained to his middle-aged teacher that he and I had never heard of tuna melt sandwiches. 😂😅

[@karenbatastini9165]

Homemade pimento cheese sandwich is still my favorite.

[@exidy-yt]

I LOVE olive loaf but it's so damn hard to find anymore.

[@ethelnewberry151]

Kroger & Meijers stores have it in their deli department. I think that probably Busch Stores carries it too. I don't shop there because they are too expensive.

[@ZeoViolet]

12:27 That tuna jello is in a questionable shape, now isn't it?

[@crosisofborg5524]

Umm yeah. It’s pornographic

[@rainydaydiva6320]

Well, I was seeing a lobster shape, until the word pornographic was mentioned now I’m seeing something totally different. Definitely not seeing a lobster anymore😂

[@BornAgainCarnivore]

It IS a lobster.

[@z6886]

Open faced tuna melt was one of my mom's favorites

[@msr1116]

Hey, that's Chef Jean-Pierre diving into that tuna sandwich in the very beginning. Some of these sound pretty good but I would use whole grain bread whenever its strong, nutty flavor won't interfere with the other sandwich components. I still eat wheat toast with peanut butter and chopped cooked turkey bacon for breakfast with coffee. Rice pudding is a breakfast option, especially brown rice, in a slow cooker overnight.

[@spokanetomcat1]

My brother loved peanut butter, Pickle Sandwiches with peanut butter, mayonnaise sandwiches with peanut butter, and sour cream and jelly sandwiches. I love rice pudding. I am making Chile cheese dogs tonight. I ate my share of Tuna, chicken, and turkey salad sandwiches. Fried Baloni and cheese sandwiches were the best. Ate a lot of turkey sandwiches after Thanksgiving. I still eat Chile Mac today. Mac and Cheese loaf with SPAM.

[@rainydaydiva6320]

Was that potted meat spread on that olive loaf sandwich?😮

[@robertsteele474]

Probably deviled ham.

[@Flyonlittlewing265]

​@@robertsteele474thanks for responding. I think you're correct.

[@mass4552]

Frying bologna always brought out the salt taste in the product and combined with the greasy aftertaste never failed to induce a stomach upsetting reaction in me as a child that affects me to this day.

[@pamelayeager2083]

We made bologna sandwiches for lunch every week growing up. Getting the perfect burn took practice, lol. Built them like a BLT…delicious!!!