20 Summer Foods That VANISHED From The Family Table!

[@cindyhauert2339]

I still make many of these and was not aware they had “disappeared.”

[@patriciakesler317]

Me too

[@gigijordan8960]

So did I!

[@urabundant]

Me too!

[@shelbybuckles1242]

ME too!

[@fallenangel1049]

Me three

[@MelodyCarroll-rx8tk]

Rainbow Sherbet and ginger ale floats are what my mom always gave us kids to celebrate special occasions. RIP Mom!

[@michaelgillespie502]

Popular at baby showers

[@carolbenge-u9m]

Simple but delicious

[@claudiamiller7730]

I recently visited a CookOut fast food joint in Charlotte, NC and asked the 20-something server for a root beer. Just got a blank stare. That poor girl had never heard of root beer and didn’t know what it was. Now that is just depressing!!

[@kathywiseley4382]

First, I love Cook Out! 😋 Second, my kids in NC drink root beer all the time so I'm thinking that kid has been deprived in life. 😉 You should take her an RB so she gets it.

[@tk8665]

She should know what a root bear is especially at Cook Out. She could have offered a Cheerwine instead.

[@dap9387]

@@tk8665 Which is VERY DIFFERENT from Root Beer!!!

[@phylliscurtner5578]

That should be considered child abuse,to deprive a child of the wonderful taste of root beer . Poor child.

[@Moose803]

So sad 😞

[@miriamzajfman4305]

Many of those dishes never went away ! We do still enjoy them today 😋👍

[@Beaglegirl1120]

I’m 33 years old and I make chicken pot pie all the time❤

[@juliemoore6957]

Me too.

[@conniewojahn6445]

I've never been able to make good crust, and perfecting the filling eludes me. So, can I come to lunch/dinner at your house? I'll bring egg cream and try not to mess it up.

[@Beaglegirl1120]

@@conniewojahn6445 Lol. I haven’t been able to make a good crust yet either. All my pot pie recipe is just a frozen pie crust top and bottom, canned or frozen mixed vegetables, 1 can of cream of chicken and cream of celery soups each, salt and pepper, shredded chicken (rotisserie chicken is the best for this), and a handful of Colby cheese or you can use cheddar. Top it with an egg wash, then bake in oven for 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees F.

[@johnhayes8512]

​@@Beaglegirl11203

[@marniekilbourne608]

Me too. I don't tend to eat it as much in summer really though. It certainly has never disappeared and it was never considered a summer food.

[@ImRmed2]

The double sticked popsicles. You could snap em in half and share em with a friend. 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸

[@marniekilbourne608]

Chicken pot pie has never gone away! But it has never been a summer meal!

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Well, I did wonder... It seemes more like a life saver on a frosty day ! Love from Norway 👩‍🦳🇳🇴

[@lorrainetrotter4737]

Exactly. When Costco sells it, it is seasonal. It is sold in fall and winter only.

[@TheAtkey]

Yeah I always ate it in the winter though I did make one a couple days ago. Frank and beans never went away either.

[@Someone-kg8qf]

I learned to cook in the 90s from 60-70s cookbooks so it's made a lifelong impact on my culinary tastes. I've expanded it greatly, but I have vintage faves. OMG scalloped potatoes are everything. With protein added, ham or poultry, it's a full meal. Just add a green salad.

[@rogertemple7193]

Chicken Pot Pies, Beans & Franks, Texas Toast, and Root Beer Floats were really popular here in Oklahoma and I have eaten all of these at one time or another and still do occasionally really great seeing all of these again Thanks for the Memories.🇺🇲🌮🍨🥛🇺🇲

[@junebryant5159]

We make most of these as well in West Virginia, blessings

[@cheryldh2580]

Similar to Watergate salad, we used to eat Ambrosia salad made with canned fruit cocktail.

[@Thi-Nguyen]

When I was a kid, half of my family was from the Deep South, and ambrosia salad was made with mandarin oranges and pineapple, shredded coconut, and I forget what else. However, our holiday fruit salad was canned fruit cocktail. The fruit salad was ‘dressed’ in a blend of sour cream and the juice from the fruit. Add some multicolor marshmallows and I’m right back at the kiddie table!

[@Maggie-rr8gi]

I make that with canned mandarins and fresh fruit.

[@Laura-xy7td]

That’s what my granny made also , Ambrosia salad

[@dawnpetty1411]

I think the person who made the video confused WALDORF salad with waterga"d"e salad. Not the only glaring inaccuracy.

[@MattBNSF1991]

Yuck lol

[@hobbyfarmer62]

You know most of these are still around and common finds.

[@Jacqueline-l3w]

The tang concoction is new to me that I want to try. I was thinking two day ago about tang mixed with lemon flavored instant tea in decorative jars given at Christmas the two mixed with hot water make another hot drink to warm you up in the winter.

[@57WillysCJ]

You know they are by all the ripped off videos showing the dish. These are all from KZbin videos showing how to make and the history.

[@fallenangel1049]

KFC makes better chicken pot pie then Bob Evan’s who has gotten very skimpy with there’s….lol

[@50angeleyes]

I don’t think most of these have disappeared so don’t see the point of this

[@joannelewis9439]

0:50

[@christinamiller1035]

I think whoever did the research for this piece was smoking something funny. These are all still popular.

[@joannemcmillan9201]

Might explain the bad spelling.

[@Irish_Georgia_Girl]

@@christinamiller1035 All his videos that I've seen are like that

[@conniewojahn6445]

Trying to attract viewers. Anyway, I've not heard of some of them, like the egg cream drink. I'm going to try that. Even wrote down the ingredients. I'll have to experiment to get the right ratio for me. My sister can't live without chocolate. I'll try this on her. So, even if the researchers were smoking something funny, they did me a good turn. How about other people?

[@elizabethcanterbury1507]

BORN IN 1956 SO EGG CREAMS I KNOW….

[@Jl-lr4fb]

​@@elizabethcanterbury1507 recipe please!!!!!❤❤❤

[@cl5080]

I’m sitting outside. It’s 90 in the shade. Eating COLD GRAPES for supper. I want nothing to eat that’s even a little bit warm! 🥵 All these foods look okay this autumn maybe.

[@timacrow]

My thoughts as well; most of these seem like fall/winter comfort foods.

[@Thi-Nguyen]

@@timacrowCorn chowder was always a summer favorite for me because that’s when the corn was ripe and ready to cook.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Have you tried cold soup ? Like potato. Or seleriac. Pea and mint... Garnished with crutons, and/or bacon bits. Also chilled rose hip soup, with a swirl of cream. With a biscotti... Love from Norway 👩‍🦳🇳🇴

[@Thi-Nguyen]

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 cucumber melon soup is especially good - cool and refreshing on a hot summer day.

[@cl5080]

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 I just ate the last of the mango gelato I made two weeks ago 😋

[@Linda7647]

I still make both franks & beans as well as chicken pot pie. I make my chicken pot pie from scratch, including the crust. It's amazing.

[@chelebelle2223]

😋😋😋

[@scook5599]

None of these dishes have gone away.

[@mimisabundantlife]

Ikr. Not summer dishes either

[@btetschner]

13:59 When I worked at The Waterford, an assisted-living facility, the residents were served Watergate Salad sometimes.

[@rebeccaevans5779]

Is The Waterford a franchise, or did you work at The Waterford in Virginia Beach?

[@btetschner]

@@rebeccaevans5779 It is in Lincoln, Nebraska...last I knew they had three locations (all in the Lincoln area).

[@ges6959]

How about baked apples? Just core teh apples - no need to peel. Put in a baking dish with a little water in the bottom. Fill with cinnamon and brown sugar and bake. This was a treat growing up.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Sounds tasty. I make this with some oatmeal and/or raisins inside.

[@Tsiri09]

My Mom added raisins with the brown sugar and cinnamon

[@susefink6099]

I make that in winter😊.

[@Thi-Nguyen]

And if you were able to afford them, you added chopped nuts to the filling in the middle. *Also instead of using water in the pan, try it with a bit of apple juice instead. Or better yet, a bit of apple cider.

[@FacebookQueen]

Must try this

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

One thing that will never vanish in the summer is very cold can of beer.

[@patriciakesler317]

👍

[@DavidSquires-iy4uv]

And, I also agree with your comment 👍.

[@hawkeyepierce67]

Cheers to that, bud ;)!

[@kathyparkhurst7005]

i always put my next in the freezer, colder the better lol😂

[@theed365]

And the church said, "Aaaaa mennnn!"

[@karengibbons4293]

Tapioca pudding!!! So good. My nana and mom made this often enough, that I wanted more. I'm a first year baby boomer born in 1946

[@patriciamvisnofsky4750]

Mom made it with the big tapiocal and also rice pudding and bread

[@patriciamvisnofsky4750]

Never cared about spam.

[@patriciamvisnofsky4750]

Why made make popsicles when you can buy them and put them in the freezer have popsicles in the freezer now

[@1952jodianne]

Still love tapioca pudding, often a staple on the dessert buffet at Chinese restaurants.

[@1952jodianne]

@@patriciamvisnofsky4750 Spam is great, either browned on the grill or in a skillet.

[@susandooley9630]

Ham & scalloped potatoes!!! Zucchini bread, I get asked to make that!! You still find popsicles in the stores & on ice cream trucks..my teenage grandson’s LOVE root beer floats!!

[@cathydefelice6807]

I have zucchini bread and muffins in my freezer. My garden is full of zucchini.

[@janmclain6301]

Worked at a soda fountain in a local pharmacy in the 60's so I made a lot of egg creams. Also made root beer, Dr Pepper, and Coke floats. I'd love a recipe for Napoli burgers. In the south, we never used kale or kiwi, though we loved Watergate salad in the 70's. lol

[@rdwright6708]

I never heard of egg creams until recently. I'd love to try one! My family in South Carolina in the 1950s grew and ate kale before kale was cool. Of course, we cooked it like turnip greens, collards, or mustard greens - cooked with a ham hock for a long time. Like those other wonderful greens, it is best when picked after the frost has been on it.

[@cindyhauert2339]

My mother certainly never made mock turtle soup, thank heaven.

[@kerbygator]

My hillbilly friend's wife, made some turtle soup for her husband and I. We caught a bunch of snapping turtles so she made soup for us and it was really good.

[@toscadonna]

Turtle soup is surprisingly good.

[@jille659]

Poor turtles 😢 🐢😊

[@FacebookQueen]

That name sounds familiar what is it?

[@rjc7289]

A lot of these dishes are still around. I'd like to know what happened to chicken croquettes, spumoni ice cream, Waldorf salad, Coke floats, tuna casserole, hot dogs w/ scrambled eggs, fondue, Jell-O pudding pops, brown n' serve sausage links, all of those sugary kids' cereals from the 70's, etc.

[@Irish_Georgia_Girl]

@@rjc7289 jello pudding pops! I miss them! 😭

[@terryruiz7417]

I do still make Waldorf salad, but only about once a year. My husband, not fond of tuna casserole, so if made, only with chicken.

[@sharonlatour6230]

I just made tuna casserole last night!

[@calendarpage]

I thought we were the only ones who ate scrambled eggs and hot dogs! My mother made that for us all the time.

[@conniewojahn6445]

The sugary kids' cereals fell to the constant thumping of nutritionists who though children were getting too much processed sugar which they believed were bad for growing bodies.

[@Skiis44]

Crescent rings are making a comeback on the recipe channels like they are something new.

[@minuteman4199]

We still eat corn chowder, beans and franks and potato pancakes on an almost weekly basis.

[@Irish_Georgia_Girl]

@@minuteman4199 uh! Potato pancakes?? Do you put syrup on them?

[@conniewojahn6445]

@@Irish_Georgia_Girl I would. I'm put syrup on just about anything made with starch based foods.

[@1952jodianne]

Mom used to make potato pancakes from leftover mashed potatoes. My Mamaw called them "bubble 'n' squeak.

[@1952jodianne]

@@Irish_Georgia_Girl No, milk gravy (orphan gravy made with bacon grease, milk, lightly-browned flour & water) or ketchup.

[@minuteman4199]

@@Irish_Georgia_Girl No, butter pepper and salt. Take your left over mashed potatoes, mix a bit of flour and baking powder with it, maybe an egg, maybe some chopped up onion, make a dough out of it and fry it. No hard and fast recipe exists in my house, we just do it by eye.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! What amazing Summer Foods!

[@timbillings6884]

Rootbeer floats my favorite yummy!!!

[@beckyszilagyi1697]

DOCTOR TEAL LOVED THEMIN PENSACOLA. FLA.Doctor Real not teal!!

[@deborahbeatty]

I grew up on scalloped potatoes but there never was cheese in it, just the white sauce. There were chopped onions and mushrooms, too. My mom made it with Aunt Penny’s White Sauce mixed with Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup poured over sliced potatoes and onions. One of my favorite dishes.

[@1952jodianne]

Mushrooms sound like a good addition, but never had them in scalloped potatoes, just milk, butter, cheese, a little chopped onion, & thin-sliced potatoes, of course.

[@KathyW5]

Scalloped potatoes with cheese are called potatoes au gratin.

[@MaryDurst]

My mom made scalloped potatos with pork chops a tablspoon of flourvand butter between layers and poured milk over itand plenty of salt and pepper and baked 1hkur covere in 425 oven last 15 minutes un coered to brown did same with ham too

[@1952jodianne]

@@MaryDurst Sounds really good, but, personally I like it better when either cheddar or American cheese is melted in the mix.

[@ednaatluxton4918]

Popsicles are still very popular. We still have the guys riding the bikes and the trucks in canada.

[@cynthiaoconnor7185]

OMG! This video is a flashback to my childhood and young adulthood. Thanks!

[@kayeeiland4167]

Thought you might enjoy a twist on Root Bear Floats...substitute Peach Ice Cream and Cream Soda , for Vanilla Ice Cream and Root Beer !! It's a family favorite !

[@1952jodianne]

Lime sherbet with Sprite or 7-up! But when soda fountains were common, my favorite was a vanilla phosphate!

[@rdwright6708]

That sounds fantastic!

[@jabbaa6500]

I grew up in NY doing the classic egg cream, mmmmm, so good. We used to get them at the corner candy store counter, like 20 cents. Chocolat syrup mixed with al little milk then club soda stirring to get the foam on top.

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

All these are yummy! We still enjoy many of these. Here are a couple I miss from my childhood in the 70s: Creamed Chipped Beef on toast garnished with steamed fresh peas. We had something else very similar but I don't remember what we called it: it was thickened, savory white sauce with hard boiled eggs; whites chopped to the sauce, and the yoke crumbled on top, served on slices of toast. This was also great with peas. Hmmmm .... comfort food! 😊💜 OH! We would also make (what I now know to be) Pastry Cream: a very thick, eggy custard you would put into cream puffs; it was great as a pudding all on its own. Oh! Brunswick Stew with Brown Bread! (We just had some the other day 😊)

[@bunnysue6660]

Most of these I make in the fall/ winter, but not summer.

[@jons.6216]

The best variation of a basic chicken pot pie I got was at a Marie Callendar's that was just the simple addition if marinated artichoke hearts! My mom used to make zucchini bread all the time because it was grown in the home garden! I was sick to death of it as a vegetable along with swiss chard, but the bread was delicious! I'm laughing at the haughtiness of calling tapioca pudding "old people's food" as the trendys of today can't live without their boba in everything, which is the same ingredient! Haha!

[@Thi-Nguyen]

Yay!! Someone else who made that connection! Cracks me up that everyone is so obsessed with boba yet have no idea it’s just large tapioca pearls! 🤣

[@joey5594]

Wasnt expecting to see a egg cream ...when we moved to California we to make them at home ...delicious

[@Maggie-rr8gi]

My best friend came from NY city as a kid and talked about these all the time.

[@pettytoni1955]

My dad's favorite was Root Beer Floats. We never made (or heard of) hot dog or Spam salad.I love Tapioca with drained, crushed pineapple. My mom loves Latkes.

[@sandyhossman7771]

Remember AW drive up restaurants, yummy root beer floats.

[@DaleHubbard]

Some real gems there. Welsh rarebit! Mmmmmm!

[@mariannemaalouf9730]

I actually like tapioca pudding with apples, raisins and cinnamon. Found the recipe on the tapioca pearls box.

[@ges6959]

Simple corn chowder made with canned cream corn. After you saute the onions in butter, add the cream corn, milk and potatos. It only takes a few minutes and is great on a cold night.

[@1952jodianne]

I miss Mom's homemade corn pudding at Thanksgiving & Christmas.

[@ges6959]

@@1952jodianne Yum!

[@morninglight7544]

Thanks!!!

[@kswck]

Try ordering an egg cream outside of New York and just watch their expressions-like they think you are nuts.

[@Tootsie806]

Love pot pies, but I try not to use the oven in the summer. More of a hearty winter dish.

[@btetschner]

9:13 Speaking of Tang, during the last Total Eclipse I was watching Space Odyssey 2001 and drinking Tang.

[@anonymousanonymous2625]

Adding cheese to scalloped potatoes (or escalloped) creates potatoes gratin, a different dish entirely.

[@1952jodianne]

Where I'm from, scalloped potatoes are always made with cheddar or Colby cheese. Au gratin potatoes have cheese, too, but with a lot more onions.

[@anonymousanonymous2625]

@@1952jodianne There are five French Mother sauces; bechamel is probably the most versatile and widely known of the mothers. Escalloped potatoes are made with bechamel. Adding cheese to bechamel sauce creates gratin. This is a daughter sauce. Google French Mother Sauces and you'll find a handy chart. Calling it something doesn't make it so. I can call popcorn rice, but they remain dissimilar.

[@sandyhossman7771]

Cream and butter along with the cheese

[@anonymousanonymous2625]

Creates gratin

[@1952jodianne]

@@anonymousanonymous2625 The French word for cheese is "fromage", not "gratin".

[@marylist1236]

Latkes are still around, your mom, or your bubbie made them for Hanukah, but with matzoh meal

[@Sparkina]

My grandmother made potato latkes that were absolutely divine!!!!

[@1952jodianne]

Latkes, or Jewish/German style pancakes are good, too. A staple at Cincinnati"s annual Oktoberfest (held in September).

[@marylist1236]

@@1952jodianne Every once in a while they were something my family would have for supper, as my Mom is of German descent. The only thing I didn't like about them was grating the potatoes, no matter how carefully you grated them, you would invariably nick your knuckles. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord for the grating blade of the food processor

[@jille659]

What's a Bubbie?

[@marylist1236]

@@jille659 What a Jewish grandmother is called

[@MarcIverson]

Zucchini bread is still very much a thing. I grew up in the Spam capital of America, Hawaii, and never saw or heard of a spam salad. Chicken pot pie is a staple in the frozen section.

[@aliciachristopher6506]

Franks and beans was the first dish that my mom made after she got married in 1945. We had it every now and then for dinner when I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, usually in the middle of the week.

[@karenroy9045]

We still make zucchini bread.

[@vlrissolo]

I love the black and white film of the lady who is making mock turtle soup. If you'll notice she has a 2024 fingernail Style😂😂😂... I'm pretty sure they didn't wear white nail polish with squared off tips then😅 nevertheless it's a good little film

[@anniealexander9616]

I miss the 70s ❤ 🥹 We didn't have a lot of these dishes. We had fried potatoes instead of scalloped. We had beans and Frank's but not often. We had apple pie instead of just cinnamon apples. We had berries but they usually ended up eaten fresh or in a cobbler. Our main drink was sweet tea. We didn't keep soda water. No cressant rolls baked. We had biscuits to add butter and eat with garden vegetables like green beans, corn, potatoes , squash, sliced tomatoes and onions.

[@albertvonschultz9137]

I still make scalloped potatoes from time to time Along with potato pancakes comma zucchini bread And even beans in frank's

[@nanhand99]

My Grandkids love most of these foods, especially scalloped potatoes and chicken pot pie 😄💕

[@TammyDuncan-m5f]

Texas toast can be bought in grocery stores now and it exactly the same stuff as on here so I wouldn't call forgotten, gone not by a long chalk.

[@Stacy-b7p]

Yum Yum Yum😊

[@rodolfoerdogan4983]

Egg cream, I never had this growing up. But discovered it on the internet about 10 years ago. So delicious and easy to make

[@debbielenoir5472]

Wow! I grew up in Beaumont, Texas and going to the local Pig Stand. I never knew the history behind Texas Toast until now! And yes, Texas Toast is still very popular!

[@mwebb3014]

I grew up in Beaumont and loved going to The Pig Stand. I visited in 2012 and took a bunch of pictures of it before they tore it down. Hurts my heart they did that. I always ordered a Rickey to drink. 💕

[@christineceriani]

My brothers and I used to toast slices of zucchini bread and spread cream cheese on it. Delicious!!

[@WyattRyeSway]

We have chicken pot pie at my house all the time. It’s so good. We also have potato cakes, zucchini bread and we eat real turtle soup. Common turtles that are little and not endangered.

[@vlrissolo]

What about shrimp cocktails? Where in the world but something so good the old fashioned now?

[@DancingPony1966-kp1zr]

Mexican restaurants offer it!

[@vlrissolo]

@DancingPony1966-kp1zr really? Is that something new? I've been to plenty of Mexican restaurants and have never seen it. I've been through some pretty good ones, too. Well, at least shrimp cocktail is easy to make you know?

[@madameberlin1370]

@@vlrissoloit’s called cocktail de camerones on the menu

[@vlrissolo]

@@madameberlin1370 which menu? The Mexican restaurants??? I'm not crazy about Mexican food... I'm Italian.,.. not that, that matters. I guess it's what you're accustom to. I make my own now but I was just saying you don't see them much anymore ❤

[@madameberlin1370]

@@vlrissolo shrimp cocktail was what I always ordered and I miss the classic version. I remember even the cafeterias had them, most restaurants that served steak had them as well. The Mexican version is not the same but still good

[@AutumnHwang333]

Chicken corn chowder is my favorite soup

[@JennLeRoy]

I still make so many of these.

[@23rdcenturyhobbit]

Texas toast is still bangin in 2024!

[@TeresaAvila1]

I think processed foods have replaced many of these meals. Thank you for featuring good wholesome vintage foods!

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

many of these are still around today Honey Baked Ham is famous around the northeast for their Cinnamon baked apples the popularity of others has ebbed off as eating habits have changed I think of Chowders more as a winter soup than summer as a Boston area Resident my entire life I can say that. same as we have the oldest county fair in the Country Topsfield Fair which out of 116 years has run in 109 of them this year is the 110th running it runs October 4th to 14th ending on Columbus day and attracts between 450,000-500,000 people annually in a town that only has about 7,000 residents

[@Maggie-rr8gi]

The food…..delish!.

[@imame1433]

I call Watergate salad pistachio fluff ✌🏼

[@marylist1236]

My Niece -in-law makes scalloped potatoes, it's one of her specialties

[@Someone-kg8qf]

1:59 beenies and weenies is my childhood.

[@allouttabubblegum1984]

Potato pie, Crescent rings, spam salad, and Welsh rarebit are the only seemingly vintage things that went away.

[@WorldOfWonder66]

I will let you keep the mock turtle soup. The rest of it we still eat today.

[@loriduffecy9205]

I don't care for hot food in the summer....comfort food is for ☃️ ❄️ winter

[@sandyhossman7771]

I still make corn and shrimp chowder, the best on a cold winter day. My paternal grandparents were from Switzerland and i make my grandmother's scallop potatoes with cheese, butter and cream. Always a Christmas tradition.

[@DonnaLane-pw4rg]

Heck yeah bring on them popsicles!😂

[@SharonMitchell-r3j]

Most of these dishes appeared on my childhood's menu in mid-50s through the 60s. Most of them never disappeared from foods I cook, though maybe not as often. A family treat was to go to the local A&W drive in and order root beer floats served in a frosty mugs. At home we had 7up floats, which seems odd to me now.

[@Sally-ih6ls]

I love tapioca pudding…mmmm I still make it today!😋

[@billbammerlin4666]

I love beans n weenies and chicken pot pie. We have them year round.

[@1952jodianne]

I like beanie-wienies , but usually just heat up a can of VanCamps, which can be found at just about any Dollar General.

[@christenascott5280]

Zucchini bread, we called enemy bread. Because there’s abundance of zucchini and people get really tired of it so you make it and give it to people who gave a loaf to you. We still have Watergate salad only . It’s called pistachio salad, or summer salad, found in the Deli section in grocery chains around my state.

[@phylliscurtner5578]

I knew a young married couple that planted 13 zucchini plants. I just smiled when they told me ..

[@robertgortoniii9583]

I love many of these and make a number of them. I bake zucchini breads every summer, I add rasins to mine and serve slices of it with a glass of cold chocolate milk.

[@jd-no7rw]

I just made zucchini bread, it never went away.

[@patriciasantillanes2497]

I was born in Kansas and lived there until around the age of 25 or 26. When l was little, my grandfather used to make a mulberry sauce and we would have it on vanilla ice cream. There were mulberry bushes and trees all over that little town l lived in. There were two mulberry trees flanking my grandfather's driveway. I grew up with purple fingers and feet.

[@ImRmed2]

My Dads first comment after his first view of tapioca pudding was “Looks like somebody already ate that”. 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸

[@1952jodianne]

I had a girlfriend years ago that felt that way about taco meat, she said that she preferred ground beef that wasn't pre-chewed.

[@toscadonna]

Baked beans, chicken pot pie, and scalloped potatoes are all made in the oven and aren’t good summertime foods. Who wants to use the oven when it’s 110 degrees F outside? We purposely don’t use the oven in summer here in Texas-especially in the 60s thru the 80s, because we didn’t have air conditioning in our home when I was a kid.

[@1952jodianne]

Being in Texas you never had baked beans cooked in a Dutch oven, either on the stove or over an open mesquite wood fire?

[@lauran.9427]

I was thinking the same thing...ALOT of these(which I still make)are more fall/winter foods...not summer

[@TrishReports]

I lived in the 70's and never heard of some of these summer foods.

[@Thi-Nguyen]

Really? I was born in the ‘70s and I remember all of them. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Of course, I grew up in the Midwest with half of my family being from the Deep South. 😐

[@Nelle-uj3eg]

Cinnamon baked apples are bomb especially in fall or even better baked apples! Yummy yum! Corn chowder is delicious also. I've had egg cream, and I'm not a big fan of it. Beans and franks or beenie weenies are a quick simple meal! I love chicken pot pie but I ate a lot of the banquet ones in the 1970's. I eat scalloped potatoes again more so in the fall! These items are still around so you didn't do much research! Ice cream floats we loved as kids either with root beer, cola, gingef ale or orange soda! We drank tang all the time !

[@deborahross9974]

I don't remember any of these from the 1970s. I've heard of some of them but I don't remember that they were particularly from the 1970s. Some sound very yummy even the root beer float as I never was fond of adding ice cream to my root beer because I like them separately. God bless.

[@thermalreboot]

The first six are still favorites of mine I still eat. Maybe these things have vanished in your region but are still popular in mine. Spam salad, Watergate salad, and Mock Turtle Soup I've never eaten, but I still like Tapioca Putting and make it occasionally.

[@anchorskid]

I love root beer floats, but I like sherbet floats even better. Scoops of any flavor sherbet with 7-Up, Sprite, Sierra Mist - some uncola. Orange pop is great with orange sherbet. Coolest summer dessert imaginable. I miss Fudgsicles. Zucchini cake is even better than the bread. No raisins, please.

[@ohredbrd]

I was on board for all of these recipes and made most of them until you got to the mock turtle soup! Dang!

[@mariankeller5852]

I love rooter floats! I cook many of these dishes. No idea they were from the 70's or had disappeared

[@christineceriani]

Texas toast makes phenomenal French toast!!!

[@btetschner]

3:43 Chicken Pot Pie was the most unique meal that we had at Doane University.

[@linhamilton18]

The family has gone away…not the food 😢😢😢😢

[@shavinmccrotch9435]

My 1956 Farberware electric skillet lists rarebit on the handle in the 175° cooking range. I was like, Rare-whatnow? 🤔

[@Babbleplay]

Pork and Beans, while a classic, gains little to no cred for having a day. Almost everything under the sun, food or not, has a 'National X Day'. Hot dogs, grilled cheese, you name it.

[@Mark-ki7ic]

Instead of Root Beer and vanilla, we had Coke Cola and chocolate ice cream. At deer camp we had chopped Spam , chopped potatoes and onions for breakfast

[@1952jodianne]

I need to visit your deer camp, that sounds absolutely delicious.

[@annabelle1471]

the potato pancake ? those are still around for sure....

[@Someone-kg8qf]

11:34 looks like a Cob salad, except with Spam.

[@karenslovelymess2538]

We used to eat pork tenderloin sandwiches in the summer. They were a staple on diner menus. Now rarely see them.

[@laurasmusings1865]

Awwww. Texas toast, mayo, butter, green chilies and cheese, its called green chilies toast (can add chives or parsley, whatever you desire) and it's what's on my menu alot. I love all these dishes though!

[@mugimesh]

I have never heard of these before, looks good

[@mugimesh]

Except the last one, pure horror

[@DanielLiebert-i1p]

ZUCCHINI BREAD made right is so luscious and moist (mostly these days it is made wrong) I remember when I lived in rural Missouri you had to lock your cars at night or neighbors would sneak in and leave bags of zucchini - it all ripened at once and there was too much!