20 Forgotten Foods From The 1970s, Everyone Wants Back!

20 Forgotten Foods From The 1970s, Everyone Wants Back!
In this deliciously nostalgic video, we explore 20 forgotten foods from the 1970s that have disappeared from American tables but remain in our memories. From quirky snacks to beloved beverages, these foods evoke a sense of nostalgia and longing for the flavors of the past. Join us as we reminisce about the culinary delights of yesteryear and imagine what it would be like to taste these treats again.
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[@markhewitt4307]

I blame LSD for whoever thought of the idea for the "savory" jello molds..😂😂

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

My maternal grandmother, not on LSD, would make a lime jello with cream cheese/walnut jello mold" it was fabulous!

[@lisagerman2111]

@markhewitt - well, the timing was certainly right :)

[@lisagerman2111]

@@jackilynpyzocha662 @jack - my mother made similar, with addition of shredded raw carrots... Laughing, it wasn't fabulous :)

[@aliciarobinson4107]

Those tv dinners in the metal tray were THE BEST! 😃🤤

[@luisreyes1963]

Only if you're willing to wait up to 1/2 an hour for your supper. ⏲️

[@toodlescae]

They had some of the best frozen food I've eaten over my 62 years. Now I mostly only eat Stouffers meals and the only Banquet meal I eat is Salisbury Steak...until I get the homemade recipe right.

[@laurenonmoonlightdr]

I used to beg my mom to buy them!

[@ramencurry6672]

I remember them back in the 70s when they were made of foil trays

[@elessartelcontar9415]

The enchilada ones were GREAT!

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Pigs in a blanket never disappeared. Still a fave at parties.

[@pauldavis1943]

Did anyone enjoy Salisbury steak?

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I still do!

[@rebels42wynn83]

I still do😋.

[@maleisalee4054]

Homemade only 😋

[@bigsarge8795]

I still do.

[@MsZoombye]

Isn't it just hamburger in sauce? We never ate this.

[@erikanelsen8578]

TV dinners never went away. In fact, I just had a Meatloaf Hungry Man TV dinner for lunch today.

[@coldsamon]

Hungry Man fried chicken is my favorite.

[@KimSimful]

@@justincasesomethinggoeswrongI loved the Swanson turkey dinner and I Loved the peas!!

[@Linda7647]

@@coldsamon The fried chicken is my favorite as well. But I only have them for an occasional 'treat', as the nutritional value of that meal is a nightmare, lol.

[@woodsinme]

"How do you handle a hungry man? Man Handlers!" Lol.

[@Pippie807]

A lot of these foods were around before the 70’s

[@norfolk03]

It was the 50's not 70's

[@maggiewickwire2936]

An example is SPAM. It’s been around since the late 30s, popularized during WWII. Thirty plus years before the 70s.

[@amiga_arcade_project]

Guilty pleasure was Chicken-a-la-King with rice and sauce. Portioned in plastic bags for boiling or microwave. Open the steamy rice and pour the sauce.

[@melvance7281]

Oh. Man. I REALLY miss chicken al a kingly memory. Was called Chung king. But won't swear to it. But. Gawd how I miss it...?

[@laurenonmoonlightdr]

I still make chicken Ala king homemade. My son as a kid loved it in puff pastry cups

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Yes on Chicken A La King! Soy sauce. Noodles. Jiffy Pop Popcorn! Fudgsicles(Tupperware), Teaberry gum!

[@ruthadams2413]

Watergate salad and ambrosia as well as others are still popular in Southeastern PA. There are a bunch of others including some sweet jello salads. Casseroles are also available. So not so absent in Pennsylvania.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Ambrosia, jello salads, tv dinners, melted cheese/chocolate parties, Easy-Bake Ovens(turquoise), very hot bulb. Inflation, gas lines, S & H Green Stamps, hearing about Women's Lib, Ralph Nader as "Consumer Advocate"

[@tammygouletschrader8785]

Tuna casserole actually sounds good 👍 I would only eat a Jell-O mold with fruit in it and thats it😅

[@harry.flashman]

I still bake tuna pasta and cream of mushroom soup.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

It is!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

My maternal grandma would make Jello-Mold(lime green with cream cheese balls(and if you're not allergic to nuts, walnuts) in the cream cheese balls. Ambrosia salad.

[@rogertemple7193]

I really enjoy watching these classic television commercials from the good old days thanks for the memories. 🇺🇲📺📺🇺🇲

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Grape jelly meatballs never went away, but they are much better made with chili sauce and a can of cranberry sauce. Just toss the frozen meatballs, and both sauces into the crock pot....let it go for four hours, and you have a good party fave. Not healthy, but very tasty and always popular at parties, where most eat just about four.

[@laurenonmoonlightdr]

Exactly how I make them too! Sometimes cocktail weenies instead of meatballs

[@stormybear4986]

these have always been a staple of mine Interesting idea to add the "wish your sister would" sauce. I'll try that next time I make them.

[@stormybear4986]

Hmm, cranberry sauce would be an interesting twist. I'll have to try that.

[@johnmesser3278]

Now I want a liverwurst sandwich. Damn you You Tube! 😅

[@bigsarge8795]

With pickles and some yellow mustard. Yum

[@clintcountryman4849]

Worst is in the name for a reason lol

[@johnmesser3278]

@bigsarge8795 I got a half pound of Boars Head at my local market. Always liked it. Took me from 60 to 10 in the first bite. Now back on my list every week.

[@johnmesser3278]

@@clintcountryman4849 Everyone's tastes are different. If not, we would be robots. What food takes you back?

[@elessartelcontar9415]

I love it too. I also like to use Braunschwager (liver cheese) with cream cheese and shallots for faux fois gras So good!

[@avondalemama470]

Actually, these foods are more late 1960’s to early 1970’s. I know, I was there. 😮

[@melvance7281]

Yup. Me too. Never forget eating TV dinners in front of the TV watching news coverage of the Vietnam war

[@skeptigal4626]

Exactly, and the hairstyle on the girl in the thumbnail was not a thing.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Same here.

[@melvance7281]

@@skeptigal4626 actually. It was. But I'd peg it as more mid 60's conservative

[@badgerden7080]

Even in the 1990s my mom used to make Jello of different flavors with pineapple chunks in it.

[@mikeywid4954]

My grandmother did that often. Seems that back in the day (50s & 60s) the sky was the limit to what was added to Jello.

[@gregwasserman2635]

I grew up in the 70s and I sometimes wonder how any kid survived the decade. We were daredevils, drank out of the watering hose in the backyard, risked injury and burns at the playground monkey bars and slides, and ate some of these dishes. To be honest, I don't miss many of these even a little bit.

[@ImaOkie]

Most of that would scare kids today , everyone so easily offended !

[@davidbrown8230]

This is how we learned not to repeat are dumbass mistakes.

[@gregwasserman2635]

@@davidbrown8230, and we have the scars to prove it! Lol! When I grew up, our folks had to drag us back inside, and it didn'tatter what season it was. I remember going out in the winter with no gloves on at times. Times change I guess.

[@susanyeadon6657]

😂

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I mistakenly took a cemetary monument to be "monkey bars", my maternal grandparents(who lived next to the cemetary) got a complaint about the playing. The monument is still bent. No ghosts/demons in the cemetary or around(in) the houses/land.

[@EpicKman316]

nobody wants a savory jello mold lol

[@Tomatohater64]

Oh Amen to that. Foul and disgusting. 😵😖🤢🤮🤮🤮

[@heather3193]

Speak for yourself, cousin Eddie would thoroughly enjoy it!

[@EpicKman316]

@@heather3193 cousin Eddie is a fictional character lol

[@charlesbaldo]

@@EpicKman316not in my family, I have two cousin Eddie's, but I know for a fact they don't like savory jello molds

[@EpicKman316]

@@charlesbaldo are their names eddie or do they act like cousin eddie lol

[@tresaflucke1870]

A lot of these items are still being made today.

[@michaelrenzi1559]

I remember eating carrot & raisin salad !! 😊

[@bigsarge8795]

Hell, I love carrot and raisin salad

[@Steven-em5if]

I loved all these, it brought back memories of church potlucks. I would love to try the tang chicken!

[@denisesmith2745]

Loved the church potlucks, too

[@rifelaw]

Forgotten? Most of these have never gone away across the Midwest and Rockies.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Massachusetts!

[@davidbrown8230]

I remember Ma's pizza potatoes, I still occasionally make it. Pressed corned beef was my favorite luncheon meat on a Dutch crust roll with creamy horseradish and cheese. my Dad being a WWll vet, made sure we had s - - t on a shingle on a regular basis. I still make it. Mom's fav's were tuna casserole, which she made almost to her passing, two weeks ago. She also made Hungarian goulash and Swiss steak. She also made by hand, Finnish potato sausage which even us kids liked.

[@susanhewitt6359]

Sorry for your loss. Sounds like you had a wonderful Mom!

[@btinsley1]

my dad was in the korean war & he taught me how to make SOS when i was a kid. i still make it 3-4 times a year today and I have a friend that ASKED me to make it again just a few days ago... good 'ol SOS 😂

[@susanhewitt6359]

@@btinsley1 SOS was our end -of-the-month budget friendly go to in my family! I still make it now and again!

[@franceshankin2131]

I'm sorry for your loss ❤ I haven't had any of these dishes (yet) as in the UK... but they sound great.

[@toodlescae]

Spam in potato soup with chunks of Velveeta added is yummy. I still make Tuna Casserole sometimes but mostly I prefer Tuna Tetrazzini. I don't remember Cherry Coke Salad or Prune Whip. Never heard of luncheon meatloaf either.

[@doctor78212]

I spent a lot of time in the Far East. Back in the day, SPAM (Something Posing As Meat) was a major food group there.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Ambrosia salad with Jello, whipped cream, coconut, mandarin oranges(tangy(this show), yum!

[@HAL9000s3]

@7:05 Fruit cocktail, marshmallows and whipped cream was the BOMB!

[@SandraNelson063]

It's called Ambrosia. My mom was a master at making it. Sigh. I miss her Ambrosia.

[@HAL9000s3]

@@SandraNelson063 I thought of that word but I wasn't sure it was accurate. 'Ambrosia'. Just rolls of the tongue. I miss my mom's ambrosia, too. As long as we remember them they live within us.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

"Ambrosia", it was fabulous!

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Regarding meatloaf, that's pretty good as long as you make it yourself. Avoid processed canned meatloaf. It's easy to make. You have total control over what goes into the mix and it can be a good healthy source of protein. Make it, slice it, and store it..either in the freezer, or the fridge if you plan to use it quickly. It makes great sandwiches. But again, make it yourself and use good ingredients.

[@bluefaery1865]

Yeah but what's in the ground beef? Nobody knows anymore.

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

@@bluefaery1865 Grind it yourself.

[@2014-MUSTANG-GT]

SWISS STEAK HAS MORE FLAVOR THAN MEATLOAF

[@danielfox3003]

Spam costs more than hamburger now

[@kellilangley3875]

I still make tuna casserole, only I use Velveeta Mac n Cheese instead of egg noodles and sauce, with tuna and peas and carrots. My grandkids love it

[@trinitythex6625]

that's really a good idea! I never thought to mix it that way!

[@coldsamon]

Mac n Cheese with fried diced onions, fried diced celery, and tuna. Served chilled. Was what my Mother and I enjoyed.

[@mimsley5]

Chicken ala king is still one of my families favorites! I serve it over rice- I make my own cream sauce- it is so delicious! I found the recipe in a 60’s cookbook i found in an antique store…

[@jstrie275]

I never got TV dinners at home

[@jeffreysuda1765]

I still make grape jelly meatballs and they are completely gone at the end of the party. Timeless.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I love those!

[@mamaost1996]

Same here!

[@laurenonmoonlightdr]

I still make those for an appetizer at Christmas or New Years Eve

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@laurenonmoonlightdr Same!

[@BeliaLastes]

I just did a cheese 🧀 fondue with cubed rye bread 🍞 the other day and yesterday I did a Spatzel German pasta with mushrooms in a mushroom cream sauce with Spam chunks and grated Pecorino Romano cheese on top and it was delicious 🤤😋 both dishes 🫕 🥘

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Fondue, I love cheese, and chocolate, different pots. A party!

[@afritzy4204]

Had tuna casserole for lunch yesterday and for dinner on the side we had our Carrot, Peaches, Pineapple jello mold, yeah I am old school and still make classic lunches, dinners and sides.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

"Old School" still works/rocks!

[@whitegrizzleySR]

My Mom liked Cottage Cheese with those JELLO salads.

[@laurenonmoonlightdr]

My mom and sister loved cottage cheese, but I hated it and use to claim I must be adopted, except my dad hated it too!

[@mal1465]

We just made the carrot & raisin salad last week…..love it

[@lisabrightly]

I love fondue! Bring it back!

[@jwoolman5]

My mother wasn't much of a cook, but at least she never inflicted jello salads on us in the 1950s and 1960s (they were popular back then, not just a 1970s thing). We did usually get jello as dessert, if we had dessert. I couldn't even look at jello as a result as an adult on my own... I have always been a big peanut butter fan but don't remember the flavored peanut butters. I probably couldn't afford them...

[@sherrihaight2724]

I actually liked the jello with mixed fruit.

[@lisagerman2111]

Spaghetti-O's and hot dog jello mold... no wonder that the 70's was a lost decade :)

[@bigsarge8795]

I had a can of Spaghetti Os for lunch the other day

[@lisagerman2111]

@@bigsarge8795 hey, I loved Spaghetti-O's especially inlean college years :) Out of reminiscence, bought a can during pandemic - more for a throwback comfort while world was unraveling than anything else. What surprised me was the sweetness, something not remembered from the 70's. I wonder if the manufacturer realizes how much better if not adding the ridiculous amount of sugar (high fructose, and the other dozen names), maybe revisit original product :)

[@bigsarge8795]

@@lisagerman2111 I noticed that as well. It was pretty sweet.

[@lisagerman2111]

@@bigsarge8795 @bigsarge - seems everything bought in the supermarket deli case now has a sugar content, including Asian noodle salad, any/all potato salad versions, even raw broccoli salad. Chicken & egg question; which came first - processed foods adding sugar & changing what consumers want, or sugar added in order to change tastes while lowering production costs (replacing more expensive spices/natural flavor enhancers)?

[@robstradomusvideos]

I had blocked most of these from my memory and never want them back. The only exceptions are pigs in a blanket and pineapple upside down cake.

[@trinitythex6625]

lolololololo!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

The Ambrosia Salad was tasty!

[@SandraNelson063]

My housemate and I love grape jelly and chili sauce meatballs! We put them over rice. Yum! A lot if these appetizers were made to stop people from drinking too much. Hopefully.

[@christinacoulombe6899]

Tuna casserole my favorite

[@marylist1236]

Actually they were made wit Knox unflavored gelatin

[@mendocinogirl]

I grew up in the 60’s-70’s, and I’ve never heard of a lot of these dishes. Maybe they were more regional than universal.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Luncheon meatloaf(or meatloaf) with Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce is tangy and delish!

[@MajesticMe429]

I love Jello ❤️

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Chicken ala king never went away. However, the wonderful boil in the bag version seems to have disappeared. It was a staple of my college years. Cheap, tasty, and filling. Serve over noodles and you have a good meal...much better than ramin....and still very budget friendly for a college student.

[@DnekarAtkinsonVeriusz]

Jello molds with shrimp and olives!

[@Shawnsatisfiedwife]

Liverwerst is what I get for my dogs when they have to take meds for a prolonged period. I love seeing these old foods tho

[@Jade-pq9lk]

there is a reason some of these things are no longer served and noone wants them back. I still make the pineapple upside down cake and the meatballs. I still love the cream cheese and olive spread. Fondue is still great.

[@herrprepper2070]

“TV dinners” were invented to use up several train cars full of frozen turkeys after WW2. It’s a great story. Look it up.

[@michelleboucher4336]

Grape jelly meatballs never went away.

[@bryantsteury8910]

“Fondue parties turned into key parties but we don’t talk about that here. Ask your parents”

[@Tomatohater64]

Tuna noodle casserole is mega yummy - I want some now! 🥹🥹🥺🥺😭😭😭😭 And old-fashioned tv dinners were awesome too, especially Stouffer's.

[@dawnperez2888]

I. Still. Eat. This. Stuff❤

[@jamie-gy6bd]

Salmon Croquettes

[@MotivationBeaut]

Mayonnaise on Jell-O? I can't even imagine that tasting good in my head 😅 O no eww! Lol. Now Tuna casserole 🤤 I miss that.

[@cynthiastinson7059]

I never stopped making many of these dishes. I just added new ones to the mix.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

No one wants Jell-O Salads back; arguably the biggest failed food experiment of human history.

[@protorhinocerator142]

It had a weird jiggle, and when you cut it open it broke apart even weirder like you were dissecting an alien. For all that it tasted just OK at best. A lot of effort just to ruin mixed fruit.

[@yasutalodin4266]

I grew up in the 1960's and as a child you saw alien molds everywhere, so I don't know where he's getting that 'it was in the the 1970's' stuff from--jello molds are from the 50s and 60s.

[@Linda7647]

Agreed. Blech! 😝

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I do. (And) Ambrosia Salad!

[@Linda7647]

@@jackilynpyzocha662 Now that I do like. When made correctly.

[@derricojane7328]

My mother was italian American. We ate italian food. Sometimes a tuna sandwich, fish and chips or hamburgers on the grill, pancakes too. This stuff was never in our house.

[@gregmuon]

Video is from the 50s and 60s, but sure, close enough. Those dishes were still popular in the 70s.

[@MsZoombye]

We loved fondue ❤

[@angel196989]

99% of these never graced my table when I was growing up in the 70's. I make homemade meatloaf and honestly I've never heard of most of these. SPAM never went away and neither did pigs in a blanket.

[@barbarahagofsky1191]

I loved jello salads.

[@debbiewilson2247]

Yes, more of 1960s than 70s. My mother never cooked most of these foods

[@coz109]

“You will live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension” - Nikola Tesla

[@joerichardwad1645]

Does this content creator not understand that the 70s didn’t happen in the 60s? 🙄

[@luisreyes1963]

Blame Monty Python for the enduring charm of SPAM. 😂

[@bigsarge8795]

Spam Spam eggs and spam Spam Spam Spam eggs biscuits and spam

[@ImaOkie]

And yet there's hardly an obese person in these videos compared to today . Tuna casserole could feed a family of 5 for under 5.00 dollars and still have enough let over for a cake for desert !

[@davidbrown8230]

That's because the FDA actually did their job back in the day, and kept stuff like high fructose corn syrup out of the food. No GMO's, or steroids in the feed, etc. Oh yeah, and we all were active as heck. While computers, cell phones and streaming devices are marvels of innovation, the dark side of these things can be seen daily by this lost generation.

[@cherielilly2582]

Love liver loaf sandwich s

[@esorliversage6634]

Few years from now it wil be "everythiing was covered in cheese", "burnt on the outside, raw and cold in the inside steaks", "salad with meat, ranch and croutons". "Sourdough bread with half raw pastrami and a lettuce leaf, also cheese".

[@sficlassic]

You brought back memories of the most disgusting foods I had to eat except for the Swanson TV dinner.

[@susanyeadon6657]

The zoodles with Vienna sausages! I gagged 🤢

[@HeatherGemmen]

Cherry Coke Salad: Add 2 bottles of regular coke and hot mushrooms, according to the video. Now, that would taste delish!

[@taniamurray2356]

Am happy to say ( only half way thru) I am glad none of that food was dished up to me as a child lol...

[@user-bu7lh9ql6o]

LA CHOY !!

[@kewrock]

Koogle made by Kraft in the early 70's. Banana, Chocolate, vanilla or strawberry flavored peanut butter. Nope. NOT goober.

[@joefaller4525]

I remember the song from the commercial "Koogle peanut spread, it's peanut butter, bettered".

[@clintcountryman4849]

Savory Jell-O is a contradiction of terms lol

[@user-yt2ur1fp4z]

I miss some of them all except jello savory salads

[@paulinehsu9227]

It seems more like the late 50's to me.

[@bryantsteury8910]

If I lived in the 70s I’d hate my existence

[@SummerofKittyLove]

10:42 Is that hair on the sandwich?!😵‍💫

[@grimmgod4805]

I'm from the 70's and I'm glad most of these "dishes" went the way of the dinosaurs

[@HeatherGemmen]

As people ate Tupperware, one wonders: "Do people eat more plastic or grape jelly?" Yes, they do!

[@louisedykes4794]

Sorry those first kitchen were from the 50’s not 70’s

[@keapixhoudini6263]

Victorians and 70s folk shared a bizarre fascination for weird jello molded foods...who actually ate and enjoyed them??

[@smashpoundx8643]

Creamed chipped beef on toast.

[@btinsley1]

Translation: SOS...you know what it stands for... 🤣

[@bigsarge8795]

I had that for breakfast the other day.

[@daviddaigle2419]

I miss the Morten mini cinnamon donuts,

[@Korea4Me]

D'dak bok'keum Tang does not contain atomic orange-coloured orange juice.

[@SummerofKittyLove]

5:26 jello mold spaghettio’s with raw pale hotdogs is about as aesthetically unappealing as it gets.

[@carrielemmon1549]

70s? Those craptacularly awful Jello salads were around in the 60s and make me shudder to think of seeing one in front of me to this day!

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Carrot and raisin salad definitely added a bit of color to the table....and a bit of nausea in the people sitting around the table.

[@rynwin1]

I make the meatballs, only I use hot pepper jelly, not grape

[@thomasparker8238]

Ilovedhostessdingdongs

[@pianoplayrpiano99]

How about pigs in blankets? We had those for lunch a lot

[@astaboy]

I'm sorry. But "jello salads" were a product of the 50s. NOT the 70's.

[@Naltddesha]

Why did we go over jello molds twice though Edit: also… luncheon meat ≠ meatloaf. Showed images of both the deli meat (luncheon meat you’d buy from a deli) and meatloaf (the dish you’d make at home)🤷‍♂️

[@bryantsteury8910]

I can’t imagine how often I’d try to un-a-live myself if I lived im the 70s

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Serve canned sardine appetizers at your party, and no one will get near to anyone else. Oh! the breath!!

[@gingergirl8797]

My mom made Jello salads, usually with lemon, lime or orange flavor..... Hated these abominations...Gag on a plate!