AMERICAN NOSTALGIA: The 1950s Thanksgiving

Food preparation and a family gathering.

[@carmenpeters728]

In 1968 I was 12 years old. My mother was ill, and I decided I could make Thanksgiving dinner myself. Soup , 2 salads, a 15 lb turkey, rice dressing, potatos, yams, and apple pie. I set a nice table. No formal training, I learned by spending time in the kitchen with my mother. If you want to do it, more than likely you can. It doesn't matter where in the world, and what era you live in.

[@Newone77759]

i love that

[@englishatheart]

You almost certainly mean sweet potatoes. Yams and sweet potatoes are different vegetables. It is highly unlikely that anyone has yams for Thanksgiving or Christmas, as they're hard to find in most places. The gross bright reddish orange things people for some reason eat are always sweet potatoes that they mistakenly call "yams" because the company that sells the canned variety brainwashed people into thinking they're yams because of their logo. But they're not yams, I can promise you that.

[@conclavecabal.h0rriphic]

@@englishatheartsigh…bet you’re a blast at parties, huh

[@debfox]

@@englishatheartseriously? You’re coming across as arrogant with a need to be right. Why do you care?

[@JackieOgle]

Awesome!! That's great you did that meal. I'm sure your Mom was impressed!

[@jgallub]

I love when my turkey comes fresh from the Department of Agriculture Experiment division.

[@AliasUndercover]

6 drumsticks! Good eatin'!

[@millsykooksy4863]

Lmao

[@laurac8659]

OMG I have tears in my eyes!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sinnombre-xs9ub]

😂

[@glowupguidebae3956]

Lol

[@delawarepearl8489]

It was all about the Turkey sandwiches after. Lots of mayo and canned jelly cranberry sauce on Wonderbread, only Wonderbread. Now I have Thanksgiving alone. What I wouldn’t give for just one more with my Mom, Dad and brother.

[@optitom9033]

If you lived in Idaho we'd be having you over for Thanksgiving

[@delawarepearl8489]

@@optitom9033thank you….❤️

[@queendaily3648]

No marriage no kids?😢❤

[@delawarepearl8489]

@@queendaily3648 No. never married and unable to have kids.

[@mdemaria.1371]

É atrasado, mas boas festas e que você conheça pessoas para que possa dividir novas lembranças . um abraço para você aqui do Brasil,

[@stephaniestanley8041]

❤😂 ok it's 1973. My Mom is up at 5 am to put the stuffing in the bird and pop it in the oven. The aroma while watching the parade was heavenly. My grandparents arrive at 11:30. We eat at noon. And again at 5. Did I ever thank my parents for everything they gave? Their hearts, their love, their money...

[@hollyandjaidynrapp919]

All of this!!!

[@ericschulze5641]

Mine too, why did they have to cook it so long ? I'm thinking the oven must have been set to 175 degrees, because even a big turkey only takes around 3 hours at 275 - 325

[@stephaniestanley8041]

@@ericschulze5641 exactly, it took less time to build the Space Station.😲😆

[@kennybeck5519]

Things were much better before feminism and that bs. Women shouldn't vote!

[@maevependragon]

1993 for me. I miss Christmas and Thanksgiving with my Dad and grandparents. I lost them years ago. It's funny the stuff you take for granted.

[@saintsfan2210]

I am 41 and I can still remember the smell of my Grandmother's home the she cooked everything from scratch she was an truly beautiful amazing woman

[@dwightashmore6252]

Saints Fan ok boomer

[@davesimental3571]

She's Gen X, not boomer

[@kennbo1]

whodat!

[@chacaloso361]

Amen!!!!

[@thetiredworm2100]

Saints Fan 🧡

[@CIorox_BIeach]

People were so obsessed with everything being instant and modern. Now look where that got us...

[@elisabethpearson2755]

Clorox Bleach Dad?!?!?!?!?!

[@CIorox_BIeach]

@@elisabethpearson2755 17 year old girl actually.

[@ladzwick4187]

Clorox Bleach daughter!?!??!?!

[@MegaMackproductions]

Very true

[@arrigalimedia]

ok boomer

[@CherokeeBird]

I miss my family. I miss those huge holiday dinners and memories 😔

[@veronicaBolanos-mc4fc]

My beautiful grandmother taught me to cook the entire Thanksgiving meal. From turkey with giblets gravy, to sweet potato pies made with the zest of an orange. Ill never forget it. Such nice memories. I passed that on to my sister, who to this day, calls me from new jersey for step by step instructions. ❤

[@MsAmique]

@veronicaBolanos-mc4fc if you taught your sister, why is she calling you for instructions? You people just make anything up. 😂

[@Nickinator811]

I suppose your sister must forget how to cook thanksgiving dinner xD I'm sorry Its just so odd she'd have to call for instructions every year

[@Broughton1128]

Apparently, seasonings were optional in the 50s.

[@jennyfromdablock1735]

ACultured - LMAO!!!

[@billiebuffalo]

What we think of as seasonings weren't that popular until the 60's. Consider how many of our spice cabinet seasonings are actually pretty international, which weren't yet widely used in American cuisine. Sage, rosemary, thyme, fennel, garlic are Mediterranean. Nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice are from the Asian and American tropics.

[@MomTheEbayer101]

ACultured LoL...

[@macbitch2825]

ACultured that’s why people in the 50s weren’t fat.

[@usarmyisthebest9193]

The reason people weren't land whales back then was because people didn't eat so many carbs and sugars and processed foods. The amount of seasoning you put on your food is merely a personal preference.

[@collinsje5]

Listening to the background music, I don't know whether to eat the turkey or waltz with it.

[@SoapinTrucker]

LOL :)

[@toniam.2080]

Lol!

[@TheGoodHeart1000]

😳😁🤨🧐🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@AmoraBrown]

Lol

[@libssweet8233]

Hahahaha

[@margaritamaldonado9677]

Yes, my father worked at Campbell Soup Co in Sac.,Ca. Hesupported a wife,4 children,a house pàyment,a car payment3 -later 4 catholic tuitions plus bills & buy food on his 1 income!

[@rockymoore6859]

One large turkey, one medium glazed ham, huge pan of chicken & dressing (my grandma always pulled the chicken off the bone to chop and mix in the dressing), real mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole with brown sugar, melted butter, and pecans, my offering of corn casserole with green chilies, butter, and crene cheese, my three sisters offered green bean casserole with dried onions and bacon, two trays of deviled eggs, and homemade chicken/turkey gravy. And yes it's true, Mom always forgot to brown the rolls at the proper time or burned them completely. It was a delicious dinner every Thanksgiving. I'll never have another one like it again but thanks for allowing me a place to remember and comment. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@1419onthebayou]

@ Rocky Moore Same menu I grew up with here in Louisiana, plus always potato salad and lots of sweet desserts.

[@rockymoore6859]

@@1419onthebayou I didn't even begin with deserts because my comment was so long. I will mention my mom's fudge though, with various nuts, smooth with peanut butter, or just plain. It was a must on Thanksgiving. I never told her but I preferred neighbor lady, Ms Margie's Divinity. A whole tin can just for myself! I loved that sweet woman.

[@1419onthebayou]

@@rockymoore6859 Yum! My family too. I grew up in the 50s. We went all out. Sometimes as many desserts as sides.🥴😁🦃

[@rockymoore6859]

@@1419onthebayou I think that leftover plate the day after Thanksgiving, the one where the coconut cake or sweet desert is all mixed with the green bean casserole and we don't even care, that's the best plate of all! I believe this year my younger sister is planning a Saturday dinner, rented pavilion in a park, prime rib, and probably a nasty three bean salad. No desert. She's become a grandma and has taken over such family gatherings since our mom passed away a couple years ago. I'm not complaining really, family is important. It just ain't the same.

[@Serenadesong]

Forgot homemade stuffing, my mom made it every year and I still do. It's so sad that these recipes of yesterday are being forgotten by so many. I still cook all of them.

[@jenniferw756]

I'm addicted to these videos

[@Louise-qk2po]

Jenn Ben me too!!

[@dianagruver5767]

Me three!

[@ithila6712]

Jenn Ben Four!

[@LaoSoftware]

I love old movies and vintage films. It brings back the good old days. I miss my childhood so much.

[@Pamela_Marie]

J Williams I love watching these videos too. Very interesting.

[@brandylagrone5573]

Watching this makes me miss my grandma 🥲

[@jsully8076]

Me too...✌️♥️

[@TheVickers03]

Same ❤️❤️

[@pla4825]

I love these old fashioned videos 😊

[@thecaptain3773]

I'm still using my grandmothers Pyrex, damn near 70 years old, practically invincible.

[@branypoo]

Pyrex is the cookware equivalent of those old Nokia phones

[@sourpunk4277]

Thats why vintage pyrex is in such high demand

[@mariap.thisislife8735]

Pyrex will last forever! Family heirloom 👍😂

[@VictoriaInamorati]

That's how old my cast iron cookware is. It used to be my grandmother's. Things used to be built to last.

[@juliehernandez80]

That’s precious though, family heirlooms.

[@rjc7289]

Mom would cook a huge bird, and for a week afterwards, every frigging meal was turkey -- turkey soup, turkey salad, turkey sandwiches, turkey platters, etc. Not that I'm complaining though. She always made sure one of the side dishes was lima beans, which I very much appreciated. Her stuffing is to die for -- she used Italian sausage instead of giblets.

[@feingetarntesfischfilet4841]

..what are gibblets?🥴

[@Carlie_flower]

@@feingetarntesfischfilet4841 it's the insides of the bird. When you buy a dressed turkey or chicken the "giblets" are usually inside the cavity of the bird. Usually their liver, heart, neck, gizzards.

[@feingetarntesfischfilet4841]

@@Carlie_flower Thank you! 😆

[@Carlie_flower]

@@feingetarntesfischfilet4841 no problem! ❤️ I remember not being sure what giblets were too haha it's kind of a funny word 😂

[@sandraolson1022]

Turkey sandwiches, turkey enchiladas, turkey salads the list could go on and on thats how it was in our home as well! I was glad it was a whole year before we had turkey again!! lol

[@christree3833]

This is my escape from reality

[@TheeeDanielR]

Chris Tree reality is not reality. It’s a fantasy 😉

[@SuperBarbaretta]

Chris Tree ...mine, too

[@robloxrubis6007]

Same

[@idylledoll]

Me too. Fuck today.

[@carolpaupst4346]

Me too

[@christineb1464]

The fact she did all that with long sleeves is the most impressive

[@mariap.thisislife8735]

Along with high heels and pearl necklace... I would have had a broken ankle or two 👍😂

[@christineb1464]

@@mariap.thisislife8735 i could cook in pearls, but I can't even stand in heels. I can't understand how anyone ever thought heels were a good idea

[@holachika5071]

And heels

[@jessicaconner1242]

True housewife 8:15

[@amenhalleluyah1111]

Did did what you delusional dingbat this looks like a horror movie

[@jackherer_078]

I watch this every single Thanksgiving. I recognize that today is not thanksgiving but sometimes I have to come back and marvel at the zeroes of times this lovely lady washes her paws

[@Cupo666]

LMAO

[@iitsmadii]

she’s just marinating everything she touches in raw turkey juice

[@another1409]

“That stuffing will swell so give it room”- the pep talk I give my pants every thanksgiving.

[@annettevillain4352]

😄😄😄 you win, funniest comment!

[@Kelle0284]

Everything was swell in the 50s.

[@gaylacotton2097]

Yes

[@barbikayler40532]

😂😂😂

[@conniebaughman9894]

Not only Thanksgiving but , Christmas and New years🤣

[@chazikstan]

I love reading the comments and thinking about warm family houses with beautiful smells and everyone talking with each other and how different the world used to be. And those traditions can still be practiced today if you are willing.

[@lisalee2885]

Me too!! Love good old fashion memories 💜🍁🍂🍁🍂

[@judy123]

You mean like the guy talk about being high lol

[@lauraeubanks7219]

They are practiced every day in my home. I'm old school

[@melanienelson1148]

A warm family house with beautiful smells and everyone talking is still very commonplace. That's not a rare thing of the past. Life hasn't changed that much.

[@TheWretchedEgg12]

when many have to work 16 hours a day to make ends meet, i dont think theres time for family and traditions

[@finddtime7008]

I envy the people who got to experience those days of old.

[@imapip6313]

I love watching this video. I’m in my 70’s now and remember how much flavor the turkeys and meat had in those days.

[@bulejuicee]

Not a lick of seasoning on the turkey

[@chefblaze9093]

bulejuicee I was thinking the same thing!!!!! Like damn where's the seasoning for that damn turkey???! 🤔

[@epiclink11]

"melted fat" is all the seasoning we need apparently

[@naturalbluti6823]

Thank you lol I was saying the same thing 😂

[@graciegj63]

Shandra9000mail That's racist. This's only a demonstration of family values and home cooked meals on Thanksgiving. I for one like my food to be seasoned well. And I love collard greens.

[@reeses.6653]

Isn't gravy the seasoning for turkey sometimes. I haven't finished the video to know if she made any but maybe that was the seasoning for this example. And I'm sure it's just the basics plenty of other recipes were available at the time probably.

[@gkgk770]

when people were happy and the holidays were magical ,,🎄🎄🎇🎇

[@RancidGravy]

Sanitizing counters after raw poultry really ruined everything huh

[@vladimir-savage72]

Blame the sjw's since you can't say Merry Christmas" anymore,because someone who doesn't celebrate that particular holiday will get their feelings hurt 🥺 🙄

[@sunnysideup2102]

Which people were happy? Everybody????

[@ShadNex]

I dont think people realize why Thanksgiving isn't "magical" anymore its because of the internet... back then people haven't seen their family in months/years (beside like letters) now although it kinda the same, now traveling is more easier you can do once every few months if you want, you can video call/call family, etc. So if you want the thanks giving "magic" back, say by to videocall/call/easy transportation etc. 1st world problem i guess 😅

[@ShadNex]

@@vladimir-savage72 you can say merry Christmas are you dumb?? And no other religion would get offended

[@letuswalkinthelightofthelo5350]

Her stainless steel cookware looks beautiful. It could still be in use today!

[@jordanrichard1173]

most likely aluminum

[@letuswalkinthelightofthelo5350]

@@jordanrichard1173 ? You think so? : ( aluminum isn’t healthy to use.

[@retired_and_l0ving_it]

looks like copper bottom revereware

[@adrianalopeztaylor1421]

It looks like Revere Ware

[@queenkristina60]

Yes my mom and just about everyone we knew in the 50s had Revere ware - lasts forever!

[@brandyhuff8487]

My mom was born in 58 but her cooking is still very much like this. We never truly understood the struggles my mom faced as a single married woman (love ya daddy but mom was the superstar) she made sure we had veggies and protein at every dinner, a good breakfast and great lunch. She still, with grown children and grandkids and greats makes dinner the most fantastic way, all by scratch. Cant wait to come down and see ya for xmas mama ❤

[@meyague]

cherish her every chance you get❤

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

this relaxes my nerves and depression

[@user-gc9hj1oi4d]

I hope you’re feeling better these days. ✨

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

it's been the worst year of my life ,but I try to keep happy minded

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

@@user-gc9hj1oi4d my husband has been battling double hit large b cell lymphoma, inpatient for 8 months my job has cut back hours ,I'm loosing everything fixing to be evicted, havent got the 1st or second stimulas cant qualify for food stamps, health ins ,mabey I can get tht when I do my taxes ,I'm stressed out to the max ,I have 2 dollars to live on for 5 days, til I get paid ,I got 1 pk bologna and half loaf of bread ,just keep me in your prayers plz,thank you for asking about me

[@limeykl]

God bless you darling..please see if you qualify for Medicaid and also check out local food banks for pantry staples.

[@cocochanel9285]

@@chickasawstarrmountain9747 mine too 😔

[@puffalump76]

Saturdays were my moms baking days , we would get up eat breakfast then clean, then she would make us go outside to play i remember the smell of cake as we played with our dogs and ran around

[@kb9696]

puffalump76 What a lovely memory to have!

[@stephaniejade7056]

That's so sweet

[@Lindathemightywitch]

Lol on your inappropriate avatar!

[@mejustme479]

A nice wholesome story. From a name and picture that is offensive. Yet rules the world. Modesty is something she forgot to show you.

[@nancyboy7223]

cheers for that clitoral hood

[@jeremynv89523]

This was filmed in the very early 50s. You can tell by the color choices, the decor, and the fountain pens. (Ballpoint pens were invented in 1954.)

[@MrAngryGorilla2000]

Life seemed more laidback back then, but of course depending on where you're at. It's always relaxing watching nostalgic videos, people back then seem more happy and grateful over the smallest things. Much more simple times. I heard it was easier starting conversations back then with random people even during traffic or out walking on the streets. Sorry to go off topic, it's just the stories I've heard from the older generation, so many people were friendly.

[@jenniferloftus2363]

I'm sorry but Mr. Angry Gorilla 2000, perhaps it's you that is making it tough to be friendly lol.

[@MrAngryGorilla2000]

@@jenniferloftus2363 Maybe, it varies per region. I have lived in different states in The US, some are friendlier than others. I literally had a couple people in California who got offended when I said hello to them. Other states never had a problem.

[@claudine5386]

This was soothing to watch. Especially when everyone ate around the table. I really do appreciate videos like these. The narrator sounds so classy and elegant.

[@eileenlester4342]

I miss those family times...My grandma loved the turkey neck...yuck. I give those things to my little dog.

[@glennlittleton3762]

@@eileenlester4342 I miss those days also, folks from that period of time utilized and ate everything no waste. Day's of hard work and very little to show for it. Great memories thought.

[@gerriallen3966]

Her voice reminds me of Beaver’s mom, June Cleaver

[@deserteddave1596]

For Thanksgiving, I had to sit at the kids' table until I was like 9.

[@samanthab1923]

I’m sad to say that my son commented that we both sat at the table to eat dinner the last couple of nights. He said how much he liked it. How far we’ve fallenZ I was one of five & we had dinner that way every night. He’s my only & I haven’t managed very well.

[@amfla3787]

19:38 Glad she mentioned that I should serve my FAVORITE mushroom sauce, cause I've got like so many recipes for mushroom sauces.

[@bryanmartinez6600]

Time to make my favorite turnips Gonna go soften them up on the concrete first

[@elisabethmcgregor3833]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nkn4773]

Seems like mushroom sauce was popular during the 50s 😂

[@mrs2691]

But what if I want to use my least favorite mushroom sauce recipe?

[@peanutw3482]

am FLA Yes, and Lord knows it's hard as hell to pick just one

[@Windjammers1]

It's amazing how remarkably clean her kitchen stays as she prepares the food and cooks.

[@lauriepfantz6293]

Don't forget the cross contamination as she handles the raw bird and then other things in the kitchen without a care.

[@pr4208]

@@lauriepfantz6293 lmao seriously I was thinking "did salmonella not exist in the 50s?"

[@SebastianBlackwell94]

my kitchen stays clean when I'm cooking, I was raised to wash dishes as you go. finish with a pot? wash it. I was also told to wash my hands between touching food cause nobody wants salmonella. lol

[@lynnlegault9297]

The pot she was boiling the giblets in, brought a memory of my moms set of pots, she had the same ones.

[@sendmeyourlocation1145]

Holly shit that was when 😊

[@BookmarksandBookshelves]

Girlfriend didn't need to use a whole sheet of paper for that turkey math.

[@jackiebrown3222]

Turkey math 😂

[@genovechavez4710]

Bookmarks & Bookshelves c

[@timeless99a73]

Relaxing😴

[@Bizarro2024]

lol, She had that turkey down to a science, literally!

[@candylover23435]

She wrote big so the viewers could see

[@manestage5403]

“Leave the sink running for 2-3 hours” The anxiety that line induced within me. lol

[@pikasnipe1]

I was thinking it, you said it....

[@avacadotoast5492]

Back when the earth's resources weren't dwindling👀

[@prtybrneyez18]

🙄

[@manestage5403]

@@prtybrneyez18 Wassup?🙂

[@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde2991]

🙄

[@broella6493]

Despite what we’re told today about not stuffing the turkey because of salmonella, we still do it anyway and no one in our Thanksgiving gathering has ever become ill. Cooking stuffing inside the bird results in the best tasting dressing ever! Nothing beats it!

[@meyague]

the whole salmonella scaremongering is nothing but that.

[@swannoir7949]

The cavity of the turkey isn't enough room for the amount of dressing my kids will eat.

[@blessedmamags7796]

I can't believe how fancy they dressed and everything formal. Nails done and digging into a turkey 🦃

[@guriausa]

The best advice here is to start roasting breast down. I learned this years ago and it makes a HUGE difference.

[@Maestro-gh2ei]

wont the breast become dry from the prologned direct heat?

[@guriausa]

@@Maestro-gh2ei No, it comes out very juicy. I learned this trick watching a late night talk show more than 20 years ago. An American actress who had spent a lot of time in Europe and said that's how they do it there.

[@Maestro-gh2ei]

@@guriausa Thank you Julie, very cool!

[@TheRealNormanBates]

But won’t that hurt your back? And your feelings? I’ll see myself out now...

[@callmewaves1160]

@@Maestro-gh2ei no, because all the juices that escape the turkey gather in the bottom of the baking tray, keeping the meat moist.

[@trillcollins7847]

i was so high that when this video stopped i was honestly shocked to be back in 2019

[@shewasastunner]

That's me rn buddy. What festivities

[@trillcollins7847]

@@shewasastunner a cornucopia of wonderment

[@WeeSleeket]

@@trillcollins7847 lmao

[@myheartisinjapan3184]

I died just now from this comment, actually😂😂😂

[@MeowMeow_95_]

Dude I hear ya HAHAHAHA

[@dee4174]

I love that my mum taught me well. We dont have Thanksgiving in the UK, but we do a big Christmas dinner. Best meal of the year!

[@nathanmccumber8965]

Pegans.

[@dustbowlhammer7119]

Amazing how we take ball point pens for granted, as they were using fountain pens back then, I bet handwriting was a lot neater too!

[@debra1363]

It was!I was born in 1957 so ballpoint were a thing when I started school,but from 3rd to 8th grade we had an actual class for handwriting,which we got graded on,it was called "penmanship".

[@disco-2516]

@@debra1363woah 😮

[@Xilaneda]

Ball point pens have been the standard for writing since the 1890s. The fountain pen being used in this video is just to be fancy.

[@kendallweaver6386]

I am now 76 and grew up in the 50s but we only had turkey at Thanksgiving and it never came frozen and it still doesn't in my family. What this video does not offer is the making of the essential gravy as this was what cinched the whole thing together along with cranberry sauce ( still an elusive art for many)....What is most nostalgic to me is the wonderful old Revere Ware and the fridge (still called an ice-box by my grandparents) with the tiny freezer compartment that had to be thawed out with hot water every few months or the door wouldn't close! It was often a child's chore to do this...

[@maxsteele3359]

Yep, my grandparents had a refrigerator with the motor on top and the belt that ran the compressor. That thing was built like a tank!

[@nativevirginian8344]

I am 60, I still say ice box. :)

[@e.conboy4286]

@@maxsteele3359: Yes it was! The one my family had lasted almost forty years! Never had a problem. But like My Grandfather’s Clock, “it stopped, short, never to go again when the old man died.”

[@e.conboy4286]

⁠​⁠@@nativevirginian8344Few folks today know the icebox’s meaning. I remember the delivery of ice to my folk’s home. The ice man had big blocks of ice, covered with burlap, and with an ice pick, he chopped a piece to slide into the ice compartment of an icebox. It kept things cool but didn’t get cold enough to freeze ice. I don’t remember how long that lasted. But I do remember being ordered to “Close the icebox door, before everything’s spoiled!” Also remember Mother defrosting! We’ve come a long way, baby!😮

[@lonestar1637]

I just had flashbacks of my moms hairdryer defrosting the freezer in the ,60,s. Gravy making is a lost art. It’s badica😢a 1:1 ratio of fats to solids, then a 3 part amount of liquid.

[@Girasol777]

There’s something comforting about this 🤔

[@ElinWinblad]

My My a loving family environment ❤️

[@kvk1960]

Been vegetarian for decades but I can still smell and taste my German Oma's big turkey and gravy feast which she made every Sunday ... omg ...It was delicious! After supper we kids sat on the living room floor and watched The Wonderful World of Disney on my grandparents' huge COLOUR TV!!! the 1960s and 1970s .... amazing simpler times gone forever.

[@WondrousEarth]

I feel happy watching her videos, she makes preparing a Thanksgiving meal a pleasure. And the upbeat music adds that something extra.

[@elfiefromangelcity6142]

I was born in the 80's, but this stuff makes me nostalgic cuz it reminds me of my parents.

[@mossyoak1205]

I was born late 70’s and it does the same to me. Reminds me of Thanksgiving at my grandparents house. I was lucky to get all their recipes copied and every year do my best to re-create it.

[@blane6592]

Chile if you were born in the 80’s this should NOT remind you of your parents…they were kids when this video was taken! 🤣🤣🤣

[@brandyhuff8487]

​@blane6592 I was born in 81 and this absolutely reminds me of my grandparents and my mothers cooking. She very much still did things like this even though she was born in 58. Traditions last forever as long as someone keeps them going and in my family. We do!

[@babyprince8923]

I was born in the 60s. TOD: 12/31/69

[@paulht3251]

Look how the family is all dressed up for dinner. That brings back memories. What a time 🙂

[@MsEliteForever]

RetroGuy76 lol

[@esthermelchor9681]

RetroGuy76 They never would have been caught wearing a hoodie, pajama pants and slippers at the store or a diner like people do today.

[@mariaretinasarmiento1050]

RetroGuy76 I like to live in those times where people dressed in their finest not like a bunch of bums from the street!!

[@ashleyswinford582]

Seriously though! I'm 34 and my husband is 42 and we make sure that our kids are clean and dressed for supper. Maybe we're just old school lol.

[@elimkwok938]

Because they are paid actors

[@monkeyb1820]

my mom had one aunt that every year would bring this 'jello mold', it was mostly some kind of raspberry jello with cool whip mixed in, pieces of moist fruit and walnuts in it. It was awesome!

[@echofoxtrot2.051]

Yes, my mum makes that still. We use strawberry gelatin, sour cream for the filling and strawberries, pineapple chunks, walnuts, and sometimes banana slices in the gelatin. Ring mold. Ta da.

[@monkeyb1820]

@@echofoxtrot2.051 sour cream or cool whip? our recipe (and most) calls for mixing cool whip into the liquid jello, then it's an opaque pink type of color. I miss that jello mold. It was like getting to have dessert as part of dinner.

[@Nickinator811]

My grandpa still serves cranberry jello with nuts at thanksgiving Its strawberry or cherry jello mixed with canned cranberries and walnuts and set in the fridge It is delicious I should get the recipe as soon as I can

[@kellyanne7225]

I have a cold right now and entertained myself by mimicking the narrator’s voice and accent. 🤭 Especially “aaaallllmmmonds”.

[@bellelaverne7887]

1:12 I remember so clearly, me doing my grocery shopping wearing my hat, gloves and high heels. Life was beautiful then.

[@miraclesblessings5044]

Oh My Goodness, I have seen old movies where the ladies never left home without a hat on, gloves and the ladies that didn't wear hats wore a scarf on their hair in the car. I always thought that was so elegant. Houseshoes, flip flops and sweatpants were unheard of in public.

[@pattyfarghaly1821]

@@miraclesblessings5044 and don't gorget the pearls.

[@Kim-ri1hg]

@@miraclesblessings5044 I love my house clothes. And it never fails whenever I’m wearing good clothes in the kitchen something ruins them. I grew up in an Italian family. I was born in 68 and my grandmother and my aunt cooked in November with shorts, sleeveless blouses, house slippers, and the house shirt house coat with the pockets and snaps in place of buttons. Having a family of my own and cooking holiday meals for 20+ years I now understand WHY my grandmother and aunt dressed like comfortable summer .., when everyone else was dressed for the holiday. IT GETS REALLY HOT working all day in that kitchen even if it is a New York Winter 🤣🤗 They were happy to cook for us and we were all appreciative of their hard work and delicious food! Great memories for sure. Family times are just not the same nowadays with cell phones and Internet. The football game on was MORE than enough 😅

[@miraclesblessings5044]

@@Kim-ri1hg Oh yes, my great grandmother used to dress that way around the house. I remember the flowered house dresses and she always had a paper towel in one pocket and a handkerchief in the other. But they never dressed that way in public. And cooking with my aunts was a kitchen full of music, loud laughter and whispering things that kids weren't supposed to hear. Sipping liquor in tea cups, and children couldn't run in the house especially when they were making cakes.We also had to stay out of the kitchen. It was gr8! Most of them are gone now and the one's that are left are too elderly to help out but they definitely give orders and suggestions and lots of complaints about the kids, your stove, your seasoning and everything else. I wouldn't trade them for the world!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@Kim-ri1hg Get some Dawn. It'll get grease out of ANYTHING.

[@elisabethmcgregor3833]

I'm not American, but I love this and the fact that KZbin makes it possible for me to watch.

[@Skiskiski]

Scotland I presume! How was it when you grew up?

[@RB-bu2lh]

You can be American if you want

[@elisabethmcgregor3833]

I'm South African. Swiss father, Portuguese mother, husband of Scottish descent. We don't have thanksgiving, it's a very American thing, but we eat Turkey at Christmas. 🍗

[@elisabethmcgregor3833]

@ryan. Thanks. Would I have to climb over a wall? 🤣😂

[@elisabethmcgregor3833]

@Robert Kolakowski. I grew up in the 60's and 70's as a white person in Apartheid South Africa. In Cape Town. In some ways it was probably similar to American. I won't go onto the politics or human rights issues. That's a whole other story.

[@danmiller6462]

My Mom would start the turkey early in the morning. She made the dressing from scratch and, get this, she packed the dressing into the turkey. It always came out so great. We had family over and it was a special time. Also back then Thanksgiving was it’s own holiday. I miss those days.

[@carolinesantos8177]

I love watching these old videos and nostalgia. I was born in 67 and I remember my mom cooking the turkey and having it last a long time in different ways. I make a cornbread stuffing with Chestnut's and sweet Italian sausage or chorizo. Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with good food, happiness and many blessings 🦃

[@dcham041]

I like how the narrator proudly announces that the turkeys were genetically engineered by the us department of agriculture-EXPERIMENTS station.🤦🏾‍♂️

[@callmewaves1160]

Yeah especially seeing as such production is dictated by what the consumers want... 🤦 Does the concept of supply and demand escape people nowadays or something

[@__dear_dawn__3315]

Accutally by genetics engineering they just mean selective breeding. The bigger turkey's are bred with bigger turkey's so the meat is bigger. Smaller turkey's are bred with smaller turkey's. Or they simply harvest it younger.

[@dcham041]

DawnDreams 26 Genetic engineering, sometimes called genetic modification, is the process of altering the DNA in an organism’s genome- that’s seems a lot different then selective breeding , still I hope your right though lol

[@Ms.Delphine1204]

DawnDreams 26 that’s not what GENETIC engineering is. That’s just selective breeding.

[@juddtravis4520]

So true man back then was the time for testing 😂

[@tanekahairston5889]

Although I was born in the 70’s, this still reminds me of my childhood with my great grandmother 😢, everything could have been going wrong but I never knew it ♥️, this video is very soothing to me and good to my soul

[@BarryMckockinner]

I wish I was born back then

[@noralee6787]

I was born in 1970.. I know exactly what you mean..

[@ramencurry6672]

In the 70s a lot of 50s culture was still prevalent since it was only 20 years behind. When you watched tv back then, a lot of tv stations still ran 50s tv shows and movies since there was not many other choices back then.

[@bmtziii640]

Such a good video you can almost smell the segregation... 😭

[@normalperson659]

@@bmtziii640 Seriously? I know its part of history and we shouldn't forget it, but that had nothing to do with the video or this comment. No need to rain on the parade.

[@user-ib1zg2ec7f]

Things seemed more relaxed back then. Everything is stressful now.

[@Trapphausmusic]

Because they only had 3 tv channels, a home phone, and no cell phones or social media.

[@sheriheffner2098]

Where I used to work we made a chicken salad with grapes and nuts. The mix for it had onions and celery and other ingredients. It tasted great. We used to put it in Crossants for trays. We sold a lot of that chicken salad.

[@vintagebrew1057]

My Dad was in charge of the Turkey in England when we were growing up in the 60/70's. He also kept the giblets back but only for the gravy. He used to stuff the neck and cavity with the most delicious stuffing made with good quality sausage meat, lots of onion and heaps of sage and thyme. The bird was the seasoned well and cooked to a turn. I still miss his Turkey dinner with all the trimmings. His stuffing was so popular with guests that he had to make big trays of it to serve with left over turkey for a cold supper and they would make a bee line for it when it was put on the buffet table. Thanks for these video's they make me smile.

[@jacquelynking2184]

Karen Fredericks Enjoyed reading your comments. I miss both of my Grandmother's turkeys and dressings. Both were completely different! We'd eat at my Mother's Mother's at noon and Father's Mother in the evening. By the end of the day we were more STUFFED than the turkey! Lol. Neither cooked the stuffing INSIDE the bird. Thanks for your nice story. We've got race wars going on in one of these threads. Geeze, what is this world coming to? Race wars from a 1950's turkey video. Ugh.

[@johnwayne1591]

My his soul Rest In Peace and his memories live on. ❤️

[@emintey]

@@PP2US /\ race war./\

[@paulengstrom432]

@@jacquelynking2184 yes, that's what facebook and twitter have given us: life ruined by dim-witted brats and their stupid commentary. I'm a child of the 50's, and I remember fondly the family turkey dinners we had. We all pitched in, even if only to set the table or wash the dishes. Kids nowadays don't know what they missed.

[@jacquelynking2184]

@@paulengstrom432 And they probably know nothing about table manners either!

[@tonyamathis6667]

At the point where the husband and son had a middle of the night snack, I fell in love with this video. 😂💜

[@stevenwagner9912]

My wife hates if I eat anything in the night. She about had a fit when I got a piece of hard candy because my throat was dry.

[@hippiefreak66]

those turkey nibblers!

[@Dakota-xi6cg]

@Steven...divorce her!

[@pogmothoin2558]

WOW. What a reverie. I miss my Mother's Thanksgiving's from the fifties and sixties. Funny how everyway this infomercial described how to make items is how my Mother taught us girls. How I wish I could have another of my Mother's Thanksgiving from scratch.

[@MrRlltide]

What a great time to be alive. Sorry I missed it by a few decades

[@heatherwanderer777]

Did people back in the 1950s really have only one income, two children, a mortgage, and still be able to afford all these fresh ingredients for all these dishes???

[@Heymrk]

heatherwanderer777 No. Read Revolutionary Road.

[@dacanale]

Yes. Life was far better then.

[@kayfarquar2034]

yes but we only had one car, one bathroom, one phone and one tv for four people.

[@oliviagomez815]

In some cases they did. Turkey was not eaten often. This film was a marketing effort to get them to eat more turkey throughout the year. As for the appearance of affluence, remember these are actors who are dressed up and groomed for the occasion.

[@TheSanityMachine33]

1960s Feminism 'fixed' that for women ad families... in a jiffy! ;)

[@Nick_Ramirez]

“Leave the sink running for 2-3 hours” BRUH

[@MaraBradley]

lol-me too! (water bill)!

[@normacook8325]

Well water! Still have our own well!

[@bernadetterocha3693]

Ikr😅

[@alys4570]

My mom did that all the time to thaw out meat. I cringe now thinking about it😣

[@k.w.c.w2149]

Why dads were so pissed about bills back in the day. Well nah that never changed

[@lolalyle6660]

My Grandma was the best cook everything from scratch. Homemade pumpkin pie, minced meat pie. She made everything with such love not just throwing it together. I miss those days

[@pr4208]

Meat pies are amazing

[@brandyhuff8487]

I miss my grandma's cooking 😢 she made some delicious casseroles!

[@juliabarone8852]

Omg minced meat pie

[@randawagner3287]

I loved Thanksgiving in my mother's kitchen. We kids were lucky, most everything fromm scratch.

[@shadowweaver3693]

there's so much charm in these vintage vids. it's lost in these days

[@millsykooksy4863]

sheepbeepbeep truth

[@sofiabravo1994]

sheepbeepbeep not really everything is from a box these days? Where's the charm in that? Back then almost everything was made by hand especially women with the motherly touch. I'm a wife and mother now and I make meals at home even started baking ❤️ my husband's mom wasn't the cook but at least with me he can get to know what it feels like to have a woman cook foods with love. Yes I get a kick out of that!

[@TheContessa52]

That is why the only channel I watch is Turner Classic Movies - today's culture is caca

[@Yuli-xk1lr]

True nowadays you have annoying women rambling about shit no one cares about while on a cooking show

[@jasmyng5494]

@@sofiabravo1994 Please stop romanticizing these time periods. Women were oppressed and minorities were treated horribly. Nothing to miss there. We've come so far as a society.

[@starmoon1590]

good happy " nothing can go wrong" music in the background...

[@DIYStangsandFreedom]

Times were much simpler back then. I wish the world would still continue to carry the values and traditions like our grandparents did.

[@mellowjello5411]

U forgot to mention when grandpa beat the hell out of Grandma for leaving the food too cold lmao

[@Disneymagic24]

@@mellowjello5411 I don’t know why people think that happened all the time. If your an asshole,your gunna be one but most people didn’t beat their spouses

[@rnbsteenstar]

​@@mellowjello5411some did, not all.

[@jennosyde709]

@@mellowjello5411 Or how a ton of housewives took drugs to null the boredom of their lives.

[@SentimentalFellaVA]

I’m fine ignoring my white Southern grandparents’ “values and traditions.”

[@adaeverleigh9584]

This is quaint and ideal. Who would ever know that little Billy would grow up to go to bars dressed as a gladiator.

[@ElFenrir13]

Me: Watches videos on video games/fighting games/disaster documentaries KZbin: heres a 1950s turkey dinner

[@ryanbarker5217]

and you watched it because they are in control of our minds now that we've eaten too much experimental turkey....

[@arimewillow4278]

It counts as a disaster documentary.

[@PixieLove5]

Bruhhh. Why is this so true though?!

[@krepler]

This would be part of fallout

[@thisisahumanlol8255]

@@arimewillow4278 Bruh u burned down da turkey, da waman, da kitchen, da narrator and da house

[@akhrienokjamir1114]

I could watch this American nostalgia series the whole day

[@greenteafinch9833]

Poultry seasoning was added. Onion powder comes from onions. Celery salt comes from celery. Seriously, there is a point we can appreciate that people have forgotten how to cook without flavor in shaker.

[@Hecatate]

Come raid my herb garden...=D

[@tedbell4416]

Old hack bit, spices are used because they are easier to store.

[@kellyjackson8266]

I love the idea of keeping the supplies you are working with on a handy tray, like she does in this video. I started implementing that in my kitchen.

[@jenniferloftus2363]

omg you have no idea how helpful that is. I've been doing it for a while myself and another thing it does is help prevent cross contamination from happening to the spices. People are always cleaning up but they never clean the spice bottles.

[@MimiMimi-ed4du]

Watching and listening to this video, while reading through the comments has made my night! You guys and gals are the best Lol!!

[@karenhargis3682]

These days, family gatherings and living without insecurities is nostalgic

[@SusCalvin]

Around this time in Europe, the last of the WW II rationing systems have been removed. The Marshall Plan has been going for a while and most cities are reasonably functional again.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@SusCalvin Well, minus the possible nuclear war, I guess...

[@SusCalvin]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 There is a brief US nuclear monopoly in the post-war era where they are thinking about what to do in case Stalin or one of their allies also gets the bomb. Nuclear information wasn't shared openly with US allies.

[@user-zp8mw4dz1n]

Love how the turkey casserole went in oven in a square dish and got put into basket a round crockery with lid dish!

[@jamesryan6008]

Omg! I just caught that.

[@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686]

I saw this video a couple of years ago and now make my stuffing like this. It's really good and everyone seems to like it.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Dressing

[@theOGofREDS]

@@MeadeSkeltonMusic the dressing is what is mixed with the stuffing ingredients. She clearly states it that way.

[@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686]

Stuffing goes in the bird, dressing is on the side. I know this. Either way, I make it this way and we love it.

[@ax_lz]

Me, born in 2003: damn this takes me way back

[@skylarscabin7866]

Omg.. Shut up ... Lol . KIDDING

[@tjlovesrachel]

Lolll watching real America going to school from home and wondering what it looked like when America wasn’t run by a buncha pussies and kids played with m80s and safety was coming home with all your fingers and toes

[@cizia69]

The magic time when these ovens could transform a square unedible dish into a round unedible dish...

[@ericreynolds9354]

LMAO!! Thanks for the chuckle

[@cliffhursey1791]

I noticed that too! :D

[@dicktracy3439]

I believe inedible is the word you’re going for...I’m tying to figure out how you typed unedible without autocorrect calling you a dumb shit

[@kristenwilson2874]

Totally caught that

[@cizia69]

@@dicktracy3439 My autocorrect is autocensuring itself

[@zainabali-rq8kx]

I love this era everything is so different the music ,even the way of how she is speaking is so pretty i wish i was born that time .

[@Mithras444]

Honestly this just reminds me of working in the kitchen with my great grandmother. She pretty much raised me. She was born in 1905. A teeny tiny old women that could hold a cast iron skillet full of oil and chicken with one hand!!!😮😅

[@sfogliatelle]

I’m so glad this video was recommended to me, it actually made me cry missing my mama so much.....she was one of these 1950s homemakers , she was also a nurse and she and my father ADORED one another and they embraced family life. She loved making a nice home and looking pretty for her family. It was a given that we ate together daily, sitting at the table was mandatory and how we looked in on one another and connected. I was taught to help out even as a small child and I learned so much during these times. I remember holidays being a time when you wore your special dressy outfit And you were on your best behavior.I know life was not perfect back then but people actually looked at one another and spoke to one another , they weren’t staring down into their phones ignoring each other. . Yes there was a lot that wasn’t great back then but the way families interacted and spent time together was so much better than what we have now. We have too many distractions and things that keep us from one another to the point where people go online to meet others instead of just talking to someone standing next to them in the grocery store. I miss these people and I miss these times…

[@lalagonegaga]

Maybe the person standing next to them in the grocery store is not interesting enough. Maybe people want a better connection. Not trying to be obnoxious, just stating another perspective.

[@bogeysbaby]

lalagonegaga Everyone has something interesting about them. Problem is people want instant gratification and many lack basic, civil conversational skills these days.

[@jmitterii2]

Reminds me of my grandma :) RIP Accept I think she cooked the turkey better... and I don't think she used the giblets that often. (nasty).

[@ilinoisy]

Don’t worry, not all people are glued to their phones these days. I’m a millennial, but still get out to garden with my older neighbors, volunteer at my community center, and spend lots of quality time with my friends and family doing involved activities. There are plenty of people in the world who share your values! ♥️♥️♥️!

[@janeadelaidelennox7193]

jmitterii2 yes I accept that. Why would you think we would not?

[@highchief41]

I'm crying....I miss G-ma! She cooked all the time and she never complained !

[@ryanbarker5217]

hopefully she didn't complain because she knew her's was the most important role in the family and she *gasp* enjoyed it. oh, i bet she wanted to break down and cry now and then, but probably did that in private. i think men and women were made of stronger stuff back then.

[@sandranoisewater6093]

I miss my, Granny, too. She taught me to cook, I am the only one who knows how to make, Great Grandma's turkey and homemade stuffing.

[@highchief41]

@@sandranoisewater6093 :-)

[@_TruthNationTv]

Back when Thanksgiving was fulfilled with thankful people.

[@eddy5750]

They were more thankful for the killing of all the natives back then.

[@Jay-ut9ov]

The days when you can beat your wife and not have to deal with those “woke” colored folks

[@ReckerFidelWOLF]

@@Jay-ut9ov And Communism was in full swing and had the country shitting

[@vladimirgoncharenko7545]

Unlike now it is mostly filled with entitled ungrateful empty souls storming malls on Black Fridays and internet on Cyber Mondays…

[@jedisquidward]

You don't sound very thankful yourself

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

I love the way these old 50s Kitchens look, well the whole house of the 50s really, but the kitchen especially. I never lived the 50s, but it still makes me nostalgic somehow.

[@rustydog1236]

I grew up in this era and my mom certainly seasoned... fresh sage, parsley, onions,celery. Tons of salt and fresh ground pepper. Either sausage or oysters in the stuffing.

[@robertpryor7225]

Oyster sounds so weird! We had sausage stuffing not my fave, I like the plain.

[@annettevillain4352]

And never measured like in this video! Just a dash or pinch or splash of this & that.

[@jenniferwilcox9759]

I grew up in the '80's with the same ingredients in the stuffing and also dressing, all kinds of side dishes and pies. I still reproduce the same dinners now. Tasty.

[@brockreynolds870]

We make our own dressing bread, herbs baked right in. We take the dough and spread it about 1 inch thick on a large sheet, so you have LOTS of crust, which makes the dressing so great.

[@lizzykosinski]

@@robertpryor7225 My sister made an oyster stuffing one Thanksgiving and it was SO good. I'm a pescetarian and stuffing usually had chicken broth but this stuffing used the juice from canned oysters. Give it a try, it's really tasty.

[@Catolica.Universal]

I love when we pray before eating 💕❤️

[@193ksp]

America at its peak. What I would give to live during that time.

[@butterflyszn2342]

i guess segregation, public lynchings and domestic violence was perfect back then…

[@joltjolt5060]

​@@butterflyszn2342but are we really BETTER now?

[@jennosyde709]

@@joltjolt5060 The issues of modern day are largely an issue of late stage capitalism. 1950s still had pretty substantial poverty rates among Black America. Lots of people are so stressed in modern day between excessively high rents due to the rich buying out properties to rent the nanosecond they open. Businesses who squeeze out as much labor from their employees as possible with as low wages as they can possibly return. Healthcare that is completely unaffordable for significant portions of the population. A climate disaster that gets worse every year as corporations continue to pollute the planet. It is not that majority of people have gotten better or worse; the people who were already shitty just latched onto more power and wealth. In many ways, life has improved. Technology has gotten a lot better, people have more access to a variety of resources and luxuries, and even mental healthcare has improved in quality. So while economically certain people may have found the 1950s less frustrating, it still had its host of issues too. Redlining and the White flight ensured that Black families could not take out mortgages for homes, leaving them to rent. Racism was still rampant, and LGBTQ+ people were subject to harsh discrimination and criticism in response to the Lavender Scare. Communists and socialists were heavily persecuted during the Red Scare. Housewives commonly took drugs to alleviate the depression and boredom that ensued from their position in life. Disabled people had less options for medicine and were a lot more stigmatized. So the 1950s may have been for some in certain aspects, but they were pretty awful for a range of minorities. Every generation has its share of problems, and someday people will look back at the 2020s in a romanticized light.

[@dorseykindler9544]

@@butterflyszn2342Your KZbin commentary is truly making the world a better place!

[@annabrown7302]

LOVE THIS VIDEO AND THANKSGIVING WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@claytonallen5428]

I’m so in love watching these old fashioned videos from the past. Sometimes I wish I was born in that era even though I was born in 1984. Call me old school but I love these videos!!

[@MissMichSan]

Hey same here. Love how simple everything was And I was also born 1984 cheers.

[@kittenmittons1968]

1985 here and hell yes, life seemed so much easier and simple.

[@snekomfg5915]

If you support blacks getting beaten up and murdered for their skin colour then sure go ahead

[@claytonallen5428]

snek omfg huh? How is that even relevant to that video??????

[@snekomfg5915]

@@claytonallen5428 Think before you speak lmao the 50s weren't all fun and games

[@chevyfan5303]

I adore these old films, if just for the nostalgic feeling it brings back. Needless to say, a lot of things have changed since they were made, but that doesn't stop me from still enjoying them. Thanks very much for all of the uploads.

[@bighands69]

Changed? During that period it was the change that enabled the end of segregation that was the most profound change in America. Women could work back then if they desired there would have been female doctors, teachers and lawyers.

[@jeanallison5784]

Why always with the negative waves? Sigh

[@kaykeybear3334]

M too young to remember these things….but old enough to know that….YES!!!! Life was better!!!!!

[@VIpanfried]

4:40 I love how the pan, counter, and demonstrators dress match in color. Very nice!

[@Me-mn4nw]

To show off the food. I love how slim and trim she is! You won't find many young women like that today.

[@kathleenmckinney8903]

I am 72 so remember this when I was growing up. My mom was a housewife while my dad worked. She liked staying home, never wanted to work outside the home. My dad died at 50 so she had to go to work & hated it.

[@bighands69]

Sad to hear that.

[@davenwin1973]

My maternal grandmother had to go to work at 38, after my grandpa had a stroke at 44. A second stroke forced my grandpa to go on disability, and close down his business. It was als o around that time that she had to learn how to drive, because she was never taught to drive. Luckily my Aunt Nancy stayed home to help out the family, while she also worked. On my dad's side, my grandparents were poor, that both grandparents had to work. My grandpa was a mechanic, and my step grandma worked a number of jobs, including being a dispatcher for a taxi service, doing over 20 years working as a waitress (with this job, she sometimes brought in more money than my grandpa), working as a cashier at a grocery store, and just before retiring in 1993, she worked at a Walgreens distribution center. Most of her jobs were in the overnight hours, while my grandpa worked during the daytime, and feeding the kids, and getting them ready for school. My step grandma's struggles paid off in the end, because unlike my maternal grandmother, my step grandmother saved up enough for her own retirement, and my grandpa's pension, help her live comfortably in retirement.

[@j.denino5732]

Kathleen McKinney My dad died young so my mom had to go back to work at age 46 after being home for 25 years raising kids. She ended up loving her job and got remarried at age 50. She has been married 30 years to my stepfather. She even got a small pension from her job and medical benefits for their old age!

[@unfriendlyasianhottie]

Kathleen McKinney I’ve always wanted to be a house wife but since we’re in modern day , were forced to work lol

[@jessicam725]

I love you

[@patriceyoung7479]

I was born in 1953 and treasure that time. I was a stay home mom in the 1980's. We had one car and budgeted everything. It can be done. All I ever wanted to be was a homemaker and was lucky that is what I was able to do. My kids and grandkids all live close by. Life is good. You can embrace a simple life if that is what you really want.

[@thomassoue2332]

It's a better life. Quit buying stuff.

[@MoniqNkeila]

Patrice Young you’re white and straight, probably why things worked out for you.

[@patriceyoung7479]

Cleo M We worked hard and did without.

[@feralmagick7177]

@@MoniqNkeila racist much?

[@thomassoue2332]

@@MoniqNkeila OMG really victim.

[@elizabethwilson5349]

I am going to try some of these recipes. That one of the roll ups with the mushroom sauce was just too good to let pass by! This video brought back a lot of very fond memories from my childhood. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@SusanCox-pl9qp]

I love these vintage videos.