5 days of eating a 1950s diet...and here’s what happened...

Ok, always nervous to post ones like this because I feel like people are going to comment how I have done something wrong or something, so please remember I researched as much as I could and I tried my best x
Instagram: gracebooth97

[@tillyfarrell8918]

Does anyone else feel really at home/relaxed when watching her vids. 😍 I feel like I’m chilling with my sister

[@soilgrasswaterair]

Tilly Farrell same! I got recommended her videos some weeks ago and all of them have such a lovely vibe to them. And the cat is so cute. I think her name is Banksy (?).

[@tillyfarrell8918]

Yesssss! Honestly I could watch her videos all day. She has such a lovely presence. 😍 she inspires me to try new things too!!!

[@7490maddie]

yes yes yes

[@Grackle]

You guys, thanks so much for being so kind-I am SO glad you enjoyed the vlogs, I will be posting tomorrow at 5pm, so you all again at 5 hahah. Have a lovely evening x

[@leahkrilova4970]

Yeah so true, whenever I am at uni away from home its so comforting to just watch her videos in the evening, sounds weird but yeah hahahah

[@anniemcafee1648]

Most underrated youtuber hands down

[@Grackle]

making me well up, thanks so much x

[@timetogetmylifeback]

100%

[@brittanysousa6189]

Well said. This ^^^^^^^

[@Yahsbsuq]

Do eating like a monk please!

[@aoifebarrett8630]

Annie McAfee facts

[@cameronaerobics398]

This is literally still how my 91 year old Nan eats (update: now 92 and extremely healthy) Update: she’s 93 and still extremely healthy!

[@Dawn_Hannah]

Lol, I swear my Grandma thinks toast is it’s own food group!

[@jayeff15]

tell her the war is over lol

[@wendymuir7818]

@@Dawn_Hannah You mean it isn't?

[@minideath1779]

@@jayeff15 lol

[@allyg9457]

Interesting how Grace mentions how healthy that generation is/was. Nan is an example to some degree, still being with us at 91 years old! Impressive! Wishing her many more healthy years!

[@akshaysingh1538]

A very simple answer to the 1950s generation being healthy was because: Sugar was rationed They didn't snack Didn't eat very late in the day/night They were physically more active

[@hollymccarthy4701]

100% agree

[@DenaInWyo]

And I just wonder if the snacking isn't the largest part of our obesity problem. Even regardless of calories, we eat almost constantly, and a lot of it mindlessly in front of a television or computer. Add to that the rest, especially the fact that the snacking is often processed food (aka sugar, even if it's potato chips) and bam.

[@Sylphadora]

DenaInWyo Eating too often is part of the reason people develop insulin resistance, which increases fat storage. Dr Jason Fung explains it very well in his books (or on his videos or blog)

[@dee-deem8501]

Also they didn't have the preservatives in food like they do now and the meat was not filled with growth hormones and antibiotics.

[@sonjapersch6074]

@Tuk Tuk I completely agree with this. While watching this video I was like "so... What's special about this?" because this is how most people here eat haha

[@NicolaSearlot]

I loved the BBC series "Back in time for dinner" where a family 'lived' through each decade in the 20th century and ate the foods and saw how things changed and progressed, even family life. I found it really interesting. So much has changed even from the '90s, it's crazy!

[@gnislia]

Auralialia same! Loved that series

[@sarahy2799]

Omg I loved that show!

[@Gryffindame]

I loved that show!!

[@katr_i_na]

I remember seeing an episode of that, I think it was the 1960s or 70s one. I really want to watch them all, but apparently they're not available online! How frustrating :(

[@Loopylou897]

I loved that series too

[@melissaockey1346]

No processed foods, thats why they were so healthy.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

Moomin I think she meant specifically chemical processing, i.e. additives, artificial flavouring and colouring, injecting water into meat, etc. I’ve been making a massive effort to cut all those out, and I really do feel better for it.

[@visaman]

@@Melissa.Garrett Ususally that means trans fats. They have been banned in Canada.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

Albert Giesbrecht You don’t see them much in the UK now, although I don’t think they’re banned (I’d need to check). But I know a lot of US food is still chock full of it. 😔

[@kezkezooie8595]

@@Melissa.Garrett We don't get too many of them in Australia either at the moment, although since 2018 the government changed the food labelling laws so manufacturers do not have to list them specifically any more and just have them included as fat content. A lot of people aren't happy about this as it most probably means the trans fat content of things will increase.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

kez kezooie Seems it’s always about the money, in the end. 😔 I’m sure a few backhanders were involved in that legistation.

[@kentuckylady2990]

I am a child of the 1950s from the USA. Thank you for posting these. I grew up on a farm so we had an abundance of food and a great variety. I didn’t appreciate it back then and was considered a picky eater. Nowadays I feel bad for turning up my nose at my Mother’s wonderful meals. I was not catered to, my Dad would tell me , you will eat when you get hungry enough. Our meals were called breakfast, dinner and supper.

[@elisabethm9655]

Even though I was born and raised in the US, my mother was from the UK, so the food style was very English. She had come here after the war...and the continuation of rationing was a big part of her decision to come live with her father and invoke her US citizenship status. This video really brings back childhood memories. Now I adored porridge (with salt and butter, of course) - so that was our go to breakfast...or the toast, or the soft boiled egg and toast, or beans and toast or fried bread with bacon and eggs. Yes, I recognize most of your dishes. The meat, carb (either potatoes or white rice) and two veg - one green, one red or yellow was the mainstay design of every dinner - which moved to the evening because that’s when everyone was home from work or school. No snacks - but there was a bit of chocolate and mum never failed to tell us how lucky we were to have so much food. I have a photo of her from the immediate post war years and she was painfully thin - after coming to the US she gained about 10 pounds and gained a nice slim figure. I never tasted soda until I was 5 or six. I didn’t discover crisps until I was a teenager and the only cold cereal that showed up in the house was either weetabix or shredded wheat - but it was only for emergencies. For suggestions, perhaps ‘scotch collops’ made with burger and canned mushroom soup, or ‘chicken a la king’ which was made from bits from chicken wings (after they’d been used for soup or stock) in a cream sauce. Yes, ‘recycling foods’ was a big thing...boiled potatoes became mashed potatoes and on the third day became potato cakes when combined with an egg and perhaps a bit of mixed veg. Thanks for taking me back to my childhood😌

[@judzzjudy2227]

I would totally have watched the 45 minute version!

[@Grackle]

Ahhh thanks xxx

[@princessladytanya]

Grackle We all would, you shouldn't worry too much about your videos being longer.

[@nktigger99]

I would have!! Please do more of these and longer videos

[@JazminMccoy]

I right

[@lindenpeters2601]

Yes! You could totally release like an Extended Director's Cut of this and it would get views! Don't believe the lies that people won't watch KZbin for more than a few minutes. There are loads of viewers who stick around to watch long videos. If I can't finish a video in one sitting, I paude it and finish it later, as I would with DVR, Netflix, etc.

[@margaretchurchill3141]

It has been an absolutely pleasure looking and watching a person like you, going back to the basic and healthy eating of the 1950s. I was born 1945 and remember a lot of the meals. My mother rarely bought cake, always made her own. Used to cook in the coal oven and a camping stove (for frying). I was aged 11 when my dad bought my Mum an oven, and a little fridge. We always had Sunday Dinner, Dad always cut the meat, however small it was. Always Yorkshire puddings/suet crust was served first with gravy. This I was told to fill you up before the meat and vegetable. As you said, rice pudding was a very popular afters, or a piece of Mums cake. All the fancy crisps, frozen vegetables, exotic fruits , pre packed, ready meals, I never saw them as a child. The first frozen I remember was Birds eye peas, and fish fingers. My Father used to catch a lot of fish so would never have them in the house.As children we were a lot more healthier, played games outside rode our bikes, played marbles etc. Not many people had telephones, so we communicated more, not like the children of today on their I pads etc. We might have gone a lot more forward in some things, I think we have gone backwards when it comes to our healthy eating, and in lots of cases our social well-being. Keep the good work up. Margaret Churchill x

[@HerbieRey]

I absolutely love your "I eat a X diet" videos especially history focused ones . Your wartime and army ones were the first videos of yours I found and I've been hooked ever since 😂 You're so lighthearted yet considerate and funny

[@kevismith5204]

What I really like about this video is how involved your grandparents were , I know sharing this history with you meant a lot to them and it was nice to see.

[@princessladytanya]

You should do this again but doing a week or a few days of each decade from 1910 to 1990. You're extremely good at these factual videos x NB : The 50's dinner party would be such a great video, you could all wear 50's style clothes etc.

[@carolbarber9898]

What a contrast to my 50's food experience . I m a "baby boomer ", with no rationing .We had meat every day,plenty of cookies,ice cream but we played outside.

[@bastadtroll8922]

why not cuisines of different countires, like rice is the staple carb in asia in comparison to bread over here. and came meat seems to be popualr dish in the middle east.

[@leahkrilova4970]

You should do a video of what either your mum/dad used to eat in a day when they were younger !

[@petermitchell6348]

'If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding'!

[@calisongbird]

Peter Mitchell I kept hearing that in my head too! 😂 #PinkFloyd

[@rosemarydudley9954]

Ours was ... "if you don't eat your greens you can't have pudding||||||||||||||||||!"

[@jeanproctor3663]

@@rosemarydudley9954 Yep. Sprouts with me because I hated them so much.

[@margaretlavender4418]

Peter Mitchell. No no no! No one EVER even wanted to not eat all their meat! It was, and still is (as it should be in this throwaway world) ‘Eat all your VEGETABLES, or there’ll be no pudding’.

[@calisongbird]

Margaret Lavender it’s a famous quote from a famous Pink Floyd song....

[@citizen1163]

My friend's great grandad only just died. He was living on his own & doing everything for himself, including cooking, up until the end. He was 100 yrs old. I believe development of many additives (some subsequently banned) to food after WW2 contributes to the rising illnesses, especially those in the young. That, together with plastic & other chemicals that leak into food chain is concerning. In early 70s, Dr Richard Mackarness did food allergy testing & found link with food additives & psychiatric illness. Govts known for decades but put Corporates & profit before people & health. Love that this young woman is so interested & enthusiastic about learning from the past & savvy enough to have this channel. A great future beckons! Brava!

[@dslacie25]

pamla motown just so you’re aware, a link doesn’t necessarily mean causation. this is often studied to correlate illnesses to risks scientifically, however i do agree that the use of additives and chemicals nowadays is insane

[@sarahd.787]

My grandpa use to dip bread in milk for before bed snacks during the depression. He did that until the day he died.

[@tomcruisemiddleteeth]

he sounds like he was a sweetie pie. rip to your good old gramps :)

[@camile9537]

idk why this made me sad T_T

[@CrazzyLaddy69]

I grew up with my grandma (born 1921). I remember her eating butterd toast, buttered saltines, or saltines with sliced cheese. Also buttered toast with chocolate milk. Odds are growing up she more then likely just had toast and milk. But what makes her life a little different from others is she grew up on a farm. Sorry don't know what was grown on the farm, but everywhere she lived there was always a garden. I remember our neighbors had green and purple grapes. She would made grape juice from them. My mom still has food she canned in the early 2000s.

[@louisecook6483]

My grandfather-in-law used to dip his toast in his tea, he carried on doing this until he died.

[@thinderellaedwards1365]

My gran would eat toast with liver sausage or beans on toast for lunch every day with her cup of tea. Even if she wasn’t home she ate the same thing every day. It was something she had done since she was a child, fillling, quick and inexpensive.

[@karenchristinewise7833]

The monotonous diet was well entrenched in Ireland until quite recently. Fun fact the Irish invented flavoured crisps. Tayto crisps were the first to patent the process. All flavoured crisps/chips are produced under license.

[@sourcherryscones9645]

Karen Christine Wise tayto crisps were my childhood

[@danams4166]

That's awesome! My friend brought back a ton of Tayto crisps when she went home to Ireland for a visit, and they are tasty! :)

[@lellyt2372]

Grew up having Tayto crisp sandwiches (as did all my friends) Tayto are the best ! I may be biased, being Irish, but they really are a taste of my childhood 😊

[@thinderellaedwards1365]

My Irish aunties used to bring our favorite cheese and onion Tayto crisps and we ate them on buttered bread, yum!

[@micksdowd]

Grace you honestly inspire me ✨ Because of you, I’m no longer afraid of food. I don’t avoid snacks that I’m craving or beat myself up when I do have them. I’ve also become so much more comfortable in my own skin. I don’t wear makeup unless it’s a special occasion (even when I have a break out 🙈). Thank you for just being you! Because you inspire me to be me!

[@thinderellaedwards1365]

Kaley Dowd, You are gorgeous!

[@JimmyLemon]

"left over roast potatoes".....that just does not make sense! Never have I encountered too many roast potatoes. Such a thing surely can't exist!!?

[@sunflowerbrat2635]

I was thinking the same thing lol!

[@stephaniescott7809]

I intentionally make extra roast potatoes for leftovers!

[@JimmyLemon]

@@stephaniescott7809 I've tried that....they all still get eaten with the meal!

[@Tina06019]

I would have to cook some extra potatoes to have any leftovers at all.

[@jak9483]

I made them today for Christmas. Boil them until quite soft, drain the water and transfer into an oven pan. Pour small amount of Olive oil on top of each potato, put in the oven at 375 for 45 minutes. Then take out! Simple really. Enjoy!

[@tofutina2561]

This explains why my grandmother always had toast for breakfast and dinner, with margarine. and cherished her fruit. I always wondered why

[@nancy9478]

My Grandmother emmigrated from England to America in 1919, she taught me to love a good cup of tea. And growing up, we usually had toast and tea for breakfast, or cereal. I had eggs once in a while, that was exotic back in the 60s. Now I know why!

[@bastadtroll8922]

my granparents includign my parents and now me and one day my grandchildren we all ahve toast that had butter spread first then grilled until medium brown. this for us is toast hwoever you need a gas grill not a toaster. Sayign tha tif im in a rush i would sayu i eat toaster toast but if im in a rush i dotn eat.

[@Vidyalakshmi]

I'm from India, Bangalore. I have heard stories from both my grannies who suffered during war time how food was rasion. They had only 1 or 2 meals max one meal was millets with yogurt and the army used to supply limited butter, jam, condensed milk or milk powder and coffee. Many from my family worked for british army and madras regiment. We had british rule till 1946 so it would have been the same here. nice efforts keep up the work :)

[@tweetiepie551]

Now that is the most I teresting comment I've read this year. In Britain we are not taught about other countries suffering rationing via the British government. That is something I would love to hear more about Thank you very much!

[@JB-vd8bi]

@@tweetiepie551 if you were part of the empire you were expected to support the war effort. I'm Australian and have heard many stories about rationing. Petrol, house materials, fabric were rationed. Food was scarce, but with our weather I think we fared better with growing your own veg in the cities. Australia was bombed by the Japanese.

[@adaywithjaya]

​@@tweetiepie551During British Rule, Britain was also responsible for diverting many essential food items (like tea, sugar and rice which were produced in British colonies like India) away from Indians and sent them to the British instead (e.g.: Winston Churchill's policies directly caused the Bengal Famine in which millions of Indians died). Not only did other countries suffer but they suffered because of British colonisation. It's really sad that this side of history is never taught and so many people have forgotten the suffering of the colonised people and nations.

[@AnnabelSmyth]

I was a little girl in the 1950s, and remember the food vividly (especially at my primary school - let's not even think about that!). You would have almost definitely had custard with your jam roly-poly (made with Bird's Custard Powder, not an egg in sight!), or perhaps evaporated milk. Whisked evaporated milk mixed with jelly was a popular Sunday pudding, or jelly and custard (yuck!). Incidentally, your rice pudding was far too solid - it should be much runnier, sort of texture of yogurt. Today's Muller Rice is about right, although it was proper sugar, not those ghastly artificial sweeteners! A relatively well-off family would have had a cooked breakfast every day - an egg, or even bacon and eggs, or bacon with fried bread.... perhaps a tomato with it. You (or your Dad) would have grown vegetables in the back garden, if you had one, or possibly in an allotment if you didn't. Runner beans were popular, alongside cabbage. You would have eaten offal, too - liver and bacon, perhaps steak and kidney; stews were popular as you could use really cheap cuts of meat. Roast meat was served on Sunday, then you had it cold on Monday, and perhaps minced on Tuesday in shepherd's pie (you only had a scrap of meat - one slice, probably, and filled up on potatoes and vegetables).

[@AngelWingzzz]

This comment is totally spot on.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

Mum added the evap to jelly before it set, was called milk jelly.

[@anderjpoo]

Spot on. We had egg and chips every Saturday, Dad always made what he called "poor mans pickles" just a chopped raw onion to go with it!!! You had to be well off for bacon and egg, a weekend treat for us. Salad was served in summer and only ever comprised lettuce, cucumber, tomoato and something from a tin!. Sunday Afternoon Tea with aged aunt was bread and butter, tinned fruit and evap.

[@margaretlavender4418]

Annabel Smyth. Yup. Lovely. I was born 1939

[@margaretlavender4418]

Annabel Smyth. No wonder you loathe rice pudding. Yours is utterly appalling! It’s solid stodge! Dreadful. USE MORE MILK. NEVER EVER use water in it. It is a rounded tablespoon of ‘PUDDING rice’ to half a pint of milk. I always use double that just for myself. For a similar taste, try a tin of Ambrosia Rice Pudding. And Ambrosia Devon Custard is a good substitute for today’s ‘on the perpetual go’ people. Don’t know why it’s called Devon by Ambrosia because it’s nothing to do with Devon county, it’s country wide.

[@Sylphadora]

My uncles have a very rural life (they live on top of a mountain) and the way they eat hasn’t changed in generations. For breakfast they have coffee and bread soaked in milk. They eat potatoes and/or rye bread at every meal. They basically live off bread, potato, cured ham and chorizo, milk and cheese, some game if they hunted and home-grown vegetables - lettuce, tomato, Swiss chard, onion, etc. They do snack if they get hungry between meals, but they snack on some of the foods listed above. For example, they eat some bread with cheese or cured chorizo or a piece of fruit. Once a saw my uncle eat a tomato like you would eat an apple (by taking bites off of it). He had the tomato in one hand and a salt shaker in the other one. He sprinkled salt on it before every bite 😂 I thought it was a weird snack

[@madeinbusanjkjm]

Im so shocked that most of what they ate was sugar, bread and butter and they were the healthiest generation of all time. Maybe it's because of the portions? They ate fairly little compared to how we gorge ourselves nowadays. Very interesting topic, I would love to learn more about it.

[@stefancoban59]

Definitely it's because of the portions. Plus: Butter is actually much healthier than all the fats used nowadays in processed foods. The fact with the sugar is that when u try to eat marmalade or jam u can't eat a lot of them. While nowadays we are given small portions of sugar in almost everything we buy. I think that back then people used to be more physically active.

[@eilissmith8591]

People were also more active, fewer cars meant we walked everywhere.

[@djmazz1100]

Haha! Toast with marmalade and pudding or other dessert? Are you kidding? Can you say glucose spike?

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

@@djmazz1100 have you ever looked into nutrition and the health of the nation in different decades? Nobody gave a crap about glucose spikes. Hardly anyone was obese the way so much of our population is now.

[@djmazz1100]

@@eccremocarpusscaber5159 It’s cause they burned 3x the calories. Just driving: no power seats, no power windows, push the clutch, shift the gear, no power breaks, no power steering!

[@user-pc8dl4cy3i]

Absolutely fantastic job of researching and bringing the 1950s to life! You ARE a food historian and I so appreciate how you explained the sociopolitical context of food in the past. Really enjoyed this video (I'm an American who grew up in the 1950s USA); you provided good information which could, in the future, be used in videos to compare the British vs US experience. You are so articulate and charming; awesome communicator. Please, more videos of this type. Thank you!

[@MNkno]

I'm another American who grew up in the 1950's in the USA... and the experience was similar in many ways. Meat & 2 (boiled) veg was standard, some pickled vegetables, Saturday lunch was soup (leftovers made into soup) and no snacking - there was nothing to snack on in the house, no chips, cookies, cake, or other sweets... there would be some homemade cookies or special Sunday desserts, weekday dessert included jello.. and a January young-people's party would be to have a "taffy pull" and everyone could take home what they had made. Food was never tossed out, it would be eaten up completely before the next round would be cooked. Your video was great!

[@candicescott7176]

Me too. But I don't think there were rationing in America during the 50's at all. And the biggest meal was definitely dinner, except on Sunday. Of course we didn't have tea time & accompanying tea time foods. If we had a after school snack, it was PB&J or dry cereal, maybe crackers. Mid 1950's saw frozen TV dinners hit the markets in America.

[@roxy_quokkacake]

"It's got beer...beer, wostersh-...worcestershir - that - word and mustard." I felt that pronunciation :D Queen :D

[@MelissaThompson432]

Where I come from, we admit our weakness and call it "wooster sauce." Although some of my classier fellow Southerners call it "wusdersheer."

[@tallyhorizzla3330]

Woostersheer sauce,simple.

[@tammyeaton6449]

I thought Americans (like myself) were the only ones who couldn’t say that word.

[@glen1555]

From Sheffield so it has to be Henderson's Relish

[@heidirothbart6254]

just realised I had been fed a 50's diet at boarding school in the 60's and early 70's! What a fun video. thank you. Now I understand why I love jelly and custard...

[@jwp6049]

Reminds me of my childhood. Having grown up with my parents who lived on rations when they were younger. I thought it was me who called it a dippy egg lol. My mum and dad always had cake after tea. Other things they made were liver and onion gravy with oxo and potatoes. I’m 47 now and still cook a lot like that for my son, with the addition of pasta and rice dishes. We had neither when I was young. Attic roll! Omg. My aunt served it with Carnation milk. We ate veg from the garden. It all changed when the freezer shops opened. I’m from Scotland, living in Australia. My dads favourite was always breaded fish, chips and cauliflower cheese as the years went by. We always had lentil or leek and potato soup, then a roast dinner on a Sunday, then a home made pudding like apple crumble, apple sponge or baked rice, yes pineapple upside down cake or pear flan.always had a cooked breakfast on a Sunday, bacon, egg, sausage, black pudding,, or white pudding, potato scones.and sometimes chicken livers. The rest of the week it was cereal or toast. Supper was toast or cereal, sometimes with pilchards with tomato sauce. My dad always dipped his roll in the lard from the frying pan on a bacon roll. Friday night dinner was bacon and beans on a roll. We were lucky to get a chocolate or ice cream from the ice-cream van and eventually fizzy drinks. I often ate a banana for dinner. Their diet changed for the worse over the years. They lived until they were 85 and 87, passed within a year of each other. My mum smoked until she was 80. She had dementia for her last 4 years. My dad had dementia for 2. My dad worked and ate a cooked meal at lunch time in the canteen and became over weight eventually. He also suffered badly with arthritis. Mum was fine. Dad had cancer and heart disease. He never smoked but did smoke my mums secondhand indoor smoke. Mum never had cancer. She gre up for 4 years of her life with her sister during the war as she was evacuated to the country away from Edinburgh. My dad stayed and had to go into the bom shelter (tin curved shed) during the blackouts, half the night before going to school the next day to write on his slate. I had a great childhood and wouldn’t change a thing about it. We never moved, had lots of friends around. We knew all of the neighbours. Always celebrated new year with them. With shortbread, fruit cake. Chipolatas on cocktail sticks. Egg mayo sandwiches. I’m still in touch with those kids on fb. Now I’m raising a 12 year old on my own. It’s like a different world, but I try to keep some of it alive. FYI. I’m still very slim, always stuck to the small portions while my 2 sisters and brother gained a lot of weight and are now morbidly obese from their rich diet and large portions when they left home. Hope you enjoyed. I loved the video, thanks for the memories ❤️

[@lisahinckley9359]

Millennial’s get such an unfavorable opinion (at least in USA)this is proof of how thoughtful and interesting they are. My 3 sons are millennials and they also show great interest in our past present and future thank you for the reminder of how my generation “X” and the prior need to just listen and be just as curious as they are. You’ve have a new subscriber! Looking forward to going through your videos.

[@JB-vd8bi]

Grace isn't actually a millennial. The cut off is 1996. Most millennials are mid 20s to late 30s

[@jensm4026]

@@JB-vd8bi yes I am a millennial and I am 36.

[@jensm4026]

@@JB-vd8bi yes grace is a gen z.

[@janquinn261]

You are truly refreshing. Your enthusiasm is contagious! Loved this video! More please!

[@eden4507]

I love this girl Bc she keeps it real with herself and everyone else... so underrated

[@katgraceman]

I feel like food history is really your thing! You're so passionate about it -- you should keep doing these! Make it a series :)))

[@kayedaniels1749]

i was a teenager in the 50's and we ate much more than this, rice pudding was cooked in the oven often with sultanas. large cooked brekkie, a proper cooked dinner with meat and gravy. fruit tarts, pancakes, custard. and i must say we were not well off.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

My brother and I took it in turns to scrape the edges of the dish it was cooked in. Lovely and crunchy.

[@kayedaniels1749]

@@rosemarydudley9954 i loved the skin on top.

[@deewhittle9028]

Kaye Daniels me too, it was the best bit.

[@gillwil]

I dont remember granary bread..you was posh if you had brown bread..lol

[@kayedaniels1749]

@@gillwil we ate white bread,the only brown bread was called 'Hovis", a small dark brown loaf. there was a jingle on the radio. "Home James , and don't spare the Horses we have Hovis bread for tea". you didn't have to be "Posh", just like this particular bread.

[@megamoose637]

thank you for making this! i learned so much about another way of life and i respect your dedication to authenticity while understanding that you can't know exactly what it was like back then. i still feel like you researched extensively and really gave us a feel for what it was like to make the most of what you had in the past. this video belongs in a museum because it preserves not only a unique culture of necessity, but it makes such a culture accessible to the modern age. genius work, truly.

[@georgiatownley6157]

Such an interesting video! I love how you’ve researched it before jumping in and how you’ve gotten personal anecdote from your grandparents. Love your channel ❤️

[@pamjordan5281]

I come from the North of England and everyone I knew had a main meal in the evening, called tea. I don't think we owned a toast rack! Everyone made scones and apple pies.

[@amhey1]

Pam Jordan We brought out a toast rack for special days - rarely. Probably parent's wedding present in silverplate - needed polishing. We had a few silver things like that "too precious to use every day". Now I live in the US (Yorkshire lass) someone gave me a toast rack. I use it when guests come to stay. Americans often ask where they can buy one - answer Amazon.

[@angelica502x]

I think eating in the UK in the 50’s was very different from how it was in the US, lol. In the US, gelatin dishes and casseroles were all the rage. I’ve seen the weirdest recipes come out of the 1950’s. 😹 People were eating a lot more convenience/prepackaged foods too.

[@JB-vd8bi]

England didn't recover anywhere near as quickly from the war. I've seen some of those dishes! Really different!

[@HannahSnickers]

yep! took me a second of "? this doesnt sound right" to remember she was in the UK lol

[@lindenpeters2601]

@@JB-vd8bi lol yeah "different". That's the nice word for a recipe that includes lime gelatin, celery, and black olives! 😂 (seriously it's real, check out the 1950s housewife experiment from the blog Jen But Never Jenn)

[@Lori_L]

I grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch Country and we were still eating 1950s food in the 1970s. That's when I grew up with such weird Jello concoctions and casseroles

[@peggyisme]

@@lindenpeters2601 It isn't that bad if you rinse the olives: )

[@bobtheballerina]

Honestly, I admire how much research and effort you put into making these kind of videos accurate! Makes it so interesting to watch! xx

[@bethannniles5163]

If you had a P.O. Box I have a recipe book from the 1940s I’m sure you would appreciate 🤗🤗🤗 keep up the awesome vids we love watching you

[@lellyt2372]

I would KILL for that book (not literally but, I would really do ALMOST anything for it 😊)

[@DDios-ih9de]

Beké Downes check.on Amazone besides garage sales

[@flufflepuffle]

I ha e a book from 45 that I got from my grandmother, and the recipe format was so different!

[@Pipsterz]

That's really lovely of you to offer her :)

[@vivienwade4378]

I still have my mum's "good housekeeping" book from the 50s.. it's great. 100s of recipes, adverts of all kitchen equipment and ladies doing cooking in beautiful clothes 😄.. I Have a look if I'm ever unsure of how to cook something now and I'm 57 lol x

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

When I was at school history lessons were deadly. I gained an interest only after I finished school, so it's always good to see someone so young be so enthusiastic to learn about the past, and be keen to pass that knowledge on. Keep up the good work.

[@linaortmann5124]

Would love to see a 1950s dinner party! :)

[@Grackle]

I cannot wait to film it! I need to find some willing friends hahah

[@linaortmann5124]

Grackle yay! I wish I lived in the UK, I’d totally come! xoxo💕

[@LALAamzz]

Haha can’t wait! If you need people I’ll join😂😂x

[@sarahy2799]

Yes! Such a good idea

[@janinecorwin9414]

@@Grackle you should watch The Supersizers Eat the '50's. As well as more info, I believe you'll be able to find the food historian, and/or nutritionist they had. I know that Mary Berry is in it! Look up a recipe for rumaki, a classic 1950 party dish.

[@natalie-pk5or]

I love these types of vids!!! And your reflections are what make them amazing for me. Thank you for your channel!

[@lesleypatching8094]

Don’t forget our dinner plates were so much smaller! One day, in the 60’s, the local supermarket started giving away loyalty tokens and “normal-for-today-but-huge-for-then” dinner plates arrived.... and we started to fill them with more food and all got fat! 😁

[@Heather_T]

Lesley Patching I grew up in the 60,s, poor, large family. The serving sizes shown on this great video were huge compared to what I got to eat.

[@user-oe1mo5ds8c]

I appreciate the effort you put into these videos, thank you grace:)

[@Samy.10VE]

Found your channel recently and I'm so addicted, I'm British so its even better I can barely find any good British youtubers but your amazing and so damn creative, loved this video!

[@vfiles1]

I’ve subscribed after watching you for the first time. I love your passion for exploration, your sense of fun & you are a very nice person. Have fun doing the 1950’s party for your friends! 💕

[@bintakinpics]

I really enjoyed this video. I'd like to see more like this from you. Thanks for all the research and for walking the walk while filming & commenting on your experience.🌻

[@Rose22479]

Omg I was JUST thinking last night that your ww2 diet video was so good and these history diets are my favourites then today there’s another one what a blessing

[@Drugstore2Luxury]

This reminds me of living in a remote west coast Canadian island in the winter. In the summer the island was abundant in food naturally and the ferries came often with groceries aside from that. In the winter, ferries came once a week and if it was storming during ferry day, it wouldn’t come and out groceries wouldn’t be stocked

[@jouri9690]

You deserve more than 80 k honestly I just recently started watching you and I love you💖

[@lindacajigas3315]

Fascinating stuff. I could listen to you do more on the subject. 1950s always fascinated me and to learn about from a UK standpoint is so interesting. Please do more and tell you Nanny and grandpop thanks. Cheers!

[@nigelweaving9045]

Being born in 1949 this was my diet. Dad was in the RN and was away a lot but I remember him coming home from Canada with a Betty Crocker cake mix. Amazing! It really was a different time being just post war but I don't ever remember being fed up with the food my Mum dished up. Chicken was a real treat and beef was very common and cheap. Monday was always mince, made either from the beef joint or Shepherds Pie from leftover lamb. Nothing was ever wasted.

[@kreatywnanazwa1913]

In Poland we still have this meal system: breakfast, dinner, supper

[@suz007]

I grew up with this also and I am from the US. I always thought it was a Southern thing.

[@napoleonsdauphin]

Earlier today I was thinking about how often I'm disappointed by new channels / videos the algorithm recommends to me, and then your channel came across my recommended list. So, so so love these videos. You are a star. Keep up the good work!

[@jelena8960]

so refreshing to see someone ACTUALLY passionate about the topic they're filming about. not just about the filming of a youtube video.. I am genuinely also very interested in this topic, especially what you talked about at the end - I would love to get an authentic comparison of people and their diets and metabolisms back in the day and now.. Plus the other things too, but I just find the every day life things so interesting...

[@emmaleethompson8116]

Grace this is such outstanding content. Honestly, well done. Love it 😍

[@hildyvanhefeweizen2762]

I'm currently following a '70s cookbook! It has a meal for everyday, using seasonal ingredients. I've made about 25 so far!

[@app77]

hello...just came across this video and thought it was wonderful. i was raised by my grandparents who were depression babies...i'm in the usa but can relate to what you're saying as i heard stories from my grandparents. i think you did a great job...and you were wondering about health then vs. now...you have to remember that back then...the food wasn't processed like it is now...back then things were still homemade pretty much...now everything is fast food...foods with preservatives added for a longer shelf life...so that's probably why they were more healthy than some of the generations now...keep up the great work...would really enjoy seeing more on this...i'd be especially interested in that 50s dinner party...like the food that was cooked...

[@emmamc3459]

I love how informative she is. She actually took the time to research omg grace you star

[@ladybugpoet2247]

I was literally talking to my nana about going on a post war diet, so I’ll definitely watch your video about that. Anyways my Nana watched this and she said as a teenager in the 1950sthis is exactly what she used to eat. She said she always had toast every day for breakfast 😂. Also you are the most underrated channel ever and keep doing what you’re doing

[@lisab9541]

Make sure the bread is whole wheat flour, no syrup or sugar, made from scratch would be the way to match it as much as possible.

[@HannahBillingsly]

Your accent is just so relaxing. I love every single video on your channel!! I have no idea why you don’t have more subscribers!!

[@brooke_smittttt]

Loved this video! Really eye-opening, you did a great job at portraying a snapshot of the 1950's diet

[@dee-deem8501]

First time viewer here and I think your absolutely adorable! I subscribed and can't wait to see more!

[@jessicaeaves8760]

Got distracted from an essay and found your channel now I’m just bingeing 😆

[@mchineberry]

Me right now except that i have a chemistry test tommorow

[@zee-lj4tg]

shxdxwx good luck

[@CocoAmande]

I love how well researched this is 🌸 Love these type of videos. Could you do like each decade and make it into like a mini series?x

[@insideself1471]

Gosh, that was so enjoyable! I like the way they were keeping it simple back then - unlike now. More please on 1950s foods/meals - thanks Grace&Grapar's x

[@millienewman136]

and when my parents say to me, you’re not doing anything productive today... Bruh I learned about rationing 👍🏼

[@rosenzl6043]

Just found your channel and love it have been binge watching all your vids

[@Bianca-nj4nv]

I absolutely love these! It’s so intriguing to me, we really are a spoiled people now for all of the variety at this time. Keep doing these please, I love the 1950’s!

[@heathers787]

First time to your channel and this was really fun to see. I’m glad you took the time to research and I’m sure your grandparents were glad to share. My grandparents were German immigrants her in the US and the stories they shared were so similar. Fruit was rare. My grandad told me once that they would sneak in a steal oranges from a pile. The company would pour motor oil on them rather than give them away. They would dig through them to find the best ones and wash them off. Strange how fast we have changed.

[@tracycoon7249]

Just found you and I think your cute as a button. Im an old lady and you make me smile. Plus, I agree with you about the filet of fish from Mcdonalds

[@villanellepollastri8894]

Hello lovely "old" lady! Hoping you have a wonderful day :).

[@trucksr4gurls]

also an old lady and i agree! she's adorable! it's like having one of the grandkids tell you about their latest project

[@janettomlinson389]

I am 63 and i love her too!

[@bleebleeblahblah]

Wait, I misses it. What about the filet of fish?

[@bastadtroll8922]

not watched the part about the fillet o fish but im going to take a guess and say is it that the fillet o fish is too small and overpriced leaving you craving about ten more? because when i was 10 i could eat four at a time and i have never been overweight.

[@jmonta21]

I think it’s important to note that the meal plan is in a cookbook for people who are looking for options. Poor families didn’t have the luxury to try new recipes that may not turn out, or to even get the cookbook.

[@karellarsen939]

Just found this channel tonight! What a treat!! Took me back to my childhood. I’m from the US and my grandparents ate somewhat the same. But my grandmother had a beautiful garden. My grandfather word in fruit orchards. So there were always home canned foods. What glorious time! So much better than today’s busy and unhappy people 😕

[@sarahboras2621]

please do another video on this!!!! i love how much research you did! it made me so interested in it all!

[@Red-tz2rc]

Omg I’d love a video where you baked old fashioned puddings!! also loved the video! X 💖

[@Grackle]

ALLL over that!

[@Camilla001]

This is what you call quality content, well done Grace

[@patriciakelly69]

Well done you. Such a lovely young lady. I’ll look forward to more from you. It brought memories back to me when I was a child. X

[@RickytheRobot]

What a great, informative video! I loved every minute! Do another with recipes from that book you got from your grandparents. Can’t wait!

[@agajaniuk5027]

In other parts of Europe they have dinner at lunch time. I’m frommpoland and I was really confused with the eating patterns in the UK 😋. 13 years later eat all day every day

[@AimeeLouiseFit]

I don't usually like these food challenge videos because they're just an excuse for people to eat junk knowing it'll rake in the views but I value your videos SO much because you actually take the time to educate yourself and your audience in a way that is entertaining and relatable. I need to find a fitnessy/health twist with a similar style to try for my channel!

[@MichaelSHartman]

You are a treasure, and so much fun to watch. Not many of us love history so much as to try it ourselves. Revisiting a previous era is not only interesting, it lets us see how far we have come. Thanks.

[@lykke4996]

she's the cutest person i've ever seen i love her

[@Kitty-mv9du]

I love these videos they’re so interesting and u actually learn something lol ❤️

[@cayey3250]

Have you seen Great Depression Cooking...I have made some of her meals

[@calisongbird]

Nancy Fonseca I love that series!

[@lindenpeters2601]

As an American anglophile, I really love and appreciate this series! Learning about day-to-day life in the past always makes history come alive for me. More of these, please! Further in the past, or future! Also: It's "Wooster-shrr" "oo" as in book.

[@juliewhite6462]

you are such an intelligent and thoughtful young woman. I also appreciate hearing how "things were" from different eras. great job...well done!

[@monicapolverino4444]

I love how curious you are! These kind of videos really make you think about how lucky we are nowadays and how everything is taken for granted! Love you ❣️

[@lu-wh6yc]

i love these types of videos, you do them so well

[@Grackle]

Thanks so much, means a lot xxx

[@emmanuel_villafana]

i live for your videos so good and interesting ily GRACE!! 💓

[@doro8856]

Well done! This brought back so much to reminisce about. Your grandfather taught you well because your level of accuracy was impressive. Now you just need to get into vintage clothing! : )

[@chrisamies2141]

Did they 'not snack' because they: always ate breakfast, had elevenses, then had tea between the midday and evening meals? It was just more structured.

[@clareredfarn8613]

I was born in 1956 and grew up with three meals a day - breakfast, dinner (the main meal at lunchtime) and tea or high tea. Tea was never a hot meal; usually bread and butter with salad or some kind of sandwich spread, plus homemade cake. High tea was hot and needed a knife and fork to eat it eg baked beans or spaghetti on toast. That was it. I don't know anyone who had elevenses and if you ate a normal sized tea you didn't eat supper as well.

[@cmdrbudman1ao580]

Likely... This is the schedule suggested for those with blood sugar problems, both diabetic and hypoglycemic.

[@bastadtroll8922]

sounds like a lot of eating thats why they didnt snack. i eat one meal a day and im 11 stone and mostly muscle. I have all my 1600 calories in one sitting usually six toast six eggs and some veg n junk. my body makes the most out of it and if i eat twice a day is tar tputting fat on. yh thats right one meal a day and below the recommebded dailt intake and im still better off than most energy wise. Obviously i wont be running any marathons on this meal plan. but weights every day. I also do a reguar 1000 squats, 1000 knee highs and 1000 butt kicks in an hour so yh one meal is more than adequate.

[@Tamara-hj5nc]

Just a pointer to everyone... sometimes your mind confuses thirst with hunger 😅

[@bastadtroll8922]

its called hypovolemia.low volume blood causing low blood pressure and consequently not enoug sugar to go around. I had a stint of liek 6 months where i woud crash five six times a day to suoer low blood sugar. I mean hopistal level low. Couldnt figure out why. i would eat sugar jam and measure and then have to urinate and then back down to below normal levels in 1hour. kidneys woukldnt reabsorb the water or the sugar. turns out i needed salt. hyponatremia. you can eat and eat and eat and nothing will give you enerygy. but a little bit of salt and suddenly your like popeye.

[@melodyleong]

@@bastadtroll8922 this sounds like me on PMS. I'm using this excuse to buy salted chips later 😂

[@dnahubs]

I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. It was interesting to learn about food and eating at that time period and I really liked your attitude throughout the whole thing.

[@joshuapulsifer2243]

i have not enjoyed a video from my subbox this much in months. that was so freaking cool thank you for sharing!!!

[@EspadaShi]

LOVE these kind of challenge stuff videos!!

[@Grackle]

I love researching and filming them!

[@gnislia]

I’d have no problem with an hour long video on this topic 😊

[@francesjones9644]

Well, I ate the 1950s diet in the 1950s and what you ate quite made me nostalgic. I applaud your dedication to the video, but more than that I loved listening to you with your honesty, humour and enthusiasm. I’ll have to look out your other videos now. Thank you for making me smile. xx

[@trixifield7925]

This was very interesting. Thank you! I grew up in the 60s/70s in a family that was only half English so our puddings were not like the English ones, and we did have access to fruit and more sugar, but it was still limited. One of our puddings was "Rote Kruetze" which people still eat. When folk made raspberry syrup or other berry syrup, there was usually some juice and flavour left in the leftover fibres so this would be combined with sago and sugar and made into pudding. Or we had dumplings with a sort of custard, apple sauce, bottled fruit. All the fruit was grown in the garden and as kids we would go with my mother to forage for blackberries or bilberries. By then chicken was a "Sunday" meat, and we ate it almost beak to tail, eg next day the carcass was stripped for meat for stew, and then the bones were boiled to make broth. I remember my mum boiling some maybe pig or beef bones till they were so soft she handed me one and let me eat it. Sounds awful but it was ok, and I was getting the benefit of amazing nutrients in the bone marrow. We also ate more of the animal - not the waste that happens now - liver, kidneys, heart - and it was fine (and contains more nutrition than the muscle meat). We couldn't afford nice steaks, so my mum would use mincemeat mixed with breadcrumbs (she didn't waste stale bread), and egg to make a meat loaf or rissoles. Meat was never packed in plastic, but wrapped in wax paper. Cakes and sweets were only on Sundays. We ate a lot of home-grown vegetables and when our mum was cutting up a cabbage or cauliflower, we kids would fight for the hearts to munch on as a treat. Dental problems did grow during that decade because sugar had become much more available than in the 50s, however, portions were smaller. Coke bottles were smaller. Coffee/tea was drunk in cups, not great big buckets, and it wasn't made with vast amounts of milk. It was made with water with a dash of milk. One of the things I'm aware of is that there were far fewer cases of obesity. We also had our dinner at lunch time, and bread and cheese at around 6 in the evening, and yes, in the 60s, fish and chip Fridays were a treat, enjoyed not at lunch time but in the evening along with a Hammer Horror film on the telly. We DID have asparagus, but only probably because my mother was from the continent and traditionally they grew it. Quite a lot of families, by the way, in the 50s, had veg gardens or allotments and grew some of what they ate. A great way of getting more recipes is to ask mums and grans whether their mums and grans have any recipe books. Lots of people kept their own with cut out recipes from mags of the time, or hand-written ones. I have my grandmother's recipe book that probably dates back to early 1930s Germany, written in a script that most modern Germans even can't read, and with cut outs from the magazines of the time. Fortunately my mum taught me enough for me to decipher some of the book. I bet that somewhere in the attics of some of your family and friends are some treasurehouses of yesteryear recipe books, some of which will have unique family recipes.... Lovely video.

[@elasjourney6612]

I LOVE how much research you put into your vids, can you please do a meal time vid with your grandparents where they talk about the war/50s? WOULD BE CLASS, peacccce✌🏻 Edit: and obvs eat 1950s food with them etc. Make a day of it!!! Oh my word pls