Weird Foods People Ate During The 1950s

[@qthedancer4711]

I always thought my Mom was a terrible cook, but after seeing this, I guess she was just going along with the times.

[@Ciana_Baby]

Lmfaoo

[@dgeneeknapp3168]

Must've been an..."interesting" dinner table.😏

[@denisesmith8303]

Wow! How would people rate your cooking, nowadays ? Just wondering...🤔

[@ShadeRaven222]

You never say that about your mom. Shame!

[@Wabyuublogstorys]

@@dgeneeknapp3168 cringe

[@ButterCupMMXXIII]

Yes, we licked our plates clean then handwashed the dishes. Seriously, food portions were much smaller and we walked everywhere. Much less was sold ready-made so most everything was made from scratch. Yes, all kids collected pop bottles to buy candies or a bag of chips. We had only one small garbage can, very little was thrown away. The dog always ate our scraps. He ate better than some people today.

[@lalaloopsyyay]

hello how are you

[@fackynaxicht8603]

disgusting life...glad these times are gone for good

[@goochmcduck4285]

Omg!! She didn’t even take the red outside liner off the bologna when she was making the cake. This was an awesome video thanks so much

[@catskram]

Back then it was a natural animal casing (not plastic like today) perfectly eatable.

[@expjames911]

Leave meatloaf alone. It's delicious.

[@joannamcpeak7531]

Try meatloaf with a brown sugar glaze. Yummy

[@fackynaxicht8603]

until you realize that mass produced meatloafs contains human remains, feces of all kinds, sinews, sawdust, regular dust, skins from literally every animal ever existed, heavy metals and even more yummies...enjoy your colon cancer

[@Trash1ey]

There's no way in Hell that these foods, like "Bologna Cake" were "popular dishes" in the 50s. This is the worst of the worst recipes from a few bad cookbooks. The fake 1950s footage is bad, too.

[@davidpar2]

There’s nothing wrong with meatloaf (ground beef/veal/pork). It’s delicious and is great with new potatoes roasted in the broth with onions

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

That sounds great...

[@rodneymacomber6337]

You are correct but when you have more filler than meat, it’s cheap and so much that it’s not quite what you’re probably thinking

[@CatsPajamas23]

I agree.

[@jenniferburchill3658]

Meatloaf with baked ketchup is a family favorite to this day. The others... uh, no.

[@michaelfrankly4383]

Hello

[@BoujeeGrapes]

Definitely having a Ugly Sweater and vintage 50's Jello Mold Christmas party this year. Gotta make that bologna cake 🤣

[@dgeneeknapp3168]

If you don't post pictures and notify me, Imma be really unhappy 🤣. Oh! Don't forget to require with a 50s or 60s hair style...the housewife variety (not the teens🤣).

[@dgeneeknapp3168]

Some of those gelatin dishes bring the old saying, "Just because you CAN do it, DOESN'T mean you should." 🤢🤮

[@pafar]

She didn’t peel the plastic from the bologna slices.

[@ginafarducci1600]

It''s a kid doing it.

[@lisaspikes4291]

Yeah, I noticed that too! 🤣

[@lisahamrick5185]

😂

[@bhartley868]

It was animal casing back then, you ate it , it was not plastic ...

[@pafar]

That was modern-day footage, not from the 50s.

[@pattyheitzman8635]

I'm damn glad I wasn't around in the 50s. Those foods are sickening.

[@jamiemason2003]

"Drink at least a quart of milk a day." Dear God. 😳

[@billgrandone3552]

not to mention eight glasses of water.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Ah, stick your milk! lactose intolerant, I refused. Got tired of f@rtin' like a Clydesdale and then cr@ppin' my pants after a (forced on me) glass of milk. Today I have to have new pants cut off a couple inches. I'm all of 5'5" (and only 135#, btw)

[@ginafarducci1600]

These foods sound strange, but they're healthier than eating McNuggets every day.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Those nuggets contain ground up beaks and cloacas.

[@MeepChangeling]

Actualy, no. They are not. McNuggets are healthier than you think, and these abominations are far worse for you thank you know.

[@mh53j]

I'll take the McNuggets... I've been exposed to the Jell-O mold dishes.....

[@christinawatkinsyoutube]

I love how they say “stress free” but all those presentations look very stressful to me 😂

[@nicholasholiday941]

Food shortages in the 1950's??? I missed that.

[@mariedinkler8542]

As a child in the 50s I remember no shortage, but I do remember govt surplus products in home and school kitchens. At that time it seemed quite normal. I realize now as an old adult what that means.

[@fackynaxicht8603]

it was jew made experiment to spoil people ´s food. Because when you spoil the food, you spoil the mentality...America would not looked like as it is today if there were no such experiments like that. Eat only natural, not some "Franks with beans"...it gaves you a colon cancer

[@Rosewood11-f9w]

Were there alien robots? Paranoid FBI agents? Bite marks all over Maine?

[@lynemac2539]

One evening my mom got in a mood and covered the dinner table with stuff encased in gelatin. All colors and all kinds of things suspended in it. They were different shapes and sizes, sweet and savory and many covered with a quarter inch of dried parsley for some reason.

[@Kirkland-wh3yw]

Grew up then, never heard of any of this.

[@vetgirl71]

Meatloaf is delicious, especially with chili sauce (Heinz) or Heinz ketchup. My mother mixed the meatloaf with onions , peppers and breadcrumbs, eggs. Always came out delicious! I modified with ground turkey and use the Heinz chilli sauce mixed in the meat and on top. No one can tell it’s not ground beef of meatloaf mix. More healthier. Meatloaf is still a hit for most large families, cost effective and delicious! 😊

[@cindyduncan6524]

in the usa there was not any meat shortages in the 50`s

[@kayeweller8854]

A money shortage

[@bobbieschendel3144]

Yes you are right. That was the 40s.

[@btw500]

If you listen closely to Pazuzu’s reverse speech in The Exorcist, you will hear most of these Jello recipes.

[@marycarson9231]

😆

[@lisaspikes4291]

😂🤣😆😂🤣😆

[@irishofer2161]

Good one

[@mh53j]

OMG, my grandmother used to make the most horrible jello mold "dishes"! I wondered where she got the idea to put green beans, carrots and corn in jello -- with a dollop of mayo on the top!🤮 My siblings and I still gag whenever we think of that! Then there was "baked beans"-- Navy beans baked in a glass cake dish with ketchup on them 🤮🤮 After a while, we stopped by KFC before visiting! (Back when KFC was good!)

[@bobbieschendel3144]

My Mom made the frosted ribbon loaf for my graduation party. It had ham, egg salad, tuna salad and I think chicken salad. She had to get it special from the bakery because it was cut horizontally. It was really good! The bread was covered in cream cheese and chilled. It was actually delicious!

[@eshadiva6600]

Jamaicans eat chicken foot soup lol I used to eat it growing up and now I literally can't get it anywhere and have to beg my dad to make it lol and he refuses saying it's poor people food lol

[@jenniferburchill3658]

Chicken feet can sometimes be found in Chinese buffets... but so can other nasty stuff, like roaches.

[@mh53j]

Listen to your dad

[@toodlescae]

Nothing weird about regular meatloaf. Spam is also excellent. Funny that people from those days have lived or are still living longer than people today.

[@empire0]

Yeah all those preservatives are keeping them alive

[@michaelfrankly4383]

Hello 👋

[@taliaeve969]

People back then were more healthy than today

[@bluewolf7572]

Least favorite: creamed chip beef; liver and onions. Most favorite: Spaghetti and moms meat sauce.

[@K-a-n-d-i-s]

They seemed to have a fascination of making food look like other food for some reason

[@ajrwilde14]

meat preserved in jelly is actually an ancient thing

[@june7079]

Mom used to make something called "Mexican scramble" . In a skillet brown and drain pound hamburger. Add 1 can corn, 1 can black pitted olives, some chili powder, salt and pepper .We had 1 can of Chun king for "Chinese" .etc.

[@franjenkins5091]

We as a large family, Aunt's, Uncle's, and cousins, were all blessed during this time. We had two Aunt's that owned stores, and family members that always had large gardens, that shared. All my cousins, hunted and fished, so there was always meat. We were a Southern family so I believe we had options, people up north didn't have.

[@donngu]

Don’t people still eat meatloafs? We love them.

[@serenitynow288]

Heck yeah! All the time and my family loves it!❤😋😋😋

[@jeffreybundy4095]

My family used to make something called tomato aspic. Most of my family loved it. I thought it was horrendous. It was made with gelatin tomato juice with green olives and other savory veggies. It was however pretty to look at. Jello molds shaped like chickens and lobster.

[@marionpeebles3836]

The gelatin with lemon gelatin I still have my mothers recipe he’s been dead for 10 years I still wish I could have it it grew on me with age. My mom topped it with miracle whip mixed with horseradish sounds crazy but I really liked it as I got older usually had it with roast beef

[@greyhoundfriend123]

I found a vintage cookbook and I'm making the tomato aspic tomorrow! I'm excited!

[@ettabeckner1144]

Great video! Our family, and I, continue to eat a few of these. lol Great memories.

[@emmapeel8163]

auntie made jello foods. from salads to shrimp to the fruit cocktail types.

[@pwrplnt1975]

Ummm...meatloaf is made all over the world to this day, so why is it weird for you?

[@cindysteffens8065]

Living in California, we always had an abundance of fresh food. My mom cooked wonderful tasty meals and we never used bread as a filler. We occasionally had the jello salad though.

[@dev-debug]

The Jello with carrots, celery etc showed up at our family reunions through the 70s, my Aunt seemed to love it, me and my cousins not so much lol I do remember some other variations when I was young in the 60's. No Jello with meat though just mixed fruits which is pretty good.

[@mh53j]

Try it with mixed vegetables in it... corn, green beans 🤮

[@enobywei1357]

SPAM FRITTERS SOUND GOOD THO

[@sheilaholmes8455]

Thank god my mother never made any of that jello stuff.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

I didn't grow up in the 50's. This MUST have been what times were like when my Dad was a kid.

[@veronicaelsegood5175]

Those savoury gelatine dishes were foul, but i love meatloaf with creamed potatoes and veggies.

[@cremedelacoochie5688]

No credits to @JessicaVill (kzbin.info) at 1:44?

[@katireyes6876]

Loved the info. Very interesting. Can you make a video about other food eras.like mideval times food? Not sure if i spelled that right

[@extendedpinky]

Ketchup covered meatloaf is delicious

[@risingson7773]

These must be the most disgusting recipes pulled from Betty Crocker and the TV guide.

[@CMCNestT]

America in the 50's was a time of abundance not scarcity. Asians/Native Americans have high levels of lactose intolerance. Average life expectancy in America in 1950 was 67.5 years that is why retirement age was set at 65. Today it is 78.8. It has gone up every year since 1865 save for war or pandemic. American life expectancy dipped between 1860 and 1865 because we had a little disagreement between the States.

[@genehunsinger3981]

3:42

[@geraldtrudeau3223]

I seriously doubt those lactose intolerance figures that you put up. I never knew anybody who was lactose intolerant in my whole life until the 1980s. Same goes with gluten intolerance. These seem more like invented medical conditions put out by the '' health'', (drug) industry.

[@serenitynow288]

Trust me, it’s very real. I know.

[@ncapone87]

They're real, it's just that people are more sensitive because our food has more crap in it than it used to

[@whyme7996]

better than the food now..and the people weren't obese. And there is nothing "weird" about meatloaf.

[@izzywest007]

I think it was how they presented it in that era

[@realcreatyler9936]

hum, definetly not better than the food now ... you do know that you can eat other than fast food ...

[@LawrenceMacMacster]

There's something to be said for meat floating in jelly. It's magnificent

[@mikezylstra7514]

Yeah? Ask the Solomons what they think about it.

[@ghw7192]

And to this day, I hate Jello, especially lime. My 80+ year old father loved Wonder Bread.

[@nancy-d2m2j]

I still make my grandmoms lime jello with a splash of vinegar, add shredded cabbage and carrots. It is very delicious and crunchy. I have turned many younger people onto it, just by tasting.

[@bobbieschendel3144]

Yeah I like it..I loved lime jello with shredded carrots!

[@fackynaxicht8603]

people like you need to pay special toilet tax...because its nasty and disgusting

[@kyle6838]

I love meatloaf and would sell my left arm to have my mom be able to cook me one

[@reinertgregal1130]

I was surprised to see something from Romania. We still make something like that. It's called "răcitură", and it's basically a soup stock where we add a lot of chicken feet and parts with high gellatine content, and of course at the end when we put in bowl we add minced garlic. Honestly it's a really good cold meal

[@KohanKilletz]

I can confirm from never having lived in the Soviet Union that there were no supermarkets and people simply eat snow in the 1950s😅

[@dudleydeplorable5307]

Powered milk on Jell-O was a rare treat in the 50's

[@T_M___]

it's not true that all jellies were sweet as you say, there were ways to set gelatine without using lime jello widely available even back then.

[@bobbieschendel3144]

Yes.. There is unflavored jello

[@chrislee1096]

Born in 1949 and never saw lime jello in a mold but meatloaf was great and still is

[@bluefantail6908]

Just looking at the Jell-O dishes gives me goose bumps lol

[@starorcarina8525]

Wait what's so weird about MEATLOAF?

[@Mythteller]

Norville Rogers and his pet canine are suckers of those food recipes that maybe to unappealing for the regular folks who may have different paletes😁

[@marthaperdew]

I remember my sister and brother used to drink a lot of milk in the 1950s, my mom always made sure we ate the proper food ,we were very healthy, i thank my mom for that !

[@CatsPajamas23]

Pasteurization, although it is in fact a way to insure that milk is free from harmful bacteria and potential pathogens and safe to drink, is often pointed to as the reason for lactose intolerance. The standard 180° destroys enzymes that aid in digesting milk. Homogenization is also suspect, as the process changes the molecular structure of the milk. Low temperature pasteurization is sometimes used by smaller farms in an effort to preserve some of the enzymes while still killing harmful bacteria, and of course culturing milk reduces lactose.

[@whynot828]

As a kid we weren't allowed "seconds". Had to save food for the next night.

[@KG-fw5wk]

Thank god for Julia Child introducing the concept of fresh food and flavors.

[@r-e_mii]

What was the deal with covering everything in jello? Sure cheap, fast, easy but theres a boundary lol. Meatloaf is just a large loaf meatball if you make it right.

[@arr1on]

I have always loved gelatine salads, and still do. The only ones that I hated were the ones with shredded lettuce and/or shredded cabbage. You couldn't eat them with a spoon, nor a fork, but had to cut the strands with a knife! Kids hated that.

[@kylehall100]

I mean, lol this isn’t even imaginable today. Looking back, it just looks like a competition of who could make the worst foods..

[@vandarkholme4745]

Hey, don't s*it pig ears and chicken feet! They taste great.

[@lisahamrick5185]

Dinner party recipe ideas

[@wezzbeet2923]

The first video in history that iv liked (at 21 seconds) before iv even watched lol

[@chykim1]

It was like watching an episode of fear factor🤭

[@victoriasapp2209]

Seriously I’m nauseous 😂

[@tommieswearingen4501]

Hi. I'd like to see fashions from the 50s and 60s, including high fashion. Thanks.

[@jessicapearson9479]

I like the lime cheese salad as do my children. It is also anice money saver. Just put it on some ritz crackers!!

[@_skyfall24]

Well... at least its healthier than greasy food you get in fast food chains

[@christinawatkinsyoutube]

Please mention Jessica Vill for the clips from her KZbin channel

[@williamcleland]

tomato aspic and salmon mousse: shudder

[@dianewhittemore5350]

I was a small 8 yr. Old. I was send to my grandmother I saw me. Made it her mission to feed me vitamins with what ever she fed me. I gained so much much weight my mother was scared she put on diet. Immediately when I came home.

[@victoriakidd-cromis1124]

Is there a difference between jello and aspic?

[@aaronchapman6994]

Chicken bodies were pretty difficult to acquire all except their feet 😂😂😂 claws were a non optional addition 😂

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

I recently saw a package of them at walmart labeled "Chicken paws". Paws..chicken paws..

[@mikezylstra7514]

God forbid if the Solomons (Third Rock) saw that jello this-jello that part. They'd freak.

[@sunnwy]

2099 - weird foods people ate in 2022!

[@sarahjoemama1990]

I’m scared of this

[@enoughnow9169]

Wow , this used to come out at Christmas all the time ,,

[@garakstailorshop]

The jello stuff seems pretty interesting to me

[@mh53j]

"nauseating"...fixed it for you. Trust me, they are best forgotten.

[@99fruitbat94]

I don't think we had any of these in the UK . We still had rationing in the fifties

[@currybase]

Oh gawd- I actually stopped after watching tuna, or shrimp in jello. I starting feeling ill. Seriously...I just don't get the jello part.

[@mh53j]

Never saw that before, but was subjected to vegetables- corn, green beans and some other crap- in one. Nauseating doesn't describe it!

[@janetpugliesi3203]

Only thing I remember my Mom putting in jello was pineapple 🍍 in lime jello...she did that alot.

[@tracicomstock3489]

8:49 McDonalds is only 7 years older than me! Wow!

[@brianackerman2226]

Regular people didn't eat most of this crap.

[@fackynaxicht8603]

i hope so

[@johnmontgomery3471]

Spray cheese in the 50's? I don't remember it, or seeing it advertised. Also, what's so weird about fish and chips? The same goes for hamburgers and fries.

[@mattie9419]

Meatloaf no longer cheap

[@oriental_bianca.mp4]

learnt so much from this wtf

[@rg1whiteywins598]

I loved meatloaf. A friend's mom made delicious one.

[@LighthouseProductions1]

Ive had meatloaf, and while i get its an interesting food, i never got past 2 slices

[@christopherlgirard2732]

Did I just hear "animal rights" 🤣😂 WTF is this guy on?

[@sandraleask6144]

All this food is just gross. I'm glad I didn't eat it.

[@honeybloom8533]

1:47 this clip comes from Jessica Vill

[@taxigirl5637]

Not gonna lie, I want spam fritters

[@ashledashnaw2575]

I personally would trust the nutrition facts from them versus now. All the ones I know that lived back then are in their 80-90's, close to 100 even. You know what our modern day average life span is? 70's. That's without the smoking and booze.

[@2SharpAndSexyEyes]

And yet, vegetarianism is all the rage today! In MY naked eyes😳👁👁, the healthy vegetarian lifestyle of today ought to get people living longer than ever before!

[@greyhoundfriend123]

and without the jab

[@dianewhittemore5350]

I remember the year my got his first 100. Ok dollar take home pay. Was small enough I could not eat full meal. And I hated children meals.