Weird Foods People Ate During The 1950s

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  • @expjames911
    @expjames911 2 года назад +47

    Leave meatloaf alone. It's delicious.

    • @joannamcpeak7531
      @joannamcpeak7531 2 года назад +2

      Try meatloaf with a brown sugar glaze. Yummy

  • @davidpar2
    @davidpar2 2 года назад +86

    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
      @Donathon-qx8kq 11 месяцев назад +2

      That sounds great...

    • @rodneymacomber6337
      @rodneymacomber6337 10 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @CatsPajamas23 8 месяцев назад

      I agree.

  • @qthedancer4711
    @qthedancer4711 2 года назад +190

    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
      @Ciana_Baby 2 года назад +6

      Lmfaoo

    • @dgeneeknapp3168
      @dgeneeknapp3168 2 года назад +4

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

    • @denisesmith8303
      @denisesmith8303 Год назад +2

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

    • @ShadeRaven222
      @ShadeRaven222 Год назад +2

      You never say that about your mom. Shame!

    • @livya1085
      @livya1085 Год назад +1

      @@dgeneeknapp3168 cringe

  • @dgeneeknapp3168
    @dgeneeknapp3168 2 года назад +18

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

  • @Trash1ey
    @Trash1ey Год назад +15

    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.

  • @jamiemason2003
    @jamiemason2003 2 года назад +27

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

    • @billgrandone3552
      @billgrandone3552 2 года назад +1

      not to mention eight glasses of water.

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 8 месяцев назад

      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)

  • @eshadiva6600
    @eshadiva6600 2 года назад +14

    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
      @jenniferburchill3658 2 года назад

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

    • @mh53j
      @mh53j 2 месяца назад

      Listen to your dad

  • @nicholasholiday941
    @nicholasholiday941 6 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @mariedinkler8542
      @mariedinkler8542 5 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @emmapeel8163
    @emmapeel8163 11 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @toodlescae
    @toodlescae 2 года назад +12

    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
      @empire0 2 года назад +4

      Yeah all those preservatives are keeping them alive

    • @michaelfrankly4383
      @michaelfrankly4383 2 года назад

      Hello 👋

    • @taliaeve969
      @taliaeve969 Год назад

      People back then were more healthy than today

  • @franjenkins5091
    @franjenkins5091 Год назад +2

    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.

  • @nancy-d2m2j
    @nancy-d2m2j 6 месяцев назад +1

    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
      @bobbieschendel3144 Месяц назад

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

  • @kyle6838
    @kyle6838 Год назад +3

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

  • @bobbieschendel3144
    @bobbieschendel3144 Месяц назад

    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!

  • @CMCNestT
    @CMCNestT 2 года назад +7

    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.

  • @r-e_mii
    @r-e_mii 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @bluefantail6908
    @bluefantail6908 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @vandarkholme4745
    @vandarkholme4745 2 года назад +5

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

  • @T_M___
    @T_M___ Год назад +2

    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.

  • @cremedelacoochie5688
    @cremedelacoochie5688 2 года назад +3

    No credits to @JessicaVill (ruclips.net/user/jessicavill) at 1:44?

  • @chykim1
    @chykim1 3 года назад +6

    It was like watching an episode of fear factor🤭

  • @starorcarina8525
    @starorcarina8525 Год назад +3

    Wait what's so weird about MEATLOAF?

  • @99fruitbat94
    @99fruitbat94 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @whyme7996
    @whyme7996 3 года назад +13

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

    • @izzywest007
      @izzywest007 3 года назад +1

      I think it was how they presented it in that era

    • @realcreatyler9936
      @realcreatyler9936 3 года назад +8

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

  • @currybase
    @currybase 2 года назад +2

    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
      @mh53j 2 месяца назад

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

  • @honeybloom8533
    @honeybloom8533 3 месяца назад

    1:47 this clip comes from Jessica Vill

  • @sunnwy
    @sunnwy Год назад +1

    2099 - weird foods people ate in 2022!

  • @whynot828
    @whynot828 Год назад

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

  • @rg1whiteywins598
    @rg1whiteywins598 2 месяца назад

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

  • @sheilaholmes8455
    @sheilaholmes8455 4 месяца назад

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

  • @janetpugliesi3203
    @janetpugliesi3203 Год назад

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

  • @christinawatkinsyoutube
    @christinawatkinsyoutube Год назад

    Please mention Jessica Vill for the clips from her RUclips channel

  • @lisamone5962
    @lisamone5962 Год назад

    Wait ....... all those jellos were..... sweet?? Oh man

    • @kayeweller8854
      @kayeweller8854 Год назад +3

      Flavorless geletin was available as it ia now

  • @dianewhittemore5350
    @dianewhittemore5350 7 месяцев назад

    Oh my goodness, thank goodness my mom never fed us this stuff. Nd we were poor.

  • @drphot6050
    @drphot6050 Год назад

    Outside of getting government food from time to time I heard my folks at pretty well

  • @jessicaallen901
    @jessicaallen901 Год назад

    I will never make any recipe with jello 🤢

  • @christopherlgirard2732
    @christopherlgirard2732 Год назад +1

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

  • @ShadeRaven222
    @ShadeRaven222 Год назад

    Lime cheese salad 🥗😋

  • @arwen-_-E.M.P.
    @arwen-_-E.M.P. 2 года назад

    What I just don’t get is
    Mint jelly! It sounds awful,
    Especially with lamb!

  • @Zolega89
    @Zolega89 Год назад

    Jello mcdonalds

  • @DurtyR4t
    @DurtyR4t Год назад +2

    bangers and mash!

  • @ManitoulinGirl537
    @ManitoulinGirl537 Год назад +1

    OMG, watching this made me want to throw up. 🤢

  • @garakstailorshop
    @garakstailorshop 3 года назад +3

    Do serbian food video

  • @yeshnaidoo7085
    @yeshnaidoo7085 2 года назад +1

    Sweet Jesus, these folks colonized places? 😂

  • @imaji4487
    @imaji4487 2 года назад

    Thanks good for middle east cousin

  • @kevinilango7896
    @kevinilango7896 2 года назад

    out of curiosity, anyone here from SNL?

  • @marysmith7792
    @marysmith7792 2 года назад

    Veal chopett's, minute steaks, liver and onions, fish sticks, tomato bisque.

  • @currybase
    @currybase 2 года назад

    Having taken a swig of pepto, I pressed play again. I'm done. Who ever came up with such disgusting recipes? It looks to be all about a wow factor (that is still making me gag) and horrible combinations. No wonder people died earlier in life than they do now.

  •  2 года назад

    I don't thnik there's famine in China or Cuba, you may get everything you need in a free libertarian communal way of society, if we can spend our national security budget for the people then likely there would be no famine any more, that's certain.

  • @Rita-ug3dz
    @Rita-ug3dz 2 года назад

    @Jessica Vill

  • @thesmackdaddy9888
    @thesmackdaddy9888 Год назад +1

    Mmm, bannanas and ham

  • @dianewhittemore5350
    @dianewhittemore5350 7 месяцев назад

    Fortunity .y mom tried not to feed indoor food.

  • @jenniferburchill3658
    @jenniferburchill3658 2 года назад +78

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

  • @ButterCupMMXXIII
    @ButterCupMMXXIII Год назад +57

    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.

  • @pafar
    @pafar 2 года назад +40

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

    • @ginafarducci1600
      @ginafarducci1600 2 года назад +3

      It''s a kid doing it.

    • @lisaspikes4291
      @lisaspikes4291 2 года назад +5

      Yeah, I noticed that too! 🤣

    • @lisahamrick5185
      @lisahamrick5185 11 месяцев назад

      😂

    • @bhartley868
      @bhartley868 Месяц назад

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

    • @pafar
      @pafar Месяц назад

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

  • @BoujeeGrapes
    @BoujeeGrapes 2 года назад +29

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

    • @dgeneeknapp3168
      @dgeneeknapp3168 2 года назад +4

      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🤣).

  • @goochmcduck4285
    @goochmcduck4285 Год назад +16

    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
      @catskram 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @ginafarducci1600
    @ginafarducci1600 2 года назад +41

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

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 8 месяцев назад

      Those nuggets contain ground up beaks and cloacas.

    • @MeepChangeling
      @MeepChangeling 8 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @mh53j
      @mh53j 2 месяца назад +2

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

  • @btw500
    @btw500 2 года назад +21

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

  • @cindyduncan6524
    @cindyduncan6524 2 года назад +20

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

  • @christinawatkinsyoutube
    @christinawatkinsyoutube Год назад +10

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

  • @pwrplnt1975
    @pwrplnt1975 2 года назад +7

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

  • @geraldtrudeau3223
    @geraldtrudeau3223 8 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @vetgirl71
    @vetgirl71 11 месяцев назад +3

    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! 😊

  • @enobywei1357
    @enobywei1357 2 года назад +4

    SPAM FRITTERS SOUND GOOD THO

  • @Kirkland-wh3yw
    @Kirkland-wh3yw 11 месяцев назад +2

    Grew up then, never heard of any of this.

  • @genehunsinger3981
    @genehunsinger3981 Год назад +2

    3:42

  • @K-a-n-d-i-s
    @K-a-n-d-i-s Год назад +3

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

  • @ajrwilde14
    @ajrwilde14 Год назад +3

    meat preserved in jelly is actually an ancient thing

  • @jessicapearson9479
    @jessicapearson9479 Год назад +2

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

  • @donngu
    @donngu 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @tarahjifilmsmusic2440
    @tarahjifilmsmusic2440 2 года назад +2

    I…I…I hate aspic

  • @bluewolf7572
    @bluewolf7572 11 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @risingson7773
    @risingson7773 Год назад +2

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

  • @pattyheitzman8635
    @pattyheitzman8635 11 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @june7079
    @june7079 Год назад +2

    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.

  • @ShadeRaven222
    @ShadeRaven222 Год назад +1

    Native Americans were eating better than this crap. Give me corn, Jerky, bannock, berries and I'm good. 👍🏽 shove that jello and pectin.

  • @veronicaelsegood5175
    @veronicaelsegood5175 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @jeffreybundy4095
    @jeffreybundy4095 11 месяцев назад +3

    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
      @marionpeebles3836 11 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @greyhoundfriend123 4 месяца назад

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

  • @ghw7192
    @ghw7192 6 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @mattie9419
    @mattie9419 2 года назад +2

    Meatloaf no longer cheap

  • @brianackerman2226
    @brianackerman2226 8 месяцев назад +1

    Regular people didn't eat most of this crap.

  • @sandraleask6144
    @sandraleask6144 Год назад +1

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

  • @momober750
    @momober750 Год назад +1

    Disgusting that's all i can say

  • @LaurentiusTriarius
    @LaurentiusTriarius Год назад +3

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

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 8 месяцев назад

      Yeah? Ask the Solomons what they think about it.

  • @lisahamrick5185
    @lisahamrick5185 11 месяцев назад +1

    Dinner party recipe ideas

  • @katireyes6876
    @katireyes6876 2 года назад +2

    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

  • @_skyfall24
    @_skyfall24 Год назад +1

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

  • @dev-debug
    @dev-debug Год назад +2

    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
      @mh53j 2 месяца назад

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

  • @cindysteffens8065
    @cindysteffens8065 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @chadwickwhite6107
    @chadwickwhite6107 2 года назад +8

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

  • @jd5056
    @jd5056 2 года назад +1

    Jello blahhh

  • @CatsPajamas23
    @CatsPajamas23 8 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @myspaceworld5839
    @myspaceworld5839 День назад

    😂🤣😂😂 is this real 😂😂😂

  • @LighthouseProductions1
    @LighthouseProductions1 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @mh53j
    @mh53j 2 месяца назад

    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!)

  • @lynemac2539
    @lynemac2539 Месяц назад

    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.

  • @Mythteller
    @Mythteller Месяц назад

    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😁

  • @arr1on
    @arr1on 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @dianewhittemore5350
    @dianewhittemore5350 7 месяцев назад

    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.