Bring back?? Everything in this video still exist. They never faded into history because they never left. They are just not new anymore and not talked about like they are.
You see them in small old towns in Texas. Sadly they aren’t in use and usually are just used to store stuff behind the counter for whatever business is currently running there. Would love to see a comeback.
We were too poor for TV dinners, we were eating deer, elk, trout, salmon, homegrown chicken and homecanned fruits and veggies. I was the milkman too, starting at age 6. The dairy was just up the hill and grandma would send me with a dime for a gallon. Going to the soda fountain or buying hamburger meat was a once a year treat!
You were RICH, my friend ! Growing up on proper food. Only a few lucky ones might have done that. On your side of "The pond"... My dad grew his own vegetables. Mum worked for a butcher, so filled the deep freezer with beef and pork. Dad went fishing, but we also had a fishmonger in town. Our garden, and the forest, were full of fruit, mushrooms, and berries. Kids in the neighbourhood ate soup from tins, pasta with ketchup, fish fingers ditto, but barely any vegetables. Ah yes, my brother and I had a spoonful of cod liver oil after breakfast. Year round... We were never ill ! Love from Norway 👩🦳🇳🇴
@@annyjoseph6162 I did. Nowadays people wouldn't touch some of the dinners I've had... Like ox liver steaks in rich gravy. Herring "burgers". Steamed, chilled mackerel. Boiled pig's trotters. (A pre Christmas lunch snack). Butterflied whitebait omelette... (Tiny herrings). Blood "ball" (Large blood pudding with sultanas, and a pork lardon in the middle)... I could go on and on... With both Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic ancestry, our menu was rather varied ! 😘 🇳🇴🍽🇮🇸🍽🇸🇪🍽
I’m 61 years young. I lived in Ponce, Puerto Rico until I was 12 years old. I remember the sound of the milk bottles clinking together when the milk man put them on our front porch. It was a safe, reassuring sound. ❤🥛
I was born in the early 80s and one of my earliest memories is of getting milk delivered. I don't know when exactly it stopped but I hadn't started school yet.
I'm 53 and was born in 1972. I don't recall milk being delivered by hand, BUT, I will say this: I can safely attest to the fact that someway, SOMEHOW, milk delivered in bottles are somehow fresher. It just looks fresher and tastier. Don't know why. Don't argue with me now...😅
@@CrimsonEclipseit’s almost as if this generation has the highest levels of anxiety due to any of the other generations! hope this helps! this is the most educated generation. the smarter the more depressed you are because you see how the world is. people like you obviously aren’t that smart.
@@CrimsonEclipsepeople are working 40 hour weeks and barely paying their rent. obviously there’s going to be more anxious people. people are tired and stressed.
I can remember all of them.....Why not !......I'm 90 YEARS old and wish it would all come back for good......The drive-in movies where we would go...... and somehow, never watch the show....( The FOUR LADS ) 1950's......"Moments to Remember ".......
I’m from New York- there’s a drive in movie theater in Warwick, NY that’s great. My daughter was a toddler in the height of the pandemic. Her first movie experience was a drive in. She’s been to a “regular” movie theater 3 times. We much prefer the drive in.
@@YuhBoiUWU My secret is probably what you-ve heard over and over. Keep active enjoying what you love to do everyday and before you realize it, 60 and 70 and 80 years have gone bye and you still feel young. I still drive, my eyes after cataract surgery are 20/20, no walkers and i'm enjoying how to cook the meals that I always bought from restaurants. Thanks for the shout -out. Norm.
I went to the drive in quite a bit, but my grandpa and I loved watching all the old western shows together. I think it kept him going and happy. There was nothing like a cup of black Folgers and a gunsmoke and bonanza marathon to him after a day of gardening and wood working. Hope you’re doing well! Tell your grandkids you love them. I’d do anything to hear my grandpa tell me one last time
Despite the prevalence of store bought ice cream, my father would occasionally make home made ice cream in an old-fashioned ice cream maker, complete with a wooden bucket and hand crank. At such times we would forgo dinner, my parents would invite their friends over and we would all gorge on ice cream. Most people don't realize the amount of time and effort it took to make ice cream.
Back in the 1960's and 1970's my church would sponsor a potluck supper and I enjoyed them ! We had a lot of very good cooks in our church ! These potluck suppers would occur two or more times a year ! There may have been a few people or so that didn't bring a dish but no one was turned away as there was always plenty of food ! Some of the dishes were so good that they were gone halfway through the event !
I don't think we need tubberware parties though lol, but having some other new ideas to get together and invite others to bond and meet new people are always nice.
@@panchitoborja Good for you ! There's so much to choose from as well. If you like fun old and nostalgic TV series, I can recommend these; "Open all hours". "Are you being served". "Heartbeat". "Vicar of Dibley". "Jeeves and Wooster". All British. But then they're the best ever on humor... Love from Norway
I'm 59 and i have eaten many of these foods at one time or another over the years and have seen commercials of all of them as well Thanks for the Memories and have a Happy safe Memorial Day. 🇺🇲🎊🇺🇲🎊🇺🇲
TV Dinners are still common, there's a LOT of them in stores that you have options. Ice cream socials depends more on a lot of churches and groups with more younger members where they'll have them. Baking contests seem to be more of a local fair thing, but they exist commonly enough to see. Cassarole Dinners are still rather common in a lot of areas. Cocktail parties and potlucks are also rather common, more of a social group thing.
I think a lot of us would choose to have milkmen again. I don't remember that time, but they're worth a new look. They recycled & delivered butter, cream & the like. Even if the service was once or twice a week. We should bring them back!
Would you be willing to pay a lot more? Services fade away when automation makes keeping things the same too costly, e.g. people decide to save money on dairy by buying it at the grocery store and then spending their savings (what they would have paid for home delivery of dairy) on something else. Truth is, we like the IDEA many of these things more than we like to PAY for them.
@sandyv2195 excellent point. Welp, I do sometimes use instacart because I have a disability and pay more. So, I'm going to say yes. I had genetic brain aneurysms - they're clipped now- but my headaches are so bad. So, sometimes it's impossible to get out. So, I'll say yes, I would pay more for that service. I do believe a lot of people would & that's based on how many people use meal delivery services, instacart, grubhub, etc. Plus, I do want everyone to earn a living wage
@@sandyv2195people pay more for quality all the time , plus milk was way cheaper then then it is now . People who use the whole new age is better as an argument but outside of the treatment of certain economic groups that era was better than what we see today .
They socialize virtually, allowing for a greater and more consistent social interaction, and with more people in a greater range socially and geographically.
Yer..... everyone has thier smart phone glued to thier hand and thier eyes glued to the smart phone .... People don't even know how to talk or communicate in person anymore
My dad would travel for his job two months out of the year. When he left Mom made TV dinners that we ate off of TV trays while watching TV, none of which we could do when Dad was at home. It was heaven!!!
@@shelbyparker378 Goodness me, you just triggered my memory ! My mum had one such mould. Tupperware. With a lid. Back in the 1960's.... She made egg and vegetable salads, with prawns, in aspic. Served with home made brown bread, and a "tartare" sauce. This was a sumner party dish. In the winter she made a cream and semolina sweet pudding in the mould. Served with raspberry sauce. Or better yet ; Caramel pudding/flan.... Yum ! Also. Your new neighbours were very lucky !!!
We had milk delivered in the late 60’s… that beautiful cream at the top that Mom would whip into whipped cream. My mother sold Tupperware in the 70’s and 80’s… she sold a lot of it!!
Never knew they had one. My 3rd job out of high school was working at a pizza dine in place and I was often taking care of the salad bar during our lunch hours and did my best to always keep it cleaned and stocked and had fun with it. People seemed to always make a mess with the cottage cheese for some reason lol
Ice Cream Cakes were so good in the summer. My Mom’s homemade pies. Butterscotch was my favorite. We had a peach cannery in our little town and when there were extras you could take containers and get all the free peaches and apricots you could carry. We had frozen pies all winter long.
Hear me out, I could see soda fountains coming back in a small way. I'm getting a lot of ads lately for non alcoholic spirits and near beers all over social media, and a lot of young people are recognizing that they don't like the way alcohol makes them feel. I see the potential in turning a bar into a similar establishment like a soda fountain, creating a nighttime social space that didn't have the booze, might be a cool concept.
in Canada, most people in rural towns or those who have large backyards have food gardens :) but yeah I think more gardens, even community gardens everywhere would help a lot
Folks haven't stopped on gardening. There are a bunch of Community Gardens folks that have their own gardens from raised bed to container gardening that's what I am doing this year container gardening been doing both for over 30 years
As a French, I'm honestly surprised you guys consider "Fondue parties" to be something that faded into History cause it's something that is very much alive and well in Switzerland, Belgium and France :o
@@adrianpadilla3082not really, half of them are available, but they're not social staples/mainstays of every day life anymore. It's like the VCR. Sure it's available if you want one, but it's not a thing (anymore) 😅.
My Dad would drink Sanka in the morning before work back then. Also I remember those frozen chicken dinner they were actually pretty good. One of them had almost a corn meal batter on it.
03:57 When I was in Sarajevo during the Balkans war, everywhere you went there was a victory garden on any patch of dirt. 16:10 I remember when microwaves were called Radar Ranges. Thanks for sharing. 😁😁
potlucks are popular among holiday practices with friends and even family. particularly something like "Friendmas" or "Friendsgiving" still going strong.
Oh, listen to the coffee snobs here, so spoiled. Like my grandma would say, they probably don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out. Lol. Hey, a hot cup of instant coffee can taste pretty darn good when you run out of the ground variety, and I like mine strong. I still keep a jar of instant coffee and dried creamer. (I can remember drinking a strong cup of instant coffee and taking some Tylenol back in my high school days when I had cramps, and it worked like a charm). I know a gal my age who only drinks Sanka and plenty of instant coffee creamer.
It’s a shame we moved away from social gatherings where we have to socialise with folks during gatherings to now having shit ready at an order now button. I’m glad I’ve lived through some of these like clam bakes
Condolences. Having lost both my parents within 8 months of each other, I can understand the journey of sadness. Time helps us to move through life but God brings the peace & healing. Knowing I will see them again one day makes me smile. Blessings to you all. 💛🙏🕊
I really hope we can have this slower lifestyle in the 2030s and 2040s. I don't shun the conveniences of modern life, but this kind of tranquility has been hard to come across latelly...
Tv dinners are still common. You can now get a different variety of options with them as opposed to the usual fried chicken, chicken nuggets, etc. I just bought a few of them a few weeks ago, and they still taste as good as they did back in the day.
Taffy pulls are a fun social, candy making event that comes from the Mennonites and Amish. I went to my first taffy pull as a teen and the church I grew up in had a taffy pull with board games for New Year’s Eve. In later years, my husband and I prepared and cooked the taffy to be pulled at other churches we attended and once doing it with friends in our home. When the taffy mixture reaches a certain temperature, it is poured onto plates, two people will take that plate of taffy, butter their hands, and pull it. When it is done it is rolled in powdered sugar and cut with scissors. It’s messy goodness.
They have a vintage soda fountain where I live and the food is amazing. In a touristy area known for its food, the old pharmacy and restaurant is extremely popular. I’m surprised that there aren’t more of these around. I always recommend the place to tourists that ask where the locals eat.
Ive never been to a potluck i didnt thoroughly enjoy. Everyone not only enjoyed socializing, but everyone who cooked felt so proud of how their dish turned out.
I love much of this, too, but it’s important to remember that pre Civil Rights movement, much of the population probably remembers those days in a very different light.
As a 90s kid growing up in India, with my uncle's family living in US, visiting with snacks and novelty products, i have been thoroughly fascinated by the land of plenty that America is!! So much incredible variety in toys, snacks, clothes, stationery
I live in South Dakota. We do Potlucks at least once a year. I still love the opportunities that come with them. Trying new foods or meeting new people. Music, games...
You're the second one that I came across stating should bring back Victory Gardens people haven't stopped gardening especially with Community Gardens and they are especially on the increase been gardening for over 30 years from raised beds to container gardening also volunteer for Community Gardens all over in my area . It's never too late to start a garden even in the right now😊
Tupperware with some good stuff my mother's Soul Tupperware and Avon and Mary Kay and I can tell you we still have Tupperware in our house from the 70s😮😊
I grew up in a trailer park with both parents, but only my mother worked (RIP 3/5/2020). Although my dad always has been and continues to be a great cook, one of our routines was "TV dinner night". I can acknowledge why this may bother people, but it is a fun memory for me. My upbringing was sort of rough--lots of verbal abuse, fighting, poverty, estranged family members--but I have many pockets of happiness and this was one. Our favorites were Hungry Man and Marie Callenders.
Pig Pickins are still a thing on Christmas Eve in Puerto Rico, but we don't call it that. I remember my dad and uncle would go out to this farm in the country to pick out the biggest pig. The farm would kill it there and gut it, then they'd put it in our garage freezer for a few days before throwing a massive party in our yard where the whole neighborhood showed up. They would smoosh the pig between two fences and roast it inside my sandbox all day. The meal is called lechon, and it is the best thing ever.
We could never afford tv dinners… We were so poor we had to eat our grandmas old salmon… it was already all thawed out and warm at least. Oh to be young again.
RE: DRIVE IN MOVIES:__Hell of a lot of fun. Back then Drive-in movie theatres were one of the few places you could get "Pizza". Generally the food was horrendous that was sold at the snack bar. These theatres actually were still going strong into the mid 1970s. Then as "land" prices started to explode many owners just could not resist the windfall of money offered to them. Usually a Shopping Mall or mammoth office building was their replacement.
In the Nederlands we stil have the automat restaurants! Commonly used by snackbars & still very popular. It's called a snackwall, or FEBO (The company that made it famous).
my family still does potlucks. I tend to make either different kinds of cheesecakes (so far the favourites are caramel apple, and blueberry) or a chicken pot pie casserole.
Tv dinners have been more than replaced by prepared reheatable fresh and frozen meals and meal kits. And the same frozen rubbish still exists eg frozen pizza and meals
Sailsbury steaks/ beef patties... I make my own every now and then, as my dad, (96), likes them very much. We have all sorts of patties in Norway. Beef. Reindeer. Moose. Pork. Ox liver. Haddock. Salmon. And herring... Love from Norway 👩🦳🇳🇴
Here in Spain we still have many of this traditions, like tupperware parties (is for all kitchen stuff),victory gardens, salad bars (and all types of bars 😅), instant coffe, supper clubs, Pig picking (we call it día de matanza), clam bakes ( mariscada),cocktail parties, and my favourite potluck suppers , sooo you know welcome to Spain ❤❤❤
Which food tradition would you like to see making a comeback?
Supper Clubs
The cocktail. Then again,
I'm still at it
Automats.
I miss potlucks, especially for work functions.
@melasn9836 mine was church pot lucks 😁
We should bring back the soda bars- a place where people can socialize without alcohol involved.
Bring back?? Everything in this video still exist. They never faded into history because they never left. They are just not new anymore and not talked about like they are.
They’re called cafés
U mean coffe bars ???
@@marhaenthemchannelreupload1344they mean a soda shop lol there’s different environment to it
They still have soda fountains in some places. Utah is big on them I think? We have one here in Texas and it’s pretty cute.
Soda fountains would be nice to have today, especially for younger people or those who don't want to visit the bar.
It’s no comparison but there’s a new drive thru concept that only serves soda called SWIG. I love it.
Or even better kombucha
@@danielperez08it's not new, it's been in Utah for a while.
@@ColumineMiette oh nice! New to Oklahoma
You see them in small old towns in Texas. Sadly they aren’t in use and usually are just used to store stuff behind the counter for whatever business is currently running there. Would love to see a comeback.
We were too poor for TV dinners, we were eating deer, elk, trout, salmon, homegrown chicken and homecanned fruits and veggies. I was the milkman too, starting at age 6. The dairy was just up the hill and grandma would send me with a dime for a gallon. Going to the soda fountain or buying hamburger meat was a once a year treat!
You were RICH, my friend !
Growing up on proper food.
Only a few lucky ones might have done that.
On your side of "The pond"...
My dad grew his own vegetables. Mum worked for a butcher, so filled the deep freezer with beef and pork.
Dad went fishing, but we also had a fishmonger in town.
Our garden, and the forest, were full of fruit, mushrooms, and berries.
Kids in the neighbourhood ate soup from tins, pasta with ketchup, fish fingers ditto, but barely any vegetables.
Ah yes, my brother and I had a spoonful of cod liver oil after breakfast.
Year round...
We were never ill !
Love from Norway 👩🦳🇳🇴
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131You ate perfect delicious healthy food !
@@annyjoseph6162
I did.
Nowadays people wouldn't touch some of the dinners I've had...
Like ox liver steaks in rich gravy.
Herring "burgers".
Steamed, chilled mackerel.
Boiled pig's trotters.
(A pre Christmas lunch snack).
Butterflied whitebait omelette...
(Tiny herrings).
Blood "ball"
(Large blood pudding with sultanas, and a pork lardon in the middle)...
I could go on and on...
With both Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic ancestry, our menu was rather varied ! 😘
🇳🇴🍽🇮🇸🍽🇸🇪🍽
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 I would eat what you said people won't eat. It sounds delicious. Like the white bait omelet is one of my favorites.
Sounds like you had the best dinners!
I’m 61 years young. I lived in Ponce, Puerto Rico until I was 12 years old. I remember the sound of the milk bottles clinking together when the milk man put them on our front porch. It was a safe, reassuring sound. ❤🥛
Yes, I'm from Illinois, I remember those days, too!🫠
I was born in the early 80s and one of my earliest memories is of getting milk delivered. I don't know when exactly it stopped but I hadn't started school yet.
I remember when milk was delivered to our house
wow thats so cool. as a 2000 born, I've only ever seen these in movies. must've been nice.
I'm 53 and was born in 1972. I don't recall milk being delivered by hand, BUT, I will say this: I can safely attest to the fact that someway, SOMEHOW, milk delivered in bottles are somehow fresher. It just looks fresher and tastier. Don't know why. Don't argue with me now...😅
Frozen dinners still exist. The main change is the aluminum tray has been traded for microwavable ones.
We made angels out of aluminum trays as Christmas decorations in the 60s. Something you can't do with today's plastic containers.
And apparently the microwave has faded into obsolescence. Maybe they should bring back the aluminum foil tray to use in air fryers. 😊
@@mxplixic for toaster ovens
Speaking of microwaves, I did own one early on. Look forward to having another.
Yup
Many of them were about sharing as a community, making relationships and building trust among neighbors. Now, we don't even know their names.
Now a days people constantly complaining about how they are a homebody and has social anxieties.
@@CrimsonEclipseit’s almost as if this generation has the highest levels of anxiety due to any of the other generations! hope this helps! this is the most educated generation. the smarter the more depressed you are because you see how the world is. people like you obviously aren’t that smart.
@@CrimsonEclipsepeople are working 40 hour weeks and barely paying their rent. obviously there’s going to be more anxious people. people are tired and stressed.
@@zitorya5786 tell that to the elementary school kids and teenagers who doesn't even work and complaining about their social anxieties.
@@CrimsonEclipsethey’re not complaining about it. They say it with pride as if that gives them “personality”
Salad bars are my favorite! It makes me so sad to see them disappearing. 😢
Buffets and Soup Plantations
that's why the obesity rate is so high
I miss Sweet Tomato. Salad, soup and so many other options. I hope they come back!
They still are thriving in buffets but the options are limited not a variety of toppings or dressings
not sanitary, that's why
I can remember all of them.....Why not !......I'm 90 YEARS old and wish it would all come back for good......The drive-in movies where
we would go...... and somehow, never watch the show....( The FOUR LADS ) 1950's......"Moments to Remember ".......
I’m from New York- there’s a drive in movie theater in Warwick, NY that’s great. My daughter was a toddler in the height of the pandemic. Her first movie experience was a drive in. She’s been to a “regular” movie theater 3 times. We much prefer the drive in.
we still have drive in theaters where i live in california
For 90 you’re doing better than most! What’s your secret? I don’t wanna be greedy but I’d like to have a decently long life. 😂
@@YuhBoiUWU My secret is probably what you-ve heard over and over. Keep active enjoying what you love to do everyday and before
you realize it, 60 and 70 and 80 years have gone bye and you still feel young. I still drive, my eyes after cataract surgery are 20/20,
no walkers and i'm enjoying how to cook the meals that I always bought from restaurants. Thanks for the shout -out. Norm.
I went to the drive in quite a bit, but my grandpa and I loved watching all the old western shows together. I think it kept him going and happy. There was nothing like a cup of black Folgers and a gunsmoke and bonanza marathon to him after a day of gardening and wood working.
Hope you’re doing well! Tell your grandkids you love them. I’d do anything to hear my grandpa tell me one last time
Despite the prevalence of store bought ice cream, my father would occasionally make home made ice cream in an old-fashioned ice cream maker, complete with a wooden bucket and hand crank. At such times we would forgo dinner, my parents would invite their friends over and we would all gorge on ice cream. Most people don't realize the amount of time and effort it took to make ice cream.
My mom made it, too. It was salty and crunchy, but I really liked it.
Back in the 1960's and 1970's my church would sponsor a potluck supper and I enjoyed them ! We had a lot of very
good cooks in our church ! These potluck suppers would occur two or more times a year ! There may have been a
few people or so that didn't bring a dish but no one was turned away as there was always plenty of food ! Some of the
dishes were so good that they were gone halfway through the event !
Church groups commonly put out recipe books, too.
Our church still does this the 3rd Sunday of every month.
Some churches still do my old one did on Friday
Bring back all of these, people now days don't know what they missed, but I do
I know what you mean
I don't think we need tubberware parties though lol, but having some other new ideas to get together and invite others to bond and meet new people are always nice.
When I feel anxious, I love watching these YT channels. They calm me down like magic
@@panchitoborja
Good for you !
There's so much to choose from as well.
If you like fun old and nostalgic TV series, I can recommend these;
"Open all hours".
"Are you being served".
"Heartbeat".
"Vicar of Dibley".
"Jeeves and Wooster".
All British.
But then they're the best ever on humor...
Love from Norway
I'm 59 and i have eaten many of these foods at one time or another
over the years and have seen commercials of all of them as well
Thanks for the Memories and have a Happy safe Memorial Day.
🇺🇲🎊🇺🇲🎊🇺🇲
Soda fountains makes me deeply yearn for and miss something I never even experienced.
Or maybe you did in a past life and that is why you miss it?
Still love the Swanson Turkey Dinner. Most of my family has passed away, so for Thanksgiving, I pick up a couple of Turkey Dinners and celebrate.
TV Dinners are still common, there's a LOT of them in stores that you have options. Ice cream socials depends more on a lot of churches and groups with more younger members where they'll have them. Baking contests seem to be more of a local fair thing, but they exist commonly enough to see. Cassarole Dinners are still rather common in a lot of areas. Cocktail parties and potlucks are also rather common, more of a social group thing.
I think a lot of us would choose to have milkmen again. I don't remember that time, but they're worth a new look. They recycled & delivered butter, cream & the like. Even if the service was once or twice a week. We should bring them back!
Would you be willing to pay a lot more? Services fade away when automation makes keeping things the same too costly, e.g. people decide to save money on dairy by buying it at the grocery store and then spending their savings (what they would have paid for home delivery of dairy) on something else. Truth is, we like the IDEA many of these things more than we like to PAY for them.
@sandyv2195 excellent point. Welp, I do sometimes use instacart because I have a disability and pay more. So, I'm going to say yes. I had genetic brain aneurysms - they're clipped now- but my headaches are so bad. So, sometimes it's impossible to get out. So, I'll say yes, I would pay more for that service. I do believe a lot of people would & that's based on how many people use meal delivery services, instacart, grubhub, etc. Plus, I do want everyone to earn a living wage
@davidshamiri1448 I use it sometimes. It's not the same, though.
@@sandyv2195people pay more for quality all the time , plus milk was way cheaper then then it is now . People who use the whole new age is better as an argument but outside of the treatment of certain economic groups that era was better than what we see today .
In the UK there's Milk & More selling fresh milk, juice, bread, eggs etc.
We do not socialize anymore. That's the problem with modern society.
They socialize virtually, allowing for a greater and more consistent social interaction, and with more people in a greater range socially and geographically.
Yer.....
everyone has thier smart phone glued to thier hand and thier eyes glued to the smart phone ....
People don't even know how to talk or communicate in person anymore
Only in America. Other country's can socialize very well
Yes I go for walks frequently at the park and people don’t even want to look at me when we cross paths. It’s so weird.
Because of Covid-19 ruin social 😿
Swanson TV dinners, loved them as a kid.
I used to eat tv dinners while listening to the radio. Am I in trouble for that? 😢
My dad would travel for his job two months out of the year. When he left Mom made TV dinners that we ate off of TV trays while watching TV, none of which we could do when Dad was at home. It was heaven!!!
I did too, today I eat hungryman when we are too lazy to cook, the chicken is pretty good
@@777pocoit's kinda fascinating hearing about people's stories that are older than me
I went to one clambake, in 1998, on a small island off Maine's coast; it was wonderful. I say bring all this stuff back; we need it.
I think a lot of people would go to drive in theaters if they existed today.
Some still exist, like at the junction of 31 and 32 in eastern CT, they use specific radio stations
i live in canada and we have a chain drive in called mustang drive in. pretty fun to go to
They do
We still have some in Tennessee.
I'm so glad to hear from you all that some are still around!
We had a jello mold growing up. My mother would make one and bring it to new residents anytime someone moved into our neighborhood. 😂
@@shelbyparker378 Goodness me, you just triggered my memory !
My mum had one such mould.
Tupperware. With a lid.
Back in the 1960's....
She made egg and vegetable salads, with prawns, in aspic.
Served with home made brown bread, and a "tartare" sauce.
This was a sumner party dish.
In the winter she made a cream and semolina sweet pudding in the mould. Served with raspberry sauce.
Or better yet ;
Caramel pudding/flan....
Yum !
Also.
Your new neighbours were very lucky !!!
We had milk delivered in the late 60’s… that beautiful cream at the top that Mom would whip into whipped cream. My mother sold Tupperware in the 70’s and 80’s… she sold a lot of it!!
My mum solds high end kitchen utensils as a side job
Paid for my first year at university 😅
Instant coffee still is around lol
Surprisingly. It's not THAT much faster and tastes awful
It’s weirdly popular in parts of Asia, especially those 3 in 1 coffees
I remember Wendy’s salad bars! Then around 2009,this was history!!
I know
Never knew they had one. My 3rd job out of high school was working at a pizza dine in place and I was often taking care of the salad bar during our lunch hours and did my best to always keep it cleaned and stocked and had fun with it. People seemed to always make a mess with the cottage cheese for some reason lol
i heard they were good!
Ice Cream Cakes were so good in the summer. My Mom’s homemade pies. Butterscotch was my favorite. We had a peach cannery in our little town and when there were extras you could take containers and get all the free peaches and apricots you could carry. We had frozen pies all winter long.
Hear me out, I could see soda fountains coming back in a small way. I'm getting a lot of ads lately for non alcoholic spirits and near beers all over social media, and a lot of young people are recognizing that they don't like the way alcohol makes them feel.
I see the potential in turning a bar into a similar establishment like a soda fountain, creating a nighttime social space that didn't have the booze, might be a cool concept.
Many cities have tea houses where you can also Pet cats. It's pretty nice.
I loved TV dinners. My mother couldn't cook.
😂😂
Tv dinners should be back with microwavable plastic trays. 😅😂
I still love them.
@@levyoliver5363they did, decades ago. My husband eats one about once a month
I'm right there with you. My mother hated cooking, and it showed.
Bring back victory gardens! I like the sense of community and fresh food for those who can’t afford it
in Canada, most people in rural towns or those who have large backyards have food gardens :) but yeah I think more gardens, even community gardens everywhere would help a lot
Folks haven't stopped on gardening. There are a bunch of Community Gardens folks that have their own gardens from raised bed to container gardening that's what I am doing this year container gardening been doing both for over 30 years
I see them returning soon as the Biden economy drives food costs up up up.
As a French, I'm honestly surprised you guys consider "Fondue parties" to be something that faded into History cause it's something that is very much alive and well in Switzerland, Belgium and France :o
Faded into American history for sure. No one does this anymore. Too much clean up.
We have fondue restaurants though I love them
Instant coffee is no longer popular?? And here I am sipping my hot cup of instant coffee 😩
Half of the things in the list are still a thing...
@@adrianpadilla3082not really, half of them are available, but they're not social staples/mainstays of every day life anymore. It's like the VCR. Sure it's available if you want one, but it's not a thing (anymore) 😅.
My Dad would drink Sanka in the morning before work back then. Also I remember those frozen chicken dinner they were actually pretty good. One of them had almost a corn meal batter on it.
03:57 When I was in Sarajevo during the Balkans war, everywhere you went there was a victory garden on any patch of dirt. 16:10 I remember when microwaves were called Radar Ranges. Thanks for sharing. 😁😁
That wasn’t a cigarette granny was smoking at the drive-in. 😂😂😂
I caught that too lol
Interesting to think that TV dinners have outlasted the family gathering around the TV.
As a North African teenager, i don't know what I'm doing here, but I'm intrigued.
potlucks are popular among holiday practices with friends and even family. particularly something like "Friendmas" or "Friendsgiving" still going strong.
This is exactly the comment I was looking for! I've been into so many potlucks with classmates and coworkers
My town still has a drive in theater, I love it. I prefer it over the regular theater any day
0:43 is that Quentin Tarantino?😂
BRUH I CAUGHT THAT TOO
I'd rather go to a soda fountain than a bar. Sounds MUCH more fun.
I so wish the Automat Restaurant would come back. ❤❤❤
Netherlands still used them extensively but sadly in a fastfood form, so quality did go away and only kept for convenience of not standing in line
@@roderickgerard7853 that’s too bad. Really a good concept in my opinion.
Me too❤❤❤
I drink instant coffee everyday young man, 👍👍
Yuck
@@marshaharris4268More like poo!!
Oh, listen to the coffee snobs here, so spoiled. Like my grandma would say, they probably don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out. Lol. Hey, a hot cup of instant coffee can taste pretty darn good when you run out of the ground variety, and I like mine strong. I still keep a jar of instant coffee and dried creamer. (I can remember drinking a strong cup of instant coffee and taking some Tylenol back in my high school days when I had cramps, and it worked like a charm). I know a gal my age who only drinks Sanka and plenty of instant coffee creamer.
As a Australian I grew up on nescafe 43
3 in 1 coffee Now...😂
It’s a shame we moved away from social gatherings where we have to socialise with folks during gatherings to now having shit ready at an order now button. I’m glad I’ve lived through some of these like clam bakes
Those Tv dinners were so good! Just like the Stouffers mac n cheese was back metal tins. So delicious!
I stopped buying them when they got rid of the metal tins. They don't cook right in cardboard.
Condolences. Having lost both my parents within 8 months of each other, I can understand the journey of sadness. Time helps us to move through life but God brings the peace & healing. Knowing I will see them again one day makes me smile. Blessings to you all. 💛🙏🕊
Not if they went to hell!
@@glennso47Show some respect and empathy!
@glennso47 In that case, you can say hi
@@glennso47no hate like christian love
Swanson dinners seemed to taste better back when they were in aluminum trays. How I miss those 😢
Yeah and they didn't give you diarrhea like they do now
I really hope we can have this slower lifestyle in the 2030s and 2040s.
I don't shun the conveniences of modern life, but this kind of tranquility has been hard to come across latelly...
Tv dinners are now more like tv snacks with the downsizing.
Tv dinners are still common. You can now get a different variety of options with them as opposed to the usual fried chicken, chicken nuggets, etc. I just bought a few of them a few weeks ago, and they still taste as good as they did back in the day.
Nice
Taffy pulls are a fun social, candy making event that comes from the Mennonites and Amish. I went to my first taffy pull as a teen and the church I grew up in had a taffy pull with board games for New Year’s Eve. In later years, my husband and I prepared and cooked the taffy to be pulled at other churches we attended and once doing it with friends in our home. When the taffy mixture reaches a certain temperature, it is poured onto plates, two people will take that plate of taffy, butter their hands, and pull it. When it is done it is rolled in powdered sugar and cut with scissors. It’s messy goodness.
My church all the priest had was mars bars you had to find in his pants
They have a vintage soda fountain where I live and the food is amazing. In a touristy area known for its food, the old pharmacy and restaurant is extremely popular. I’m surprised that there aren’t more of these around. I always recommend the place to tourists that ask where the locals eat.
My grandparents would rave about the soda fountains, I wish we had them!!
Soda fountains survives until nowadays in some cities, for people who wants to experience a time travel.
What series? I gotta know
What cities? I gotta know!!
NYC! There’s a good one in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain. It’s a sweet summer tradition that we have.
My grandmother was able to help feed her 9 kids from her victory garden until she had her stroke in 1965 and couldn't physically keep it up anymore.
Potlucks still happen all over the place here and casseroles are definitely a mainstay. I don't think either of those ever fell out of popularity.
Ive never been to a potluck i didnt thoroughly enjoy. Everyone not only enjoyed socializing, but everyone who cooked felt so proud of how their dish turned out.
I am envious of the wholesome practices of these decades I never got to see.
Wow, great memories. The original TV dinners tasted MUCH better than today's microwave meals
So basically, everything was community and social events now we try to separate people and families
We don't try to but ppl are resistant to interacting now. We are so used to texting that we do not phone and people get used to not actually speaking.
Love this channel! Hard to believe how much good life was growing up in the late 60’s 70’s and 80’s
I love much of this, too, but it’s important to remember that pre Civil Rights movement, much of the population probably remembers those days in a very different light.
Thank you for this cultural flashback! I do really miss that time even though I was raised in 90s
As a 90s kid growing up in India, with my uncle's family living in US, visiting with snacks and novelty products, i have been thoroughly fascinated by the land of plenty that America is!! So much incredible variety in toys, snacks, clothes, stationery
Yes, we are truly blessed with great variety...even if it isn't all good for us! 😉
Please stay in your country
@@abcs-ws7bf yes ... never visited US
You're welcome in the US, ignore the racist old man
@@pkcensors 💐
Potlucks are still popular in my family. We just had one for Memorial Day BBQ. They work out very well when you have a very large family like mine.
Idk about yall but I believe that instant coffee is still a staple.
I live in South Dakota. We do Potlucks at least once a year. I still love the opportunities that come with them. Trying new foods or meeting new people. Music, games...
We should bring back victory gardens
You're the second one that I came across stating should bring back Victory Gardens people haven't stopped gardening especially with Community Gardens and they are especially on the increase been gardening for over 30 years from raised beds to container gardening also volunteer for Community Gardens all over in my area . It's never too late to start a garden even in the right now😊
Milk delivery was such a demonstration of recycling!
I’m surprised that milk delivery has not returned.
Most of these gave us a sense of community.
I really miss Wendy's Super Bar.
Salad bar in steakhouses
I agree with that!
Same
Tupperware with some good stuff my mother's Soul Tupperware and Avon and Mary Kay and I can tell you we still have Tupperware in our house from the 70s😮😊
I got flabbergasted when I heard the one about baking, mostly because I am actively waiting for the brownies in the oven to be done.
Is it just me or the dishes looked much tastier back then ???
And healthier
I grew up in a trailer park with both parents, but only my mother worked (RIP 3/5/2020). Although my dad always has been and continues to be a great cook, one of our routines was "TV dinner night". I can acknowledge why this may bother people, but it is a fun memory for me. My upbringing was sort of rough--lots of verbal abuse, fighting, poverty, estranged family members--but I have many pockets of happiness and this was one. Our favorites were Hungry Man and Marie Callenders.
I remember my grandparents winning a microwave from the lucky day calendar on or local radio station. KFOR back in the early 80's
We had a milk man growing up, and we also had a soda fountain.
Microwaves are still around, and are abundant/common
Pig Pickins are still a thing on Christmas Eve in Puerto Rico, but we don't call it that. I remember my dad and uncle would go out to this farm in the country to pick out the biggest pig. The farm would kill it there and gut it, then they'd put it in our garage freezer for a few days before throwing a massive party in our yard where the whole neighborhood showed up. They would smoosh the pig between two fences and roast it inside my sandbox all day. The meal is called lechon, and it is the best thing ever.
Sounds wonderful. ❤
We could never afford tv dinners… We were so poor we had to eat our grandmas old salmon… it was already all thawed out and warm at least. Oh to be young again.
Life got better 😊
When I was young in the 1990s, going to KFC was the big dinner out for my poor Mauritian family 😅
Salmon's expensive these days 🤷♀️
We still grow a garden at my house and the art of canning has been passed down.
In 50 years they'll be talking about the faded food tradition of the Instant Pot, Air Fryer and Grubhub. 😊
What's grubhub ?
Curious Norwegian 👩🦳🇳🇴
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131food delivery app.
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131it’s a food delivery service
You mean gas ovens and microwaves
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131do you know Google in Norway?
so funny...I was just thinking that I needed to go visit the Franklin Fountain and BOOM they show the place. Nice.
RE: DRIVE IN MOVIES:__Hell of a lot of fun. Back then Drive-in movie theatres were one of the few places you could get "Pizza".
Generally the food was horrendous that was sold at the snack bar. These theatres actually were still going strong into the mid 1970s. Then as "land" prices started to explode many owners just could not resist the windfall of money offered to them. Usually a Shopping Mall or mammoth office building was their replacement.
Thank God I got to experience the drugstore soda fountain! It was amazing!!
I think about how some milk men were serving more than just milk. 😂
Pamper Chef I low miss these parties
In the Nederlands we stil have the automat restaurants! Commonly used by snackbars & still very popular. It's called a snackwall, or FEBO (The company that made it famous).
I wanna go to a soda fountain so bad 😩
I was born too late. I wish I could've experienced this stuff. I would've loved it. 😊
my family still does potlucks. I tend to make either different kinds of cheesecakes (so far the favourites are caramel apple, and blueberry) or a chicken pot pie casserole.
I really thought the milkman comment was going to be “not only delivered milk, but also delivered babies.” 😂😂😂
Charles Chips and pretzels delivered to the house... same as the milk 😋😋😋
Tv dinners have been more than replaced by prepared reheatable fresh and frozen meals and meal kits. And the same frozen rubbish still exists eg frozen pizza and meals
I feel like I make a different casserole every other week 😭💀
There’s a drive in theater near my house and during Covid it actually started booming again. It’s always been a good place to go and have fun.
I miss the good ole days!!!
My favorite TV dinner was the Salisbury Steak.
Sailsbury steaks/ beef patties...
I make my own every now and then, as my dad, (96), likes them very much.
We have all sorts of patties in Norway.
Beef. Reindeer. Moose.
Pork. Ox liver.
Haddock. Salmon. And herring...
Love from Norway 👩🦳🇳🇴
Was that the one with the brownie?
Did he really include the microwave? the microwave Hasn’t faded into history!
Yes, everything is airfried now.
Air fry that leftover cup of coffee
I do not use one
@@TheSleepingonit wow!
Idk what you guys are talking about. Microwaves are common in the country i live
Here in Spain we still have many of this traditions, like tupperware parties (is for all kitchen stuff),victory gardens, salad bars (and all types of bars 😅), instant coffe, supper clubs, Pig picking (we call it día de matanza), clam bakes ( mariscada),cocktail parties, and my favourite potluck suppers , sooo you know welcome to Spain ❤❤❤
Was that granny hitting a j in the drive in?
I think so ! Granny was pretty hip .
Probably not- but people want to make it seem like she is, just so they can have something to talk about.
Ok, if TV dinner still looked that good i would eat them daily lol.