I'm a home maker since I had my children, my oldest is 22 my youngest just turned 21. I never went back to work, I enjoy cooking and looking after our new home. My husband does alot around the house too, he just wants me to be happy, and staying home is what makes me happy.
It still can be done, even back then they had to budget and not live outside of their means, what may seem cheap back then to us was very expensive to them back then. My husband and I live on one income, it can be done. Woman today need to stop being selfish and about them selves and learn to budget the family check book, make sure bills are paid and be thrifty with the shopping needs.
Yes that is doable provided the one wage is fairly decent, but many people barley earn enough to cover the basic rent and bills let alone food and other essentials like clothes and shoes. if you want any luxuries like a short holiday you need a second income. i havnt had a night out in years. : (
@Virginia Torres Women today need to stop being selfish...??? How archaic and erroneous. If women need to stop being selfish then so do men. They also must learn how to budget, pay bill, and be frugal. Not just women.
+damnjustassignmeone She has not found her way to the fridge and the icebox to locate the rest of the lunch. She could have made sandwiches, and a cool drink for hubby, she went the other route. Tim, go buy your lunch and leave the wife to learn how to cook, well there was home economics back then and she should have learned that there as well as mother craft as well, a rather pointless presentation.
Margie and Tim are a bit strange. You normally bake the cake early in the day and set it aside, then eat after the dinner later. The cake shouldn't be "for lunch" (unless it's coffee cake for when the ladies gather to play canasta and trade recipes once a week).
Why is there always a plethora of negative comments about sexism on vintage videos clips? This is historical. This is how households were run nearly 70 years ago. They divided the duties of daily life very severely, men made money and had careers, women took care of the house and the children. Everything was categorized and labeled, that was the mentality. People survived and many had decent lives following this pattern. This doesn't mean it was the best way of doing things, but many era's, including the one we live in, will try to figure out how to achieve the ideal life and succeed in some areas while failing horribly in others. What makes every generation of human beings think they have figured out how things should be done? Stop watching these videos if it bothers your sensibilities.
I'd argue it was a superior way of doing things than how we do it now, not perfect, but far better. Less divorce, happier children, happier men, happier women, happier society in general.
Mackenzie Whethers, you're failing to consider that divorce laws were different in the 1950's than they are today. For example, prior to 1969 there was no no-fault divorce law in the USA, meaning that one spouse had to essentially be a really terrible person for there to be grounds for a divorce (read: adultery, drunkenness, serious abuse, etc).If two people decided that they where unhappy together, they where still obligated to stay together. The process to actually get a divorce was very expensive, and since women had very little income compared to men, or none at all, they were often stuck monetarily if they wanted to get a divorce and their husbands didn't. Proof also had to be provided, and since courts wanted to protect the sanctity of marriage, divorces were often dismissed if the couple showed any sign of forgiveness, or compatibility (such as living in the same house). Furthermore, when it came to owning property and other monetary concerns, women weren't likely to actually get a fair settlement if the divorce actually went through. And also consider the social climate. Women were expected to make a marriage work, no matter what. Marriage counselling was becoming more popular in the US, but it was centered on what a women had done to her husband to make him act the way he did. If a husband cheated, was the wife not pretty enough? was the home not a peaceful and idyllic place? what had she done? In other words, women were pressured to make a marriage work, even if it was clearly falling apart at the seams. The take-away from all of this? From a legal standpoint most women were incapable of divorcing, and those that could had to fight a terrible uphill battle. Socially, a woman was pressured into accepting unacceptable behaviour from her spouse, because 'it was her fault.' While I don't doubt the 1950's had many happy couples, I also think there's a reason why valium has the infamous history it now possesses.
have to admit I'm 32 seconds in and I'm a little jealous of our bride there. she has a brand new kitchen, free range to cook whatever she wants, and all day to do just that... And some housework. I'm not being sarcastic, I love my job, but I love housework and cooking dang it. It would be an utter luxury to have all day to do these things. sigh.
My niece is a stay-at-home mom for my pre-school-aged great niece, and she loves it. Somehow they managed to get by on one income while her husband worked full time AND got bachelor's and master's degrees from a large university, and as far as I know she has no plans to go to work any time in the near future. They're a modern version of 'Leave It To Beaver' and seem to be happy with that.
I was jealous at how she had time to be pensive at the table looking over a cookbook. I micromanage every moment of my day. No time for real reflection. Go girl!
I’m a working mother, I took time off when my oldest was born and I thought I was going to lose my mind. I like working and when I do have time off I’m ready to go back. I’m not self disciplined enough to stay home.
Margie would've already known how to cook by the time she was married. Home Economics was offered in public school and her mother would've taught her. (Probably her mother in law too!) This may well have been a film for high school students. 😉
hahahah exactly my thought, Ginger! Perhaps Margie didn't get to take Home Economics like all the others girls her age because she was pregnant with Tim's love child and got taken out of school... :)
Yes and no. My grandmother was just an ok cook and she hated doing it. She could pull off the basics, but it was years before she learned anything more complicated than steak and potatoes. What she really learned from her mother was how to sew. She almost got kicked out of home ec for showing off her skills (teacher told her to make a simple shift dress. She walked in with a stunning dress complete with a silk lined cape.) which would have suited her just fine because she wanted to take shop anyway.
I am a home maker and very much enjoy it, I also use to work, which i do miss alot.. but taking care of my home , while my husband is out working is my job, I have made his life less stressful that way.. and take care of the kids too. Most women love to nurture their families.. and care for them and they enjoy that.. I have seen alot of women look down on women like me, but I can guarantee you that my kids will never grow up in daycare! And my husband can always know that he is giving the most care i can give , while he is out taking care of us. .. I believe that is how it should be, if you want to work then fine , he can stay home, the kids need a family life with one parent home... not to be raised in daycare.
That why we have the millennial children today the parents where never home after school they would break into homes and stuff or they would not go to school at all I know my dumb butt neighbor children where like this .Throwing furniture of the roof how can A person parent if they are home only to sleep and eat .
Anna Lee - you remind me of my wonderful sister-in-law, as well as her own wonderful daughter-in-law, who both chose the same path. I have great respect for both of them.
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@@morningglory3323 that's exactly what happened to these kids today. The Millennials weren't raised by their parents but by daycare and babysitters. My three Millennials were lucky, I worked two jobs while my wife stayed home until all three were in school then she went back to first school then a job. I now only worked one job and got home first. We only needed a babysitter for an hour. Now my kids are 33, 32 and 31 and I can see a huge difference between my three Millennials and these others. All due to the fact they were properly brought up with proper nurturing, morals, values and the big thing most Millennials are missing, RESPECT! This is all due to one parent being home, we need to get back to this way of properly bringing up kids.
My Mom worked full time my entire childhood, it was a financial necessity for our family.There is no doubt we missed out on much nurturing that our friends got from their Mom. Instead we all pulled together as a family to keep our home running smoothly.
Makes me feel like baking a cake😊 Actually, I have the time to do this and should do it more often. I AM making a curried chicken for dinner. I was born in the 50s and learned a basic cooking skill set. Home Ec was one of my favorite classes- and I have been a very decent homemaker, which is still not regarded with the respect and importance it should be. I also have a Master's degree in anthropology. Being versed in the domestic arts is one of my happiest accomplishments.
miniprepper Good for You!! You have a lot to be proud of, not the least of which is your advanced home making skill!! I took home arts in junior high, and I really learned to love cooking and sewing!! I still put a lot of what Sr. Roseann taught us about cooking in practice, and I must say, I think she'd probably tell me I'm a pretty decent cook, too!! Sounds to me like you've struck a pretty fair balance between career and home life!! Congrats!!☺️☺️✝️⚜️
I used to bake cakes then my husband started gaining weight. When he topped out at 180 lbs I stopped baking cakes for him. He was around 155 lbs when we got married. I used to bake a great carrot cake back in the day.
miniprepper girl I heard that. homec was my favorite too. sewing and cooking!! Basically usable arts and crafts. let us come together as women and bake more cakes. Because we want to.
I would love to serve my husband like this someday.I don’t mind caring for him because he deserves it. And it’s lovely to see how happy he is to taste something amazing right?
jane janier absolutely. I love cooking for hardworking, deserving people. I have to admit there's something really special about treating ones man like a king, when one's man is Noble and grateful. now kids I don't know about, because they're picky and fussy and... I don't really like kids. Lol.
This is the life I dream of having, actually. Being a stay-at-home wife who is there to cook and help manage the household while husband goes to work. To dedicate my working day to providing a warm, inviting and loving atmosphere for him to come home to in the evenings, with meals prepped and home tidy. I hope whenever I marry, this is the home we can share.
I pray you will find someone to help you the life you desire, it can be a wonderful life! My late wife and I lived like that for 21 years and when it was time for her to die she said "I was never bored."
I hope it works out for you. There's nothing wrong with wanting a simple life. But it's risky to depend on another person for your income. If they leave you or die, it can be a rude awakening.
Oh how I would love to be a homemaker... Providing support for my hard-working loving husband and raising my children in a environment where they feel loved.
Me too. I hate working a day job, I just want to make my home pleasant, run a big backyard garden & have 4 kids to train into awesome human beings, but alas it’s still only a dream for now.
Me too. My mom was a career woman and also my sister, they never understood why I gave up my career to run the house, And my husband loves it, it's a set up that works for us.
It's all in your attitude and what you like doing. For instance, my wife only cooked for me twice in eleven years. I do all the cooking and I like it that way. We also work as a team. I have my kitchen and she has the laundry room. All other chores that have to be done we share in their completion. I also do all the grocery shopping because she hates it. She would probably come home with chips and chocolate and junk anyway hahaha. But yeah. It's all in what you like.
That's awesome! I cook but my husband cleans up the dishes and loads the dishwasher and unloads it. He loves doing it and considers it relaxing. I do all the laundry but he will put away his clothes. I dust and vacuum and he mows and takes out the trash. We both love everything we do around the home. And we run a business together.
As a boy, in the mid-'60's, I took shop class. Wood shop, metal shop, mechanical drawing. Do I use those today? Of course not. My Dad did teach me how to do simple car repairs. Things like replacing spark plugs, change the oil, fixing a flat. When cars were simpler, I did those things. But no more. It is so complicated under the hood, that I leave it to the technicians to do that. The girls went to Home Ec, where they learned cooking and sewing. I can't sew a button on, but I do cook every day. I am a fairly good cook, and it was my Mom and Grandmom who taught me how. Incidentally, I cook from their recipes. But it's just not the same. I don't know what they did, but it's just not the same.
It might be two fold. I know food will sometimes taste better when someone else makes it so even though it is the same - in our heads the one that we didn't make tastes better - that coupled with the nostalgia of being young and not having to worry about grown up things makes everything from that time period "better" including food. Second it could also be the ingredients that we use now. Back then ingredients were fresher and there were no gmo "food", if you use real food it's going to taste better than using food that has been genetically modified to look like food however, lacks the nutrients and taste of real food.
I've been going through a lot of my mom's collected recipes with her, now that she's getting on in years, and trying to add all the little things that she changed but never wrote down cause she's always remember. Maybe that's what is going on with you, they never documented slight shifts in the recipes so it just doesn't taste quite the same
San Michele Every cook puts their own spin on recipes. Don't agonize over it. Just relax and go back in your mind to a time where maybe you watched them cooking. You'll see what they did. It'll come to you.
My home is like this video. My husband and I decided before we were married (23 years ago) that he would work, and I would take care of the kids, cook and clean. We never regretted it. I always had dinner ready and looked nice when he came home from work.
Not at all! as a Feminist I can honestly say if this is the type of life you see for yourself and that you want you should have it. It is only wrong if it is forced on you and/or you feel you have no other options in your life based primarily on your gender.
I don't think so. I am doing the same thing. I am a stay at home Mom and wife. I had always dreamed of being exactly what I am today. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. To each her own...
+H Kagami I agree- also as a feminist. It was feminist of me to drop out of law school- which my parents were pushing on me- to stay home and raise my kids. Now, I don't mind cooking for my husband and doing his laundry- because we are a team- and I don't exactly "cater"- and life certainly isn't simple and safe- but I made the choice to stay home and don't regret it. I always loved cooking. I find making order and cleaning very zen. It is about personal likes.
Allie D nah, he won't leave her, just pick up a little something on the side. You know, stop at the single neighbors house a couple times a week "just to check on her".
Well, I know I'm ahead of the game, because I can already cook like this. Cooking is our only tradition in my family, everyone has to learn how to cook, women, men, kids, don't matter, we all had to do it, I just thought it was just something to do to spend time with my mom, but now I appreciate it more because let's face it, the only people cooking in 2016 is on TV, a lot of people don't cook real food on a regular basis. No, ramen noodles and hamburger helper don't count.
I saw this very movie when I was in the 7th grade -- 1965 -- and just cracked up when she dumped the cream on. My mom taught me to bake when I was about 10 years old.
Back when the economy of the country was sound, allowing one income to support a family and at least one parent at home to supervise children. Now look at the country!
You can thank the zionist controlled CIA who funded Ms. Magazine and Gloria I-can't-bake-a-cake Steinem. They have been planning this overthrow of the family for decades to usher in communism. So far, its well on its way.
bighands69 Blame it on illegals and minorities. NOT the white corporate world heads of companies who hire these people, ship jobs to other countries, pay low wages and crush unions. No let's just blame Juan down the street. You're a ridculous racist.
It isn't immigrants or other factors. It is the feminism that destroyed family way of living. Women who want to stay at home are looked down by the same feminists. Period.
Crisco is not a seasoning, it's a shortening. It's also good for greasing pans, "seasoning" cast iron (A different use of the term "seasoning"), and a myriad of other uses...but not seasoning food. Back then we seasoned foods with salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard, and a newly introduced (1947) product called "Accent" (monosodium glutamate, salt, chili pepper, tricalcium phosphate, cumin, oregano, paprika, garlic, onion, coloring). Mmmm. Doesn't that sound delicious.
@@scooterdover2771 Yes it is. Some people prefer lard for frying chicken, but I like the results I get with Crisco. That's what my mom used, and I loved her fried chicken. (Then she went back to work, and it was "Skake-and-Bake" chicken instead of the real deal. I was sad.)
My daughter "I'm making soft boiled eggs." Me "So what's the problem?" Her "I've been boiling them for almost 3 hours and the shells are still hard!" Her name is Margie! I just wanted to say that my daughter Margaret is a wonderful, bright young woman who excels in medical school. She means the world to me. Having said that she needs to be banned from the kitchen for life. When she had a recipe that said separate two eggs she called a divorce lawyer. Last Thanksgiving we had the families over and I asked her to toss the salad. So she threw it in the garbage! And HOW IN THE HELL DOES SOMEONE BURN JELL-O? There's an old saying that goes goes "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach". Margie's future husband better have a pacemaker! Daddy loves you baby but stick to the medical profession. This way you can render aid to the people you feed!
I must "mix *food materials* with a circular (not a square, mind you) but a circular motion to secure uniform consistency". If I mix them with a squared motion, heck, it's all over with! LOL
+Amber Dickerson oh we're alright. They arnt big cookies. we both like to eat then together and I make small batches. Eating sweets isn't a bad thing as long as you remember to balance them with healthy foods. plus, looks are never the best foundation for a happy relationship. As long as he is healthy and happy, so am I. ^_^
Blacklilly22 Lol, physical attraction makes up a LOT of a healthy relationship.. I never said anything about it being the "foundation" of a relationship... 90% of the time, it's someone's "looks" that draws someone to them, and then the relationship forms. The other percent is people who fall in love despite the other's looks. We like to think that "looks don't matter", but it's just a fact that they do. Unless of course, you're desperate, and just want a body to hold I guess "looks" wouldn't matter as much. Physical attraction comes first, then love, THEN, once love is there, it doesn't matter so much, generally speaking.
Its so ridiculous that most or all schools dont teach home economics any more. I learned so much from it and i loved that class too as i also learned more about sewing. Yes guys need to learn it too as what would they do for themselves if they are bachelors after high school?
RealmOfWonders I would say we need more freedom. And if a lady wants to raise a family and take care of her special person than that’s perfectly fine. The point is the ability for a woman to choose.
Let me begin by saying I am a college educated feminist who both worked outside the home and stayed at home during different times in my children’s lives. The key is for it to be a choice. But I think as we are discovering the effects of “convenience” foods and are relearning the art of scratch-cooking, it must be acknowledged that it is in all of our best interests for SOMEONE to cook. And SOMEONE must provide childcare. And SOMEONE must clean the house. Let’s allow each family to sort out who those someones are and truly value those necessary tasks of daily living. It doesn’t have to be a big emotional deal. Just acknowledge the work needs to be done and allow each family freedom to sort it out.
I stayed home when the kids were small and I adored it. We built a house and I did a huge amount in the actual building and decorating. Loved it. Then the kids grew and I went to work outside the home. Like both.
Obviously, Margie must have learned how to cook before she had gotten married. Her mother likely showed her, and probably took lessons in home economics.
I would gladly go back to the kitchen....sorry, but cooking good meals and hanging out at home sounds great to me. I work so much my house it's always messy, I'm overwhelmed and anxiously running around in circles...these ladies look relaxed and well rested. Home cooking....and no obesity problem, kids are not running the streets and woman had time to keep up their appearance. The average family was nuclear with 5 children...the economy allowed woman to do domestic duties only. Now we work full time, half of us raise the children alone, meanwhile doing all the cooking and cleaning. Life was better back then....take me back.
One cannot work full time and raise a child alone. Unless you’re taking your child to work too. So I am guessing that someone is helping somewhat, whether that is day care or family caretakers.
What if a woman doesn't want children or can't have them? Is she still supposed to stay home and cook and clean? What if no man ever marries her? What should a spinster do?
Yeah Blacks had it bad but that was the same in every country Communists were a real threat ever heard of the Korean War. 50s was a great time you could work a simple job. and be able to buy your own house and car .@Arikm7
This seems very helpful. As do other films like this from the 50’s and 60’s. It’s like basic living skills and no one tought me that on purpose I just picked it up, and I’m not even that young. I wanna show this to my husband, he thinks cooking is just throw some stuff together and bake it.
Anybody can read a history book ! This was after WWII and the country was healing after The Great Depression as well. This was a sweet normal after 1929 crash.
Lucky she had the ingredients for the second cake ... otherwise she would have had to walk a mile to the nearest store in the new suburbs ... one family - one car.
My mom did most of her shopping on Saturday, when dad was doing yard work and wasn't using the car. Or they'd shop together; the whole family would bundle into our 1955 Rambler American station wagon and go to Thriftway. Of course milk and bread came in trucks via the milkman and the breadman (who also brought donuts and maple bars). There was also the Fuller Brush Man who came once a month to sell personal care and household cleaning items. And let's not forget "Ding dong! Avon calling." And if something was needed in the middle of the week she could call the store and a kid on a bike with a rack would deliver it. Once I was of school age the kid on the bike became me, and she'd give me a shopping list so I wouldn't forget anything. Sometimes it worked. Life seemed much simpler then, but it probably wasn't; just different.
@@sharonsmilesphotography5553 A lot of people think that but it was quite common the housewife was in charge of the budget. The home was/is her domain so she took of all aspects of running it.
That's....actually more tragic than you know. These are basic household skills that everyone should know! What are the parents teaching their kids these days? Are they really sending them out into the world with no survival skills? *sigh* You're all gonna be screwed come the zombie apocalypse, when take-out isn't a thing anymore. :P
Im the "homemaker" type of woman as i enjoyed cooking for my husband and childrenas another way to show my love for them! Cleaning? Well for most people cleaning suxx but i kept up with what I could do anyway.. Those times flew by and now i get to cook for my children and grandchildren too and teach my grandchildren to cook!
Ah yes. The "educational" films of the post WW2 era. While not very popular today, it was films like this that told people how to do so many things. Being a good homemaker, or "housewife" was a thing of pride for many women. Who could make the best: cake; pie; beef stew; and the list went on and on. Who's home looked the best; with the latest patterns and colors. And there was the kitchen appliance race. Who had the latest "time saving" appliance. Women would get together and swap recipes and tips on how to do this or that. And the woman who cooked the best meals, and had the latest appliances, and kept the cleanest home, and all... was a goddess among her peers! People looked forward to these "informative" programs. They were often aired on TV as well as in school classrooms. This helped the "modern housewife" keep current on the latest (whatever you could think of). As corny as these films we're, they were just as informative. Even who saw the newest (film) was a matter of pride among the interested parties. I have to wonder, were those days really as bad as everyone says they were? Or are we, as a culture, swayed by the people who shout the loudest? I do remember coming home from school and smelling something delicious, cooking for dinner. Always having a cooked meal ready by time that Dad got home was something I (and everyone) took for granted. And before anyone starts... Yes, there were women who hated being "tied to the house" all day. But there were women who loved it, also.
Unless Margie lived under a rock, she would have known what these things are! Damn even my mother taught me this stuff when I was a kid and we used to bake together.
My mother used Duncan Heinz box cakes, I was the one who baked from scratch, I learned from cookbooks and watched cooking shows. Those days are over, now we get our cakes from Wegmans.
You know what term I used a lot?...Betty Crocker devils food cake and chocolate icing from M’System food store. My grandmother taught me how to make amazing cakes but I thought that was easier.
I’m enjoying how useful this video is for those of us who have had a harder time interpreting some of the terms used in cook books… I too would have mixed cream with the butter in order to “cream” it had I not seen this… lol
Mguni Stones yeah, I would be too if I was washing down pills with Gin. Where do you think the term "mothers little helpers" came from? Trapped women who had no other options in life.
How do you know she's "enjoying" anything? She's like a programmed robot. My mother wasted her master's degree working as a homemaker. And no, pretty sure she didn't actually enjoy it.
I'm fairly certain she would have taken the home economics class in high school. They still taught them in the 70's when I was in high school. They taught you what you didn't learn at HOME helping mom cook.. Who got away with not having to help in the kitchen?! Maybe this was shown in class? I'm doing a research project involving the American cooking during the 1920's through the 1970's. The changing way we ate and what about it started making us all gain so much weight and loose so much nutrition in what we do eat. It's been very enlightening.
Oh for the days when life was simple, before y’all mart, bakeries with ready made everything yummy, and daddy worked his job and mummy made sure everything was wonderful....oh me!
Later that day: KNOCK KNOCK!!! Wife: who's at the door dear. Husband: it's some guy talking about this thing called (vault tech) Wife: Vault tech? Husband: something about this vault one-eleven deal. Wife: tell him we're not interested dear.
You mean it makes you uncomfortable if that what she wants; or with this being the norm? Life was more complex in different ways back then. Some things now are simpler then back then.
Yeah jack....".some" things are better (easier) now....like having television, Air conditioning, a clothes dryer, a dish washer, ordering things on your computer, and CELL PHONES. My mother had none of these things when I was a kid.....But along with all these great inventions comes more costs $$$
We had a TV and we got our television signal for free (no cable), we got 7 channels I think. My dad fixed the car and he also fixed most of our appliances when they broke. He got my mother a dishwasher because the house didn't come with it. They also had central AC installed. And we had a gas clothes dryer. She still complained about money....
totally legit my father worked and mother stayed at home and later on, she went to work. But that system worked for centuries and it’s only until this generation or so, decides its misogynistic and unrealistic. Meanwhile, the family unit is suffering.
The beauty of 1950's appliances designs compare to this generation 😔 the only fridge I like is smeg so far because it has 1950's look. Appliances nowadays looks lazy 😔
Damn it was so much easier to mess up recipes back in the day because RUclips wasn’t a thing. All I have to do is follow a Chef Jon recipe and it always comes out perfect, my husband thinks I was a Michelin star chef in my past life 🤩
Margie grew up in a mansion with servants! Her father told her if she married that accountant then he would cut her off from his fortune! Now, she has to cook her own meals for herself and her husband!!
Did you notice how the narrator encouraged Margie to cream the butter with cream when he actually knew that that's not what creaming the butter means? He was just messing with her. He wanted her to fail.
No, it is an educational video and the producer, who likely hired the narrator and could have even been a woman, is illustrating an example of what could happen if one does not understand certain terms associated with cooking.
OMG-- this is a film that would have been shown in a grade 9 home ec class -- I wonder if TIM would understand this video since men used to act like they couldn't possibly understand a recipe, an iron or a washing machine-- even though he's a mechanical engineer. Women may well want this life to avoid the hard work of supporting themselves- I just hope they remember it also means they will have to ask for his money just like a child would-- and everything they buy, or do, would be subject to his approval or disapproval. Money equals Power.
It amazes me how these videos bring out the worst in people. Yes, there was home economics in the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Yes, there are women who stay at home and do not feel like an indentured servant or slave to housework and family; many are fulfilled, undrugged, and happy. Some of those women even, *gasp!*, appreciate the hard work their husbands do to allow them to stay at home. I was a working woman, and I was fine. When I married and had children that changed. If a wife/mother chooses to work, so be it. If a wife/mother chooses to stay at home, so be it. We should not bash someone's life choices because we have chosen to believe the rhetoric of a small percentage of discontented people.
Y'all so extra lmfao the video is literally just saying the different terms for cooking and simple instructions on how to do some tasks, not saying that Margie or the woman is only allowed in the kitchen forever. Ik this period was sexists but y'all tumblr feminists need to chill lmfao. Its TEACHING u. Not all of these things like stir, beat, cream are common sense knowledge, its terms that need to be taught just like everything else.
I’d slap some frosting on that stuff and call it ‘fudge brownies.’...Tim wouldn’t kno a thing 😂😂😂
Exactly
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I’ve done that many times
I died 😂😂😂😂😂
These vintage videos are awesome
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I'm a home maker since I had my children, my oldest is 22 my youngest just turned 21. I never went back to work, I enjoy cooking and looking after our new home. My husband does alot around the house too, he just wants me to be happy, and staying home is what makes me happy.
I'm glad to hear that you're a carpenter.
A time when a family could live well on one income
It still can be done, even back then they had to budget and not live outside of their means, what may seem cheap back then to us was very expensive to them back then. My husband and I live on one income, it can be done. Woman today need to stop being selfish and about them selves and learn to budget the family check book, make sure bills are paid and be thrifty with the shopping needs.
They lived with much less than people expect today. One car, smaller home.
It definitely can be done today. You must live within your means. People today want it all and want it now. Priorities, it’s all about priorities.
Yes that is doable provided the one wage is fairly decent, but many people barley earn enough to cover the basic rent and bills let alone food and other essentials like clothes and shoes. if you want any luxuries like a short holiday you need a second income. i havnt had a night out in years. : (
@Virginia Torres Women today need to stop being selfish...??? How archaic and erroneous. If women need to stop being selfish then so do men. They also must learn how to budget, pay bill, and be frugal. Not just women.
The real question here is why Margie was so intent on making cake for lunch.
+damnjustassignmeone She has not found her way to the fridge and the icebox to locate the rest of the lunch. She could have made sandwiches, and a cool drink for hubby, she went the other route. Tim, go buy your lunch and leave the wife to learn how to cook, well there was home economics back then and she should have learned that there as well as mother craft as well, a rather pointless presentation.
Margie and Tim are a bit strange. You normally bake the cake early in the day and set it aside, then eat after the dinner later. The cake shouldn't be "for lunch" (unless it's coffee cake for when the ladies gather to play canasta and trade recipes once a week).
He would just go to burger king King for lunch these days
@@piperaone She hasn't learned to make a good martini yet is why. This video makes women look stupid.
@@4knewt505 they had fast food then too lol
Why is there always a plethora of negative comments about sexism on vintage videos clips? This is historical. This is how households were run nearly 70 years ago. They divided the duties of daily life very severely, men made money and had careers, women took care of the house and the children. Everything was categorized and labeled, that was the mentality. People survived and many had decent lives following this pattern. This doesn't mean it was the best way of doing things, but many era's, including the one we live in, will try to figure out how to achieve the ideal life and succeed in some areas while failing horribly in others. What makes every generation of human beings think they have figured out how things should be done? Stop watching these videos if it bothers your sensibilities.
Kary J. Stfu
I'd argue it was a superior way of doing things than how we do it now, not perfect, but far better. Less divorce, happier children, happier men, happier women, happier society in general.
Mackenzie Whethers, you're failing to consider that divorce laws were different in the 1950's than they are today. For example, prior to 1969 there was no no-fault divorce law in the USA, meaning that one spouse had to essentially be a really terrible person for there to be grounds for a divorce (read: adultery, drunkenness, serious abuse, etc).If two people decided that they where unhappy together, they where still obligated to stay together. The process to actually get a divorce was very expensive, and since women had very little income compared to men, or none at all, they were often stuck monetarily if they wanted to get a divorce and their husbands didn't. Proof also had to be provided, and since courts wanted to protect the sanctity of marriage, divorces were often dismissed if the couple showed any sign of forgiveness, or compatibility (such as living in the same house). Furthermore, when it came to owning property and other monetary concerns, women weren't likely to actually get a fair settlement if the divorce actually went through.
And also consider the social climate. Women were expected to make a marriage work, no matter what. Marriage counselling was becoming more popular in the US, but it was centered on what a women had done to her husband to make him act the way he did. If a husband cheated, was the wife not pretty enough? was the home not a peaceful and idyllic place? what had she done? In other words, women were pressured to make a marriage work, even if it was clearly falling apart at the seams.
The take-away from all of this? From a legal standpoint most women were incapable of divorcing, and those that could had to fight a terrible uphill battle. Socially, a woman was pressured into accepting unacceptable behaviour from her spouse, because 'it was her fault.' While I don't doubt the 1950's had many happy couples, I also think there's a reason why valium has the infamous history it now possesses.
Someone's husband doesn't allow them to work or think independently 😅
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have to admit I'm 32 seconds in and I'm a little jealous of our bride there. she has a brand new kitchen, free range to cook whatever she wants, and all day to do just that... And some housework. I'm not being sarcastic, I love my job, but I love housework and cooking dang it. It would be an utter luxury to have all day to do these things. sigh.
My niece is a stay-at-home mom for my pre-school-aged great niece, and she loves it. Somehow they managed to get by on one income while her husband worked full time AND got bachelor's and master's degrees from a large university, and as far as I know she has no plans to go to work any time in the near future. They're a modern version of 'Leave It To Beaver' and seem to be happy with that.
I was jealous at how she had time to be pensive at the table looking over a cookbook. I micromanage every moment of my day. No time for real reflection. Go girl!
I’m a working mother, I took time off when my oldest was born and I thought I was going to lose my mind. I like working and when I do have time off I’m ready to go back. I’m not self disciplined enough to stay home.
I was a SAHM and wife until my kiddo turned 13. He didn't need me as much and I was bored. It was wonderful!
Sounds nice but you would have no financial independence. Not good.
Margie would've already known how to cook by the time she was married. Home Economics was offered in public school and her mother would've taught her. (Probably her mother in law too!) This may well have been a film for high school students. 😉
hahahah exactly my thought, Ginger! Perhaps Margie didn't get to take Home Economics like all the others girls her age because she was pregnant with Tim's love child and got taken out of school... :)
I wish home economics was offered when I was in high school. I would've had so much fun cooking.
Yes and no. My grandmother was just an ok cook and she hated doing it. She could pull off the basics, but it was years before she learned anything more complicated than steak and potatoes.
What she really learned from her mother was how to sew. She almost got kicked out of home ec for showing off her skills (teacher told her to make a simple shift dress. She walked in with a stunning dress complete with a silk lined cape.) which would have suited her just fine because she wanted to take shop anyway.
This information is useful for anyone learning to cook.
Ashley Penn you're grandma sounds like someone I'd like to hang out with in school 😄
I am a home maker and very much enjoy it, I also use to work, which i do miss alot.. but taking care of my home , while my husband is out working is my job, I have made his life less stressful that way.. and take care of the kids too. Most women love to nurture their families.. and care for them and they enjoy that.. I have seen alot of women look down on women like me, but I can guarantee you that my kids will never grow up in daycare! And my husband can always know that he is giving the most care i can give , while he is out taking care of us. .. I believe that is how it should be, if you want to work then fine , he can stay home, the kids need a family life with one parent home... not to be raised in daycare.
That why we have the millennial children today the parents where never home after school they would break into homes and stuff or they would not go to school at all I know my dumb butt neighbor children where like this .Throwing furniture of the roof how can A person parent if they are home only to sleep and eat .
Anna Lee - you remind me of my wonderful sister-in-law, as well as her own wonderful daughter-in-law, who both chose the same path. I have great respect for both of them.
@@morningglory3323 that's exactly what happened to these kids today. The Millennials weren't raised by their parents but by daycare and babysitters. My three Millennials were lucky, I worked two jobs while my wife stayed home until all three were in school then she went back to first school then a job. I now only worked one job and got home first. We only needed a babysitter for an hour. Now my kids are 33, 32 and 31 and I can see a huge difference between my three Millennials and these others. All due to the fact they were properly brought up with proper nurturing, morals, values and the big thing most Millennials are missing, RESPECT! This is all due to one parent being home, we need to get back to this way of properly bringing up kids.
I think kids benefit from seeing both their parents living their dream and working if they want.
My Mom worked full time my entire childhood, it was a financial necessity for our family.There is no doubt we missed out on much nurturing that our friends got from their Mom. Instead we all pulled together as a family to keep our home running smoothly.
Oh my god, I will marry whoever is going to make me a chocolate cake for dinner.
RoundAndUseless I try my best to bake my fiance cookies once a week and a cake (chocolate!) once a month!
And when you gain 20 lbs you'll blame your wife for baking too many cakes...
RoundAndUseless nice. That is some gentlemanly appreciation. Not seeing a lot of that here. In the comment section, I mean.
j.denino57 Obesity wasn't a problem in those days.
Hey I turned her messed up cake-monster into fudge brownies....isn’t that enuff?😂😂😂
Makes me feel like baking a cake😊 Actually, I have the time to do this and should do it more often. I AM making a curried chicken for dinner. I was born in the 50s and learned a basic cooking skill set. Home Ec was one of my favorite classes- and I have been a very decent homemaker, which is still not regarded with the respect and importance it should be. I also have a Master's degree in anthropology. Being versed in the domestic arts is one of my happiest accomplishments.
miniprepper Good for You!! You have a lot to be proud of, not the least of which is your advanced home making skill!!
I took home arts in junior high, and I really learned to love cooking and sewing!!
I still put a lot of what Sr. Roseann taught us about cooking in practice, and I must say, I think she'd probably tell me I'm a pretty decent cook, too!!
Sounds to me like you've struck a pretty fair balance between career and home life!! Congrats!!☺️☺️✝️⚜️
I used to bake cakes then my husband started gaining weight. When he topped out at 180 lbs I stopped baking cakes for him. He was around 155 lbs when we got married. I used to bake a great carrot cake back in the day.
miniprepper girl I heard that. homec was my favorite too. sewing and cooking!! Basically usable arts and crafts. let us come together as women and bake more cakes. Because we want to.
@@j.denino5732 Good decision. Obesity, high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes. These women were secretly trying to kill their husbands.
I would love to serve my husband like this someday.I don’t mind caring for him because he deserves it. And it’s lovely to see how happy he is to taste something amazing right?
jane janier absolutely. I love cooking for hardworking, deserving people. I have to admit there's something really special about treating ones man like a king, when one's man is Noble and grateful. now kids I don't know about, because they're picky and fussy and... I don't really like kids. Lol.
@@ladymaiden2308 Not all of us were!! As I kid I ate everything without complaining! Nothing changed...
Hope you took notes, there will be a quiz. 📝
I actually enjoyed pretending I was a young lady in the 50's watching a movie about how to cook from scratch. I even learned a few things. 😉
This is the life I dream of having, actually. Being a stay-at-home wife who is there to cook and help manage the household while husband goes to work. To dedicate my working day to providing a warm, inviting and loving atmosphere for him to come home to in the evenings, with meals prepped and home tidy. I hope whenever I marry, this is the home we can share.
I pray you will find someone to help you the life you desire, it can be a wonderful life! My late wife and I lived like that for 21 years and when it was time for her to die she said "I was never bored."
@@fortlangford2163 That it so sweet and wonderful. It sounds like you had a beautiful marriage. Thank you for sharing, and for your prayers.
@@polarisedelectrons Did you reach your dream yet?
@@MastersInPhd Not yet.
I hope it works out for you. There's nothing wrong with wanting a simple life. But it's risky to depend on another person for your income. If they leave you or die, it can be a rude awakening.
Oh how I would love to be a homemaker... Providing support for my hard-working loving husband and raising my children in a environment where they feel loved.
i mean.. hmu
Sameeee ☺️
Me too. I hate working a day job, I just want to make my home pleasant, run a big backyard garden & have 4 kids to train into awesome human beings, but alas it’s still only a dream for now.
Daniela T work hard for it find the perfect man. But still go to college in case it backfires
Me too. My mom was a career woman and also my sister, they never understood why I gave up my career to run the house, And my husband loves it, it's a set up that works for us.
I thank God, Betty Crocker, and Duncan Haines everytime i bake a cake...
It is cheaper and just as easy from scratch.
It's all in your attitude and what you like doing. For instance, my wife only cooked for me twice in eleven years. I do all the cooking and I like it that way. We also work as a team. I have my kitchen and she has the laundry room. All other chores that have to be done we share in their completion. I also do all the grocery shopping because she hates it. She would probably come home with chips and chocolate and junk anyway hahaha. But yeah. It's all in what you like.
That's awesome! I cook but my husband cleans up the dishes and loads the dishwasher and unloads it. He loves doing it and considers it relaxing. I do all the laundry but he will put away his clothes. I dust and vacuum and he mows and takes out the trash. We both love everything we do around the home. And we run a business together.
Agree but depends, if she's working with you, yeah share responsibilities. If she's a stay at home, she should do the chores.
@@alphaweeb5195 No, their chores and duties are balanced. _This_ is what people should do, not relegate all the housework on one or the other.
Jerry, I think you're right! Divide up the chores the way that works best for both parties! There are no hard and fast rules to follow!
Sounds like a rough marriage
As a boy, in the mid-'60's, I took shop class. Wood shop, metal shop, mechanical drawing. Do I use those today? Of course not. My Dad did teach me how to do simple car repairs. Things like replacing spark plugs, change the oil, fixing a flat. When cars were simpler, I did those things. But no more. It is so complicated under the hood, that I leave it to the technicians to do that. The girls went to Home Ec, where they learned cooking and sewing. I can't sew a button on, but I do cook every day. I am a fairly good cook, and it was my Mom and Grandmom who taught me how. Incidentally, I cook from their recipes. But it's just not the same. I don't know what they did, but it's just not the same.
San Michele the same as what?
Olivia Gomez In spite of their recipes, I can't make them the way they did. Unless you are a fantastic cook, I am sure you'll agree.
It might be two fold. I know food will sometimes taste better when someone else makes it so even though it is the same - in our heads the one that we didn't make tastes better - that coupled with the nostalgia of being young and not having to worry about grown up things makes everything from that time period "better" including food.
Second it could also be the ingredients that we use now. Back then ingredients were fresher and there were no gmo "food", if you use real food it's going to taste better than using food that has been genetically modified to look like food however, lacks the nutrients and taste of real food.
I've been going through a lot of my mom's collected recipes with her, now that she's getting on in years, and trying to add all the little things that she changed but never wrote down cause she's always remember.
Maybe that's what is going on with you, they never documented slight shifts in the recipes so it just doesn't taste quite the same
San Michele Every cook puts their own spin on recipes. Don't agonize over it. Just relax and go back in your mind to a time where maybe you watched them cooking. You'll see what they did. It'll come to you.
My home is like this video. My husband and I decided before we were married (23 years ago) that he would work, and I would take care of the kids, cook and clean. We never regretted it. I always had dinner ready and looked nice when he came home from work.
Is it weird that this is actually my dream? To cater to my husband and live a simple and safe life for once?
Not at all!
as a Feminist I can honestly say if this is the type of life you see for yourself and that you want you should have it.
It is only wrong if it is forced on you and/or you feel you have no other options in your life based primarily on your gender.
I don't think so. I am doing the same thing. I am a stay at home Mom and wife. I had always dreamed of being exactly what I am today. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. To each her own...
H Kagami well said
Vintius Thank You!! :)
+H Kagami I agree- also as a feminist. It was feminist of me to drop out of law school- which my parents were pushing on me- to stay home and raise my kids. Now, I don't mind cooking for my husband and doing his laundry- because we are a team- and I don't exactly "cater"- and life certainly isn't simple and safe- but I made the choice to stay home and don't regret it.
I always loved cooking. I find making order and cleaning very zen. It is about personal likes.
Of course as a woman I'd give my wonderful husband cake. Since I work 50 hours a week I'd stop by the bakery first. ;-)
Love it! 😂
And Veruca..trust me as an oldtimer...there were plenty of great bakeries back then....
Haha my soul sista!😂😂
I would rather have him work 50 hrs and me work at home so i can bake cakes while I raise kids.
yeah you go girl or something. I bet you feel soooo empowered.
yes, Margie, keep your dirty secret from Tim, that you ruined your first cake, or else he'll leave you!
Allie D nah, he won't leave her, just pick up a little something on the side. You know, stop at the single neighbors house a couple times a week "just to check on her".
😂😂😂
Well, I know I'm ahead of the game, because I can already cook like this. Cooking is our only tradition in my family, everyone has to learn how to cook, women, men, kids, don't matter, we all had to do it, I just thought it was just something to do to spend time with my mom, but now I appreciate it more because let's face it, the only people cooking in 2016 is on TV, a lot of people don't cook real food on a regular basis. No, ramen noodles and hamburger helper don't count.
10:12 "And Tim will never know she ruined her first cake" 😂
For some reason, I find myself fascinated with the whole thing about feeling the cake icing mixture to make sure it has soft balls.
I wish the fashion of the 50s would come back
I saw this very movie when I was in the 7th grade -- 1965 -- and just cracked up when she dumped the cream on. My mom taught me to bake when I was about 10 years old.
Back when the economy of the country was sound, allowing one income to support a family and at least one parent at home to supervise children. Now look at the country!
Rain Coast
Now it is 10% illegal immigrants and high taxes then to pay for the illegal immigrants.
And liberals telling us what we are allowed to do.
You can thank the zionist controlled CIA who funded Ms. Magazine and Gloria I-can't-bake-a-cake Steinem. They have been planning this overthrow of the family for decades to usher in communism. So far, its well on its way.
bighands69 Blame it on illegals and minorities. NOT the white corporate world heads of companies who hire these people, ship jobs to other countries, pay low wages and crush unions. No let's just blame Juan down the street. You're a ridculous racist.
It isn't immigrants or other factors. It is the feminism that destroyed family way of living. Women who want to stay at home are looked down by the same feminists. Period.
It's still possible, but it would take a lot of sacrifice as far as standard of living goes.
Love all this old stuff !
It’s Depressing to see how good they had it then.
They also lived more modestly. Smaller homes, 1 car, mostly home cooked food, vacation was day at beach or staying with relatives in their home.
oh, that 50's jelly obsession...
Amo esas cocinas, las anchas con relojitos, eran indestructibles, los hornos espectaculares, las de ahora son descartables.
I don't care about the topic, I'm just listening to the narrator's voice to help me sleep.
Ah, the 1950s- where everything was seasoned with Crisco.
Crisco is not a seasoning, it's a shortening. It's also good for greasing pans, "seasoning" cast iron (A different use of the term "seasoning"), and a myriad of other uses...but not seasoning food. Back then we seasoned foods with salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard, and a newly introduced (1947) product called "Accent" (monosodium glutamate, salt, chili pepper, tricalcium phosphate, cumin, oregano, paprika, garlic, onion, coloring). Mmmm. Doesn't that sound delicious.
@@seikibrian8641 It's also good for the bags under your eyes, and looks like frosting. Mhm, but it's best for frying chicken!
@@scooterdover2771 Yes it is. Some people prefer lard for frying chicken, but I like the results I get with Crisco. That's what my mom used, and I loved her fried chicken. (Then she went back to work, and it was "Skake-and-Bake" chicken instead of the real deal. I was sad.)
My daughter "I'm making soft boiled eggs."
Me "So what's the problem?"
Her "I've been boiling them for almost 3 hours and the shells are still hard!"
Her name is Margie!
I just wanted to say that my daughter Margaret is a wonderful, bright young woman who excels in medical school. She means the world to me.
Having said that she needs to be banned from the kitchen for life.
When she had a recipe that said separate two eggs she called a divorce lawyer.
Last Thanksgiving we had the families over and I asked her to toss the salad. So she threw it in the garbage!
And HOW IN THE HELL DOES SOMEONE BURN JELL-O?
There's an old saying that goes goes "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach". Margie's future husband better have a pacemaker!
Daddy loves you baby but stick to the medical profession. This way you can render aid to the people you feed!
😂😂😂
a1orski 😂🤣😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 good luck man hahahahahah
Please send her to a cooking class.
😂😂
I have to admit, the way the guy explained braising seemed easy. Straight to the point.
It reminds me of the old videos I watched in home ec in junior high back in the 90s. I loved home ec
I must "mix *food materials* with a circular (not a square, mind you) but a circular motion to secure uniform consistency". If I mix them with a squared motion, heck, it's all over with! LOL
You don't even want to know what happens with triangular motions.
Hint: Bermuda. :{O
"Beat egg whites"
**takes out brass knuckles**
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we all still cooked like that?
I still do! 95 % of our meals are home made and made from scratch...
Some of us still do.
I cook all of our meals. It's healthier.
I do.
I do lol
I’m an old fashioned person. I stay at home and take care of the house and my child
God damn, a cake for her husband?! Make me an instant ramen and you've got me hitched
I make my fiancé cookies every week and a cake once a month.
+Blacklilly22 Well, don't complain when he's 300 lbs by next year..
+Amber Dickerson oh we're alright. They arnt big cookies. we both like to eat then together and I make small batches. Eating sweets isn't a bad thing as long as you remember to balance them with healthy foods. plus, looks are never the best foundation for a happy relationship. As long as he is healthy and happy, so am I. ^_^
Blacklilly22 Lol, physical attraction makes up a LOT of a healthy relationship.. I never said anything about it being the "foundation" of a relationship... 90% of the time, it's someone's "looks" that draws someone to them, and then the relationship forms. The other percent is people who fall in love despite the other's looks. We like to think that "looks don't matter", but it's just a fact that they do. Unless of course, you're desperate, and just want a body to hold I guess "looks" wouldn't matter as much. Physical attraction comes first, then love, THEN, once love is there, it doesn't matter so much, generally speaking.
+Blacklilly22 That's adorable that you do that for him.
What amazing time. I would go there anytime I can!!
Its so ridiculous that most or all schools dont teach home economics any more. I learned so much from it and i loved that class too as i also learned more about sewing. Yes guys need to learn it too as what would they do for themselves if they are bachelors after high school?
I was cooking for my entire family at 17. Margie should have learned this important skill before she got married.
If Margie was transported to today’s world, she’d be like wtf is paleo, keto, gluten free, grass fed, non gmo, organic and so on.
Scott
If she was transported to today’s world she would be quickly corrupted into a bitch
Bob Singh I’m sure she’d be relieved her descendants have choices and more freedom. Maybe try not being a dick and less women would be “bitches” 😊
sparkle on unicorn
You know I’m right 😂
@@cottonhairedaesthetic2005Well, some of the "Freedoms" are unneeded.
RealmOfWonders I would say we need more freedom. And if a lady wants to raise a family and take care of her special person than that’s perfectly fine. The point is the ability for a woman to choose.
Let me begin by saying I am a college educated feminist who both worked outside the home and stayed at home during different times in my children’s lives. The key is for it to be a choice. But I think as we are discovering the effects of “convenience” foods and are relearning the art of scratch-cooking, it must be acknowledged that it is in all of our best interests for SOMEONE to cook. And SOMEONE must provide childcare. And SOMEONE must clean the house. Let’s allow each family to sort out who those someones are and truly value those necessary tasks of daily living. It doesn’t have to be a big emotional deal. Just acknowledge the work needs to be done and allow each family freedom to sort it out.
Ditto
THIS
I stayed home when the kids were small and I adored it. We built a house and I did a huge amount in the actual building and decorating. Loved it. Then the kids grew and I went to work outside the home. Like both.
Thats your problem your A so called educated feminist A demon
What were you educated in? Lesbian dance theory?.... if not tell me how feminism contributes to society in any constructive way
Obviously, Margie must have learned how to cook before she had gotten married. Her mother likely showed her, and probably took lessons in
home economics.
I would gladly go back to the kitchen....sorry, but cooking good meals and hanging out at home sounds great to me.
I work so much my house it's always messy, I'm overwhelmed and anxiously running around in circles...these ladies look relaxed and well rested.
Home cooking....and no obesity problem, kids are not running the streets and woman had time to keep up their appearance.
The average family was nuclear with 5 children...the economy allowed woman to do domestic duties only.
Now we work full time, half of us raise the children alone, meanwhile doing all the cooking and cleaning.
Life was better back then....take me back.
We had 3 kids in our family, the average family had 2 - 4 children when I was growing up in the sixties.
I hate candy corn, but I had no idea it could be used to make Butterfingers! Mind blown!
One cannot work full time and raise a child alone. Unless you’re taking your child to work too. So I am guessing that someone is helping somewhat, whether that is day care or family caretakers.
What if a woman doesn't want children or can't have them? Is she still supposed to stay home and cook and clean? What if no man ever marries her? What should a spinster do?
Listy get 10 cats? Brush her hair? Spin it into gold? There is someone for everyone.
I've been binge watching these kinds of videos and sharing them w others. Thank you
Some people look at these old videos and believe everything was easier back then. Little do they know what goes with it.
OakhillSailor. My dad,who is almost 80, days the good ole days were not so good.
Yeah Blacks had it bad but that was the same in every country
Communists were a real threat ever heard of the Korean War. 50s was a great time you could work a simple job. and be able to buy your own house and car .@Arikm7
@Arikm7 Segregation means separate but equal.
Maybe not easier, definitely better.
Stability
Security
Wholesomeness
Im nostalgic for this era and i was born in the late 80's... lol,
These make me so happy.
This seems very helpful. As do other films like this from the 50’s and 60’s. It’s like basic living skills and no one tought me that on purpose I just picked it up, and I’m not even that young. I wanna show this to my husband, he thinks cooking is just throw some stuff together and bake it.
Anybody can read a history book ! This was after WWII and the country was healing after The Great Depression as well. This was a sweet normal after 1929 crash.
i bet you that fridge still works today
Yep but i bet it costs a ton of money to run it! Not very energy efficient
awhhh
Ohhh, it's so cute
His smile is so inspiring
Lucky she had the ingredients for the second cake ... otherwise she would have had to walk a mile to the nearest store in the new suburbs ... one family - one car.
James Walley I was thinking that!! LOL!
This was around the time when families started to have more than one car
My mom did most of her shopping on Saturday, when dad was doing yard work and wasn't using the car. Or they'd shop together; the whole family would bundle into our 1955 Rambler American station wagon and go to Thriftway. Of course milk and bread came in trucks via the milkman and the breadman (who also brought donuts and maple bars). There was also the Fuller Brush Man who came once a month to sell personal care and household cleaning items. And let's not forget "Ding dong! Avon calling." And if something was needed in the middle of the week she could call the store and a kid on a bike with a rack would deliver it. Once I was of school age the kid on the bike became me, and she'd give me a shopping list so I wouldn't forget anything. Sometimes it worked. Life seemed much simpler then, but it probably wasn't; just different.
she wouldn't have the money to buy the groceries because her husband kept the money.
@@sharonsmilesphotography5553
A lot of people think that but it was quite common the housewife was in charge of the budget.
The home was/is her domain so she took of all aspects of running it.
This video is helpful even in 2019!
That's....actually more tragic than you know.
These are basic household skills that everyone should know!
What are the parents teaching their kids these days?
Are they really sending them out into the world with no survival skills?
*sigh*
You're all gonna be screwed come the zombie apocalypse, when take-out isn't a thing anymore. :P
Im the "homemaker" type of woman as i enjoyed cooking for my husband and childrenas another way to show my love for them! Cleaning? Well for most people cleaning suxx but i kept up with what I could do anyway.. Those times flew by and now i get to cook for my children and grandchildren too and teach my grandchildren to cook!
Ah yes. The "educational" films of the post WW2 era.
While not very popular today, it was films like this that told people how to do so many things. Being a good homemaker, or "housewife" was a thing of pride for many women. Who could make the best: cake; pie; beef stew; and the list went on and on. Who's home looked the best; with the latest patterns and colors. And there was the kitchen appliance race. Who had the latest "time saving" appliance. Women would get together and swap recipes and tips on how to do this or that.
And the woman who cooked the best meals, and had the latest appliances, and kept the cleanest home, and all... was a goddess among her peers!
People looked forward to these "informative" programs. They were often aired on TV as well as in school classrooms. This helped the "modern housewife" keep current on the latest (whatever you could think of).
As corny as these films we're, they were just as informative. Even who saw the newest (film) was a matter of pride among the interested parties.
I have to wonder, were those days really as bad as everyone says they were? Or are we, as a culture, swayed by the people who shout the loudest?
I do remember coming home from school and smelling something delicious, cooking for dinner. Always having a cooked meal ready by time that Dad got home was something I (and everyone) took for granted.
And before anyone starts... Yes, there were women who hated being "tied to the house" all day. But there were women who loved it, also.
Unless Margie lived under a rock, she would have known what these things are! Damn even my mother taught me this stuff when I was a kid and we used to bake together.
My mother used Duncan Heinz box cakes, I was the one who baked from scratch, I learned from cookbooks and watched cooking shows. Those days are over, now we get our cakes from Wegmans.
It’s called acting.
Let them eat cake!... but cream the butter first.
You know what term I used a lot?...Betty Crocker devils food cake and chocolate icing from M’System food store. My grandmother taught me how to make amazing cakes but I thought that was easier.
I’m enjoying how useful this video is for those of us who have had a harder time interpreting some of the terms used in cook books… I too would have mixed cream with the butter in order to “cream” it had I not seen this… lol
nothing is sexist here, the women is enjoying what she is doing
Mguni Stones yeah, I would be too if I was washing down pills with Gin. Where do you think the term "mothers little helpers" came from? Trapped women who had no other options in life.
No the hell she isn’t lmaooooo no woman back then enjoyed having no life that’s why they used to drink their lives away
En Ers They were happy. Women's happiness is *self reportedly* going way down in the past decades.
How do you know she's "enjoying" anything? She's like a programmed robot. My mother wasted her master's degree working as a homemaker. And no, pretty sure she didn't actually enjoy it.
She's trying to kill her husband
His wife was a bad cook, so he replaced her half way through the video.
TheNacropolice omg...it's actually a different woman....
No they switch back and forth this husband must be a Mormon
😂😂😂😂😂
I'm fairly certain she would have taken the home economics class in high school. They still taught them in the 70's when I was in high school. They taught you what you didn't learn at HOME helping mom cook.. Who got away with not having to help in the kitchen?!
Maybe this was shown in class?
I'm doing a research project involving the American cooking during the 1920's through the 1970's. The changing way we ate and what about it started making us all gain so much weight and loose so much nutrition in what we do eat. It's been very enlightening.
home for lunch! and wonderful pyrex pots
"Cream the butter" No! It's a trap! Don't do it!
Cake for lunch?? What a time to be alive XD
Oh for the days when life was simple, before y’all mart, bakeries with ready made everything yummy, and daddy worked his job and mummy made sure everything was wonderful....oh me!
This so sweet!
Later that day: KNOCK KNOCK!!!
Wife: who's at the door dear.
Husband: it's some guy talking about this thing called (vault tech)
Wife: Vault tech?
Husband: something about this vault one-eleven deal.
Wife: tell him we're not interested dear.
I don't know if I agree with this lifestyle of women, but life seems so much simpler back then. there's too much happening these days
You mean it makes you uncomfortable if that what she wants; or with this being the norm?
Life was more complex in different ways back then. Some things now are simpler then back then.
Yeah jack....".some" things are better (easier) now....like having television, Air conditioning, a clothes dryer, a dish washer, ordering things on your computer, and CELL PHONES. My mother had none of these things when I was a kid.....But along with all these great inventions comes more costs $$$
We had a TV and we got our television signal for free (no cable), we got 7 channels I think. My dad fixed the car and he also fixed most of our appliances when they broke. He got my mother a dishwasher because the house didn't come with it. They also had central AC installed. And we had a gas clothes dryer. She still complained about money....
totally legit my father worked and mother stayed at home and later on, she went to work. But that system worked for centuries and it’s only until this generation or so, decides its misogynistic and unrealistic. Meanwhile, the family unit is suffering.
I think it's safe to assume that those cookbooks said Betty Crocker on the cover
I always worked and loved it.❤❤❤😊😊😊
The woman of my dreams!
The beauty of 1950's appliances designs compare to this generation 😔 the only fridge I like is smeg so far because it has 1950's look. Appliances nowadays looks lazy 😔
I have all 50s appliance in my kitchen. Some belonged to my parents when they were married in 55, others I found on ebay and craigslist.
America First
Do they work?
Those days were so ☺ happy.
Denise T. - WHAT??!!!
I looove when Ant Cumia watches stuff like this 😂 omg its hilarious
It's all about Tim lol
This film makes me think you need a college education just to cook. Simpler times, my Aunt Fannie!
Haven't heard the phrase "my aunt Fannie" in many years
Life looks so simple compared today !!! This is where this country was its best .
Damn it was so much easier to mess up recipes back in the day because RUclips wasn’t a thing. All I have to do is follow a Chef Jon recipe and it always comes out perfect, my husband thinks I was a Michelin star chef in my past life 🤩
Margie grew up in a mansion with servants! Her father told her if she married that accountant then he would cut her off from his fortune! Now, she has to cook her own meals for herself and her husband!!
The husband should have got married with the narrator ...He could have baked all the cakes he wanted!!
Tim will be very surprised if he eats the first cake lol!!!😛😛😛
I legit learned a few thing from this video. Might make that scalloped cauliflower too. 😋
Did you notice how the narrator encouraged Margie to cream the butter with cream when he actually knew that that's not what creaming the butter means? He was just messing with her. He wanted her to fail.
+Jon B Only us viewers can hear the narrator....
Amber Dickerson hahaha what a story Mark.
No, it is an educational video and the producer, who likely hired the narrator and could have even been a woman, is illustrating an example of what could happen if one does not understand certain terms associated with cooking.
ALEXANDER BAKER oh hi mark!
Narc spotted. XD
"Let's see of Marjorie knows how to order pizza."
OMG-- this is a film that would have been shown in a grade 9 home ec class -- I wonder if TIM would understand this video since men used to act like they couldn't possibly understand a recipe, an iron or a washing machine-- even though he's a mechanical engineer. Women may well want this life to avoid the hard work of supporting themselves- I just hope they remember it also means they will have to ask for his money just like a child would-- and everything they buy, or do, would be subject to his approval or disapproval. Money equals Power.
Yes, cream the sugar with butter, a favorite for cake batter mixes. Throw in an electric mixer if you have one. It's quicker and easier.
It amazes me how these videos bring out the worst in people. Yes, there was home economics in the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Yes, there are women who stay at home and do not feel like an indentured servant or slave to housework and family; many are fulfilled, undrugged, and happy. Some of those women even, *gasp!*, appreciate the hard work their husbands do to allow them to stay at home. I was a working woman, and I was fine. When I married and had children that changed. If a wife/mother chooses to work, so be it. If a wife/mother chooses to stay at home, so be it. We should not bash someone's life choices because we have chosen to believe the rhetoric of a small percentage of discontented people.
thank goodness she has a man showing her all those hard words she needs to know in order to cook... hahahah
If I could live in any time period I think i would Love to live in the 50's
1:30 I thought it turn into chocolate cake right away, but it was actually a burnt cream lol
I come here every time I forget what 'stir' means.
Y'all so extra lmfao the video is literally just saying the different terms for cooking and simple instructions on how to do some tasks, not saying that Margie or the woman is only allowed in the kitchen forever. Ik this period was sexists but y'all tumblr feminists need to chill lmfao. Its TEACHING u. Not all of these things like stir, beat, cream are common sense knowledge, its terms that need to be taught just like everything else.
A lot of cookbooks back in the day had a glossary for terms.
also, women in the day could read...something that is disappearing.
Yes the time when we had one income homes and our great sunbeam mixers which are popular today