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xoxoxoBruce 11-13-2015 12:05 AM

100 years of Whats For Dinner?
 
I think these are what are the trendy having for dinner, but still interesting.

lumberjim 11-13-2015 09:50 AM

1915 Roast Beef and Taters. no veggie
1925 Chicken Ala King. timeless
1935 Cream Chipped Beef on toast with peas.. yum
1945 Fried Spam a baker and Lima beans. ick.. must have been hard times
1955 TV dinner Turkey, mashed and peas... meh, metal flavored peas
1965 Chicken Kiev Steamed carrots and potatoes with cream sauce. looks like moms cooking
1975 Ham and Bread cubes Fondue in ?swiss cheese? weird
1985 Sloppy Joes and Mac n Cheese out of a box Oh yeah, baby... I remember that
1995 Beef Tacos with a side of refried beans. I did go through a big Mexican phase in the 90s... didn't know I was trendy
2005 Sushi. yup. still on that one
2015 Salmon over Quinoa and a Kale salad. I think I could

Going by the last 40 years, I assume the early years are as accurate. I remember my mom having a Fondue set and it being out at parties in the 70s.... I think I like the 1935 dinner. At least that's what I'm in the mood for now.

xoxoxoBruce 11-13-2015 11:34 AM

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Yeah, had the fondue pot between marriages. Oil if it was something that needed cooking or crisping. For cheese, off to the fancy cheese store and look at the ones touted as good melters(everything labeled with attributes because the customer base didn't know shit, but wanted to fake classy), then mix and match dictated by cash on hand.

I never had either of these two timeless classics. :eyebrow:

Sundae 11-16-2015 05:41 AM

That was brilliant!
One of my first thoughts was, "See! You guys used to eat peas too!"

Another was to wonder what Swiss cheese was.
We tend to eat cheese by name here, not by country. Then I remembered I was only three at the time of that dish - it's quite possible people were eating cheese by nationality here too. And to be fair, cheese is often named by region or town - just not country.

I don't think the Ham Banana Roll recipe really exists. If it did, it's because it was once one of my nightmares. It seeped out of my ears one night, flowed down the stairs and under the door and made itself real. It has existed since in a quasi-life on the internet, hoping to terrorise more people.
Close your eyes! It can get in through your tear ducts!!

lumberjim 11-16-2015 09:05 AM

C'mon. Swiss Cheese?

http://about.knowre.com/wp-content/u...3/01/swiss.jpg

What do you call this?

glatt 11-16-2015 09:35 AM

Emmental cheese?

xoxoxoBruce 11-16-2015 11:41 AM

Emmental? Step out of line... papers, please. :eyebrow:

Gravdigr 11-16-2015 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae (Post 945605)
One of my first thoughts was, "See! You guys used to eat peas too!"

We've always eaten peas.

Just not for breakfast.

Beestie 11-16-2015 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 945316)
1965 Chicken Kiev Steamed carrots and potatoes with cream sauce. looks like moms cooking

A Russian dish in the middle of the cold war? I'm skeptical.

Put me down for 1935 too - I made a huge pot of creamed, chipped beef just this past Sunday.

xoxoxoBruce 11-16-2015 10:20 PM

Don't for get all the eastern Europeans that came here around WW II.


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