Tuna waffles. Bananas with mayonnaise. Hot Dr. Pepper poured over slices of lemon. People can eat anything if they put their minds to it. Anything. Nothing proves this better than taking a gander at cooking recipes from the past that create spectacularly weird food combinations.
So we bring you [drum roll] adverts of strange foods from the not-so-distant past that will make you pity your parents, shout ‘Yuck!’, and have a whole new appreciation for living in the 21st century. It’s nice having the option of not eating Jell-O topped with mayonnaise and strawberries and—oh God, I think I’m gonna be sick—
Honestly, though, ham with bananas, as well as hotdogs in hot cheese soup both sound delicious. I’ll use these cooking ideas for my next soirée. So while I’m thinking of how to lose friends and deter people with my gastronomical genius (read: evil ways), scroll down and enjoy the weird foods from the 50s. Upvote your favorite disgusting food recipes and share this list with your foodie friends. And let us know in the comments which exotic foods you’d be willing to taste or if you’ve tried any of these things to eat before!
Bored Panda spoke to Professor Nathalie Cooke from McGill University to learn more about vintage foods. Scroll down for the full exclusive interview.
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Seven-Up In Milk
Banana Candle
Ham And Bananas Hollandaise
According to Professor Cooke, vintage party food recipes from the 50s are “the result of food fashion—but not just of a food ‘fad.’”
“That is, the basic flavor combination is something that reaches across the decades. What you’re describing may seem very odd to us in the 21st century, but the taste combinations—savory and sweet (tuna waffles, ham and bananas) or sweet and sour (mayo with lime) are surely very familiar.”
The Professor continued: “There were ‘fads’ at mid-century: think of cookbooklets demonstrating how to decorate one’s ham with slices of canned pineapple, topped with the bedazzling red of a maraschino cherry, for example! And you don’t mention the jaw-dropping recipes incorporating marshmallows in main course dishes, recipes that were brain children of corporate marketing departments.”
Terrine Of Garden Vegetables
This looks promising. I mean we do have this sort of thing in Europe but it comes with meat and egg as well. This one here should be classified as almost a salad...
Almonds In A Haystack
Igloo Meatloaf
“But if we were to create one of today’s favorites from scratch, say Pad Thai, we would start from the same basic taste combinations you describe in what at first glance seem like bizarre plate partners,” Professor Cooke explained how things haven’t changed as much as we believe.
“Cooking bitter tamarind with water, raw sugar and fish sauce will build the basic foundation (sour, salty and sweet). To that one would add the requisite green onions, bean sprouts, and noodles—and likely some additional flavor notes such as shallot, garlic, and perhaps dried turnip (salty and sweet) to deepen the flavor.”
Bored Panda was interested to hear the Professor’s thoughts about what foods future generations will find strange but that we seem to eat without any problem at all.
“Perhaps that we try to ‘eat’ food without any taste at all—in the form of vitamin pills? Or drink it—in the form of smoothies? That we replicate the animal kingdom and encourage children to consume it—as gummy bears, cracker fishes, dinosaur eggs in oatmeal? That we continue to be mystified by the miracle of bread and milk?”
Cup Steak Puddings
Lettuce Salad
Lime Cheese Salad
Professor Cooke also revealed what vintage party food recipe she personally likes best. “Our gang is always delighted when we’re invited to a winter party where someone serves ‘weenies’—those little sausages that swim in sauce in a serving dish, and one fishes them out with toothpicks.
Every generation has its own fashions and quirks, whether we’re talking about food or clothes. When you’re surrounded by what’s supposedly normal and awesome, it’s hard to see that things are objectively weird and will change with the times.
I’m sure that future generations will think that we’ve been eating peculiar things as well. Like vegetable chips (crisps if you’re British) made from beetroots. Or burgers that have mushroom caps instead of buns. Or anything super healthy and vegan.
Crown Roast Of Frankfurters
Celery Victor
1 bunch celery
1 cup water
1 beef bouillon cube
1/4 cup low calorie Italian salad dressing
Pimiento strips
Trim root end off celery but do not separate stalks. Remove leaves and coarse outer stalks. Cut celery bunch crosswise once so bottom section is 5 inches long. Cut bottom section crosswise into quarter; tie quarters with string.
In skillet, heat water to boiling; dissolve bouillon cube in water. Add celery bundles. Cover; heat to boiling. Cook about 15 minutes. Drain celery; place in shallow glass dish. Pour salad dressing over celery. Refrigerate 3 hours, turning bundles twice.
To serve, place a bundle cut side down on each salad plate; remove string. Top with pimiento strips. 4 servings (30 calories each).
CELERY VICTOR II
Pour 1/4 cup low calorie Italian salad dressing over 2 cans (16 ounces each) celery hearts, drained, and 2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges, in shallow glass dish. Cover; refrigerate 2 hours. To serve, arrange vegetables on Bibb lettuce. 6 servings (25 calories each).
With all that prep work the cook would literally be burning more calories making this dish than they would gain by eating it.
Philadelphia Cream Cheese
To help you stay ahead of the culinary curve and keep on being a food fashion expert, here are some gastronomical tendencies to look out for in 2020, according to Forbes. Get ready to see lots of West African food on supermarket shelves, the continued rise of non-alcoholic drinks in bars, as well as healthier alternatives to the food that we usually give our kids.
Oh, and you’re about to see butter become a buzzword. From watermelon seed butter to chickpea butter, you’re going to see lots of alternatives to palm oils. All in the interests of protecting orangutans and tigers who suffer when palm oil is harvested, of course. In no way is this buttery niche temporary and meant to make profit by appealing to people’s sense of empathy for the planet and its ecosystem. Who would even think that?
Meanwhile, soy has been in the spotlight for far too long. It turns out that lots of people are allergic to soy, so some brands are moving away from it to ‘better’ alternatives like hempseed (it’s, like, everywhere now), avocado (no surprise there), and mung beans.
And for all of you fellow carnivores out there, you’re about to see more and more burger joints adding plants and mushrooms to their meat mix before cooking. Funnily enough, I’ve been doing that for years and it’s delicious.
Ham In Aspic
Ham ‘N’ Lima Bean Sadness Casserole
Potato Fudge
Tuna Mold
Cranberry Candles
At least this one doesn't use Miracle Whip. But I highly doubt you'd be asked to serve it 'again and again'
Hostess Tree
Frozen Cheese Salad
2 2/3 cups cottage cheese
8 ounces blue cheese
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons chives
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon barbecue spice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 cups raw broccoli florets
Green pepper strips, to garnish
Let cheeses stand at room temperature for 30 min-utes. Place in blender container with buttermilk, chives, lemon peel, barbecue spice, and Worcester-shire, process at medium speed until mixture is smooth. Transfer to freezer tray. Freeze at least 3 hours. Remove from freezer 15 minutes before serv-ing. Unmold on serving platter. Surround with broc-coli florets. Garnish with green pepper strips. Divide evenly. Makes 8 luncheon servings.
Party Sandwich
Monterey Soufflé Salad
Chilled Celery Log
My wife makes a similar dish called 'ants on a log' - its celery, stuffed with a cheese and with raisins or cranberries on the cheese. Its a nice, refreshing lunchtime snack.
Perfection Salad
2 envelopes unflavored gelatine
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 can (12 oz) apple juice
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 cup shredded carrot 1 cup sliced celery
1 cup finely shredded cabbage
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 can (4 oz) chopped pimiento
1. In small saucepan, combine gelatine, sugar, and salt; mix well.
2. Add 1 cup water. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar and gelatine are dissolved. Remove from heat.
3. Stir in apple juice, lemon juice, vinegar, and 1/4 cup cold water. Pour into medium bowl. Refrigerate 1 hour, or until mixture is consistency of unbeaten egg white.
4. Add carrot, celery, cabbage, green pepper, and pimiento; stir until well combined.
5. Turn into decorative, 1 1/2-quart mold. Refrigerate 4 hours,or until firm.
6. To unmold: Run small spatula around edge of mold; invert onto serving plate. Place hot dishcloth over mold; shake gently to release.
Repeat, if necessary. Lift off mold. refrigerate until ready to serve. Makes 8 servings.
I'm trying to figure out why most of these recipes involve throwing a bunch of meat and vegetables in gelatin and calling it salad.
Jellied Tomato Refresher
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
3 cups tomato juice
2 tablespoons dehydrated green pepper flakes
Artificial sweetener to equal 2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 packet instant beef broth and seasoning mix or 1 beef bouillon cube
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 medium green pepper, cut in rings (optional)
Sprinkle gelatin over cold water to soften. Combine tomato juice. green pepper flakes, sweetener, lemon juice, broth mix, Worcestershire, garlic salt, and cloves in saucepan. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Add softened gelatin; stir to dissolve. Pour into bowl. Refrigerate until set. Just before serving. beat lightly with fork. Spoon mixture, evenly divided, into 4 dessert dishes. Garnish with green pepper rings, if desired. Makes 4 servings.
Salad Loaf
Sweet And Sour Fish
INGREDIENTS:-
One fish (about 1 1/2 lb; use either yellow fish or garoupa)
2 tbsps oil
Oil for deep frying
Seasoning for fish:-
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. glutamate
1 tbsp. cornflour
1 1/2 tbsps. dry sherry
Sweet and sour sauce:-
1/3 cup white vinegar
3 tbsps. tomato sauce
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup diced onions
1 big red pepper (diced)
1 tbsp. cornflour
1 tbsp. oil
METHOD:-
1) Wash fish and dry thoroughly with clean cloth
2) Cult slanting slits along the fish.
3) Marinate fish with seasoning.
4) Deep fry fish in hot oil until golden brown. Remove from pan, cool for a few seconds. Fry again for 5-6 minutes (to ensure crispness).
5) While the fish is still deep frying, heat 2 tbsps oil in another pan; add in the diced vegetables and saute for a few seconds. Pour in the sweet and sour sauce mixture; thicken the sauce with cornflour and stir in 1 tbsp oil.
6) Dish out the ready-fried fish and drain off the excess fat. Place on a heated dish and pour sauce over it. Serve hot.
I don't get it - this looks fine. Its a fried fish smothered in sauce. Is the problem that the head is still on?
Cultural difference, it is a very common dish in Hong Kong. Actually, we often serve fish in whole (from head to tail) in Chinese cuisine.
I don't have any issue with this one, though I wonder how you get to the meat without it being a mess getting the skin off - plus, the meat isn't the bit that's been flavoured, so... why?
Load More Replies...but we do actually eat that in the Philippines.and we called it "escabeche"
and it tastes good..when i was young, my dad always cook it for dinner
Load More Replies...They chose the most horrible pic on this delicious dish. This is a great food.
ah yes... "Sweet 'n' Sour"... the American invention attributed to the Chinese, and now in a 70s Chinese cookbook? Okay, honestly, I don't mind McChinese food - and I'm sure at least some of you like Sweet 'n' Sour Pork, this is just sweet 'n' sour fish, same thing, different protein, and actually doesn't taste all that different - the sauce drowns everything. The biggest "issue" with this is really just the picture doesn't gel with modern North American aesthetics - East Asian cuisine has the fish head still attached all the time.
and bigger fish too! that picture seems lethargic hahaha
Load More Replies...Please, you didn't need to share the recipe. I won't be making this crime scene.
This is actually a pretty common dish in our country. Mostly, the fish is leftover fried dish from yesterday, cooked in tomato sauce. Served with pepper and pineapple. Yum...!
They serve this at Chinese restaurants all the time, although they don't throw peas in. What's the problem with this?
In the 1970s, sweet and sour sauce evidently meant "weird concoction made from tomato paste." I do have a wonderful sweet and sour sauce recipe from one of the first Chinese cookbooks printed in the USA in the 1940s. They actually had the addresses of suppliers in NY and SF where you could order Exotic Items like soy sauce, since they were not available in most supermarkets or grocery stores back then.
Anything with more than 5 ingredients is too complex for your taste buds to know the difference. Simplicity is best.
why? never been to asia before? wait till you see them spices in Indian food
Load More Replies...Also, can we please talk about the 97 ingredients required to sacrifice that horrified fish?!?!
This is like the ugly sister of a chinese food "crispy fish fillets with sweet and sour sauce"
My mother made sweet and sour liver once. 35 years later, I still very clearly remember the taste.
Prawn Stuffed Apples
Preparation time: 10 mins.
Main cooking utensils:
bowl, wooden toothpicks
For 6 people you need:
6 red-skinned eating apples lemon juice
Filling: 3 tablespoons thick mayonnaise
1 teaspoon tomato paste
dash Tabasco sauce
2 pickled cucumbers, finely sliced
4 stuffed olives, chopped
2/3 cup peeled prawns or shrimp
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Garnish:
6 whole prawns or shrimp
6 stuffed olives
1. Cut off the tops of the apples, and scoop out the insides to hollow them.
2. Remove all core and pips and dice remaining flesh.
3. Sprinkle the apples with lemon juice to prevent discoloration.
4. Mix the chopped apple with all the other filling ingredients.
5. Just before serving, pile into the apple cases.
6. Decorate with prawn and a stuffed olive on a wooden toothpick.
TO SERVE: With a green salad.
TO VARY: Use same filling with addition of chopped celery or omit the olives and add extra chopped gherkins and a few capers instead.
Piquant Herring Salad
Preparation time: 15 mins.
Main utensil: sharp knife
For 4 people you need:
4 pickled herrings
1 small onion
1 eating apple
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 pint soured cream (or 1/4 pint single cream and 1 dessertspoon lemon juice)
salt
white pepper
To pick 6 herrings:
Brine: 2 oz. salt
1 pint water
Spiced vinegar:
1 pint vinegar, preferably white
1 tablespoon pickling spices
Fillet 6 large herrings, soak in the brine for 2 hours. Roll herrings, cover with cold spiced vinegar made by boiling vinegar and spices. Put into screw top jars with sliced onion, bay leaf. Leave 5-6 days.
1. Drain herrings. Cut in half lengthways; cut each half into 4 strips.
2. Arrange on serving dish.
3. Slice onion. Cover with boiling water, drain after 1 minute.
4. Core and slice apple, sprinkle slices with lemon juice. Reserve a few apple slices for garnish.
5. Blend rest of apple, onion rings, cream and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice. Season well.
TO SERVE: Spoon dressing over herring pieces, garnish with apple slices – watercress may be used if desired.
TO VARY: Use yoghourt instead of soured cream, add a few capers and finely chopped gherkin to the mixture.
Pickled herring and beetroot salad: Mix chopped herrings with diced cooked potato, diced cooked beetroot, diced apples. Toss in mayonnaise.
TO STORE: Cover lightly with foil and keep in a cool place.
I'd actually eat this but my grandma was 100% Norwegian so that's how I was raised
Baked Bologna Jubilee
Silhouette Salad
Aspic-Glazed Lamb Loaf
Shrimp Sandwich Roll
Macaroni And Cheese Pizza
Spam And Banana Fritters
Tuna 'N Waffles
Simple Supper Mould
Banana Candles
Glazed Potato Salad
Vegetable Rice Medley
Vintage Food
I AM SAM. I AM SAM. SAM I AM. THAT SAM-I-AM! THAT SAM-I-AM! I DO NOT LIKE THAT SAM-I-AM! DO WOULD YOU LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM? I DO NOT LIKE THEM,SAM-I-AM. I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM.
Chopped Chicken Liver Paté
Liver In Lemon Sauce
6 slices beef liver, 1/2-inch thick (about 2 pounds)
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup oil
1 cup minced onion
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon lemon peel, grated
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons steak sauce
Season liver with salt and pepper. Dip in flour. Brown in oil in a large skillet. Cook to rare stage. Remove liver and keep warm. Add onions to pan and sauté. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons flour. While stirring, add remaining ingredients; simmer until thickened. Add salt to tasted. Add liver and simmer 10 minutes while spooning sauce over liver.
Note For unusual taste treat, substitute 2 teaspoons Angostura Bitters for steak sauce.
Serves 6
Preparate time: 25 min.
Approximate Calories per serving…350
Liver Sausage Pineapple
Prune And Marshmallow Coupe
Preparation time: 5 mins. Plus time for prunes to stand
Main utensil: fork
For 6 people you need:
12 bananas
1 cup milk or cream
sugar 2 taste
Decoration:
6 whole prunes (optional)
walnut halves
marshmallows
1. Pour boiling water over the prunes if using them and leave for several hours.
2. Take the prunes, walnuts, marshmallows, and the sugar in screw-top jars, and carry the milk or cream in a small vacuum flask.
3. To make the coupe, mash bananas and the milk or cream with a fork. Add sugar to taste.
TO SERVE: Put the mashed bananas in individual dishes or glasses and top with whole prunes, nuts, and marshmallows. This is an easy picnic dessert because it is easy to transport and there is very little preparation. Each person can easily make his own in his individual bowl.
Salads
Snowy Chicken Confetti Salad
Steamed Omelette (Gee Yuk Jing Dan)
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
To Serve: 4
You will need
4 eggs
2 oz. minced pork
1 teaspoon chopped water chestnuts
1 teaspoon chopped onion
1 teaspoon sherry
1 tablespoon soy sauce
pinch salt
1/4 teaspoon monosodium glutamate
1 1/2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon lard
Separate the egg white and yolk, beat the white and mix with minced pork, chopped water chestnuts, onion, sherry, soy sauce, salt, monosodium glutamate and water. Mix them well, remove the mixture into a deep plate or bowl which has been rubbed with lard. Add the yolk gently to the mixture as the photograph shows. Put the plate or bowl in the steamer and steam for 15 minutes.
Chicken Pretending To Be Cake
Velveeta Golden Glory Casserole: Mac And Cheese, Topped With Hard Boiled Eggs
Pork With Spaghetti
Beet And Pineapple Salad Mold
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 cup dietetic black-cherry or lemon-flavored soda
8 ounces cooked beets,chopped
4 slices canned pineapple, no sugar added. Cut in pieces plus 4 tablespoons juice
Brown sugar substitute to equal 1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon salt
Lettuce leaves
Sprinkle gelatin over dietetic soda in a small sauce-pan, to soften. Stir over low heat until gelatin is dis-solved. Refrigerate until mixture is syrupy. Combine beets. pineapple with juice, brown sugar substitute. lemon juice, and salt in a saucepan. Cook over low heat. stirring frequently, 4 minutes. Cool. Fold into gelatin mixture. Spoon into a 1-quart mold. Refrigerate until firm. Unmold on lettuce leaves. Divide evenly makes 4 servings.
I once worked in a hospital, this looks like what an alcoholic once coughed up.
Mushroom Stuffed Plaice
Zucchini-Tomato Molds
Preparation time: 20 min.
Cooking time: 5 min.
Chilling time: 2 to 3 hrs.
Quick, easy and refreshing in warm weather, these molds are also inexpensive.
For 4 servings you will need:
1 can (14 oz.) stewed tomatoes
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 tsp. each seasoned salt, sugar and parsley flakes or 1 Tbsp. fresh minced parsley
1/8 tsp. instant minced garlic
1/4 tsp. dried oregano leaves, crumbled
Dash hot pepper sauce
1 cup shredded zucchini (1 small)
Lettuce for garnish
Mayonnaise, salad dressing or sour cream
Preparation:
1. Drain juice from tomatoes into saucepan. Sprinkle with gelatin. Place over low heat about 5 min. stirring, until gelatin is dissolved.
2. Remove from heat. Add salt, sugar, parsley flakes or fresh parsley, garlic, oregano and hot pepper sauce, mixing well. Cool.
3. Meanwhile, cut tomatoes into small pieces. Add zucchini and cooled liquid. Mix well.
4. Divided among 4 individual molds or custard cups. Chill for 2 to 3 hrs. or until firm.
5. Unmold on lettuce-lined plates. Serve with mayonnaise, salad dressing, or sour cream.
Good served with: Cottage cheese, sliced cucumbers and Melba toast.
For 8 servings: Double the ingredients
Baked Stuffed Salmon
1 whole salmon (3-4 pounds)
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3/4 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup shredded onion
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
3 cups cooked rice
Lemon slices
Heat oven to 325°. Clean, wash and dry fish. Season fish with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Fill cavity with a mixture of rice, carrots, onion and celery. (Any leftover stuffing can be placed in a lightly greased baking dish and cooked along with fish). Top fish with lemon slices. Wrap securely in aluminum foil and bake in a shallow roasting pan – 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Unwrap and test fish with a fork (it should flake easily when done). Scrape off dark skin and slip fish onto a serving platter. Mask with Hollandaise Sauce and decorate with parsley, pimento and lemon wedges.
Serves 6 to 8
Preparation time: 2 to 2 1/2 HR.
Approximate calories per serving: 340
Fiesta Peach Spam Loaf
Velveeta Shortage
I remember this ad from when I was a little girl. It’s from the late 70s. We used to get Good Housekeeping magazine at our house and this ad was in it. And the mac and cheese my guardian would make had Velveeta in it as one of the “cheeses”. You couldn’t pay me to eat that stuff now.
Plaice And Cucumber Rolls
Cooking time: 20 mins.
Preparation time: 20 mins.
Main cooking utensils: ovenproof dish with lid, saucepan
Oven temperature: 375°F.
Oven position: center
For 4 people you need:
8 medium-sized plaice or flounder fillets
juice of 1 lemon
1 cup chopped cucumber
about 1/4 cup chopped sweet dill pickle
about 1/4 cup chopped capers
1 tablespoon vinegar
seasoning
Thin sauce:
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups milk
seasoning
2/3 cup dry white wine
Garnish:
prawns or shrimp
watercress
1. Put the fillets onto a pastry board.
2. Squeeze a little lemon juice over each fillet.
3. Mix cucumber, sweet dill pickle, capers, vinegar, rest of lemon juice, and seasoning together.
4. Roll fillets with cucumber mixture inside, lift carefully into greased baking dish.
5. Cover with lid or foil, bake until tender.
6. Make sauce by heating butter in pan.
7. Stir in flour, away from heat, cook roux over low heat for 3 minutes.
8. Gradually stir in cold milk, seasoning and wine.
9. Bring to boil, cook until thickened.
10. Lift fish rolls onto hot serving dish. Spook a little of the sauce over each, serve remainder in a sauceboat.
11. Garnish with prawns or shrimp, and watercress.
TO SERVE: Hot, as above, or cold with mayonnaise.
TO VARY: Use fillets of sole or whiting.
TO STORE: For a limited time only, covered in the refrigerator.
Creamed Veggie-Filled Pancakes With Canned Peach Garnish
Salmon Shortcake
Lobster Relish
Frankfurter Pie
Paper-Wrapped Fish
INGREDIENTS:-
1 lb fish fillet (cod or garoupa)
2 ozs. cooked ham (chopped)
1 oz. celery (chopped)
A little parsley
Oil for deep frying
Seasoning:-
3/4 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. sesame oil
2 tsp cornflour
For Wrapping:-
12 pieces of 6×6 inches greaseproof paper
METHOD:-
1) Cut fish fillet into pieces (about 1×2 inches), marinate with seasoning, mix in chopped ham and chopped celery.
2) Wrap two pieces of fish fillet, ham, celery and a little parsley with greaseproof paper into a small package.
3) Deep fry in hot oil for about 3-4 minutes. Arrange nicely on plate, Serve hot.
Shrimp Jambalaya – Creole Sauce
1 1/2 lb. cleaned, cooked shrimp
1/4 cup butter
3 firm bananas
Salt
3 cups hot, cooked rice
2 cups Creole Sauce, below
Heat shrimp in the top of a double boiler over hot water. Melt butter in a large skillet. Peel bananas and cut crosswise into halves. Fry bananas in hot butter over low heat turning to brown evenly. Cook just until tender, or until easily pierced with a fork. Remove from heat; sprinkle lightly with salt and keep warm. Make a bed of rice on a large, heated platter; arrange bananas around edge and shrimp on top. Pour part of the sauce on top; serve remainder on the side.
Makes 6 servings.
CREOLE SAUCE
1 medium-size onion
1 medium-size green pepper
1/3 cup fat or cooking oil
1 clove garlic, peeled
1/4 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 can (16 oz.) tomatoes
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 Tbsp. water
Chop the onion and green pepper. Heat fat in a skillet. Add garlic and next 5 ingredients. Cover and cook over low heat until tender but not brown, stirring occasionally. Continue cooking, covered, over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix water with cornstarch; stir into sauce. Cook 5 minutes longer; stir constantly until thick. Remove garlic. Makes about 2 cups.
Vegetable Quiche
Rosted Layered Sandwich Loaf
Ingredients
Ham-Pickle Filling, below
Chicken Salad Filling, below
Curried Egg Filling, below
Peeled tomatoes
1 loaf (about 1 lb. 13 oz.) unsliced sandwich bread
Butter or margarine
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing
2 packages (8 oz.) cream cheese
1/4 cups mayonnaise or salad dressing
2 tablespoons light cream
Directions
Prepare fillings; slice tomatoes; chill. Cut all crusts from bread with a sharp knife. Lay loaf on its side; cut into 5 even slices; spread 4 slices with soft butter or margarine.
Spread fillings on three slices; arrange tomatoes (halve slices if necessary) on the fourth slice; spread tomatoes with 2 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing. Stack slices; top with the fifth slice of bread. Combine cream cheese, 14 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing, and cream. Blend until smooth. Spread mixture on tops and sides of loaf.
Chill thoroughly. Garnish with sieved, hard-cooked egg yolks, if desired.
Ham-pickle filling: Mix 3 cans (2-1/4 oz. ea.) deviled ham and 1/4 cup chopped sour pickle. Chicken Salad Filling: Mix 1/3 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing; 1 tsp. grated onion; 1 tsp. lemon juice; 1/2 tsp. salt; dash of pepper; 1 cup chopped cooked chicken; 1/3 cup chopped celery; and 3 tbs. finely chopped parsley.
Curried egg filling: Mix 1/4 cup of mayonnaise or salad dressing; 1 tsp. prepared mustard; 1 tsp. grated onion; 1/2 tsp. curry powder; 1/2 tsp. salt; dash of black pepper; and 3 hard-cooked eggs, finely chopped.
Makes 8 to 10 servings
Deviled Eggs
Cooking time: 35-40 mins.
Preparation time: 20-25 mins.
Main cooking utensils: 3 saucepans
For 4 people you need:
Creole rice:
1 small onion, peeled
1 stalk celery
1 small green sweet pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup mushrooms
3/4 cup rice
1 1/2 cups stock
seasoning
Eggs and sauce:
4 eggs
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup flour
1 1/4 cups tomato juice
salt
1 teaspoon made mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
pinch brown sugar
1. Chop onion coarsely with celery and pepper, removing core and seeds.
2. Fry in the butter for 5 minutes without browning.
3. Add sliced mushrooms and rice, cook for further 4 minutes, add stock.
4. Cover pan, cook for 20 minutes or until no moisture remains. Season well.
5. Meanwhile hard-cook the eggs and make the sauce.
6. Melt the butter, stir in flour, cook for 2 minutes, remove from heat.
7. Gradually blend in tomato juice, simmer until thickened, add remaining ingredients, and cook for 5-10 minutes. Season well.
TO SERVE: Put rice into a hot dish, top with halved shelled eggs. Pour sauce over or serve separately.
TO VARY: If green pepper is not available, use canned pimiento. Omit mushrooms and add chopped bacon.
Glazed Ham Ring
2 beaten eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs (2 slices bread)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 pounds ground fully cooked ham
1 1/2 pounds ground pork
Glaze
Combine eggs, milk, crumbs and onion. Add ground meats, mixing well. Press mixture into lightly oiled 6-cup ring mold. Invert on shallow baking pan, remove mold. Bake in 350° oven for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare Glaze. Spoon some of the Glaze over ham ring. Continue baking about 30 minutes longer; repeat spooning glaze over meat several times, using all of the glaze. Serves 8 to 10.
Glaze: Blend 1/2 cup packed brown sugar and 1 tablespoon prepared mustard. Stir in 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 tablespoon water.
Orange Salad
Preparation time: 15 mins.
Main Utensil: sharp knife
For 4 people you need:
3-4 large oranges
French or vinaigrette dressing:
1 teaspoon made mustard
pinch salt
shake pepper
pinch sugar
scant 1/4 cup oil
1-2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice
Garnish:
lettuce
1. Cut the peel away from the oranges in such a way that you remove the white pith as well – this is quite difficult to do unless you have a very sharp knife. Cut the segments of orange away from the skin and remove any seeds.
2. To make French dressing: Blend mustard with other seasonings and the sugar, work in the oil with a wooden or metal spoon, then finally add the vinegar or lemon juice. A larger amount can be made and stored in a screw-topped jar.
3. Arrange the segments of orange on a bed of lettuce and top with a little French dressing.
TO SERVE: AN orange salad can be served with prawns or shrimp, hard cooked eggs, and radishes as the picture. It can also be served with duck or goose in place of or as well as vegetables.
TO VARY: Grapefruit may be used in place of orange, but sweeten the dressing a little bit more.
Quick Barbecued Frankfurters
Frankfurter Spectacular
It looks like the poop emoji wrapped itself around a pineapple crown.
Spam ‘N’ Limas
Tasty Ham Loaf Ring
Gelatine salads/everything was such a huge fad in the 60's. Some of them make me want to gag. GELATINE SALAD!
My parents had these cookbooks. The answer is: It was basically very cheap and it could trick you into being full more. Jellied meats have been around for centuries, and preserving things in jelly was very common. A lot of this stuff is pretty gross, but from memory, you could overcome the gross once you were hungry enough. And that's basically it - you've got to suddenly work out a way to feed guests on nothing. Out comes the gelatin.
Load More Replies...Part of me really wants to make these for when my in laws come visiting at Christmas.
They probably had this food as children - might make them nostalgic and then they may NEVER leave!!
Load More Replies...Half the problem is that the photos are so luridly colored. I mean, the food is mostly gross anyway, but the pictures make these, uh, “dishes” look so much worse.
You're right -- the color printing methods used were primitive compared to today's methods. Also, the profession of Food Stylist as it exists today must have been in its infancy then, if it existed at all. Food Stylists employ all kinds of artificial methods and materials to make food look more appetizing in photos, e.g. white glue instead of milk on cereal. https://www.theartcareerproject.com/careers/food-styling/
Load More Replies...I was a kid in the U.S.A. in the '60s. These hideous recipes / photos made up by food companies to advertise their products are good for a laugh now, but are NOT an accurate representation of the way people really cooked and ate in those days. My Mom used some of the convenience food products but in a normal way, e.g. pan-fried chicken with gravy made with Campbell's Golden Mushroom Soup; Rice-A-Roni as a side dish. Other typical dinner items were meat loaf, hamburgers, mashed potatoes, spaghetti with tomato/meat sauce, macaroni & cheese, vegetables, green salads. She made one molded gelatin dessert that was beautiful as well as delicious, a purple marbleized confection made with lemon Jello, blueberry pie filling, and real whipped cream.
That last one you mention sounds a LOT nicer than the other molded gelatin desserts featured above!
Load More Replies...I had to stop after 26 items because I couldn't stomach this anymore.
Some of this stuff doesn't sound bad. But the photography and over-the-top presentations make it look less than appetizing.
There is too much gelatin in these. And how is anything covered in it a salad?!
I heard that someone once actually came up with a recipe that involved putting pineapples on pizza!
So. Much. Gelatin. They left off my favorite recipe... It's sounds horrific, but tastes really good... Tuna Casserole. 1 box Kraft Mac & Cheese, 1 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup, 1 can of Tuna. Prepare the mac & cheese as per instructions, add soup & tuna. Spread buttered bread crumbs over the top and bake until the bread crumbs are golden brown.
Never had boxed Macaroni Cheese... When using macaroni and actual cheese is so easy (even I can do this one) what steps are shortened/removed in a boxed version and is it as good as freshly made? Wondering if I'm just wasting my time making it from scratch rather than using a box of the stuff! Also, how do you make breadcrumbs from bread that is buttered? Doesn't it just clump together? I'm no genius in the kitchen, obviously..!
Load More Replies...Ha, ha, ha! Good ideas to "surprise" my guests this Thanksgiving or even Christmas!
Its no wonder that they all drank and smoked so much during that era. For the love of all that is holy the only way to force most of those dishes down would be to do it totally tanked. BLECH!!!!
This was laugh out loud funny. Seriously, I didn't know whether to eat half or these or attack them! So love the more unique and original posts like this!
So... "back in the day" - it was all gelatin and Miracle Whip... and just like today, Asian dishes are found to be "strange"... Right. - organ meat and pig's feet, y'all, it's still good and sweet 'n' sour is still going on today...
my grandmother still makes Gelatin salads for every holiday. Usually lime ones with celery. All the kids bet each other to take a bite. So gross lol
Ah, the 70s: where everyone was colorblind and jello came in meat flavor.
Just add a little gelatin and Miracle Whip and call it dinner!
Load More Replies...I am wondering if most Americans don't realize the current recipes are quite questionable in the same way. Creamy, cheesy, bacony. Processed food mixing all possible ingredients. Colorful sugarish horrible cakes. The list is long.
I think most Americans don't realize the current recipes are quite questionable in the same way. Creamy, cheesy, bacony processed food... Or colorful sugarish horrible cakes, mixing all the possible ingredients. The list in quite long
While strange I love looking at these recipes. I created a site just for these type of vintage goodness (and not so good) at https://vintagerecipeproject.com
I would be emaciated if I had to eat that kind of sickening food on a regular basis. I'd rather starve to death.
"the combination of "sweet and sour" eg mayo and lime...." um.... mayo is not *meant* to be sweet. Only americanised mayo has sugar added, or worse yet, corn fructose syrup. :(
I think there's too many weird colors, too much processed meat, too much Miracle Whip (which is not a miracle in any stretch of the imagination), and too much gelatin. Just weird recipes that needed to go away.
Aspics and jellies became popular at the end of the 19th century among the wealthy. Then, with the advent of refrigerators, middle class people could make these dishes with gelatin that set in cold. So in essence, being able to successfully make and serve one of these dishes meant you had a refrigerator. You were now rich enough to mimic what the upper classes had been eating. As more people got refrigerators through the century, these abominable recipes spread like black mold.
Funny, I don't remember these things being common in the '60s and '70s. I remember seeing the recipes on Jell-O boxes and in magazines, but I don't recall very many people actually making them. Gelatin with fruit, yes, but not the rest.
If you're curious about stuff like this check out Emmymadeinjapan on YouTube. In her "you made what?" series she did dragonball weird aspic/gelatin things. Including one with spaghettios.
Great new weight-loss diet here! Just look at these pictures and you won't want anything to eat.
Some of these are gross( many abuses of bananas!) But the meat puddings and igloo look good .and salmon salad is similar to crab dip. I like jellied souse but i admit im weird.
I think that prior to serving most of these dishes I would have to yell, "Behold God's mistake!"
Mayonnaise and Gelatine… the 60's and 70,s dish. how could they still be alive
Mmmm, I can’t wait to make me a trifle with alternating layers of Miracle whip, pineapple, and beef-flavored aspic! Maybe I’ll throw some prawn heads in there for good measure.
Gelatine salads/everything was such a huge fad in the 60's. Some of them make me want to gag. GELATINE SALAD!
My parents had these cookbooks. The answer is: It was basically very cheap and it could trick you into being full more. Jellied meats have been around for centuries, and preserving things in jelly was very common. A lot of this stuff is pretty gross, but from memory, you could overcome the gross once you were hungry enough. And that's basically it - you've got to suddenly work out a way to feed guests on nothing. Out comes the gelatin.
Load More Replies...Part of me really wants to make these for when my in laws come visiting at Christmas.
They probably had this food as children - might make them nostalgic and then they may NEVER leave!!
Load More Replies...Half the problem is that the photos are so luridly colored. I mean, the food is mostly gross anyway, but the pictures make these, uh, “dishes” look so much worse.
You're right -- the color printing methods used were primitive compared to today's methods. Also, the profession of Food Stylist as it exists today must have been in its infancy then, if it existed at all. Food Stylists employ all kinds of artificial methods and materials to make food look more appetizing in photos, e.g. white glue instead of milk on cereal. https://www.theartcareerproject.com/careers/food-styling/
Load More Replies...I was a kid in the U.S.A. in the '60s. These hideous recipes / photos made up by food companies to advertise their products are good for a laugh now, but are NOT an accurate representation of the way people really cooked and ate in those days. My Mom used some of the convenience food products but in a normal way, e.g. pan-fried chicken with gravy made with Campbell's Golden Mushroom Soup; Rice-A-Roni as a side dish. Other typical dinner items were meat loaf, hamburgers, mashed potatoes, spaghetti with tomato/meat sauce, macaroni & cheese, vegetables, green salads. She made one molded gelatin dessert that was beautiful as well as delicious, a purple marbleized confection made with lemon Jello, blueberry pie filling, and real whipped cream.
That last one you mention sounds a LOT nicer than the other molded gelatin desserts featured above!
Load More Replies...I had to stop after 26 items because I couldn't stomach this anymore.
Some of this stuff doesn't sound bad. But the photography and over-the-top presentations make it look less than appetizing.
There is too much gelatin in these. And how is anything covered in it a salad?!
I heard that someone once actually came up with a recipe that involved putting pineapples on pizza!
So. Much. Gelatin. They left off my favorite recipe... It's sounds horrific, but tastes really good... Tuna Casserole. 1 box Kraft Mac & Cheese, 1 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup, 1 can of Tuna. Prepare the mac & cheese as per instructions, add soup & tuna. Spread buttered bread crumbs over the top and bake until the bread crumbs are golden brown.
Never had boxed Macaroni Cheese... When using macaroni and actual cheese is so easy (even I can do this one) what steps are shortened/removed in a boxed version and is it as good as freshly made? Wondering if I'm just wasting my time making it from scratch rather than using a box of the stuff! Also, how do you make breadcrumbs from bread that is buttered? Doesn't it just clump together? I'm no genius in the kitchen, obviously..!
Load More Replies...Ha, ha, ha! Good ideas to "surprise" my guests this Thanksgiving or even Christmas!
Its no wonder that they all drank and smoked so much during that era. For the love of all that is holy the only way to force most of those dishes down would be to do it totally tanked. BLECH!!!!
This was laugh out loud funny. Seriously, I didn't know whether to eat half or these or attack them! So love the more unique and original posts like this!
So... "back in the day" - it was all gelatin and Miracle Whip... and just like today, Asian dishes are found to be "strange"... Right. - organ meat and pig's feet, y'all, it's still good and sweet 'n' sour is still going on today...
my grandmother still makes Gelatin salads for every holiday. Usually lime ones with celery. All the kids bet each other to take a bite. So gross lol
Ah, the 70s: where everyone was colorblind and jello came in meat flavor.
Just add a little gelatin and Miracle Whip and call it dinner!
Load More Replies...I am wondering if most Americans don't realize the current recipes are quite questionable in the same way. Creamy, cheesy, bacony. Processed food mixing all possible ingredients. Colorful sugarish horrible cakes. The list is long.
I think most Americans don't realize the current recipes are quite questionable in the same way. Creamy, cheesy, bacony processed food... Or colorful sugarish horrible cakes, mixing all the possible ingredients. The list in quite long
While strange I love looking at these recipes. I created a site just for these type of vintage goodness (and not so good) at https://vintagerecipeproject.com
I would be emaciated if I had to eat that kind of sickening food on a regular basis. I'd rather starve to death.
"the combination of "sweet and sour" eg mayo and lime...." um.... mayo is not *meant* to be sweet. Only americanised mayo has sugar added, or worse yet, corn fructose syrup. :(
I think there's too many weird colors, too much processed meat, too much Miracle Whip (which is not a miracle in any stretch of the imagination), and too much gelatin. Just weird recipes that needed to go away.
Aspics and jellies became popular at the end of the 19th century among the wealthy. Then, with the advent of refrigerators, middle class people could make these dishes with gelatin that set in cold. So in essence, being able to successfully make and serve one of these dishes meant you had a refrigerator. You were now rich enough to mimic what the upper classes had been eating. As more people got refrigerators through the century, these abominable recipes spread like black mold.
Funny, I don't remember these things being common in the '60s and '70s. I remember seeing the recipes on Jell-O boxes and in magazines, but I don't recall very many people actually making them. Gelatin with fruit, yes, but not the rest.
If you're curious about stuff like this check out Emmymadeinjapan on YouTube. In her "you made what?" series she did dragonball weird aspic/gelatin things. Including one with spaghettios.
Great new weight-loss diet here! Just look at these pictures and you won't want anything to eat.
Some of these are gross( many abuses of bananas!) But the meat puddings and igloo look good .and salmon salad is similar to crab dip. I like jellied souse but i admit im weird.
I think that prior to serving most of these dishes I would have to yell, "Behold God's mistake!"
Mayonnaise and Gelatine… the 60's and 70,s dish. how could they still be alive
Mmmm, I can’t wait to make me a trifle with alternating layers of Miracle whip, pineapple, and beef-flavored aspic! Maybe I’ll throw some prawn heads in there for good measure.