Boomers: back in the day, what food did you parents rely on (canned, boxed, etc.) (grandmother, older)
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Oh my gosh, some of those Jello salad concoctions were the worst. I could deal with the canned fruit. But those "salads" with the lime Jello, cottage cheese, Green Goddess salad dressing, mayo and who knows what all else were an absolute horror.
Yea pressure cooker popular in 1940s, 50s, and 60s. It was the way to go you wanted to tenderize tough cuts meat. Only thing meat came out kinda unappetizingly grey. But it was moist and tender and FULLY COOKED. Super heated steam will do that.
My mother never used pressure cooker or canner, she was afraid of stuff like that. Though odd one is afraid of 15psi pressure, must never ride in a car with those 35psi tires at each corner and one in trunk. Just think if they exploded... LOL
Modern computerized pressure cookers dont do over 7psi I think. And sure wont have longevity of those heavy cast aluminum ones from 30s, 40s, and 50s. The old school ones with wood handles.
I have a pressure cooker - it is heavy aluminum. It did "explode" once - basically it has a pressure relief button and that will pop off.
It is also important to get a new o-ring for it each year.
Oh my gosh, some of those Jello salad concoctions were the worst. I could deal with the canned fruit. But those "salads" with the lime Jello, cottage cheese, Green Goddess salad dressing, mayo and who knows what all else were an absolute horror.
mmmm - I love Green Goddess dressing. I have even made my own. So yummy.
None of that. My mother cooked from scratch. No, this is not some post about how superior my mother was. She cooked meat to shoe leather. She's the only person I ever knew who dried out a leg of lamb.
Your mom, bless her heart, was probably one of those old schoolers who thought meat would kill you if you didn't cook it into charcoal. That was the old fear of the pre-fridge days; parasites, botulism, etc. Meat had to be burned to a crisp or it was gonna kill you.
Whoa that was my house except for the enchiladas and burritos, omelettes, Suzy-Q's and add in waffles and applesauce. My dad ate Wheaties and Special K.
I forgot to add hot dogs with chili or cheese or tacos. Yea, the homemade enchiladas were just legendary.
My Mom relied on a lot of "easy-to-cook" foods for lunches for us kids, including franks and beans (no SPAM, thankfully), but prepared better meals for dinner.
Wow, thanks for bringing up lunch. I know I had lunch pails (can't remember anything specific), I know I had lunches inside them (can't remember anything specific). Gonna have to think about this.
I do remember that later in our childhoods (Boomers) the wide mouth plastic thermos came about...
Wow, thanks for bringing up lunch. I know I had lunch pails (can't remember anything specific), I know I had lunches inside them (can't remember anything specific). Gonna have to think about this.
I do remember that later in our childhoods (Boomers) the wide mouth plastic thermos came about...
We didn't have lunch boxes, we had paper bags with strict instructions to bring them home when they were empty so we could use them the next day. They usually lasted about a month before they wore out. I do remember other kids that had lunch boxes, usually pictures of TV shows were on them, Gunsmoke, Batman, Quick Draw McGraw and stuff like that.
Since we didn't have a thermos we were given 3 cents for milk.
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On second thought, there's a good reason there isn't one!
