Boomers: back in the day, what food did you parents rely on (canned, boxed, etc.) (2015, kids)
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I remember paying for those little boxes of milk, too.
I can remember the long line outside the cafeteria at elementary school. Cannot remember junior high. High school is foggy. I don't remember any trauma in the cafeteria lunchroom in high school. I don't remember what I ate, either! Darn it.
Does anybody else remember their school cafeteria lunches??
I remember paying for those little boxes of milk, too.
I can remember the long line outside the cafeteria at elementary school. Cannot remember junior high. High school is foggy. I don't remember any trauma in the cafeteria lunchroom in high school. I don't remember what I ate, either! Darn it.
Does anybody else remember their school cafeteria lunches??
I remember another poor unfortunate brown bagging kid when we were in the crowded hallway heading to the cafeteria. Someone behind him gave him a flat (stepped on his heel causing his shoe to come halfway off) and he moved over to the side of the hall to fix it.
He set his lunch bag down and one of the crowd kicked it and his apple rolled out and it kept getting kicked down the hall, he finally retrieved his bruised little soccer ball and put it back in his sack. A few days later he started wearing those Keds high-top tennis shoes so he wouldn't have to worry about anymore flats.
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.
My mom used a pressure cooker sometimes. The food was good but the jiggling noise drove me crazy. Once I snuck in the kitchen and turned down the gas to make the jiggling stop but mom turned it back up. I hated that thing.
A block of disgusting scrapple was always in the refrigerator. My grandmother lived with us, and did a lot of the cooking. One of her staples during the Depression had been scrapple and potatoes fried in lard, often twice a day. During the 70's she'd still serve us this grease several times a week, even for breakfast during the winter. We weren't poor, we didn't live on a farm and have to walk 10 miles to a one room schoolhouse...this was the suburbs during the 70's. Her cooking never evolved since the Depression. I've always HATED scrapple. When I go back home for visits, my mother will always say, "We have scrapple", like she's offering me a treat.
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My mom worked full time for the local school district so she would get home at about 4-5pm (unheard of in a lot of today's working world) and she would use her good ole old-fashioned electric can opener to open a can of Franco American Spaghetti or Chef Boyardee ravioli. Another favorite was Hamburger Helper. Rice-A-Roni too. Uncle Ben's Minute Rice. Campbell's Pork 'N' Beans. I'm trying to remember what else was popular then. Help me out!
My father was very particular about food and usually expected a meat, potato, and vegetable. We usually had a salad with Italian dressing. My father liked most foods fried, so we ate a lot of fried pork chops and fried potatoes. The vegetable was either canned, frozen, or sometimes fresh like green beans. My mother also had a pressure cooker. She used it for stuffed cabbage, stuffed green peppers, and chili. Spaghetti was also a favorite at least once a week. We neve at canned stuff like Franco American Spaghetti or Chef Boyardee ravioli. We also never ate Hamburger Helper. My father didn't like rice, so that was never a side dish. We also ate a lot of fresh corn on the cob when it was in season.
In the 40s, fresh fruit/veggies were no available out of season, so every meal came partly out of a can. Few houses had large- capacity freezers, much bigger than two ice cube trays.
Spam, tuna, corned beef. Jello was universal, and quick pudding.
Plastic packaging was uncommon until the 60s. Loaves of bread paper-wrapped. Milk in waxed cardboard cartons.
A block of disgusting scrapple was always in the refrigerator. My grandmother lived with us, and did a lot of the cooking. One of her staples during the Depression had been scrapple and potatoes fried in lard, often twice a day. During the 70's she'd still serve us this grease several times a week, even for breakfast during the winter. We weren't poor, we didn't live on a farm and have to walk 10 miles to a one room schoolhouse...this was the suburbs during the 70's. Her cooking never evolved since the Depression. I've always HATED scrapple. When I go back home for visits, my mother will always say, "We have scrapple", like she's offering me a treat.
oh my goodness. What do you say to your mom when she says that?!
Anyone remember when our mothers would volunteer as lunch ladies?
Go ahead, now try to throw that bologna and cheese sandwich with mayo out but you better be fast.
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oh my goodness. What do you say to your mom when she says that?!
