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17 Vintage Recipes From the 1970s We’re Happy Do Not Exist Anymore!
vintage everyday ^ | 11/29/2020

Posted on 11/30/2020 11:56:49 AM PST by mylife

There was a time when bananas were considered a perfectly reasonable option for a dish’s main component. Food in loaf form was also popular. Cookbooks with names like McCall’s Great American Recipe Card Collection and Betty Crocker’s Dinner in a Dish Cookbook trotted these dishes out as quick and easy ways to feed your family and impress your guests, and similar recipes were also featured in magazines like Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens.

We’re not sure if dishes like these were all some sort of prank orchestrated by the editors of these magazines, or whether Betty Crocker and Better Homes were getting serious kickbacks from the mayonnaise, gelatin, and banana industries. But believe it or not, everything here was published with complete sincerity, and, presumably, some people actually cooked these recipes and fed them to their families or friends.

Here are 17 recipes from the 1971 Betty Crocker card catalogue, a collection of dishes we should be glad we’ll (most likely) never be forced to eat.


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To: Bullish

LOL!!!!

Makes a turd...


21 posted on 11/30/2020 12:09:46 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: colorado tanker

Correct. Wish I could find ma Lurkin’s Betty Crocker book, but seems to have disappeared during a move.


22 posted on 11/30/2020 12:10:31 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: mylife

Hey!

Frank n Bean Bake, Sombrero Pie and Ribbon Meatloaf are still pretty good comfort food.

The rest - meh. Most I never tried.


23 posted on 11/30/2020 12:11:32 PM PST by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: Red Badger

One was even worse. They thought it was probably a good dish but bristled at it saying something about pleasing your man.

My wife was raised in the 60’s and embraced the teaching about marriage. No wonder we’ve been happily married for so long and going stronger every year.

Also, she’s such a good cook that the only reason we ever go out to eat is to give her a break.


24 posted on 11/30/2020 12:11:52 PM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: TiGuy22

I have actually had and really liked, Cheeseburger pie.


25 posted on 11/30/2020 12:12:09 PM PST by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - Dad's wisdom)
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To: mylife

a couple could be made today to be edible

but they all did have a caveat as being budget meals,....


26 posted on 11/30/2020 12:12:45 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TiGuy22

Still have the Cheeseburger Pie from time to time. However, we call it Hamburger Cheese Plop...


27 posted on 11/30/2020 12:13:43 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: Slyfox

Peas look way over cooked in any case


28 posted on 11/30/2020 12:15:01 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
There were six of us kids in a 1956 Chevy Nomad after the baby of the family was born in 1962. The back seats were always folded down. The driver (usually Dad) and two lucky kids (usually my older brothers) would sit in front. The other five of us would sit on the floor in the back. When Mom wasn't trying to get some shut-eye to spell off Dad, she was usually making bologna sandwiches and passing them around.

Sometimes, we would get a slice of cheese with time. Sometimes, tomatoes (if they were in season), and sometimes mustard. But usually only bologna and mayo.

Drinks? Dad had one of those gallon jugs we put in the freezer the night before and would pass around. Mom would pour a sippy cup for the little kids, but by the time you were six or seven, you drank straight from the jug.

29 posted on 11/30/2020 12:15:58 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: mylife

I grew up on dollar-stretching food. Had a full-time Mom.

Goulash, tuna casserole, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, salmon patties, Jello salads, sausage & kraut, chicken & dumplings, baked beans, pot roast, rice (then rice pudding tomorrow), stuffed cabbage, Koolaid.

I make molded seafood mousse. Bad-mouthed but actually delicious.


30 posted on 11/30/2020 12:16:47 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Slyfox

To many peas and WTF are those orange things? cumquats?


31 posted on 11/30/2020 12:17:11 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: BenLurkin

We have a copy published in 1974. I use it often for biscuits and rolls.

L


32 posted on 11/30/2020 12:17:19 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: mylife

I still have my Grandmother’s Betty Crocker cookbook from the 1930’s. The only cook book I’ve found since then that is comparable for variety and sound cooking instructions is Julia Childs’ “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”. The 70’s were pretty weird though. It was the first stage of women transitioning from full-time homemaker to part-time homemaker. Those recipes were attempts to create elegant home style dishes with precooked foods that were proliferating. I think I’ll get a few cookbooks from that era. They were very imaginative and colorful.


33 posted on 11/30/2020 12:19:15 PM PST by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: Bullish

Haha. Dump dinners.

I just cracked up yesterday when Trump kept referring to the HUGE DUMP, referring to the dumping of votes early in the morning.


34 posted on 11/30/2020 12:19:21 PM PST by Trumplican
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To: Slyfox
WAY TOO MANY PEAS

All we are saying is give peas a chance

35 posted on 11/30/2020 12:19:47 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: cuban leaf

Us too. But since this damned Covid nonsense we’ve not been ‘out’ even on our anniversary, 41 years.

We go only to places that have drive thru, and even then we are careful...........


36 posted on 11/30/2020 12:19:48 PM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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To: mylife

Oh it wasn’t all bad, I lived on fried bologna sangwiches

I love fried bologna sandwiches. Fry up the sliced bologna in a pan with butter. Little pit of mayo. Lettuce if you wish. Lightly toast the bread. Mmm. Mmm.


37 posted on 11/30/2020 12:20:14 PM PST by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: TiGuy22

I make a version of cheeseburger pie.

In a square 8x8 dish, I layer cooked, seasoned (to your taste) hamburger, pressed down firmly.

Add a layer of thin slices of tomatoes.

Then spread your choice of cheese (the “meltier” the better)over the tomatoes.

Then add a layer of “mostly” baked tater tots and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Let it rest for 10 minutes or so. I call it “Tater Tot Cheeseburger”.

You can experiment with other ingredients you put on your burger.


38 posted on 11/30/2020 12:20:17 PM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: mylife

Its DUMP Dinners!


39 posted on 11/30/2020 12:21:05 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: nesnah

Remember: eat every carrot and pea on your plate.

There are children starving in China!


40 posted on 11/30/2020 12:21:59 PM PST by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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