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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: Harpotoo

81 posted on 11/30/2020 12:54:02 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (If liberals had a conscience, they wouldn't be liberals. )
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To: NEMDF

Oh yeah, liver & onions for us, too. Still make it in honor of Dad. And spaghetti & a salad often. And fried bologna sammies. Oh, yeah!


82 posted on 11/30/2020 12:54:53 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: mylife
This thread is crying out for a link to the Gallery of Regrettable Food.

83 posted on 11/30/2020 12:55:02 PM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“Bloody Vikings!”


84 posted on 11/30/2020 12:57:20 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: All

Does anyone recall “Mock City Chicken”?


85 posted on 11/30/2020 12:57:31 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Flick Lives

“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.”

Fried bologna and cheese on white with mustard. One of the best things for lunch.


86 posted on 11/30/2020 12:58:03 PM PST by ebshumidors ( )
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To: kaehurowing

Cheese fondue never went out of style.


87 posted on 11/30/2020 12:59:03 PM PST by CJ Wolf (#wwg1wga #Godwins - What is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them.. )
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To: polymuser
Kids today wouldn't believe you. But I do because those old engines had a little hollow spot inside that would keep the food from falling off. Plus there was an insulated blanket between the hood and the engine. It was a standard safety feature in vehicles of that era.

We also carried baling wire and duct tape. I had a muffler come loose near Miles City, Montana back in the 1970s. I slid under the car and reattached it with baling wire, duct tape and a set of those fencing pliers.

That's the way it was.

88 posted on 11/30/2020 1:00:13 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Arkansas Tider

You each had your OWN mason jar? My, didn’t you live in the lap of luxury, LOL!


89 posted on 11/30/2020 1:02:03 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

I do like fried baloney occasionally.


90 posted on 11/30/2020 1:02:23 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Noumenon

Don’t forget the onion.... Sliced as thick as the slice of braunschweiger


91 posted on 11/30/2020 1:04:18 PM PST by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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To: mylife

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

Oh yeah. Back in the 50’s and 60’s.


92 posted on 11/30/2020 1:05:41 PM PST by dljordan
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To: caseinpoint

The Library of Congress has hundreds, if not thousands, of PDFs of old cookbooks. Tens of MBs a piece, with a number over 100MB.


93 posted on 11/30/2020 1:06:30 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Vigilanteman

I’ve heard about dishwasher salmon, too.


94 posted on 11/30/2020 1:07:53 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: SJackson

Go for the SPAM, stay for the Vikings. They’re a riot!


95 posted on 11/30/2020 1:11:17 PM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Calvin Locke

I will have to check it out.


96 posted on 11/30/2020 1:11:49 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: Noumenon

I *love* Braunschweiger! Add some raw onion.


97 posted on 11/30/2020 1:11:50 PM PST by dinodino ( )
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To: dinodino

ditto dino!


98 posted on 11/30/2020 1:14:53 PM PST by CJ Wolf (#wwg1wga #Godwins - What is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them.. )
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To: hellinahandcart

ping!


99 posted on 11/30/2020 1:20:14 PM PST by sauropod (Let them eat kale. I will not comply. Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis. This is how Democracy dies.)
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To: mylife

Not that, but I remember something “mock apple pie”. I think the recipe was on the box of Ritz crackers. It did not use apple slices, just crackers with the pie seasonings. I think we had it ONCE just to see if it really tasted like apple pie.


100 posted on 11/30/2020 1:20:25 PM PST by NEMDF
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