Which of these Middle-Class foods do you still crave today?

@SassyyjuicyMaria

14 күн бұрын

Ratatouille & Boulabaisse

@marvinheemeyer6660

6 күн бұрын

I remember back in the 90's Hambrger Helper had "Chicken Helper" and Chicken Tetrazini was one of the varieties. I used to love it. So now as an adult with culinary skills, it's time to bring back a childhood favorite, from scratch.

@user-ub5tk4hv6r

2 күн бұрын

I still crave most of these dishes, especially the tetrazzinis--but I never recall that rabbit dishes were popular, and I never even heard of that "Hawaiian" horror. Someone said liverwurst should be eaten on rye or pumpernickel which I will not disagree with, but back then the most common was white bread, smeared with mayo and topped with a slice of onion. The soft mouth feel was important, so Wonder Bread ok, a sourdough would be an abomination. To the palates of the time I think the fat in the mayo enhanced the creaminess of the liver, while mellowing its assertive flavor--the vinegary sharpness of mustard I think was unnecessary and only needed now to counteract the flavors of rye or pumpernickel. I still have occasional fond memories of baloney and swiss, or olive loaf, or head cheese--but passing nostalgia, mainly. Roast goose seems either Victorian, or Mitteleuropa to me, not '70s. I love chicken a la king, sloppy joes, eggs and corned beef hash, Salisbury steak, etc. but I guess these became popular well before the '70s even if no one eats them now. I think you forget both the cheese and beef fondues still popular in the '70s, although I guess they also date to maybe the '60s or even late '50s.

@JohnReed-uc2wk

Күн бұрын

Tetrazinnia, Liverwurst sandwiches - add limburger, corn fritters, potato risoles, steak Diane, several others of these are all on my favorite list

My mom's favorite dish was turkey tetrazzini. I made it for her for her 80th birthday. It was so rich that we couldn't eat more than a small portion. That was her last birthday. I made Broccoli Green Rice Casserole and Boston cream pie for her. She was so happy to enjoy her favorite dishes on her last birthday.

@libertylady1952

11 күн бұрын

Bless you for taking such good care of her.

My mother had a Joy of Cooking cookbook and a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook and a Betty Crocker cookbook. These were my holy grails growing up!

I was born in the early 1960s. By the end of the decade and into the mid 1970s, we ate every one of these foods. Often, because we LIKED them, and I still do!

I remember when I was about 8 years old, I was spending the night at a friends house and her mom served us frogs legs. At the time, she made us think they were chicken. Once we tried them, we cleaned our plates. After dinner, she told us what we had eaten. My friend got sick, but I liked them so I told her mom I can’t wait to eat them again!

I remember my mom having fondue parties in the 70's.

Steak Diane is still a staple in my house. Easy and fancy looking!

I didn't eat middle class meals in the 70s and 80s. I ate poor mans meals. I was in my early 30s before i could afford to make middle class meals at home. Thanks to that sacrifice i now own a house.....well, i own 25%, my wife owns 25% and the Bank owns the other 50%.

I still am a liverwurst sandwich person, and hadn't thought about corn fritters for years....

I just love American dishes. Cheers from México

@tinyacres2827

7 күн бұрын

I love Mexican dishes! Cheers from US!

I was a teen during the 70s and never had any of these meal items.

@SearTrip

13 күн бұрын

Likewise. I think a chatbot made this list.

@LAWandCoach

12 күн бұрын

Me too. However my mother did make Turkey Tetrazzini and Chicken Cacciatore (they didn't mention). The rest came from Better Crocker or Better homes and Gardens cookbooks or magazines is where my mother got her recipes. Oh! They left out tuna casserole!

@ampa4989

11 күн бұрын

I've seen these mentioned in books from the 70s, including Heartburn. I think they were for "fancy" people.

@lostmoose9994

11 күн бұрын

Lots of it is 1st generation immigrants dishes from Europe.

@fiorellafenati5395

11 күн бұрын

@@LAWandCoach bsolutely false and unlikely that this tetrazzini style stuff comes from Italy, a bit like Alfredo: they don't exist, they are probably Americans or Italian Americans who invent a scary cuisine and then say it's Italian, Italian cuisine is much healthier and lighter of that horrible food!

Seeing how things are going for the American middle-class, more food will vanish from their tables.

@Iceis_Phoenix

13 күн бұрын

the food prices here in pgh pa at aldi are gr8 i got a ton of food

@thaisstone5192

13 күн бұрын

A lot of them could benefit from losing weight.

@tonypreston7278

13 күн бұрын

Not if you live on a budget and stop buying things you can’t afford

@shelbybuckles1242

10 күн бұрын

Most of these recipes were out of reach for the poorer people like my family. Rabbits, frogs and others meats were what We lived on. Because they didn't have to be bought.

@Donathon-qx8kq

9 күн бұрын

Actually our (US,) economy is fantastic just around 3 years after a generational plague.... really, honestly, it really going to get better...in fact young people will probably have more opportunities than even us Boomers.... it's just going to be different sadly people are terrified of change

I loved liverwurst! So creamy! Great sandwiches, Especially with sliced tomatoes! Turkey tetrazzini was popular after Thanskgiving! Heard of all those dishes but very few were cooked in my home in the seventies!

Growing up in the 1970s, sharing cooking duties with my sister, we may have heard of many of these fancy dishes, but made very few of them. Most nights were some version of hamburger or ham, usually in Hamburger Helper. Occasionally we would make oyster stew for our father. Given the higher prices of meat in the '70s, a budget of $25 a week for food, and two inexperienced young cooks in the kitchen, we were lucky not to burn the tuna noodle casserole.

I dont remember eating any of these recipes but I do remember upping my cooking game in the 1970's.

I love Oyster Stew my Father used to make at least once a week He was a great cook and I miss Him so much. He passed away Labor Day Weekend in 2016 He had both of his knees replaced and the last one got a blood clot He went to the hospital and they put Him on Blood Thinners and they wanted Him to stay but my Step Mother didn't want to be bothered with going to see him. The Dr said that he would have been ok if he had just stayed in the hospital. We found out that He passed away in Facebook and she remarried with in 6 months my Father left a Farm with Black Angus Cattle and her and her drug addict son sold everything they could her son burned the barn down with his Harley Davidson in side it and his guns we live in Avondale, AZ the only good thing she can't sell the Farm, land, House because it goes to Me and my siblings !!

That Herring Salad was a fright 😳

@RedClover1987

14 күн бұрын

Beets are vile

@charlie1567

14 күн бұрын

White and Red Hering Salad is a classic dish of the traditional German kitchen . You find it in every supermarket. The white salad is prepared with onions, apples some herbs and the red version adds beets for colour. Potatoes are not added though (that is the Eastern European tradition). We would eat this salad with rustic / artisan bread or fried potatoes. The earthy flavour of the beets is not that present because the Hering”s dominant flavour overshadows it. In fact if prepared with a light mayonnaise, it is quite healthy as the components contain so much iron, minerals, good fish omega oils etc. With fresh apple pieces it also has a nice crunch to it. So taste wise you get many different flavours: the slightly salty , soft texture and fish taste, the slightly acid and fruity and sometimes even sweet taste of crunchy apples, some sharpness from the the onions and the more firm texture with the cooked beets. If you ever come to Europe, give it a try. Well prepared it literally activates so many different taste sensors, it is in my humble opinion surprisingly good (though maybe not the best looking ...) 😊

@williamfogwell6799

10 сағат бұрын

Still having it occasionally

Liversausage, Braunschweiger, Liverwurst, whichever you call it--is best on Rye bread or Pumpernickel. Not white bread.

@lindachadwick7358

8 күн бұрын

I learned to like Braunschweiger on soft white bread with butter or margarine. My mom liked to have it occasionally and we kids would have it too also in the late 60’s and early 70’s.

@robertsteele474

4 сағат бұрын

Mayo?

Well at least someone got Chicken Tetrazzini right. People have literally argued with me that the dish was from Italy 😂

A big staple of the US NAVY shipboard menu turkey tetrazini

Oooo! Liverwurst lotsa mayo on white bread....nothing else . It's an indulgence for me, and liverwurst is on my grocery now 😊 Everytime I watch these things I end up wanting so much more on my grocery list

Ratatouille was the first recipe I watched Julia Child make on The French Chef. I still make it occasionally.

Stick pineapple in it and it becomes Hawaiian. People are simple creatures 🤷🏼‍♀️ We still eat corn fritters, Steak Diane, and half the other recipes you mentioned.

My German grandmother used to make us liverwurst sandwiches in the 1970’s. My brother still eats them! 🤮

Tuna Mornay was another one we ate. Beef Stroganoff was always a treat. My mother used to make her own sour cream.

@sandralouth3103

10 күн бұрын

Swedish meatballs too...with either rice or mashed potatoes.

@karenkershaw6324

10 күн бұрын

@@sandralouth3103 Yes, I remember them.

I still make oyster stew.

Frog legs are DELICIOUS!

I remember eating some of these in the 90s when I was growing up I turn 40 in March 2025

My grandma and mother were good cooks.

Liverwurst & Braunschweiger were how I learned to like liver. For some reason, Christmas Eve, in pre- Vatican II , was a day of fast & abstinence, so no meat

@robertsteele474

4 сағат бұрын

I still don't like beef liver and onions, but I love Liverwurst, Braunschweiger, and Chicken Liver.

@marylist1236

4 сағат бұрын

@@robertsteele474 I love chicken livers too. I live where there's a Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken restaurant, and they have fried chicken livers, and I order them from time to time

@robertsteele474

2 сағат бұрын

@@marylist1236 A local sandwich shop used to make chopped chicken liver sandwiches. Rye bread, Chopped chicken liver, Sour cream, Cucumber slices, Red onion, and Dill.

@marylist1236

2 сағат бұрын

@@robertsteele474 That sounds delicious. I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where do you live ? I ask, because that sounds like it's straight out of a delicatessen

@robertsteele474

2 сағат бұрын

Fried beef liver is still far from a favorite though.

When my boys were young i introduced them to rabbit stew. We raised them, and i showed the boys how to skin and prepare the rabbit. Wben i was a kid i ate a rabbit burger when visiting a friend's house. They raised rabbits and had ground some .

I make chicken tettrezina without mushrooms. Yum.😊

Love liverwurst.

Borscht very popular in Poland who are quite accustomed to adding Vodka to it !

@godivaferguson2802

14 күн бұрын

My Ukrainian relatives make borscht too.

I'm going to bring a few back to life. Some of them look great like Celery Victor.

I grew up in the South in the 50's. We had corn fritters frequently at dinner, cooked by both my mother and my grandmother, so they have been around a while! I continued the tradition by making several types of fritters for my family - corn, zucchini, tuna. All are delicious.

Toasted rye bread, lay the liverwurst down, then red onion slices, then spicy brown mustard, and finish with a dollop of horseradish.

Steak Diane was named after the Goddess Diana

As a British person the title of this video makes sense to me, but I always thought the USA prided itself on NOT having a class system?

@Dindasayswhynot

13 күн бұрын

It's not a class system like UK has. It's an economic designation. No one thought all that much about it 'til the media began yammering on about it in a political sense.

RIP Liverwurst sandwiches. You will NOT be missed.

@sandralouth3103

10 күн бұрын

I like it on dark rye with thin sliced and pickled red onions, stone ground mustard and a nice good beer.

@phillipstephens4522

10 күн бұрын

Is it the wurst liver?

@shelbybuckles1242

10 күн бұрын

We call to braunsswager

@bethdabruzzo7112

10 күн бұрын

I ate a liverwurst sandwich every Saturday while watching Land of the Lost.

@Royal-Tee7

10 күн бұрын

@@shelbybuckles1242 That’s what my dad called it

I grew up poor in the South. Lots of pinto beans, cornbread, fried potatoes. Still in my 60s some of my favorite foods.

I ate many of these foods, but in the 1950s .

I grew up on many of these foods in the 50's & 60's I still love many, try to get frogs legs every year.

A+ video! LOVE IT! Awesome-looking foods!

@VintageLifestyleUSA

11 күн бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed ❤️

Liverwurst is nothing like leberwurst in Germany. I lived in Germany from 72 to 96 and my mother was German

You may still enjoy all of them !

And really, I thought we were middle class, but this stuff is just so fancy we never saw most of it - at least in 1970’s Australia….

We dipped the tattie fritters into egg then breadcrumbs before frying

I grew up in a middle class family in the 70's. I've never had any of these. They look and sound disgusting! Most of them I never even heard of before.

I had some of these foods not all of them only the ones that were popular here in Oklahoma but still Thanks for the Memories. 🇺🇲🥙🥗🍲🥘🌮🥪🇺🇲

Nobody wants to cook from scratch anymore, that's why so many tasty foods have disappeared from American tables.

No aspic molds or jello salad molds?

The only rabbit I ever ate was after my grandfather went hunting, and it was rabbit stew or rabbit pot pie. Those potato things, we called them potato pancakes. To us, corn fritters were just pancakes with corn in the batter.

Since the middle class is dying, it's no surprise the food is too.

NOBODY liked liverwurst except Grandpa!

I make Steak Diane regularly, but I will have to try Chicken Tetrazzini

I still use liverwurst as family German i like with pickles. Or toast with pepper for breakfast.

You too? Liver worth is the bomb! One of my favorite foods besides, cheese and ice cream.

Most of these dishes are from a lot earlier then the 1970's. My Mother & Grandmother's were making these in the 1950's.

Friend, i can assure you that roast goose is still a pretty popular Christmastime dish in Germany.

@Miss_Kisa94

14 күн бұрын

But would you call it affordable?

I still eat liverwurst sandwiches with mustard on toast

Yeah, goose, rabbit, and frogs were all part of the middle class dining experience in the 70s...

@robertsteele474

4 сағат бұрын

ssuuuure...that's the ticket.

I don't know where you live but most of these dishes are still made . And if you want something that you have on this list . Make it you won't go to jail

Hawaiian haystacks was probably influenced by Hawaiian lunch plates

I don't remember middle class people eating much liverwurst. That's more blue collar. A fancier form known as pate maybe. Most of these are the social gathering dishes from immigrant families that were handed down through families. Even chefs took regular dishes and put a different twist but they were not unknown. Most are still made in the Mid West because we stick with family dishes.

Liverwurst and Braunschweiger looks similar….yes, a kid in the ‘70’s and yes we ate Braunschweiger.

We never ate a single one of these.

Made, still make and enjoyn everything but the Hawaiian haystacks... never heard of it

Love these videos!! Next should be the 2000's

Yeah my mum tried to make me eat liverwurst, and I still hate it to this day….

Steamed puddings v popular in winter in UK only theres no steaming involved - microwave 2 minutes, though you always have to add extra jam/golden syrup as the manufacturers are so mean with the tiny amount they put on it.

I still eat liverwurst samiches!! With a slice of onion or tomato, sometimes both, on buttered rye! 👅

Here in Australia steak diane is birthday treat in my house from an old recipe book from the 1960's from an old sunbeam electric frypan.

I think steamed pudding is made with suet not sweat😂

@Dindasayswhynot

13 күн бұрын

😮😂😅 good catch. EEEEW. LOL

Some of these are like, huh?

I love frog legs!!

Other than the tetrazzini we didn’t have any of those dishes on the 70s. Tuna casserole, meatloaf, fried chicken and the always hated jello w/ canned fruit in it No liver worst but plenty of bologna

We had turkey tetrazinni at a wedding!

What I know from Eastern Europe, I cannot believe that it existed in America!!!

Base on the series Little Sheldon, the poor eat Hamburger Helpers.

How about chicken divan!

I never had any of these things then or now.

I am glad I was not middle class

If you live in Southeast Louisiana, frog legs has never gone away. It does taste just like chicken which is why I'd rather just eat fried chicken....

I still fix corn fritters and salmon cakes

I was a teen thru much of the 70s, & more than half was thru, I never heard of any of these.

I must have grown up lower class... I dont remember any of these

I love corn fritters.But savory not sweet.Without the corn.While hot i put some butter and Colby cheese on them

I’m a vegetarian. However, I miss liverwurst!

@SuV33358

13 күн бұрын

Yes! I'm glad I'm NOT a vegetarian 😊

You need wild rabbits not farmed which have no flavor. One of the real losses is game ( ie wild meats) in general

Was it just me, or, at the very end, they cut the rabbits nuts in half and put them on top of the dish.

You can't these meals at a drive through window

Can you Americans educate me about steak ? Here in UK you'd laugh. What we call a steak over here is usually between 8 to 10 ounces, about as big as my hand. I understand in USA a steak is nearer the size of my head !

@karenkershaw6324

11 күн бұрын

I think it’s very similar to here in Australia. We have big steaks. Especially on the barbecue. We can have a steak cut to any size we want. Up to an 1-2 inches thick. Rump steak here is the largest cut can be up to 10-12 inches long. I had the same in Arizona when I was there. The steak you are describing would be on a restaurant menu as a child’s meal.

@karenkershaw6324

11 күн бұрын

I should have mentioned weight. A normal steak here is about 26 ounces.

@martybee6701

11 күн бұрын

​@@karenkershaw6324 Interesting. You can buy the 26oz beef rib in UK supermarkets. You know how much it costs ? £26 !!! That's £1 per ounce ! When I worked in Poland I had a 26 oz steak every night for my dinner where they sell for around £3 !! The Polish butcher asked me why I bought the same thing every day. I told him I couldn't afford it in my own country ! .

@karenkershaw6324

11 күн бұрын

@@martybee6701 Wow, I thought ours was expensive. A steak that size in our supermarkets is around $20. The local seafood restaurant we go to charge $30 with salad. Scotch Fillet or just Fillet steak is a bit more expensive but not $54-£26! Geez we only pay $38 for Lobster Monay! I’m hoping to be over there this time next year. I hope we can afford to eat!

@martybee6701

11 күн бұрын

​@@karenkershaw6324 Welcome to the new overpriced Brexit Britain ! I live in the North of UK by the way which is considerably cheaper than the South where you'll probably pay even more.

That looked nothing like liverwurst more like bologna

The native indians that cooked in the mess hall at ft sill Oklahoma cooked is rabbit stew us the late 80s

What about pheasant under glass?

It is suet not sweet. Re steam pudding

TUNA CASSEROLE...

Liver is the worst, no doubt about it.

@martybee6701

14 күн бұрын

Totally disagree. I love the stuff but it has to be Ox Liver. Fried gently to medium rare so it's a bit bloody in the middle with onions and black pepper. Melts in the mouth, extremely high in iron and vitamin B. I can see why people are put off it in the early years. A budget offering in school dinner halls, who would overcook it so it had the consistency of shoe leather. Cooked properly it's quite tasty. Excellent companion to bacon too.

why is the word "Magic" censored at 2:57?