Foods that will fade away with the Baby Boomer generation

[AnnaFloridaLover]

We had the mexican ones quite a bit. I could only wish Mom served us Turkey TV dinners. She thought she was a great cook. But here's her turkey.

My mother had the same cooking skills. We ate out for Xmas and Easter dinner.

 

[DLgal]

Don't take margarine away. DGD is dairy allergic so we use margarine in baking and she loves to bake.

There are several better options for replacing butter in baking:

Olive, vegetable, or canola oil; coconut oil, Crisco sticks, lard, applesauce, smashed bananas, etc.

Margarine is chemical poison. No one should eat it.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

Mexican tv dinners? Never heard of them. Lucky you, I mean it.

I grew up on mystery meat tv dinners, canned corn, canned green beans, canned peas. Dry pork chop, dry round steak and dry chicken. And always a potato in some form. Fruit cocktail for dessert. Canned Campbell's scotch broth, consume, tomato and chicken and stars soup for lunch. White bread and Kraft dinner. Iceberg lettuce salads when company came over were added to the menu. Salt and pepper were the only "spices" in the house.

I can't believe people are complaining about kale.

 

[RedAngie]

The original packaging even suggested a TV set with imitation wood-grained cabinet, slightly oval screen, and channel and volume dials in the lower corners.

 

[RedAngie]

Sure, Swanson offered Mexican and other ethnic frozen TV dinners.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

Sure, Swanson offered Mexican and other ethnic frozen TV dinners.

Oh hell, we didn't get into that crazy fancy foodie stuff back then. Stuck to the basics. I had no idea these existed. And German style too? Too spicy!

 

[superme80]

EZ Cheese in a can.

 

[AppleDumpling]

I only had TV dinners as a special treat, always the fried chicken one with a brownie for dessert. My grandmother would make them when I stayed at her house, and she actually let me eat while watching TV, which I wasn’t allowed to do at home.

Another thing I remember is Jiffy Pop popcorn, that you made on the stove, before microwaves or air poppers.

 

[tvguy]

Mexican tv dinners? Never heard of them. Lucky you, I mean it.

I grew up on mystery meat tv dinners, canned corn, canned green beans, canned peas. Dry pork chop, dry round steak and dry chicken. And always a potato in some form. Fruit cocktail for dessert. Canned Campbell's scotch broth, consume, tomato and chicken and stars soup for lunch. White bread and Kraft dinner. Iceberg lettuce salads when company came over were added to the menu. Salt and pepper were the only "spices" in the house.

I can't believe people are complaining about kale.

I'll take any TV Dinner over kale.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

I buy a ton of bagged, chopped salad. It comes in 5 or 6 different varieties but kale is the main ingredient in all of them. Yes, the 10 seconds it takes to open the bag and dress it is a drag, but I soldier on...

Ten second salad and 90 second microwave fudge? You're just a modern day Julia Child, aren't you?

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

I'll take any TV Dinner over kale.

That's fine but you are what you eat and I firmly believe in plants over processed food and previously tortured meat. I know I'm in the minority here. I'm not going down like my relatives and their food based diseases, I hope.

 

[tvguy]

That's fine but you are what you eat and I firmly believe in plants over processed food and previously tortured meat. I know I'm in the minority here. I'm not going down like my relatives and their food based diseases, I hope.

Kale tastes like it was tortured.

I have a friend who swears I will love the kale she fixes. I don't doubt it, the recipe has half a stick of butter and a cup of sour cream in it!

 

[ronandannette]

Ten second salad and 90 second microwave fudge? You're just a modern day Julia Child, aren't you?

Only if this Julia Child you speak of has moves like this:

 

[arminnie]

When I hear the term foodie, to me, it means gluttony dressed up in a fancy way. Given the epidemic diabetes, heart disease and obesity rates that continue to soar I think it's a major problem on the healthcare system. I don't think most sit down restaurant meals are any more healthy than fast food places.

Seriously??? Foodie to me means eating real food from real ingredients- not processed crud.

I consider myself a “foodie”. I eat zero processed food. I make my own chicken stock. I buy fresh produce and meats. I get my shrimp fresh delivered off the dock at 7 AM.

I am old as dirt in my 70s. My cholesterol is less than 200. My HDL is 87. I am not obese nor am I diabetic.

I like food that has great ingredients with innovative spices and seasoning. That’s what a foodie is.

It has nothing to do with gluttony. One can overeat crud just as easily as eating good food. I eat wonderful food even when going out in moderation.

A gluttonous pig eats too much whether it is processed crud or decent nutritious food.

 

[mummabear]

Canned goods will die with baby boomers.
Also casseroles.
Mayonnaise.
Mincemeat pies.

Baked goods. Newcomers are more into fruit for desserts.

Depends what you mean by canned goods.
We don’t eat anything like canned spaghetti or baked beans but do eat loads of canned fruit and vegetables.

What are mincemeat pies to you? Here they are either available at Xmas time. Or are a savoury pastry filled with beef mince (or steak or all sorts -even butter chicken)

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Mexican tv dinners? Never heard of them. Lucky you, I mean it.

I grew up on mystery meat tv dinners, canned corn, canned green beans, canned peas. Dry pork chop, dry round steak and dry chicken. And always a potato in some form. Fruit cocktail for dessert. Canned Campbell's scotch broth, consume, tomato and chicken and stars soup for lunch. White bread and Kraft dinner. Iceberg lettuce salads when company came over were added to the menu. Salt and pepper were the only "spices" in the house.

I can't believe people are complaining about kale.

Holy cow, this is so eerily spot on for describing my childhood meals. An inappropriately large serving of meat -- steak, chicken, or pork chop with a 2 out of 3 chance of it being coated in Shake n Bake -- some variety of potato, and a canned veg, either corn, peas, or green beans. Salad was plain iceberg drenched in Catalina dressing. Way too much syrup-soaked canned fruit in the house. White bread sandwiches with sodium-laden Carl Buddig "meat." Salt, pepper, and sugar were the only "seasonings" needed for any recipe.

I'm starting to think this is the recipe for making a vegan.

 

[Northstar]

Is this just foods that baby boomers eat but younger generations spurn? Or can we include foods that baby boomers remember but run screaming from?

Like creamed chipped beef on toast.

I think it has died a well-deserved death. Never gonna eat that nasty stuff again.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

Holy cow, this is so eerily spot on for describing my childhood meals. An inappropriately large serving of meat -- steak, chicken, or pork chop with a 2 out of 3 chance of it being coated in Shake n Bake -- some variety of potato, and a canned veg, either corn, peas, or green beans. Salad was plain iceberg drenched in Catalina dressing. Way too much syrup-soaked canned fruit in the house. White bread sandwiches with sodium-laden Carl Buddig "meat." Salt, pepper, and sugar were the only "seasonings" needed for any recipe.

I'm starting to think this is the recipe for making a vegan.

Catalina was the ONLY dressing we had, I think. I forgot about the canned meat spread. Once, at kid's party we were attending my 4 year sister opened her sandwich she was served and loudly exclaimed "oh good, dog food sandwiches!"

You're just bragging with the Shake n Bake. We weren't that fancy.

 

[ronandannette]

Catalina was the ONLY dressing we had, I think. I forgot about the canned meat spread. Once, at kid's party we were attending my 4 year sister opened her sandwich she was served and loudly exclaimed "oh good, dog food sandwiches!"

You're just bragging with the Shake n Bake. We weren't that fancy.

Me too, until just this minute. I actually sorta liked it though and would possibly even eat it now if I was presented with a can. I have a distinct and hilarious memory of it: as a child, I mis-understood what my parents were saying when they referred to canned meat and thought they were saying "cat meat". They just looked at each other and nodded. To this day I'm not really sure if they weren't feeding me Fancy Feast.