In the 1950s, they made shitty food because they didn’t know any better
Also because it was cheap and that was a golden age of mass-produced foods like canned cream of mushroom soup and tuna!
In fact, one of my favorite recipes was literally called “hold out til payday” and features a can of cream of mushroom soup and a can of tuna. You put peas in it and make cheesy biscuits to bake in it and it’s quite good!
This sounds awful… but equally cheap. Olives, wtf?
I grew up poor in the 1980s and my mom’s go to recipes was ‘Hamburger Helper’ … basically mac 'n cheese with ground beef … or boxed mashed potatoes (because they were cheaper than actual potatoes where we were in the far north) with either canned corned beef, diced Spam or cut up boiled weiners
I remember I used to love the mashed potatoes and canned corned beef as a kid … I tried it a year ago and I could not believe I used to gobble that up as a kid, it was disgusting to me as an adult.
Also because it was cheap and that was a golden age of mass-produced foods like canned cream of mushroom soup and tuna!
In fact, one of my favorite recipes was literally called “hold out til payday” and features a can of cream of mushroom soup and a can of tuna. You put peas in it and make cheesy biscuits to bake in it and it’s quite good!
This sounds awful… but equally cheap. Olives, wtf?
I grew up poor in the 1980s and my mom’s go to recipes was ‘Hamburger Helper’ … basically mac 'n cheese with ground beef … or boxed mashed potatoes (because they were cheaper than actual potatoes where we were in the far north) with either canned corned beef, diced Spam or cut up boiled weiners
I remember I used to love the mashed potatoes and canned corned beef as a kid … I tried it a year ago and I could not believe I used to gobble that up as a kid, it was disgusting to me as an adult.