OT: 1970's International Fine Dining
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In all honesty, my diet could probably use some more prune and apricot compote.
Wow, I remember Mexican and Chinese one. Don't recall the German meal. Pre microwave, all done in the oven.
pittdan77
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Wondering how long it takes for that Mexican version to kick in?
Has anyone ever successfully prevented the dessert from being contaminated with a side dish in a TV dinner? I have not. Always end up with macaroni in the cobbler (no double entendre intended there).
pittdan77
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Yeah, this. And how the heck did it take an hour to cook and everything was rocket hot but not burnt?
fun fact, TV dinners had nothing to do with television. I saw an interview with the person that invented them (forget his name) and I think it was in the 50's and TV's were just bursting out in the scene and becoming more popular and common. He said he wanted his invention, the frozen dinner, to be associated with something cool and hip that people would remember, hence the advent of the TV dinner.
He also said if he invented it now (I think interview was 10 or 15 years ago) he probably would have named it "Swansons e-Dinner, or Swansons i-Dinner"
Younger people have a lot to complaint about nowadays with the rising cost of everything but we're undoubtedly better off in terms of food quality. Every single meal I eat is probably better than something I'd get in 1972.
LOL......it is amazing there was good and bad with American food in the 60's and the 70's. And into the 80's.
Good? Growing up in the main street of my little town, there were 5 different little grocery stores all with their own butchers and homemade stuff. So meats were probably better.
Bad? We hear farm to table? Everything then was factory to table. Very few "artisanal" offerings.
On the Swanson dinners, I have to admit, I kind of liked the turkey and the fake mashed potatoes which I still like better than real mashed potatoes.
Good? Growing up in the main street of my little town, there were 5 different little grocery stores all with their own butchers and homemade stuff. So meats were probably better.
Bad? We hear farm to table? Everything then was factory to table. Very few "artisanal" offerings.
On the Swanson dinners, I have to admit, I kind of liked the turkey and the fake mashed potatoes which I still like better than real mashed potatoes.
The chemical coloring and additives / preservatives that were used indiscriminately during the 60s and 70s were bad enough. Then add to that mix the pesticides that have since been outlawed, and it's a wonder any of us are healthy.
There were pesticides available to the home gardener in that time frame that have been proven to cause cancer.
There were pesticides available to the home gardener in that time frame that have been proven to cause cancer.
