Classic 80s/90s meals

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh and MANWICH!!

Lol. I remember thinking this looked AWESOME from the commercials but sadly never tried it since my folks were vegetarian.

I just cooked a big crockpot of baked beans, potatoes and hotdogs on Thursday night and manwiches on Friday night. And I was contemplating steak ums. I have been able to find them at Giant awhile back. I get stuck back in time every now and then.

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My mom would get a big log of bologna at the grocers and slice it herself with a meat slicer, then all 8 of us kids would each get a bologna and mayo sandwich on white bread for lunch with an apple. Of course the apple would land on top of the sandwich. I stopped eating lunch, and my friends would feed me their white bread and butter or apple crisp from their cafeteria lunches.

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I was in line at the grocery store a few months ago, and someone told me that she used to run an in-home daycare. For lunch, she would usually serve chef boyardee raviolis, milk and applesauce. She said that she wanted to make sure to give the kids a good meal while they were there so that the parents didn't have to worry. Lol.

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Anyone remember steak ums'?

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You can still get Manwich.

Roast beef, mashed potatoes, yorkshires and veg was our standard Sunday supper.

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Anonymous wrote:I was in line at the grocery store a few months ago, and someone told me that she used to run an in-home daycare. For lunch, she would usually serve chef boyardee raviolis, milk and applesauce. She said that she wanted to make sure to give the kids a good meal while they were there so that the parents didn't have to worry. Lol.

Hah! I used to attend an in-home daycare, where the provider would feed us ramen for lunch. Chef boyardee would have been a step up!

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My mom would make ramen for breakfast (without anything added to the standard noodles and salt packet). I had no idea that it was not a healthy meal until I had my own kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely Shake and Bake pork chops
My moms chicken divan was chicken, broccoli and mayonnaise covered in bread crumbs. Blech.

I feel like we ate Beanie Weenies a lot!

I remember Chicken Tonight being not good which was saying a lot back then. But it really wasn't. Good jingle though.

I still miss the BK Broiler chicken sandwich at Burger King.

LOVE beanies and weenies!!! My kids request this now

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in line at the grocery store a few months ago, and someone told me that she used to run an in-home daycare. For lunch, she would usually serve chef boyardee raviolis, milk and applesauce. She said that she wanted to make sure to give the kids a good meal while they were there so that the parents didn't have to worry. Lol.

Hah! I used to attend an in-home daycare, where the provider would feed us ramen for lunch. Chef boyardee would have been a step up!

Ramen > Chef Boyardee. Fact.

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Anonymous wrote:You can still get Manwich.

Roast beef, mashed potatoes, yorkshires and veg was our standard Sunday supper.

You had roast beef and Yorkshire pudding every Sunday? Lucky!

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Perhaps older than some of you, but I spent a lot of time in the late 80s-mid 90s at TGI Fridays eating loaded potato skins and drinking Mudslides at happy hour.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps older than some of you, but I spent a lot of time in the late 80s-mid 90s at TGI Fridays eating loaded potato skins and drinking Mudslides at happy hour.

LOL. No Harvey Wallbangers or Sex on the Beach? Or a good ol' Long Island Iced Tea?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps older than some of you, but I spent a lot of time in the late 80s-mid 90s at TGI Fridays eating loaded potato skins and drinking Mudslides at happy hour.

LOL. No Harvey Wallbangers or Sex on the Beach? Or a good ol' Long Island Iced Tea?

I've done the Applebee's Bahama Mama on a work day less than a year ago. Cheers!

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I'm 46, but my years of off campus college living was late 80/early 90s. I made gallons of Crystal Light and recall it coming not in single serve pac but a small, mini tube with powder and a scoop. I'd make a pitcher and share with my housemates.

Also, Slim Fast! Shake for breakfast, shake for lunch, and a sensible dinner. My housemates and I all "did" SlimFast to save money on food AND to lose weight, which was difficult considering we drank like fish on weekends.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom always made "Olivia Salad". I'm not sure what it was really supposed to be called, or maybe it was a spin off of something else (but I know it wasn't really supposed to be called Olivia Salad). It was layered in a 9x13 glass dish: lettuce, mayonnaise, peas, shredded cheese. Maybe a couple things like chopped ham? Anybody else have this a lot in the 80s and 90s?

Maybe it's a version of the Persian Salad Olivieh?