Foods/Meals people no longer seem to eat. Ex: Do people no longer eat sloppy joes?

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Anonymous wrote:Alfalfa sprouts. In the 70’s (at least in California) it seemed like you couldn’t order a sandwich without an inch layer of the damn things. I ate so many growing up that I avoid them now.

What ever DID happen to alfalfa sprouts?! I used to love them.

I just googled and answered my own question. Apparently outbreaks E. coli and the like were too common so stores stopped selling them.

I remember when Jimmy John’s used to put them on sandwiches, then they disappeared

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Anonymous wrote:Things like sloppy Joe's, meatloaf, casseroles really only apply to the lower SES whitebread Americans.

Lol, your pretension makes you look like a total try-hard.

Not to mention that my "DAR-member, went to Finishing School, had a Coming Out (in the old sense of the phrase) Ball" grandmother would vehemently disagree with this. She didn't use kits like Manwich or Hamburger Helper but she did make all of the above from scratch (and many other southern other comfort foods.)

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Anonymous wrote:What is shake & bake? I don't remember this growing up, but isn't it basically like seasoned bread crumbs? What's so bad about that?

It just never tasted good, it was always soggy and not crisp. If I am breading chicken I'll just go ahead and fry it. If I bake chicken I'll do garlic butter all over it.

I remember it tasting pretty good. As a kid, shake n bake pork chops and shake n bake chicken were two things that I could cook that everyone in the family would cheerfully eat. It was consistently crispy — never soggy.

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Anonymous wrote:What is shake & bake? I don't remember this growing up, but isn't it basically like seasoned bread crumbs? What's so bad about that?

It just never tasted good, it was always soggy and not crisp. If I am breading chicken I'll just go ahead and fry it. If I bake chicken I'll do garlic butter all over it.

I remember it tasting pretty good. As a kid, shake n bake pork chops and shake n bake chicken were two things that I could cook that everyone in the family would cheerfully eat. It was consistently crispy — never soggy.

Yeah, it was my favorite Sunday dinner at my grandmother’s house, because every other standard was totally bland stuff from the old country!

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Salisbury Steak

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Anonymous wrote:What is shake & bake? I don't remember this growing up, but isn't it basically like seasoned bread crumbs? What's so bad about that?

It just never tasted good, it was always soggy and not crisp. If I am breading chicken I'll just go ahead and fry it. If I bake chicken I'll do garlic butter all over it.

I remember it tasting pretty good. As a kid, shake n bake pork chops and shake n bake chicken were two things that I could cook that everyone in the family would cheerfully eat. It was consistently crispy — never soggy.

It's been a while, but I will confirm shake and bake pork chops are quite tasty. Deep fried in a skillet, of course.

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A lot of stuff was part of hot school lunches and college meal plans in the 50s and 60s.
Sloppy Joes
Potato Turbate (bland hamburger in thin gravy on mashed, like a fake shepherd's pie)
Fish sticks
Square "pizza" with sauce and powdered cheese

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember sizzlean? It was some sort of mechanically mushed together faux bacon I think but it was amazing!

Also, I used to love Little Juan burritos. They were in red or green packages--I think by chili type. I adored them!

Otherwise, I swear potato flakes used to taste better or I am just not using enough butter and salt as an adult.

Sizzlean! Haven't heard that in years. I used to go to my neighbors' house after school a lot and they always had this! Speaking of, we used to get a jar of Bac-O Bits to put on salads. I used to eat them out of the jar sometimes.

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I still love the meatloaf on the back of the Heinz 57 sauce bottle with mash potatoes. I only make it once in a while but It’s comfort food.