What is the ultimate White Suburban Dinner?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meatloaf with ketchup on top, mashed potatoes, green beans. Dinner rolls.

Exactly what I would say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On regular rotation in my suburban MD home in the 1970s/80s — meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans; spaghetti with meatballs and jarred sauce, iceberg lettuce salad on the side with catalina salad dressing; dry pork chops with peas and rice a roni; tuna noodle casserole with crushed ritz on top; stuffed shells, meat and cheese; some kind of casserole with breaded chicken cutlets, rice, broccoli; and my personal favorite was taco night with ground beef, hard shells, iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes and cheese.

Are you me? Except I grew up in the Chicago suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Shake and bake chicken, rice a roni, canned corn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our city friends are leaving DC to come have dinner with us. I promise not to serve anything you mention, but what is the ultimate 1970s/80s White Folks dinner?

Meatloaf and jello salad?

I can't tell from your post if you're trying to make fun of yourself by providing a White Suburban dinner?

Is the idea that your worldly DC city friends will think its funny to come to the suburbs and eat an old-school suburban white-person dinner?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have a lot of options!

Hamburger Helper, served with some kind of vegetable like canned corn, those take-and-bake rolls, giant glasses of milk for the kids, jug of wine for adults.

If it's tuesday, you can do taco tuesday. Buy the taco shell kit from old el paso but don't add the spices to your ground beef. Put out some mild salsa, daisy sour cream, shredded lettuce, black olives, and chopped tomatoes for topping.

I also think a giant bucket of takeaway fried chicken along with the sides (mashed potatoes, red beans and rice, corn) might work, too.

Takeaway?

dying…. 😂

Shhh that poster needs to use the word 'takeaway" to emphasize that she's not like those people whose food she's talking about...

what other word would you use? or are you saying just use “fried chicken” without the qualifier? genuinely confused (and am a NP)

NP. Takeout.

Also, carryout.

[Anonymous]

Anything my MIL makes for dinner? She's an absolute gem of a human being, but man, the culinary range is so limited. Vegetables are served steamed until they can barely retain their form, tossed with margarine. White bread. Salt is the only seasoning, and even that is used sparingly. It pains me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our city friends are leaving DC to come have dinner with us. I promise not to serve anything you mention, but what is the ultimate 1970s/80s White Folks dinner?

Meatloaf and jello salad?

I can't tell from your post if you're trying to make fun of yourself by providing a White Suburban dinner?

Is the idea that your worldly DC city friends will think its funny to come to the suburbs and eat an old-school suburban white-person dinner?

yeah, this is so cringey

[Anonymous]

I truly thought this was going to be a post about what SAHMs in white SUVs make for dinner. So disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Who cares, they’ll just make fun of you anyway.

[Anonymous]

Shake and bake chicken thighs, frozen peas, white rice

[Anonymous]

Hot dish

[Anonymous]

The ultimate white suburban dinner is Chicken Marbella. Get yourself a copy of the Silver Palate Cookbook.

That is a dish I never want to see/eat again

[Anonymous]

Chicken Marbella!!! Totally!!

A few others from that time period - some weird chicken dish with baked boneless skinless chicken with mushrooms and Swiss cheese. Really bland stir fry served with minute rice.

Have to have summer sausage and port wine cheese with cocktails. Wine spritzers or coolers. Key lime pie for dessert.

[Anonymous]

Takeout comfort meal from a grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Swanson TV dinners