Anonymous wrote:"Salad": Put a pineapple ring on a small plate. Cut a peeled banana in half. Set banana, cut side down, atop pineapple ring. Place a dab of mayonnaise atop the banana. If feeling festive, add a maraschino cherry atop mayo.

This was in the 50's,and I swear it's true.

Also, butter and sugar sandwiches. And of course the above mentioned tuna noodle casserole with both the concentrated canned cream of mushroom soup AND generous topping of potato chips.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. My friend's mom always served these as NYE appetizers at their big annual party. I have never seen a recipe for these 'rye bread pizzas' that does not first cook the meat, so that alone makes this pretty weird (let alone the large amount of processed cheese) and probably unsafe if not thoroughly cooked, but I remember that they actually tasted pretty good to the tipsy high schoolers who were at the party:

Mix 1 tube raw Jimmy Dean sausage with 1 lb raw ground beef and 1 lb shredded Velveeta, and spread over cocktail rye bread. Broil on low until bubbly and looks cooked.

This is actually a popular Midwestern appetizer that often shows up in church cookbooks and community cookbooks. I've seen them called "Hanky Panky", "Polish Mistakes" or even "Lutheran Mistakes."

Referring to the "rye bread pizzas" described by a previous poster!