20 Middle-Class Foods That VANISHED From The Family Table!
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20 Middle-Class Foods That VANISHED From The Family Table!
#middleclass #forgotten #nostalgia
Ever wonder what tasty dishes middle-class families enjoyed back in the 1970s? The answer is lots and loads of great food, some of which I'd do anything to have back. The kind of food that made you love dinner time in a middle-class home.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:15 Chicken Tetrazzini
1:11 Liverwurst Sandwiches
2:06 Hawaiian Haystacks
2:56 Celery Victor
3:53 Corn Fritters
4:38 Potato Rissoles
5:39 Steak Diane
6:30 Chicken Marengo
7:15 Oyster Stew
8:08 Herring Salad
8:56 Steamed Pudding
9:47 Rabbit Stew
10:40 Bouillabaisse
11:28 Borscht
12:24 Ratatouille
13:16 Haddock Mornay
13:59 Frog Legs
14:48 Chicken Marbella
15:57 Roast Goose
16:41 Rabbit Fricassee
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@VintageLifestyleUSA 4 күн бұрын
Which of these Middle-Class foods do you still crave today?
@SassyyjuicyMaria 4 күн бұрын
Ratatouille & Boulabaisse
@aliyamoon80 4 күн бұрын
My mom's favorite dish was turkey tetrazzini. I made it for her for her 80th birthday. It was so rich that we couldn't eat more than a small portion. That was her last birthday. I made Broccoli Green Rice Casserole and Boston cream pie for her. She was so happy to enjoy her favorite dishes on her last birthday.
@libertylady1952 2 күн бұрын
Bless you for taking such good care of her.
@godivaferguson2802 4 күн бұрын
Steak Diane is still a staple in my house. Easy and fancy looking!
@royst.george7328 Күн бұрын
I was born in the early 1960s. By the end of the decade and into the mid 1970s, we ate every one of these foods. Often, because we LIKED them, and I still do!
@FlowerGemsGirl 3 күн бұрын
My mother had a Joy of Cooking cookbook and a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook and a Betty Crocker cookbook. These were my holy grails growing up!
@heribertohernandezsoltero9277 4 күн бұрын
I just love American dishes. Cheers from México
@ITcanB 4 күн бұрын
That Herring Salad was a fright 😳
@RedClover1987 4 күн бұрын
Beets are vile
@charlie1567 4 күн бұрын
White and Red Hering Salad is a classic dish of the traditional German kitchen . You find it in every supermarket. The white salad is prepared with onions, apples some herbs and the red version adds beets for colour. Potatoes are not added though (that is the Eastern European tradition). We would eat this salad with rustic / artisan bread or fried potatoes. The earthy flavour of the beets is not that present because the Hering”s dominant flavour overshadows it. In fact if prepared with a light mayonnaise, it is quite healthy as the components contain so much iron, minerals, good fish omega oils etc. With fresh apple pieces it also has a nice crunch to it. So taste wise you get many different flavours: the slightly salty , soft texture and fish taste, the slightly acid and fruity and sometimes even sweet taste of crunchy apples, some sharpness from the the onions and the more firm texture with the cooked beets. If you ever come to Europe, give it a try. Well prepared it literally activates so many different taste sensors, it is in my humble opinion surprisingly good (though maybe not the best looking ...) 😊
@sidneyvandykeii3169 4 күн бұрын
I didn't eat middle class meals in the 70s and 80s. I ate poor mans meals. I was in my early 30s before i could afford to make middle class meals at home. Thanks to that sacrifice i now own a house.....well, i own 25%, my wife owns 25% and the Bank owns the other 50%.
@bethdabruzzo7112 Күн бұрын
I remember my mom having fondue parties in the 70's.
@FreewheelerLover 4 күн бұрын
I was a teen during the 70s and never had any of these meal items.
@SearTrip 4 күн бұрын
Likewise. I think a chatbot made this list.
@LAWandCoach 2 күн бұрын
Me too. However my mother did make Turkey Tetrazzini and Chicken Cacciatore (they didn't mention). The rest came from Better Crocker or Better homes and Gardens cookbooks or magazines is where my mother got her recipes. Oh! They left out tuna casserole!
@ampa4989 Күн бұрын
I've seen these mentioned in books from the 70s, including Heartburn. I think they were for "fancy" people.
@lostmoose9994 Күн бұрын
Lots of it is 1st generation immigrants dishes from Europe.
@fiorellafenati5395 Күн бұрын
@@LAWandCoach bsolutely false and unlikely that this tetrazzini style stuff comes from Italy, a bit like Alfredo: they don't exist, they are probably Americans or Italian Americans who invent a scary cuisine and then say it's Italian, Italian cuisine is much healthier and lighter of that horrible food!
@TheMinnie1468 4 күн бұрын
Well at least someone got Chicken Tetrazzini right. People have literally argued with me that the dish was from Italy 😂
@courtneypuzzo2502 4 күн бұрын
I remember eating some of these in the 90s when I was growing up I turn 40 in March 2025
@marylist1236 4 күн бұрын
Liverwurst & Braunschweiger were how I learned to like liver. For some reason, Christmas Eve, in pre- Vatican II , was a day of fast & abstinence, so no meat
@coderspy 4 күн бұрын
I still make oyster stew.
@speciale517 4 күн бұрын
A big staple of the US NAVY shipboard menu turkey tetrazini
@sueblankenship9441 4 күн бұрын
Ratatouille was the first recipe I watched Julia Child make on The French Chef. I still make it occasionally.
@SuV33358 4 күн бұрын
Oooo! Liverwurst lotsa mayo on white bread....nothing else . It's an indulgence for me, and liverwurst is on my grocery now 😊 Everytime I watch these things I end up wanting so much more on my grocery list
@lindajacquot5391 2 күн бұрын
Growing up in the 1970s, sharing cooking duties with my sister, we may have heard of many of these fancy dishes, but made very few of them. Most nights were some version of hamburger or ham, usually in Hamburger Helper. Occasionally we would make oyster stew for our father. Given the higher prices of meat in the '70s, a budget of $25 a week for food, and two inexperienced young cooks in the kitchen, we were lucky not to burn the tuna noodle casserole.
@joseph-ow1hf 4 күн бұрын
I'm going to bring a few back to life. Some of them look great like Celery Victor.
@sunshinerainbow2818 Күн бұрын
I remember when I was about 8 years old, I was spending the night at a friends house and her mom served us frogs legs. At the time, she made us think they were chicken. Once we tried them, we cleaned our plates. After dinner, she told us what we had eaten. My friend got sick, but I liked them so I told her mom I can’t wait to eat them again!
@pigoff123 3 күн бұрын
I make chicken tettrezina without mushrooms. Yum.😊
@joaopedrobaggio4475 4 күн бұрын
Seeing how things are going for the American middle-class, more food will vanish from their tables.
@Iceis_Phoenix 4 күн бұрын
the food prices here in pgh pa at aldi are gr8 i got a ton of food
@thaisstone5192 4 күн бұрын
A lot of them could benefit from losing weight.
@tonypreston7278 4 күн бұрын
Not if you live on a budget and stop buying things you can’t afford
@shelbybuckles1242 Күн бұрын
Most of these recipes were out of reach for the poorer people like my family. Rabbits, frogs and others meats were what We lived on. Because they didn't have to be bought.
@Donathon-qx8kq 2 сағат бұрын
Actually our (US,) economy is fantastic just around 3 years after a generational plague.... really, honestly, it really going to get better...in fact young people will probably have more opportunities than even us Boomers.... it's just going to be different sadly people are terrified of change
@virginiaoflaherty2983 Күн бұрын
I dont remember eating any of these recipes but I do remember upping my cooking game in the 1970's.
@ladyd8339 Күн бұрын
I loved liverwurst! So creamy! Great sandwiches, Especially with sliced tomatoes! Turkey tetrazzini was popular after Thanskgiving! Heard of all those dishes but very few were cooked in my home in the seventies!
@btetschner 2 күн бұрын
A+ video! LOVE IT! Awesome-looking foods!
@VintageLifestyleUSA Күн бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed ❤️
@EuSeiT 4 күн бұрын
Frog legs are DELICIOUS!
@butterflygirl3359 4 күн бұрын
My German grandmother used to make us liverwurst sandwiches in the 1970’s. My brother still eats them! 🤮
@patriotwolf2810 4 күн бұрын
TUNA CASSEROLE...
@57WillysCJ 4 күн бұрын
I don't remember middle class people eating much liverwurst. That's more blue collar. A fancier form known as pate maybe. Most of these are the social gathering dishes from immigrant families that were handed down through families. Even chefs took regular dishes and put a different twist but they were not unknown. Most are still made in the Mid West because we stick with family dishes.
@lindak8664 2 күн бұрын
Stick pineapple in it and it becomes Hawaiian. People are simple creatures 🤷🏼♀️ We still eat corn fritters, Steak Diane, and half the other recipes you mentioned.
@southerncaltattooedbiker3643 Күн бұрын
I love Oyster Stew my Father used to make at least once a week He was a great cook and I miss Him so much. He passed away Labor Day Weekend in 2016 He had both of his knees replaced and the last one got a blood clot He went to the hospital and they put Him on Blood Thinners and they wanted Him to stay but my Step Mother didn't want to be bothered with going to see him. The Dr said that he would have been ok if he had just stayed in the hospital. We found out that He passed away in Facebook and she remarried with in 6 months my Father left a Farm with Black Angus Cattle and her and her drug addict son sold everything they could her son burned the barn down with his Harley Davidson in side it and his guns we live in Avondale, AZ the only good thing she can't sell the Farm, land, House because it goes to Me and my siblings !!
@martybee6701 4 күн бұрын
Borscht very popular in Poland who are quite accustomed to adding Vodka to it !
@godivaferguson2802 4 күн бұрын
My Ukrainian relatives make borscht too.
@clarsach29 4 күн бұрын
As a British person the title of this video makes sense to me, but I always thought the USA prided itself on NOT having a class system?
@Dindasayswhynot 3 күн бұрын
It's not a class system like UK has. It's an economic designation. No one thought all that much about it 'til the media began yammering on about it in a political sense.
@RobertHowe-zv7gs 4 күн бұрын
You may still enjoy all of them !
@prussian5770 9 сағат бұрын
My grandma and mother were good cooks.
@karenkershaw6324 Күн бұрын
Tuna Mornay was another one we ate. Beef Stroganoff was always a treat. My mother used to make her own sour cream.
@sandralouth3103 Күн бұрын
Swedish meatballs too...with either rice or mashed potatoes.
@karenkershaw6324 23 сағат бұрын
@@sandralouth3103 Yes, I remember them.
@marylist1236 4 күн бұрын
Steak Diane was named after the Goddess Diana
@sandralouth3103 Күн бұрын
Made, still make and enjoyn everything but the Hawaiian haystacks... never heard of it
@rogertemple7193 4 күн бұрын
I had some of these foods not all of them only the ones that were popular here in Oklahoma but still Thanks for the Memories. 🇺🇲🥙🥗🍲🥘🌮🥪🇺🇲
@pamelaadam9207 4 күн бұрын
We dipped the tattie fritters into egg then breadcrumbs before frying
@justinfletcher8080 2 күн бұрын
Love these videos!! Next should be the 2000's
@nyslmt 3 күн бұрын
I still am a liverwurst sandwich person, and hadn't thought about corn fritters for years....
@TCB1975 3 күн бұрын
Love liverwurst.
@madamrockford2508 8 сағат бұрын
I was a teen thru much of the 70s, & more than half was thru, I never heard of any of these.
@Royal-Tee7 4 күн бұрын
RIP Liverwurst sandwiches. You will NOT be missed.
@sandralouth3103 Күн бұрын
I like it on dark rye with thin sliced and pickled red onions, stone ground mustard and a nice good beer.
@phillipstephens4522 Күн бұрын
Is it the wurst liver?
@shelbybuckles1242 Күн бұрын
We call to braunsswager
@bethdabruzzo7112 Күн бұрын
I ate a liverwurst sandwich every Saturday while watching Land of the Lost.
@Royal-Tee7 Күн бұрын
@@shelbybuckles1242 That’s what my dad called it
@smorgasbroad1132 2 күн бұрын
Liversausage, Braunschweiger, Liverwurst, whichever you call it--is best on Rye bread or Pumpernickel. Not white bread.
@beatrixwhitehall4217 4 күн бұрын
I ate many of these foods, but in the 1950s .
@jdane2277 5 сағат бұрын
We had turkey tetrazinni at a wedding!
@hawkeyepierce67 4 күн бұрын
Friend, i can assure you that roast goose is still a pretty popular Christmastime dish in Germany.
@Miss_Kisa94 4 күн бұрын
But would you call it affordable?
@Starlababy Сағат бұрын
I never had any of these things then or now.
@timacrow 2 күн бұрын
Yeah, goose, rabbit, and frogs were all part of the middle class dining experience in the 70s...
@katrinaschmidt285 4 күн бұрын
I am glad I was not middle class
@pigoff123 3 күн бұрын
Liverwurst is nothing like leberwurst in Germany. I lived in Germany from 72 to 96 and my mother was German
@lissyperez4299 3 күн бұрын
How about chicken divan!
@martybee6701 4 күн бұрын
Steamed puddings v popular in winter in UK only theres no steaming involved - microwave 2 minutes, though you always have to add extra jam/golden syrup as the manufacturers are so mean with the tiny amount they put on it.
@AnitaSingh-lp5wz 3 күн бұрын
I still use liverwurst as family German i like with pickles. Or toast with pepper for breakfast.
@vlrissolo 4 күн бұрын
I think steamed pudding is made with suet not sweat😂
@Dindasayswhynot 3 күн бұрын
😮😂😅 good catch. EEEEW. LOL
@pricla777 Күн бұрын
Bunnies are too cute to eat. :(
@frederickacerra7766 5 сағат бұрын
I don't know where you live but most of these dishes are still made . And if you want something that you have on this list . Make it you won't go to jail
@tapestry6455 2 күн бұрын
NOBODY liked liverwurst except Grandpa!
@phillipstephens4522 Күн бұрын
I love frog legs!!
@Cindilc 4 күн бұрын
I’m a vegetarian. However, I miss liverwurst!
@SuV33358 4 күн бұрын
Yes! I'm glad I'm NOT a vegetarian 😊
@user-yj3ee2bj3i 6 сағат бұрын
What I know from Eastern Europe, I cannot believe that it existed in America!!!
@ferrit0691 3 күн бұрын
Here in Australia steak diane is birthday treat in my house from an old recipe book from the 1960's from an old sunbeam electric frypan.
@Dh-rp7gg 3 күн бұрын
I grew up in a middle class family in the 70's. I've never had any of these. They look and sound disgusting! Most of them I never even heard of before.
@veronicaferguson8548 4 күн бұрын
I love corn fritters.But savory not sweet.Without the corn.While hot i put some butter and Colby cheese on them
@jeromethiel4323 6 сағат бұрын
Since the middle class is dying, it's no surprise the food is too.
@cindyhauert2339 3 күн бұрын
We never ate a single one of these.
@yvonneclem351 Күн бұрын
No aspic molds or jello salad molds?
@thomasschumacher5362 4 күн бұрын
That looked nothing like liverwurst more like bologna
@SuV33358 4 күн бұрын
Some of these are like, huh?
@BrianStidham-df3bu Күн бұрын
Was it just me, or, at the very end, they cut the rabbits nuts in half and put them on top of the dish.
@lordminifridge8606 4 күн бұрын
why is the word "Magic" censored at 2:57?
@prussian5770 9 сағат бұрын
Frog legs fish bait
@zvbx 4 күн бұрын
Liver is the worst, no doubt about it.
@martybee6701 4 күн бұрын
Totally disagree. I love the stuff but it has to be Ox Liver. Fried gently to medium rare so it's a bit bloody in the middle with onions and black pepper. Melts in the mouth, extremely high in iron and vitamin B. I can see why people are put off it in the early years. A budget offering in school dinner halls, who would overcook it so it had the consistency of shoe leather. Cooked properly it's quite tasty. Excellent companion to bacon too.
@fiorellafenati5395 4 күн бұрын
it's a good thing that this disgusting food has disappeared, I saw the Tetrazzini spghetii and I almost fainted. I have the impression that the American life expectancy is not high if we consider the kg of cholesterol they eat added to the healthcare they pay for . Poor people, I don't think the food is better now.
@adorkychristiandad Күн бұрын
Ok herring salad wtf that looks gross. Although the pudding and rabbit stew looks good .
@martybee6701 4 күн бұрын
Can you Americans educate me about steak ? Here in UK you'd laugh. What we call a steak over here is usually between 8 to 10 ounces, about as big as my hand. I understand in USA a steak is nearer the size of my head !
@karenkershaw6324 Күн бұрын
I think it’s very similar to here in Australia. We have big steaks. Especially on the barbecue. We can have a steak cut to any size we want. Up to an 1-2 inches thick. Rump steak here is the largest cut can be up to 10-12 inches long. I had the same in Arizona when I was there. The steak you are describing would be on a restaurant menu as a child’s meal.
@karenkershaw6324 Күн бұрын
I should have mentioned weight. A normal steak here is about 26 ounces.
@martybee6701 Күн бұрын
@@karenkershaw6324 Interesting. You can buy the 26oz beef rib in UK supermarkets. You know how much it costs ? £26 !!! That's £1 per ounce ! When I worked in Poland I had a 26 oz steak every night for my dinner where they sell for around £3 !! The Polish butcher asked me why I bought the same thing every day. I told him I couldn't afford it in my own country ! .
@karenkershaw6324 Күн бұрын
@@martybee6701 Wow, I thought ours was expensive. A steak that size in our supermarkets is around $20. The local seafood restaurant we go to charge $30 with salad. Scotch Fillet or just Fillet steak is a bit more expensive but not $54-£26! Geez we only pay $38 for Lobster Monay! I’m hoping to be over there this time next year. I hope we can afford to eat!
@martybee6701 Күн бұрын
@@karenkershaw6324 Welcome to the new overpriced Brexit Britain ! I live in the North of UK by the way which is considerably cheaper than the South where you'll probably pay even more.
@louwclaassens4988 3 күн бұрын
Why on Earth was the word "M@gic" censored?
@cherylmoore747 4 күн бұрын
It is suet not sweet. Re steam pudding
@argusfleibeit1165 Күн бұрын
I don't remember any of this
@user-wc1ft6jv8r Күн бұрын
Ya but they used lard to cook an that give everyone heart attacks now cause they all died the offspring has bad heart
@ginww3517 4 күн бұрын
I’ve never had Herring salad, frog legs or a few of the other dishes and never will …not appealing at all …
@sicilianprincess-tm5nz Күн бұрын
I ate more Italian middle class meals
@AlanRitchie-wr1uz 4 күн бұрын
Mustard on liverwurst? Really! Nasty. Try mayo. Rye bread lettice and tomatoes. With Swiss cheese! Tasty. No mustard involved in it!
@SuV33358 4 күн бұрын
Thank you!! That sounds good how you like it. I usually like mine with lots of mayo on white bread and that's all. Of course that's how I ate it growing up.
@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 4 күн бұрын
What is it with Americans and chicken drenched in cream. Then ruined with "Italian seasoning" ?! And that Leber Wurst sandwich looks so unapetizing, it makes me cringe...
@lindaberglund9253 4 күн бұрын
The herring sallad also known here in Sweden as Sillsallad, is often eating on Christmas eve. And it is so good.😋Then, minus the herring you have beetroot sallad.
@marshahollings 4 күн бұрын
Liverwurst and Hawaiian Haystacks looks gross
@SuV33358 4 күн бұрын
Nah
@ascamber4103 3 күн бұрын
Hawaiian haystacks are super good. I don’t put tomatoes and olives on mine though
@volstar8 4 күн бұрын
Some of the nastiest foods I have ever seen. People that I know never ate any of these foods. Why not make a video with every day foods like burgers, pizza, tacos, etc.
@Dindasayswhynot 3 күн бұрын
Because those were rare treats in the 70s.
@nyslmt 3 күн бұрын
At that time bkue collar was middle class!!😅