WHAT I LEARNED FROM OUR VINTAGE 1950S MENU

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Dee (Deanna Piercy) is sharing her menu plan that came from the 1950s. Dee shares what she learned about this era of dinners. There are things we have to remember about the cooking then from now: SPICES! Yeah! We have an abundance of spices that June Clever didn’t have access to or know about. Lucy did. 😉 Here are the things Dee and her family learned.

FAMILY LOVED THESE MEALS: Yeah. Her husband and son loved the meals. You have to remember, they didn’t have convince items like pre-made frozen meatballs. We have a variety to choose from. If you don’t have a day to make them, buy them.

MEALS WERE BLAND: As I said above, they didn’t have acvessto the spices we now have. I think the 1950s housewife would be overwhelmed by the variety of spices we now have.

FEED A HERD: The meals from the 1950s seem like they could feed a herd. That’s simply because they had smaller portions.

PREP TIME: Some recipes from that era are broken down into things you can do ahead and some you do at that time.

The menu was simple. Remember, dinner time was when the family set down and caught up on their day. Each person took a turn. Usually dad started.

Monday – spaghetti and meatballs, green beans in crumbs, tossed salad with dressing (vinager and oil based), garlic toast. Occasionally dessert was served.

Tuesday – Baked pork chops, baked califlower with white sauce and cheese, buttered corn, baked apples. I see a pattern here.

Wednesday – Chicken pot pie (here’s the part where you break up the preparations) and pineapple salad. Literally a slice of pineapple on a leaf of lettuce 🤔.

Thursday- Stuffed bell peppers, lettuceand tomato with thousand island deessing ( if you can make great), Grandma’s cranberry star salad.

Friday – Swiss steak, scalloped potatoes, buttered carrots, peach and cottage cheese salad, pineapple upside down cake.

Saturday- On this saturday they eat out to their daughter’s. So Dee took a chocolate mayonnaise cake. 🤔 However, you could do something easy or throw a roast in the crockpot.

Sunday – Pot roast, mashed potatoes, broccoli with Hollandaise sauce, tossed green salad, hot rolls, and leftover dessert.

Keep in mind alot of the cooking could be modernized. Like the pork chops. You do a sheet pan meal which you out everything on one pan.