via https://xcancel.com/ClaudiaLamb/status/1112771875417972737 (part of a good thread, recommended)

That abomination was sealed in the past for good reason

I believe, there was a reason for all these horrible recipes from the 50s. Like all the savoury jello rings. Only wealthy people could afford refrigerators, so serving a congealed tomato soup ring with hotdogs inside, was a flex. In this case, I believe they were trying to use up canned goods left over from the war.

But there has to be a way to picture this in a more appetising way. Shit on a shingle looks decadent compared to this picture. It looks like the family cat vomited something onto the waffle before digesting its eyes.

In the 1950s, they made shitty food because they didn't know any better

In the 2020s, we make shitty food because we know a lot and go to extraordinary lengths to make it as shitty as possible

Why were they so obsessed with olives?

it escaped because it wasn't encased in jell-o

I think its more that these people had just lived through the depression, a world war, and likely canned if they didn't live in a city. Canning and canned food lasts longer than anything fresh there also wasn't the logistics trail to get fresh food as far.

It looks like the average household income in 1950 was about $23,000 and the average refrigerator was $250 so I don't think only rich people had refrigerators at least in the US.

Pennsylvania’s “chicken and waffles” but on Friday for the Catholic crowd.

I can smell that picture

In the 1950s, they made shitty food because they didn't know any better

Also because it was cheap and that was a golden age of mass-produced foods like canned cream of mushroom soup and tuna!

In fact, one of my favorite recipes was literally called “hold out til payday” and features a can of cream of mushroom soup and a can of tuna. You put peas in it and make cheesy biscuits to bake in it and it’s quite good!

This sounds awful… but equally cheap. Olives, wtf?

I grew up poor in the 1980s and my mom's go to recipes was 'Hamburger Helper' ... basically mac 'n cheese with ground beef ... or boxed mashed potatoes (because they were cheaper than actual potatoes where we were in the far north) with either canned corned beef, diced Spam or cut up boiled weiners

I remember I used to love the mashed potatoes and canned corned beef as a kid ... I tried it a year ago and I could not believe I used to gobble that up as a kid, it was disgusting to me as an adult.