I am too much a child of the 70s. Even as recent as 2 years ago, I won "awards" and "you have to bring" deviled eggs, mini quiches. The memory that warms my heart is of asking my mother the recipe for the weenie and her elaborately saying get pencil and paper because it was very complicated (Scury scury)..get a pack of little smokies, a can of Manwich and several glubs of bourbon. Thankfully, it was over the phone, so she did not see the look on my face.
70's kid here. Never had half of these. A picnic for me was typical pb&j or bologna and cheese,fresh fruit and veggies with dip,lemonade or kool-aid, and chips.
We would have day trips and always bring our own food. We brought a cooler that went in the back seat between me and my sister. In it, my dad had mostly sandwich makings: maybe a couple of different kinds of cold cuts, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onions, cheese, and we were/are definitely a Miracle Whip family. The always white bread would be in a bag along with the non-perishables. My mom did make homemade potato salad and coleslaw. Other than that, I would agree with the fresh fruit, chips, and Kool-Aid .
I’m making some snacks now! I found what I was looking for!! Today everyone buys the picnic stuff! No homemade stuff. But TODAY IT EXPENSIVE but WORTH IT! Okay let’s eat a little Samitch 🌮😎
Loved cucumber salad. Cold, refreshing, creamy, and very tasty. Give me a fork and some black pepper and I can make a meal out of it! 🥲😋😛 How about ham barbecue?
I had you g adult students tell me it was gross to put fruit in Jello. I thought buffets were just being lazy with plain Jello. Apparently it's what you grow up with.
I make special deviled eggs. I add mayo, balsamic reduction, garlic salt, a dash of sugar and some white pepper to my yolk filling. I then top them with a sliver of cappocollo and a sprig of fresh chive...
"Lil Smokies" were actually a variety of cocktail sausage - NOT another name for them. The Lil Smokies were a heavily-smoked & nitrated sausage. Our family had them every year at Christmas when we were kids & teens. We'd all eat a ton of them as they were super tasty. But most of us didn't feel all that well the following day [those nitrite chemicals do a number on ya]. These days we all prefer UNCURED sausages. No nitrite hangovers any more. 😉😉😉🌭🌭🌭
I buy them at Christmas time. I make a batch of dough and divide it so each sausage is covered except for one end then bake them. It’s a copycat of the discontinued Sister Schubert sausage rolls.
Before there was a Watergate apartment/office complex there was a Water Gate restaurant on the site which is where the building got its name so the salad probably got it from there too.
Dude, cucumber sandwiches have been a standard of English teas for decades. They aren't something we want back; they never left. You will find them at tea services everywhere in tea rooms across the US.
If you "want it back" just make it. This food hasn't gone anywhere. But you can keep all that stuff that has cucumbers, can't stand that watery, tasteless, "vegetable".
Had to comment. Your post is spot on. I CAN’T STAND cucumber. Don’t want any cucumber anywhere NEAR my other salad veggies. I don’t want to see it, or smell it. Hahaha. (I do like pickles, the sweet kind). Better to not focus on what they are made from 🙄
I was born in 1954 and the 70s was my eara of licniks galore. Never saw a ham and cheese roll up at a picnic. Never saw a cucumber sandwich. Ritz Mock aople pue was a one time try but never saw one at a picnic. It wasn't popular. Cocktail weiners or baby sausages are still popular at picnics. Waldorf salad isnt gone from pot luck picnics yet. I still see stuffed celery dtick to this day. Usually with soft processed cheddar like Velveeta. Never used cream cheese for stuffing celery. Are you kidding? What makes you think Deviled eggs are missing from today's picnics? I go to them 2 to three times a year and they are always there to eat! This cideo is pointless. Never heard of oea salad until 2000.
You're so right about todays food lacking presentation and color. This generation thinks if you layer ANYTHING, you're a real chef. And dear god cheese and bacon HAS to go in EVERYTHING and don't forget the RANCH. So layer up some softpoop, cover with ranch then bacon, some shredded cheese from a bag, and repeat but a real chef will repeat twice. So dumbed down. Oh yeah, spray pan with aerosol oil first.
There are so many of those dishes that I hated back then. Haven't had them since, and do not miss them. To this day, any salad that has grapes and nuts mixed with anything or crushed pineapple makes me cringe. Separately, they are delicious, mix them, and 🤮
These recipes havent gone anywhere, they have just been replaced by lunchable convenience. Poverty food is now trendy because only the affluent can afford real food.
Watergate salad isn’t a mystery, it’s not named after the government scandal, but the Watergate Hotel silly goose 🪿 I’m REALLY disappointed that you use clips from several TH-cam channels without tagging them, or crediting them like Food Wishes, Paula Deen, and others I recognized like Emeril. That’s the LEAST one TH-camr can do for another. Just putting their channel name on the clip would have been so classy, but you willingly skipped it.
I am too much a child of the 70s. Even as recent as 2 years ago, I won "awards" and "you have to bring" deviled eggs, mini quiches. The memory that warms my heart is of asking my mother the recipe for the weenie and her elaborately saying get pencil and paper because it was very complicated (Scury scury)..get a pack of little smokies, a can of Manwich and several glubs of bourbon. Thankfully, it was over the phone, so she did not see the look on my face.
I love cucumber salad. Also when I was in Belize, I was served cucumber on a ham sandwich. Very good.
I love reading the comments about these items and how much people love or do not love them.Thank you for making my day everyone
Still eat cucumber sandwiches. 🥒 Love them.
I wish they had a link for each of these recipes. Still love most of here in the South.
Cucumber sandwiches are so good 🔥
Either crinkle cut or steak french fries dipped in 1000 Island dressing or Ortega salsa - killer delicious!
I think a better title would be classic 70s picnic foods I ate last week!
Midwest staple too
70's kid here. Never had half of these. A picnic for me was typical pb&j or bologna and cheese,fresh fruit and veggies with dip,lemonade or kool-aid, and chips.
Also potato salad or fruit salad.
Yep. Generation X, our parents didn't love us.
We would have day trips and always bring our own food. We brought a cooler that went in the back seat between me and my sister. In it, my dad had mostly sandwich makings: maybe a couple of different kinds of cold cuts, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onions, cheese, and we were/are definitely a Miracle Whip family. The always white bread would be in a bag along with the non-perishables. My mom did make homemade potato salad and coleslaw. Other than that, I would agree with the fresh fruit, chips, and Kool-Aid .
@lynda74 70s kid here too. They loved us, but the world didn't revolve around us. It was a great time to grow up.
Those were the good old days 🎉
I’m making some snacks now! I found what I was looking for!!
Today everyone buys the picnic stuff! No homemade stuff. But
TODAY IT EXPENSIVE but WORTH IT! Okay let’s eat a little Samitch 🌮😎
People still make ham and cheese rollups or variations. They are sometimes called pinwheel sandwiches.
Also places like Sam’s Club sell these as party trays.
Deviled eggs are still served at potlucks
Pinwheels is the only name o know.
Loved cucumber salad. Cold, refreshing, creamy, and very tasty. Give me a fork and some black pepper and I can make a meal out of it! 🥲😋😛 How about ham barbecue?
Jello salads were earlier, 1950s-60s forward. Fruited Jello has always been popular with kiddos.
I had you g adult students tell me it was gross to put fruit in Jello. I thought buffets were just being lazy with plain Jello. Apparently it's what you grow up with.
Let’s go back to the 1950’s. That was when food REALL tasted good!!
All these foods are still available; they never went anywhere !
Which ones do you still make? Ham and cheese roll ups sound so yummy, I make pizza roll ups
What no fried chicken who has a picnic without fried Chicken that's just un-American 👍👌😎
These are things that have faded in popularity. Fried chicken never went away.
Right, obesity, ssoooo American.
Yeah, this channel just ends up being click-bait.
@@jocelynmartin1572naah, we still make most of these things.
I like cucumber sandwiches!
Many of these are still relevant today. Not something we want back, they are still here.
Except for ambrosia and Watergate
These things disappeared because of cell phones. We no longer gather to catch up. I have recipes for all of these and make them for any gathering.
Love those foods man
70s kid here, and I grew up eating all of these.
I can’t believe anyone thinks deviled eggs have gone anywhere, but maybe it’s a Southern thing.
Add raisins to the peanut butter in celery & you have ants on a log. A Girl Scout favorite
We still make the ham and cheese rollups
Cucumber Sandwiches were usually cut into fingers
A six layer salad, just leave out the peas
Don't put grapes in chicken salad ever
I make special deviled eggs. I add mayo, balsamic reduction, garlic salt, a dash of sugar and some white pepper to my yolk filling. I then top them with a sliver of cappocollo and a sprig of fresh chive...
"Lil Smokies" were actually a variety of cocktail sausage - NOT another name for them. The Lil Smokies were a heavily-smoked & nitrated sausage. Our family had them every year at Christmas when we were kids & teens. We'd all eat a ton of them as they were super tasty. But most of us didn't feel all that well the following day [those nitrite chemicals do a number on ya]. These days we all prefer UNCURED sausages. No nitrite hangovers any more. 😉😉😉🌭🌭🌭
I buy them at Christmas time. I make a batch of dough and divide it so each sausage is covered except for one end then bake them. It’s a copycat of the discontinued Sister Schubert sausage rolls.
Mock apple pie runs into a real wall when someone asks, "Why not just use apples?"
I was literally asking myself "y not just use apples and skip the nonsense" 😂
It was invented during the depression when people couldn’t afford apples.
@@brave1272in the Depression era, apples weren't available year round. You ate whatever was in season.
Before there was a Watergate apartment/office complex there was a Water Gate restaurant on the site which is where the building got its name so the salad probably got it from there too.
Dude, cucumber sandwiches have been a standard of English teas for decades. They aren't something we want back; they never left. You will find them at tea services everywhere in tea rooms across the US.
Coleslaw on hamburger great
Or pulled pork barbecue sandwiches. Gotta have coleslaw on my pig.
"ever popular ham and cheese rollups" ... never heard to them before seeing this. LOL!
Wait… For the fondue did he say “E - mental?“ instead of Emmentaler cheese? 😂😂😂😂
I think that's the wrong type of cheese ball for this context.
Haven't tasted or known about some of these concoctions. These recipes look cultural.
If you "want it back" just make it. This food hasn't gone anywhere. But you can keep all that stuff that has cucumbers, can't stand that watery, tasteless, "vegetable".
Lol😂
Cucumbers are OK if you turn them into pickles.
You can’t make tzatziki sauce without them.
Only if you make pickles out of them.
Had to comment. Your post is spot on. I CAN’T STAND cucumber. Don’t want any cucumber anywhere NEAR my other salad veggies. I don’t want to see it, or smell it. Hahaha. (I do like pickles, the sweet kind). Better to not focus on what they are made from 🙄
I was born in 1954 and the 70s was my eara of licniks galore. Never saw a ham and cheese roll up at a picnic. Never saw a cucumber sandwich. Ritz Mock aople pue was a one time try but never saw one at a picnic. It wasn't popular. Cocktail weiners or baby sausages are still popular at picnics. Waldorf salad isnt gone from pot luck picnics yet. I still see stuffed celery dtick to this day. Usually with soft processed cheddar like Velveeta. Never used cream cheese for stuffing celery. Are you kidding? What makes you think Deviled eggs are missing from today's picnics? I go to them 2 to three times a year and they are always there to eat! This cideo is pointless. Never heard of oea salad until 2000.
Thanks for all that, but YUCK on the pea salad.
Waldorf Salad was made famous thanks to the Britcom, Fawlty Towers. 🥗
Whose cooking ❤❤❤❤❤
Pimento cheese in the celery "boats."
Mock apple pie was popular in the 1930s
Bam bam bam😅😅😅😅
I rather have apple pie❤❤
Cocktail wieners … gaaaaah! 😅😅 That DuPont by way of General Foods by way of the FDA - food and dye number 40 Red still makes me cringe…
Thumbs down for click bate. ALL of these foods are served to this day.
Most of this has little to do with the 70s. Still cool though.
Presentation and Color, not in style anymore.... nowadays it's boring, boring, boring.
You're so right about todays food lacking presentation and color. This generation thinks if you layer ANYTHING, you're a real chef. And dear god cheese and bacon HAS to go in EVERYTHING and don't forget the RANCH. So layer up some softpoop, cover with ranch then bacon, some shredded cheese from a bag, and repeat but a real chef will repeat twice. So dumbed down. Oh yeah, spray pan with aerosol oil first.
There are so many of those dishes that I hated back then. Haven't had them since, and do not miss them. To this day, any salad that has grapes and nuts mixed with anything or crushed pineapple makes me cringe. Separately, they are delicious, mix them, and 🤮
You can keep the Pimento Cheese, thats truly disgusting!
These recipes havent gone anywhere, they have just been replaced by lunchable convenience. Poverty food is now trendy because only the affluent can afford real food.
Watergate salad isn’t a mystery, it’s not named after the government scandal, but the Watergate Hotel silly goose 🪿
I’m REALLY disappointed that you use clips from several TH-cam channels without tagging them, or crediting them like Food Wishes, Paula Deen, and others I recognized like Emeril. That’s the LEAST one TH-camr can do for another. Just putting their channel name on the clip would have been so classy, but you willingly skipped it.
I noticed the omission of citations/credits in vids as well. Still enjoyed.
Pistachio was Richard Nixons Secret Service code name, because theynwere his favorite snack.