Mmmm meatloaf! Do people not eat that anymore? I make it all the time. It's basically a complete meal all by itself as it contains all of the food groups.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s and mom's meals were very 50s like. A meat potatoes, a canned veggie and slice of bread (white or wheat) with butter. Always a glass of milk. Mom always buttered the bread for us as kids and when i visit her, i hand her my slice of bread to butter for me. She looks at me, rolls her eyes but i know she gets a kick out of it.
1950's dinner is what my mom cooked in the 1970-80's no weight issues in my family. And we never got treats except for holidays. Fast food was actually more expensive than cooking at home. I distinctly remember begging my mom to take me to a McDonald's, thanks to Saturday morning cartoons. My mom said " It's too expensive, why would I pay more money for crap when I can, for cheaper, cook four better burgers at home. Finally, when we did try it, McDonald's' was disgusting. My poor mom. I look back now and she would cook a nice meal and my siblings and I would be like "spinach gross" and I still hate meatloaf, barf. lol
My kid pestered me to go to Mac Donald’s. We went one day because he needed to use the toilet. He stepped in, looked around and said in disappointment “it’s a chip shop?”. Turns out he thought it was a play farm. Partly from the song “old Mac Donald had a farm” and partly from his friends enthusiasm for going there and partly from our visits to other play farms, he had got completely the wrong impression.
Something that isn't talked about is how we have all become more sedentary. That's also a big issue, we're moving a lot less, thus using a lot less calories
I'm American (midwest) and I grew up eating what looks like the 1950's plate quite frequently. There were boxed sides like Rice-A-Roni but every meal had a vegetable, and the kids always had milk.
I think this is really welcome - eating well is vital for a long and healthy life, and many people have little idea as to what constitutes a good diet. Always listen to a dietitian (not a 'nutitionist') as they are actually qualified.
I was more surprised at how much food was in that 1950’s meal. I usually have my main meal and a small side and that adds up to maybe almost half of what was in that whole meal.
Yay one of my fave meals is rice and black eyed peas and I always slice up some 'maters in them. I've been doing that right all these years. Easier to just eat one bowl now too since I'm old. LOL.
Side effect of World War 2. Turns out mobilizing the population to fight overseas means the logistics chain goes into over drive to can, preserve and store food in easily shipped and eaten containers that are also very popular in the civilian sector.
I'm 16 I know how to cook I love new recipes I don't eat a lot of meat maybe once a day to once a week I love pasta and fruit I can't have beef so a meal for me is commonly fried tofu and rice with sweet soy sauce
Hmm, so I learned today that my homecooked dinners are exactly like the ones from 1950 at 1:00 . One meat portion, boiled broccoli, with frozen mixed veggies, and perhaps sweet potato. :/
"Texas would not be happy" Meanwhile, I, a Texan, eating a small dinner plate almost just like the lady's "dream plate" , except no sweet potatoes but substitute it for gold potatoes instead. I can't afford 12 ounce steaks regularly 😆 🤠
tbh my household dinner looks the same as the 50s. peas, mash and meat. My mum will add broccoli and coleslaw and thats it. I like the idea of home blended juices instead of buying bottles juice full of sugar.
People were a lot more physically active in the 1950’s. Even if we weren’t as nutrition conscious, we weren’t eating ultra processed foods and we burned them off. Depending upon when in the 1950’s, in Britain, there was still wartime rationing.
So, what happened then??? WOMEN WANTED TO WORK, not stay home. Housing costs skyrocketed, and it now takes a dual income to survive. We are failing as a society. Period. We put wealth above health. Bam-there it is.
the only difference today is that we have better technology, the rest went downgrade. I cant blame people why they prefer the old days. Imagine how fresh and natural the goods back in the ancient times.
Exactly. My parents would have been more than happy to teach me, but I had little interest and no siblings to cook for. I didn't really learn to cook more than pasta or simple recipes until I got married, and now I call my mom if I have questions about things not coming out quite right. Some things are tricky for some people, such as cooking with milk or getting a sauce to the right consistency or selecting a cut of meat that 'looks' lean but really isn't. But we should all learn at some point.
Whatever the government or medical system tell you to do. Do the exact opposite. If you dont, then you will simply become one of their life long customers.
Kaiser Frost i’m a vegetarian and i definitely do. The meat option is fantastic but if you wanna die of heart disease you can eat the pizza cookie meal all day long
That male news presenter is a cross between Hugh Edwards and Simon McCoy. Two very popular BBC news presenters in the UK. Also, I don't think we, as in countries such as US/Canada/UK should go back to the 1950s style of eating, although the smaller plates are a good idea. I just think we should all adopt the ideal meal which was proposed in this video, daily within our lives.
omg having to remember which vitamin/s (C) must be present to get the best absorption from the complete protein . . . and is that white or brown rice? My head hurts
to eat it for yourself. you have to spend it. in the morning two sandwiches, or porridge and one sandwich, or two pancake-waffle and an apple, is a sufficient amount for lunch to eat on an empty stomach. like math, eat, however, you have to spend. must eat! starving and violating the eating regime, violates the digestive process in your own body. because also the stomach thinks and other digestive organisms!
@@decrox13 Yes, that's true. As same as, Pizza, Acaraje, Strogonoff, sushi... And the list goes on. :) rice and fried food goes together with that diet too. I am Brazilian and chef.
You are so right when I was in Japan 2008 I lost a pound a day without even trying and they told me yeah all Americans lose weight when they come here because we our government doesn't allow the chemicals that your government pushing the food to be put in here
its actually pretty interesting how the united states is always the focal point of anything vintage, like what were mexicans eating like in 1950? i want to know.
@Charlie Francis I said it's not COMPLETE protein, not that there is no protein. I am looking right at my two sentence comment. Rice and beans are starches. All plants have SOME protein but no plants have the complete amino acid profile, with the possible exception of hemp seed. Now go be autistic somewhere else and stop harassing me over what you think I meant.
That's not 3 oz of "protein," that's 3 oz of beef. Beef is not pure protein. It contains water, fat, minerals, et cetera. Using "protein" as a synonym for meat isn't really scientific.
1950s meal plan was correct and the modern meal plan is full of crap. Too many carbs and not enough protein. Vegetable Oils and chemicals are the main problems with food not calories. In addition we are not exercising nearly as much as we used to.
Ur idea is wrong. U should replace that carbohydrate with brown rice!. It would be the healthiest meal in the world. Back to the 50s babe! The ADA recommendations are totally wrong
@@trashtalker-oz8vo I'm telling you everything's the same as the US, the local foods local slang and the name of the fast food chains are different, that's it. Literally, rich cities in 3rd world countries are just like America so IDk why you'd think literal Canada is so different
She's spouting a lot of information from studies done in the 1940s, much of which is no longer correct--as there have been additional discoveries in human nutrition in the past 80 years.
Shes not even fat tho. And plus her metabolism isnt like ours, shes older, and not to mention we work out. A women of her age isnt expected to work out any linger due to health problems that come with age
When I think of a 1950s dinner I can picture meatloaf, mashed potatoes and peas followed by apple pie and ice cream. All cooked from scratch.
Mmmm meatloaf! Do people not eat that anymore? I make it all the time. It's basically a complete meal all by itself as it contains all of the food groups.
Sean Furlong ikr
@@KFrost-fx7dt I'm 22 and my mom still makes my Grandmother's meatloaf recipe from 1951
Kaiser Frost meatloaf a poor mans roast. Of corse it’s still madd
Kaiser Frost I love it I usually eat it with salad
1950’s dinner is pretty much what my mothers dinners are like. My family is very thin too. So...
Whilst weight is a good indication of health, it isn't the complete picture.
@@Haze1434 If the op's average diet looks like the 50's food in the video, they are probably very healthy.
Very thin would be normal in the 50’s. If you eat like the 50’s you would be considered thin by todays standards.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s and mom's meals were very 50s like. A meat potatoes, a canned veggie and slice of bread (white or wheat) with butter. Always a glass of milk. Mom always buttered the bread for us as kids and when i visit her, i hand her my slice of bread to butter for me. She looks at me, rolls her eyes but i know she gets a kick out of it.
1950's dinner is what my mom cooked in the 1970-80's no weight issues in my family. And we never got treats except for holidays. Fast food was actually more expensive than cooking at home. I distinctly remember begging my mom to take me to a McDonald's, thanks to Saturday morning cartoons. My mom said " It's too expensive, why would I pay more money for crap when I can, for cheaper, cook four better burgers at home. Finally, when we did try it, McDonald's' was disgusting. My poor mom. I look back now and she would cook a nice meal and my siblings and I would be like "spinach gross" and I still hate meatloaf, barf. lol
Plus it's not like making burgers is all that complicated.
I still think cooking at home is cheaper than eating out at fast foods
My kid pestered me to go to Mac Donald’s. We went one day because he needed to use the toilet. He stepped in, looked around and said in disappointment “it’s a chip shop?”. Turns out he thought it was a play farm. Partly from the song “old Mac Donald had a farm” and partly from his friends enthusiasm for going there and partly from our visits to other play farms, he had got completely the wrong impression.
Something that isn't talked about is how we have all become more sedentary. That's also a big issue, we're moving a lot less, thus using a lot less calories
True
Marilyn Smith's knowledge of food and quick wit made watching this an absolute pleasure.
I'm American (midwest) and I grew up eating what looks like the 1950's plate quite frequently.
There were boxed sides like Rice-A-Roni but every meal had a vegetable, and the kids always had milk.
Yup as a Kansan I eat what people think of a 50s meal but I've also got caught up in eating mainly spicy chicken sandwiches
I think this is really welcome - eating well is vital for a long and healthy life, and many people have little idea as to what constitutes a good diet. Always listen to a dietitian (not a 'nutitionist') as they are actually qualified.
Even the junk food looks depressing
Jay Simon i think it is debatable if we could call that food.
Heidi Yagami industrial meals
@@rmhd7550 the cookie in the modern meal
I was more surprised at how much food was in that 1950’s meal. I usually have my main meal and a small side and that adds up to maybe almost half of what was in that whole meal.
Yes but there are a lot more chemicals that are added to food nowadays to make you fat yes on purpose
The cookies in the dinner for 'now' look kinda scary...
They are grey!
If you knew what was in the delicious-looking ones from the supermarket you might think they were scary, too.
@@Brap-pl2me I actually used to work in a bakery in a supermarket, and yeah...I’d much rather make my own cookies at home, lol
Those are cookies?
People were happier healthier and enjoyed life more back then than they do now
Isn’t that scary.
Yay one of my fave meals is rice and black eyed peas and I always slice up some 'maters in them. I've been doing that right all these years. Easier to just eat one bowl now too since I'm old. LOL.
The 50’s introduced fast food and frozen food though?.....
Mhm
Side effect of World War 2. Turns out mobilizing the population to fight overseas means the logistics chain goes into over drive to can, preserve and store food in easily shipped and eaten containers that are also very popular in the civilian sector.
They still weren't common. They didn't really start to become more common until the 80's or so.
Yeah but it wasn't soaked in sugar and fats
Doesn't mean people switched completely, they had microwaves but they were new. No one really used them
I'm 16 I know how to cook I love new recipes I don't eat a lot of meat maybe once a day to once a week I love pasta and fruit I can't have beef so a meal for me is commonly fried tofu and rice with sweet soy sauce
I live in Poland and still eat dinner similar to American of the 50's... I'm not overweight. My plate is small...
Wow! This is how i eat. :) A small potion of meat and large portion of veggies with some fruit for snacks and very little sweets.
You 👏🏼 can't 👏🏼 drink 👏🏼 your 👏🏼 barely 👏🏼
Pretty sure that accent was not british but alright
yeah. it was a transatlantic accent.
It’s the transatlantic accent
ahh so confidently incorrect
@@immaculatecorrection lmao the worst
I really enjoy this Womens enthusiasm
My Mum still has those patterned plates!! Perhaps I should borrow them! 😂😍
Just huy some luncheon plates
Hmm, so I learned today that my homecooked dinners are exactly like the ones from 1950 at 1:00 . One meat portion, boiled broccoli, with frozen mixed veggies, and perhaps sweet potato. :/
"Texas would not be happy"
Meanwhile, I, a Texan, eating a small dinner plate almost just like the lady's "dream plate" , except no sweet potatoes but substitute it for gold potatoes instead. I can't afford 12 ounce steaks regularly 😆 🤠
Actually really good, simple and accurate information here!
tbh my household dinner looks the same as the 50s. peas, mash and meat. My mum will add broccoli and coleslaw and thats it.
I like the idea of home blended juices instead of buying bottles juice full of sugar.
Does anyone know what the original video was?? I’m obsessed with vintage cookery and home making.
People were a lot more physically active in the 1950’s. Even if we weren’t as nutrition conscious, we weren’t eating ultra processed foods and we burned them off. Depending upon when in the 1950’s, in Britain, there was still wartime rationing.
notice the portion sizes in the 50s vs today
So, what happened then??? WOMEN WANTED TO WORK, not stay home. Housing costs skyrocketed, and it now takes a dual income to survive. We are failing as a society. Period. We put wealth above health. Bam-there it is.
All good and well when in the 50s you had your wife who could stay at home to cook that for you but nowadays we all have to work.. hence fast food
Was the camera man asleep?
the only difference today is that we have better technology, the rest went downgrade.
I cant blame people why they prefer the old days. Imagine how fresh and natural the goods back in the ancient times.
Better technology that brings us down as much as it benefits.
Came here from "cheers for chubby." (Not by link)
How can you not cook? Even if you didn't grow up eating well teach yourself, if you can read, you can cook
Exactly. My parents would have been more than happy to teach me, but I had little interest and no siblings to cook for. I didn't really learn to cook more than pasta or simple recipes until I got married, and now I call my mom if I have questions about things not coming out quite right. Some things are tricky for some people, such as cooking with milk or getting a sauce to the right consistency or selecting a cut of meat that 'looks' lean but really isn't. But we should all learn at some point.
I cook from scratch and it’s very time consuming but at least I know what I’m eating!
Whatever the government or medical system tell you to do. Do the exact opposite. If you dont, then you will simply become one of their life long customers.
That vegan plate looked like prison food LOL!
@Monique Kelly Yuck, no way. I don't even think vegans like vegan food.
Kaiser Frost i’m a vegetarian and i definitely do. The meat option is fantastic but if you wanna die of heart disease you can eat the pizza cookie meal all day long
Don't wear a mask
Seems easy to play a contrarian "libre thinker" gimmick these days !
That male news presenter is a cross between Hugh Edwards and Simon McCoy. Two very popular BBC news presenters in the UK.
Also, I don't think we, as in countries such as US/Canada/UK should go back to the 1950s style of eating, although the smaller plates are a good idea. I just think we should all adopt the ideal meal which was proposed in this video, daily within our lives.
I love that the china pattern is the same as in Schitt’s Creek
omg having to remember which vitamin/s (C) must be present to get the best absorption from the complete protein . . . and is that white or brown rice? My head hurts
Smokes a lucky strike with the meal...
No, my father was a teenager in the 50s, in post war England there was no smoking in the table, maybe the Americans had that more unhealthier habits
"That's a serving??" Yes...yes, all around the world it still is, wtf is wrong with your servings, America...?
I think this was a Canadian tv show...
It’s Canada...l
Hate when show hosts interrupt the person they invited on the show - to learn from. And that's not a British accent! It's Transatlantic.
Sheesh!
is the professor really short or are these other 2 really tall ?
to eat it for yourself. you have to spend it. in the morning two sandwiches, or porridge and one sandwich, or two pancake-waffle and an apple, is a sufficient amount for lunch to eat on an empty stomach. like math, eat, however, you have to spend. must eat! starving and violating the eating regime, violates the digestive process in your own body. because also the stomach thinks and other digestive organisms!
Nice
I watched this while eating ramen
Hahaha, at least brazilians do something right. this is our diet. haha.
How can you speak for 200 million+ Brazilians? I'm not sure you can. Red meat and fried foods have a noted place in Brazilian food culture.
@@decrox13 Yes, that's true. As same as, Pizza, Acaraje, Strogonoff, sushi... And the list goes on. :)
rice and fried food goes together with that diet too.
I am Brazilian and chef.
'When I grew up' .. she didnt grow up as you can see, she is 3 feet tall...
I think the hosts are about 9 feet tall.
wow great comment! obviously you haven't grown up mentally
Are the tv hosts giants or whatbis going on?
lmfaooo
I thought they were going to talk about how the food In the 1950s had far more nutrition IN it, than the processed chemical filled food we get today.
You are so right when I was in Japan 2008 I lost a pound a day without even trying and they told me yeah all Americans lose weight when they come here because we our government doesn't allow the chemicals that your government pushing the food to be put in here
@@popeantichrist8847 our country is sick in every sense of the word, unfortunately.
TEXAN HERE: He's right. We don't approve of a 4 oz steak. No, no, no.
Well there was a housewife. People can’t afford this and they don’t have time.
its actually pretty interesting how the united states is always the focal point of anything vintage, like what were mexicans eating like in 1950? i want to know.
LOL beans and rice are not a complete protein. It's all starch!
The macronutrient is carbohydrates, but they do provide all 9 amino acids together; 12 grams per 240 grams, if I'm not wrong.
1 cup of Brown rice and 1 cup of Black beans is 21 grams of protein......
@@armani3762 Thanks nobody asked.
@Charlie Francis Get your eyes checked. That's not what I said at all.
@Charlie Francis I said it's not COMPLETE protein, not that there is no protein. I am looking right at my two sentence comment. Rice and beans are starches. All plants have SOME protein but no plants have the complete amino acid profile, with the possible exception of hemp seed. Now go be autistic somewhere else and stop harassing me over what you think I meant.
Now they say lucky charms healthier than steak eggs and milk.
😅
The guide was the beginning of the end of our health as we knew it. Way too many carbs and not enough animal products.
Umm.. 3 oz of beef has only 22 grams of protein. You would need a steak 3 1/2 times that size to get 75 g of protein.
Nutrition nowadays be like: McDonald’s
"that's a serving, that's a serving!" OMG OMG yes, it's not 16 litres
I hope the beef isn't well done because you're doing away with a lot of nutrition doing that.
La regaña por la comida con tremenda lechuga enfrente
OF TOAST AS THE BUTTER RUNS
So in 1950s, USA ate like modern Japan, and no wonder everyone was thin and trim.
Either she's tiny or they're giants.
That's how we eat now the Canadian diet
Millenials who eat avocado toast, quinoa and salads: Interesting tell me more about how unhealthy our diets are compared to our parents
Many millennial diets far too often lack in balance and aren't varied enough to provide optimal nutrition.
That why they don't want you eating meat and dairy
Do people not still cook like this? I thought typical white American food was a steak, vegetables, and mashed potatoes.
Don't need all that protein or any animal products
Feels like - 14
So you have to eat a who can of beans in one meal? That's alot
That's not 3 oz of "protein," that's 3 oz of beef. Beef is not pure protein. It contains water, fat, minerals, et cetera. Using "protein" as a synonym for meat isn't really scientific.
1950s meal plan was correct and the modern meal plan is full of crap. Too many carbs and not enough protein. Vegetable Oils and chemicals are the main problems with food not calories. In addition we are not exercising nearly as much as we used to.
What grown ass adult doesn't know how to cook...? I can't think of a single person I know that can't cook themselves dinner.
Lol you know people die whatever they eat that's thier trophy
No, that’s all too much food and the 1950s generation gained weight as they got older also.
Where is the fat? The problem started with low fat margerine and crap. Eat a bit of real butter.
I’m sure the steak and beef looks better then that
wtf???
If you gave me the steak and broccoli dish i would laugh at your face and ask for two more 😂
Love how the nutritionists modern meal is pathetic frozen foods, almost like she has an agenda. :')
This lady is so wrong. Giving a diabetic sweet potatoes and a desert and barley and milk all that sugar and starch Going to kill a diabetic.
well even in a regular mom and dad family theyre both working so there wont be time to make decent food
No. Just takes some planning. I love my slow cooker recipes. TH-cam Dining on a Dime channel has great, easy, cheap recipes.
Why does the interviewer keep interrupting her? He is just annoying and not funny.
rubbish too many carbs....
Stop demonizing carbohydrates, not all are unhealthy.
Every single cell of your body runs on sugar
That 1950s food looks like school food
Ur idea is wrong. U should replace that carbohydrate with brown rice!. It would be the healthiest meal in the world. Back to the 50s babe! The ADA recommendations are totally wrong
That is not an accurate American meal
Because this is Canadian..
@@trashtalker-oz8vo different area, similar culture. They're North American anyway.
@@nuhaomar9542 no
@@trashtalker-oz8vo I'm telling you everything's the same as the US, the local foods local slang and the name of the fast food chains are different, that's it. Literally, rich cities in 3rd world countries are just like America so IDk why you'd think literal Canada is so different
@@nuhaomar9542 no
She's spouting a lot of information from studies done in the 1940s, much of which is no longer correct--as there have been additional discoveries in human nutrition in the past 80 years.
so why is this lady fat herself if she is such a nutrition expert?
Meh. I honestly don't think she's fat.
Bruh what?! Look at her face... so skinny
Shes not even fat tho. And plus her metabolism isnt like ours, shes older, and not to mention we work out. A women of her age isnt expected to work out any linger due to health problems that come with age
LELE no, she’s just short
Bruh,your picture though....
You don't need carbohydrates at every meal. Very unhealthy.