What are or were your typical American meals growing up?
Pot roast, Salisbury steak, Meatloaf, London broil, Meatballs and pasta, Mac and Cheese?
Pot roast, Salisbury steak, Meatloaf, London broil, Meatballs and pasta, Mac and Cheese?
Typical American Meals especially 70's and 80's
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Fried chicken and pizza
I remember Mac n Cheese, Fajitas (all the rage mid 80’s), meatloaf, and chicken casserole. Also a lot of stuff from the Schwann’s truck. I also for some reason remember eating a lot of steamed Broccoli and Lima beans.
I am Canadian, but similar stuff.
Weenie Beanies, anyone?
And of course... KD.
Weenie Beanies, anyone?
And of course... KD.
Oh boy did I love it when I got to eat one of these. Pretty rare though. I can only remember one time my parents served us these, but the commercials had me practically salivating!
Meatloaf, baked chicken, London broil, and baked pork chops come to mind as American meals. My mother was Italian so many of our meals were Italian-based.
I have some in the pantry right now. Funny thing is my kids won’t eat them, not even one bite.
My kids love them. So do I but I rarely make them.
We just served this classic for lunch at work yesterday. Hot Turkey Sandwich with Macaroni Salad:
Do school lunches count? If so, sloppy joes and French bread pizzas! 
OMG that was my favorite. We actually had food cooked in our school and this was served once a week. Later (late 20’s early 30’s)there was a restaurant that served this close to my apartment . I’m mostly vegetarian now but would make an exception for an open faced turkey sandwich.
We ate a lot of venison, crock pot beef and taters with carrots and flounder. Other than that it was the boxed fish sticks.
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70's & 80's type meals:
Pork chops, baked potato, green beans or other veg
Lasagna w/Italian bread, grated Parmesan cheese in can
Roasted chicken, sweet potato, spinach or collard greens
Frozen fish like flounder with french fries and veg
Red beans & rice
Pizza
Tacos or Burritos, rice and beans on the side
Stir fries with rice (beef w/broccoli, for example)
Sunday roast beef, potatoes, carrots, green peas
Pork chops, baked potato, green beans or other veg
Lasagna w/Italian bread, grated Parmesan cheese in can
Roasted chicken, sweet potato, spinach or collard greens
Frozen fish like flounder with french fries and veg
Red beans & rice
Pizza
Tacos or Burritos, rice and beans on the side
Stir fries with rice (beef w/broccoli, for example)
Sunday roast beef, potatoes, carrots, green peas
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I watched a TV show recently in the UK which stated that during the 1970s the average household spent 25% of income on food and pensioners spent 33%. That is apparently now down to an average of 8% in the UK and 6% in the US, due to a relationship between income and food expenditure known as Engel's law. The program stated that in the 1970s food was far more unhealthy than today with much more fried food, calorie rich food, and use of fats such as lard and beef dripping. Conversely, I read in another report that present day obesity is at an all time high and the current generation is the first which is not expected to outlive their parents. I can certainly not recall many overweight or obese people during my youth whereas today every other person seems to be unhealthily overweight, and proud of it. Any advice to slim down is apparently 'fat shaming' and some sort of 'hate speech' necessitating inclusivity training.
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I never realised flounder was so popular...
My mother would make simple meals, basically meat and potatoes. Our typical meal would be meatloaf with baked potatoes or noodles.
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We had fish around once a week. Flounder was popular in the South, along with catfish. There was also cod, haddock, etc. One of the best fish was rainbow trout that you caught yourself.
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