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Deviled eggs are definitely on my list. What do you do to put the devil in them? I add a fine dice of jalapeno, but in a pinch, I've got some very hot ground pepper. Got to be careful with that stuff, though. I don't know where it falls out on the Scoville scale, but pretty high.
My stepmother makes the BEST deviled eggs. Aside from the green olives I have no idea what she does. I think they are good because she is related to the devil... I also don't think deviled eggs are retro.I kind of like that pale green colored cool whip and marshmallow "salad". Is canned fruit and cottage cheese "retro"? My parents used to feed us that as dessert. I'd still eat it.
I’ve been seeing deviled eggs on menus for the last few years. They are popular again because people want more low carb options, IMO.
But, how do you explain the 'tots?
That's Watergate salad, I believe. One of my friends brought that to a b-day party (in FL) earlier this week. It definitely references Jello and aspic salads of yore: Jell-O Art of the 20s and 30s.Likewise, I (a bona fide Northerner) do not consider deviled eggs to be retro. Other examples of so-called retro food in this thread so far strike me as basic 'Murricanized comfort food. For true retro cuisine, check out the Gallery of Regrettable Food.
Have you had tot-chos? delicious
meatballs cooked in grape jelly
Yup and yum! Tots are also so much better at a restaurant where they use the deep fryer than when you make them at home in the oven and they are vaguely soggy. Also good, tots with sriracha mayo.
I thought I saw something somewhere about the instantpot having an airfryer attachment? But, I am with you about adding anything to my kitchen appliance list. I barely have room for what I have.
Darn. Guess I wont be buying one anytime soon!
The air fryer instant pot lid may be my xmas gift to myself.
I would eat all of those foods at your party!
I would eat all of that menu CG!
I feel like we eat pretty retro, so it's hard to say.Maybe the xmas sweets. My mom used to make some cheerio and peanut butter square thing that I loved as a kid.Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
Wait. Is it just grape jelly on the meatballs? I have only had it with grape jelly is ONE of the ingredients in the gravy.
That is what I thought. I just wanted to make sure the jelly wasn't the only ingredient!
huh... the only thing my neighbour ever mentions is the grape jelly, but I will have an opportunity to ask her tonight
Yum! I would totally still happily eat Jello with canned fruit in it.
Hmm...stuffed peppers are ethnic; I personally wouldn't consider them retro any more than stuffed cabbage.
If it was served at the American dinner table during the late 1950's early 1960's, it's retro.