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What's your favorite retro food?
« on: September 02, 2019, 05:37:32 PM »
Right now, mine is deviled eggs.  I started making them earlier this summer and my guy's kids love them.  I love them.  Little bullets of delicious, decadent protein!
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Re: Waht's your favorite retro food?
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2019, 06:16:04 PM »
Yum!

 I would totally still happily eat Jello with canned fruit in it.   :D

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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2019, 06:25:48 PM »
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. 

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Re: Waht's your favorite retro food?
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2019, 07:57:14 PM »
Tuna noodle casserole, but only if it’s my mom’s recipe.

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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2019, 08:35:37 PM »
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.

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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2019, 10:30:10 PM »
twice baked potatoes

I used to love tuna melts but haven't had one in a billion years.  I may have to try that.  Except 12 year-old tuna melt-loving me didn't wonder which gluten free bread and rennet-free cheese would go with low mercury tuna and paleo mayo   :roll:
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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2019, 12:16:17 AM »
We eat American style tacos at least once a week. So I'll go with that.

But retro/Americana classic food is trendy again.

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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2019, 11:28:54 AM »
I loved deviled eggs.  Are they retro? 
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« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2019, 11:46:12 AM »
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.
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Re: What's your favorite retro food?
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2019, 07:44:29 AM »
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.

That's cause you're Southern.   :D  They are definitely retro, but yes, retro food is making a comeback.

I like the all sorts of ways and usually add:
Mayo, mustard (kind depends on the kick I want), a bit of relish, something spicy (ie pickled jalapeno, hot pepper etc). On top a bit of chives and a dusting of paprika.

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Re: What's your favorite retro food?
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2019, 07:59:32 AM »
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.

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« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2019, 08:45:48 AM »
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.

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.
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Re: What's your favorite retro food?
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2019, 10:43:20 AM »
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?  :skep:

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« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2019, 11:07:38 AM »

But, how do you explain the 'tots?  :skep:

Those have been on menus around here for a long time. People just love tots, I guess.

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« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2019, 12:22:54 PM »
we had a retro food neighbourhood happy hour potluck earlier in the summer... we made spinach dip served in a loaf of pumpernickel, and devilled eggs (admittedly, tea eggs, devilled with wasabi mayo... but still, devilled eggs)... oh, and plain chips with french onion soup mix and sour cream dip

neighbours brought:
cheese and gherkin puffs
cheeseball
meatballs cooked in grape jelly
shrimp ring
ham salad pinwheel sandwiches
7-layer dip (but with 5 layers: ground beef, cheese, refried beans, salsa, sour cream)
chocolate covered strawberries


NOTE: with the exception of one neighbour originally from Massachusetts (cheese and gherkin puffs), we did not tell the neighbours it was a retro finger food potluck, because that's just how they operate (see Newfie homestyle cooking thread) on the day-to-day

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« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2019, 12:26:51 PM »
I would eat all of those foods at your party!

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« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2019, 01:04:39 PM »
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.

Oh, I don't know if there is jello in it.  It has more of the cool whip consistency than the jello consistency.  Jello consistency is very off-putting.

I have eaten tomato aspic before.  It's disgusting.

I have seen some "different" deviled eggs in the past couple of years as restaurant appetizers.  Like truffled deviled eggs at a fancy steak place.  Or citrus and tuna deviled eggs at a sushi place.  I love that stuff too.
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« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2019, 01:47:45 PM »

But, how do you explain the 'tots?  :skep:

Have you had tot-chos?  delicious
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« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2019, 02:01:14 PM »
Have you had tot-chos?  delicious

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.

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« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2019, 02:18:23 PM »
???

It sounds terrible but is actually good. It's savory and sweet, if you like that combo you're golden.

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« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2019, 02:58:58 PM »
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.

So true (about the deep fryer).  Friends recommend the air fryer but I'm not currently adding things to my kitchen that only do one job, no matter how well they do them.

Everything is good with sriracha mayo.  Yum.  My fave is blistered shishito peppers.  That would mix well with tots actually.
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« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2019, 03:00:48 PM »
Yeah I’d love to try the air fryer but I’m 100% on the same page about appliances.

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« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2019, 03:23:44 PM »
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.

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« Reply #24 on: September 04, 2019, 03:32:06 PM »
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.

Made by Instant Pot, but a whole different device.

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« Reply #25 on: September 04, 2019, 04:02:43 PM »
Darn. Guess I wont be buying one anytime soon!

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« Reply #26 on: September 04, 2019, 04:26:55 PM »
Whether retro or updated, tots are such a delicious and versatile guilty pleasure. Bradenton!BFF made a casserole of tots, spicy breakfast sausage, and grated cheddar cheese for brunch this morning. We washed it down with a 2008 Veuve Clicquot rose’. It was awesome!

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« Reply #27 on: September 04, 2019, 06:42:38 PM »
I love my air fryer
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« Reply #28 on: September 04, 2019, 06:47:30 PM »
You can even order tots at the movie theater here now. They bring them to your seat and everything.

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« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2019, 10:24:57 PM »
Darn. Guess I wont be buying one anytime soon!

Me neither.  I'm with you on no more single-purpose appliances.  I'm fresh out of counter space. 

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« Reply #30 on: September 05, 2019, 06:17:13 AM »
The air fryer instant pot lid may be my xmas gift to myself.
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« Reply #31 on: September 05, 2019, 07:59:34 AM »
The air fryer instant pot lid may be my xmas gift to myself.

Oops, sorry RA.  Meri is right, there is a lid you can buy that claims to add air fryer capability to the IP.  I was thinking of the Instant Pot Vortex air fryer which is a whole separate device that they also vend.




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« Reply #32 on: September 05, 2019, 09:00:49 AM »
I would eat all of that menu CG! 

One of our favorite pub/restaurants has tots.  They are delicious. 

I have been tempted by an air fryer but just don't want another appliance.  Ha!
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« Reply #33 on: September 05, 2019, 10:03:06 AM »
I would eat all of those foods at your party!
I would eat all of that menu CG! 

At the end of the party, the only thing there was left over was spinach dip. I can happily get behind a lot of it but I don't understand the purpose of ham salad as a sandwich filling, and I can't get my head around grape jelly as a meatball sauce (same neighbour sometimes cooks sausages in grape jelly or pours hot grape jelly over cooked chicken wings). I don't really approve of cheeseball either, to be honest.


I thought of some other retro foods I genuinely like:
meatloaf
swiss steak
salmon patties (from canned salmon)
scalloped potatoes
baked alaska
pineapple upside down cake
a wide variety of jello salads (but not all jello salads)

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« Reply #34 on: September 05, 2019, 10:05:11 AM »
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.

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my mom used to do that too... I think there was also honey in them... mom sometimes put in raisins too

I hated them.



edited to add: So I messaged my mother about these. She says the recipe is peanut butter, honey, and cheerios. Bring to a boil 1 cup of peanut butter and one cup of honey, remove from heat, stir well. Pour over 4 cups of cheerios and mix to coat, press tightly into an oiled or lined pan and let cool. She said she used to add raisins if she was short on cereal volume, or sometimes other cereals. Also, that she would make these to use up stale cereal, and she is pretty sure that's why I didn't like them. My siblings were less bothered about it.
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« Reply #35 on: September 05, 2019, 10:48:02 AM »
Have you had tot-chos?  delicious

My local bar does TotRoast.  It's tots with roast beef and gravy and cheese.  It is the bomb.
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« Reply #36 on: September 05, 2019, 12:29:52 PM »
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.
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« Reply #37 on: September 05, 2019, 11:24:06 PM »
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.

Yes, the versions I've had (and made) were half grape jelly/half BBQ sauce.

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« Reply #38 on: September 06, 2019, 10:32:05 AM »
That is what I thought.  I just wanted to make sure the jelly wasn't the only ingredient!

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« Reply #39 on: September 06, 2019, 10:35:05 AM »
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

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« Reply #40 on: September 06, 2019, 10:37:42 AM »
huh... the only thing my neighbour ever mentions is the grape jelly, but I will have an opportunity to ask her tonight

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« Reply #42 on: September 06, 2019, 01:52:01 PM »
Yum!

 I would totally still happily eat Jello with canned fruit in it.   :D

I LOVE jello with canned fruit!

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« Reply #43 on: September 06, 2019, 06:49:26 PM »
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.
Retro doesn’t have to be regrettable. I consider meatloaf retro too. Food that were popular in yesteryear and fade out as tastes change, then come back.

Caribou has a great list!


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« Reply #44 on: September 06, 2019, 07:40:08 PM »
Oh! Stuffed bell peppers!


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« Reply #45 on: September 06, 2019, 09:28:52 PM »
Hmm...stuffed peppers are ethnic; I personally wouldn't consider them retro any more than stuffed cabbage. 
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« Reply #46 on: September 06, 2019, 09:31:15 PM »
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. 

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« Reply #47 on: September 07, 2019, 11:24:26 AM »
If it was served at the American dinner table during the late 1950's early 1960's, it's retro.
1! Esp if it has gone out of favor.
Ethnic and retro do not have to be mutually exclusive.

ETA: I was chuckling today thinking about this thread and all the different definitions of retro.


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« Reply #48 on: September 07, 2019, 12:16:44 PM »
If it was served at the American dinner table during the late 1950's early 1960's, it's retro. 

Even the 70s. Fish sticks, steak fingers, canned vegetables as a side, banana pudding.

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« Reply #49 on: September 07, 2019, 05:07:06 PM »
Oh man, I used to love fish sticks and Stouffer’s spinach soufflé as a kid. And banana pudding with Nilla wafers was a fave too. And one of the few things my
Mom made that I loved.
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« Reply #50 on: September 07, 2019, 06:01:09 PM »
Pepperidge Fawm used to make frozen za. I loved it as a kid, but, in retrospect, the sauce was too sugary sweet.

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« Reply #51 on: September 09, 2019, 07:28:04 AM »
I love banana pudding!  My MIL makes a great one.


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« Reply #52 on: September 09, 2019, 12:11:49 PM »
I wish my DD liked it.  She's only mostly Southern  :d
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Mostly Southern! :D
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