Dishes that were once popular but hard to find now

[PeoplesElbow]

That was usually a sourdough starter, and after it expanded, you'd give a portion of the starter dough to someone, who would add more flour and stuff to it, and repeat the process.

What I am talking about wasn't dough, it was some fermented liquid in a mason jar.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/thirty-day-friendship-cake/

 

[glhs837]

just curious, what didn't you like about it other than the price?

A bit confusing as to how the process worked, and because of that, I ended up having to cook my ahi tuna by dipping it in boiling liquid, not my preferred method of cooking fish. I'm not a big boiled food sorta guy, pasta, rice, that's about it for me.

 

[stgislander]

Deviled crab
Shad Roe (in the Spring)
Terrapin soup

Wow. That is the only crab dish I remember from childhood. It stands out because they were always baked in the crab shell.

 

[Merlin99]

Wow. That is the only crab dish I remember from childhood. It stands out because they were always baked in the crab shell.

My niece asks my mom to make Waldorf salad every thanksgiving. I didn't know they even made pistachio jello anymore.

 

[glhs837]

My niece asks my mom to make Waldorf salad every thanksgiving. I didn't know they even made pistachio jello anymore.

You mean Watergate Salad? Or as I knew it growing up in Mass, Ambrosia?

 

[Merlin99]

You mean Watergate Salad? Or as I knew it growing up in Mass, Ambrosia?

That's the one.

 

[Vince]

My grandmother used to make Depression candy - it's leftover mashed potatoes mixed with powdered sugar and pattied out. My cousins and I only liked it because it was a novelty. I tried to make it for my kids once and they thought it was gross.

Remember when Ritz cracker Mock Apple Pie was all the rage?

And all celery sticks were stuffed with squeeze cheeze or peanut butter.

Welsh rabbit, which I wouldn't touch even though it's just cheese on toast.

And Poke Cake, where you bake a cake, then poke holes in it and pour liquid jello over the top, then refrigerate until it gels and frost it with Cool Whip.

This was before Food TV, when we all learned to cook.

We didn't get cake or candy as kids unless it was a birthday, Christmas or Easter. I can't think of anything that Mom made that I don't make now. Oh...Tripe, but my brother knows how to make that one.

 

[MJ]

My mother made this horrible canned salmon dish topped with cheapie potato chips. It was terrible, but we wouldn't dare tell her how much we hated it. I made it for my kids once just so they could see how bad it was.

 

[glhs837]

We didn't get cake or candy as kids unless it was a birthday, Christmas or Easter. I can't think of anything that Mom made that I don't make now. Oh...Tripe, but my brother knows how to make that one.

And exactly when are you planning to kill him and hasten the time when no one on this plant knows how to make that? Time's a'wastin.....

 

[RPMDAD]

You mean Watergate Salad? Or as I knew it growing up in Mass, Ambrosia?

Yeppir, i remember it being called Ambrosia when i lived in Mass.

 

[Forkian]

Tupperware

 

[Vince]

And exactly when are you planning to kill him and hasten the time when no one on this plant knows how to make that? Time's a'wastin.....

What are you talkin about, tripe is great stuff.

 

[glhs837]

What are you talkin about, tripe is great stuff.

Like other things, it's what you eat if there aint nothing else left.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Remember the ubiquitous jello molds that were popular in the 1960s? I wonder why they fell out of favor. Most weren't very good but that didn't stop people from making them or serving them at parties.

Wilted spinach salad is another dish that disappeared. There was a quick fondue craze a few decades ago. I'm sure most kids think fondue means melted chocolate.

What are some other dishes that did a Houdini?

Sweet potato pie; filling made from scratch. My Grandmother use to make THE best. We only got them at Thanksgiving; but we got 3 or 4 and would eat them all between the Wednesday night before Turkey Day and Sunday before we came home......then gripe about gaining weight over the weekend.

 

[vraiblonde]

Sweet potato pie; filling made from scratch.

Which reminds me: mincemeat pie. Nobody ever makes that anymore, probably because they finally realized that it's gross.

 

[GWguy]

Which reminds me: mincemeat pie. Nobody ever makes that anymore, probably because they finally realized that it's gross.

My mom does, but she doesn't add any real meat. Basically a fruit pie now.

 

[vraiblonde]

My mom does, but she doesn't add any real meat. Basically a fruit pie now.

My great-aunt used to make it every Christmas when I was a kid. It was a raisin pie with bits of pork. Yack.

 

[Agee]

Goulash...

From what I recall, pretty much whatever was in the frig, did always seem to include ground beef and corn.

 

[vraiblonde]

Goulash...

From what I recall, pretty much whatever was in the frig, did always seem to include ground beef and corn.

I LOVE goulash! Ground beef, onions, corn, and macaroni in seasoned tomato sauce. YUM!

 

[glhs837]

I LOVE goulash! Ground beef, onions, corn, and macaroni in seasoned tomato sauce. YUM!

I loved this when my Mom made it, except for the stewed tomatoes she tossed in, those are NOT cool.