Perfection Salad
It won third place in the Better Homes and Gardens recipe contest in 1904 but didn't become super popular until decades later.Chicken à la KingMoscow MuleHoover stew
It was, in fact, named after then-President Herbert Hoover.Devils on Horseback
Fun fact: "Angels on Horseback" is the same thing, but with oysters instead of dates.Broken Glass Salad
AKA Stained Glass Salad.It's actually a sandwich
This is a party sandwich loaf, which is a giant sandwich that — in this case — is filled with chicken salad, egg salad, and lettuce, then frosted with a cream cheese mixture.Johnnycakes
They're also known as Johnny cakes, hoe cakes, Johnny bread, and spider cornbread, amongst other names.Rumaki
They were a tiki bar cocktail appetizer popularized by Trader Vic's.Rocky Road
In case you didn't know, it's chocolate ice cream with nuts and marshmallows mixed in.Candle Salad
Despite its...phallic appearance, the cherry is supposedly intended to be the flame, and the salad cream dripping down it is the melted tallow.Waldorf saladCream chipped beef
Chipped beef is a salted, dried (or smoked), pressed beef that's sliced realllly thin, topped with a simple, creamy gravy-like sauce.
P.S.: S.O.S stands for "Shit on a Shingle," and was what soldiers often called the dish.Tomato aspicSloppy Joes
If you've never had a Sloppy Joe, you're missing out. Ground beef mixed with onion, tomato sauce, and served on a hamburger bun.Salisbury Steak
This dish is like a hamburger/steak hybrid made with ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, and seasonings that's pan-seared and served with a delicious brown gravy. Classic TV dinner!Egg cream
Fun fact: They were invented in Brooklyn, New York!Surprise cake
It's also known as Tomato Soup cake or Mystery Cake.Water pie
Water is the primary ingredient, but it also includes sugar, flour, butter, and (on occasion) vanilla.Chicken Kiev
Chicken Kiev is a flattened chicken breast rolled around in herb garlic butter. Then, it's breaded and deep fried or baked.Rumaki
Rumaki is an appetizer that includes a water chestnut, chicken liver, and wrapped in bacon.Lard Sandwich
This one is pretty obvious as well, lard on bread.Codfish Balls
These are fried balls of salted cod and mashed potatoes.Chicken à la King
Usually it's diced chicken, mushrooms, pimentos that can be served over rice or toast.Mincemeat Pie
A sweet pie from England (yea, not savoury!) that's traditionally mixed with fruit, spices and suet. Perfect for the holiday season.Boiled Tongue
It's exactly how it sounds — usually tongue from a cow that's been boiled. It can also be made with pig, lamb, or deer.Waldorf Salad
Part salad, part fruit bowl, but all flavour? The Waldorf Salad is typically made with apples, celery, grapes, chopped walnuts, and smothered in mayo.Johnnycakes
They're also known as Johnny cakes, hoe cakes, Johnny bread, and spider cornbread, amongst other names.Floating Island
This dish is made up of meringues floating (get it?) inside a vanilla custard. It's also known as snow eggs, or oeufs à la neige if you're fancy.Mock Turtle Soup
A soup that's chock-full of offal (AKA the internal organs of animals).Aspic
That's meat suspended in gelatin.Baked Alaska
A Baked Alaska is a sponge cake, ice cream, and merengue monstrosity that is incredibly delicious.Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Sticky, sweet, and highly nostalgic. This cake is typically one-layer topped (or bottomed if you're being technical) with canned pineapple rings and maraschino cherries.Scrapple
Scrapple is pork scraps mixed with cornmeal; then, it's sliced and fried.Here it is, frosted, in a 1972 edition of Woman's Day Magazine.Porcupine meatballsFun fact: The drink's popularity also inspired a boozy Harvey Wallbanger cake!Hot Brown sandwichTurkey TetrazziniYou scored 0 out of 40You scored 1 out of 40You scored 2 out of 40You scored 3 out of 40You scored 4 out of 40You scored 5 out of 40You scored 6 out of 40You scored 7 out of 40You scored 8 out of 40You scored 9 out of 40You scored 10 out of 40You scored 11 out of 40You scored 12 out of 40You scored 13 out of 40You scored 14 out of 40You scored 15 out of 40You scored 16 out of 40You scored 17 out of 40You scored 18 out of 40You scored 19 out of 40You scored 20 out of 40You scored 21 out of 40You scored 22 out of 40You scored 23 out of 40You scored 24 out of 40You scored 25 out of 40You scored 26 out of 40You scored 27 out of 40You scored 28 out of 40You scored 29 out of 40You scored 30 out of 40You scored 31 out of 40You scored 32 out of 40You scored 33 out of 40You scored 34 out of 40You scored 35 out of 40You scored 36 out of 40You scored 37 out of 40You scored 38 out of 40You scored 39 out of 40You scored 40 out of 40
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This "salad" popular in the '40s and '50s had cabbage, greens, celery, and bell pepper suspended in seasoned gelatin. Can you name the salad?
From “Sh*t on a Shingle” to Jell-O-packed nightmares, mid-century meals were a strange and glorious culinary time capsule. These dishes might look like science experiments now, but they were once all the rage. Think you can recognize the meals that graced Grandma’s dinner table from the 1920s through the 1970s? If you get more than 15 right, you either lived it... or you’re a time-traveling food historian.
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Whether you aced it or barely remembered what a gelatin salad even is, you've officially survived a culinary time warp! From pineapple-topped meatloaf to mysterious mayo creations, the mid-century kitchen was nothing if not bold.
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