tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post6017451786788211120..comments2024-03-25T13:25:19.911-05:00Comments on My Pretty Baby Cried She Was a Bird: American Can Company Regional Recipes (1951-1954)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-15362672496157460812012-04-18T16:13:20.835-05:002012-04-18T16:13:20.835-05:00I have to believe this played into the bomb shelte...I have to believe this played into the bomb shelter mentality of the time. Sure there is convenience and selection. This was a time when America was scared of nuclear war, communist take over and growing the economy and the population after WWII. The switch from bombers and aircraft carriers and into cans for the housewife seemed like a logical switch! I say yuck to most of these dishes. I would lose twenty pounds if this was all that was on the menu at a "fat farm". Plus, when you think of how many can never became recycled and ended in a dump, I shudder. "The depression was over and we are going to use aluminum like never before". Great posting of a time long gone, yet so close thanks to you!Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352425223803741970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-64635078592428982612012-04-18T15:55:13.515-05:002012-04-18T15:55:13.515-05:00'Semi-Homemade', 1950s! I prefer fresh in...'Semi-Homemade', 1950s! I prefer fresh ingredients like you, but can you imagine how exciting our grandmothers and great grandmothers must have found this stuff to be? I mean, I can't imagine the days before prepackaged everything! What a time saver for those overworked mid-century house gals!<br />My grandmother used to make the 'Golden Fruit Pie'. She called it something else, but that sounds like the same recipe and it was really good. <br />I'm a sucker for canned biscuits...we've already discussed the canned biscuit donuts I love so much! <br />All the salads sound nice, except the one with tomato aspic. Anything with 'aspic' in it makes me think of cat food. Not an appetizing thought!<br />And just for the record, I've decided that Sack O'Sauce In A Can O'Meat sounds completely scary, but not nearly as scary as today's pink slime....Just sayin'.Dolly the Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474700945219253368noreply@blogger.com