Tasting Wild 1970s Recipes

Exploring 1970s Culinary Oddities

• 🚀 The hosts embark on a "double throwback" to revisit a 2023 episode where they tasted foods from the 1970s.
• 👨‍👧‍👦 Joined by their dad, Charles, they delve into unique recipes that were popular during the decade he grew up in.
• 💡 The segment features "Time Travel Tastings" where they evaluate four different real recipes from the 1970s.

Ham and Banana Hollandaise

• 🍌 The first dish, from McCall's Great American Recipe, combines ham, banana, and hollandaise sauce.
• 💬 Charles shares a related anecdote about peanut butter, banana, and mayonnaise sandwiches, a southern tradition.
• ✅ Despite initial skepticism, the hosts find the combination of salty ham, banana, and tangy hollandaise to be "outta sight".

Jellied Tomato Refresher

• 🍅 This recipe from a 1974 Weight Watchers book features gelatin, tomato, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, and green pepper.
• 🤢 The hosts describe it as "congealed ketchup" and find the texture and flavor unappealing.
• ⚠️ Charles jokes that eating it would make one lose weight by not eating anything for two days, deeming it "that ain't right."

Pear and Tuna Pizza

• 🍕 A 1972 recipe from Hamlin Publishing Group, this dish includes canned tomatoes, canned tuna, pears, onions, and pickled walnuts.
• 🤮 The combination of fruitiness and fishiness is described as "horrible" and incomprehensible to the hosts.
• ❌ They conclude that the pear and tuna pizza is definitely "that ain't right".

Creamy Dried Beef Mold

• 🥩 The final dish, from a 1975 Betty Crocker cookbook, contains gelatin, mayo, mustard, skim milk, dried beef, onions, and celery leaves.
• 🤔 Initially hesitant, the hosts compare it to an onion dip with beef, finding it surprisingly palatable.
• 👍 Despite its unusual appearance, the creamy dried beef mold is declared "outta sight", making it the second successful dish of the tasting.

1970s Fun Facts

• 📜 Throughout the tasting, Charles provides humorous and sometimes questionable 1970s fun facts.
• 🚗 Facts include seatbelts being optional, the movie Jaws being based on a goldfish, and "free love" costing $1.50.
• 🎶 He also mentions that in the 70s, you weren't cool without a Bee Gees song as your ringtone.