Eating Weird Food from the 50s (with Katherine)

49 thoughts on “Eating Weird Food from the 50s (with Katherine)”

1. This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen I am CRYINGGGG 🤣

2. That was certainly a book of hilarious recipes she found rather than cooked. Surely??

3. Oh cool, so this is why I say pepper like that.

4. I like the 50's nod to Hamm's: The Beer Refreshing!

5. I made the mistake of throwing out all these cook mags my 6th grade teacher gave to our cook class. They were from 60s, 50s. Maybe 1970s too.

6. I love popovers.

7. I'm not a fan of jello. I don't like pudding either.

8. I like jello. There are things that don't belong in Jello. Gelatin and fruit go together. What they did in the 1950s is an abomination against cuisine.

9. You probably won’t see this, but I would love another one of these.

10. I’m sad that there weren’t any really delicious things. Keep trying more stuff!

11. That. Was. Hysterical!

12. papper

13. What are those dilectable beeps and bloops my ears are *loving*??

14. My grandmother's name was Helen, too.

15. The hardest part about being a good cook is being able to choose which recipe to try. Keep looking. There must be some winners.

16. i like that after the korean war, south koreans made army base stew and america did this after wwii

17. Me in 2022 not realising for a solid minute this video is 6 years old and brmeing So Confused.

18. Popovers when made right are amazing, a shell encasing an eggy choux-like puff of dough. Try James Beard's version from this era.

19. Just about lost it over "Cleveland Chowder". Well done.

20. Golden Rabbit sounds like a good idea, but go easy on the crackers and add some seasoning. Just some pepper would do wonders for it. Mexican Chop Suey does sound weird, but mixing Mexican and Oriental flavors together is always problematic–they just don't seem to work together.

21. If she's drinking Hamm's and she tastes something so bad she won't eat it, that thing is undoubtedly terrible.

22. I watch this like once a year sometimes more. So enjoyable. <3

23. I eat something similar to Golden Rabbit
    I mix Alphaghetti with Campbell's Vegetable soup. The veg adds to the pasta and the soup cuts the tomato paste thickness. The end result is a richer veg soup with noodles

24. I feel obligated to defend the dishes. Sorry but there were poor executions from your part, there.

25. Love that she had to clarify that it was her grandmother not Helen Hunt. That was hilarious.

26. I lived through the 50s and 60s, and most of today's food scares the crap out of me. Can't eat the poison.

27. This video combined two of my favorite things: other people trying out questionable foods of the past, and Hank Green.

28. "Serve it with half a raw potato." I think alot about this moment.

29. Still one of my favorite vlogbrother videos 😂

30. This was somehow infinitely worse than the Watcher version.

31. So my memories from childhood of not wanting to finish my food are justified!

32. Golden Rabbit seems like a very British thing to do.

33. Did I read "meatloaf stew" 🤢

34. What a waste of good cranberries!

35. Hank, I bet this video gave you the cancer

36. Today I learned that people don't make popovers anymore. They're best with a bit of honey. Sort of like a sopapilla

37. Silly people!!!

38. Green jello with carrots

39. Mexican Chop Suey?! WHYYYY?

40. I was a kid in the 50s and I never understood how anyone could like those things. And we haven’t even talked about how brussel sprouts were prepared back then.

41. After watching this stark reminder of what people though food was back in the day, I thought it would be a good idea to come up with new names for the above mentioned dishes to dissuade anybody from ever trying to eat them.
    1: Golden Rabbit. I think "I can't believe it's not food" or maybe "Technically edible".
    2: Popovers "Surprisingly normal compared to everything else from this decade" or just, y'now "smaller-than-normal bread".
    3: Beer dressing. This one gave me some trouble and I am open to suggestions, but I do think "Salad dressing replacement substance" has some merit
    4: Mexican chop suey. The worst offender by far, I would call this "No" or "Don't do it" or "An animal died for this" or "Surely there's something better you could do?" or "Don't give this to people if you have a conscience"
    5: Orange cranberry relish mold. My grandmother was obsessed with these things and I, like any rational human being, hated them. I would call this "Food crime exhibit A" or perhaps "If you make this there's nothing anybody can do to help you"

    Let me know how I did and I would love to hear anybody else's suggestions!

42. "JUST BREAK THEM OVER THE BOWL AND DROP THEM IN SO THEY'RE STARING AT YOU WITH THEIR BIG YELLOW EYES" 😂😂

43. Most of the recipes from newspapers and magazines were designed to sell certain foods. During the 70s Kraft sponcered several shows. And they would show recipes from the Kraft Kitchen. Most sounded horrible. But there were a few gems.

44. What music is this?

45. Now we know where B. Dylan Hollis got his idea 😂😂🔥

46. It's been seven and a half years since this video, and I still cry with laughter every time I watch it. A+++++ content.

47. This was adorable, but also that Helen's book/diary wwwoooowwww that is some treasure right there

48. I came here from Smosh Cast.

49. I think this is the only Vlogbrothers episode where the funniest lines have not been written by Hank or John

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