When you think about what your grandparents ate – Jell-O, Salzbury Steak, casserole, and what your parents ate – microwaved meals, fad diets, processed foods, and where we are today, you notice that each generation had their own “cuisine”.
When I think about elaborate gelatins, the only people I see doing that are my grandparents when they do a formal meal. I don’t think anybody in my generation would keep that tradition alive.
I’m curious what you think is on its way out now?
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I just ate a sandwich. It’ll be on its way out in a matter of hours.
I always think marshmallows are more of a novelty and wonder how long they will be around. But I also think that’s part of their appeal. And they are in so many different items, and various shapes.
But I’ll add Grape nuts. Are they even still around? Lol! If they are I don’t see them sticking it out.
Powdered, sugary drinks like kool-aid.
Fruit cake, who the fuck eats that shit?
I feel like liver was probably more popular a few generations ago, and will only continue to decline in popularity.
I’ve never eaten it.
This is purely anecdotal, but I haven’t seen a meatloaf in at least 25 years.
I actually like meatloaf, so I’m a little bummed…
I love Saiulsbury Steak. I also get TV dinners bc they are cheap and filling after a long day. Jell-O is good and is a Godsend after oral surgery.
foie gras and veal. Been seeing more people turn away from that. Foie grass set off a protest to stop 3 places from selling it and it worked out
You ain’t lying about gelatin. I have several old cookbooks from the 50s and half that stuff is inedible gelatin mayo blends.
Edit: here’s one for crab mousse:
White crab meat
Capers
Chopped olives
*1 cup mayonnaise*
*1 envelope plain gelatin*
Hot Milk
Powdered mustard
Celery
Vinegar
Worcestershire sauce
Cold water
Combine, beat well, put it oiled mold
🤢🤮
Hear me out – kale.
In the 90s and before it was just used to decorate salad bars. Then everyone started eating it because it was deemed way healthier than iceberg lettuce I guess. But to make it edible in a salad you have to trim it off the stems and then like massage it. Just tear up some romaine and be done with it. Also no one has time for kale chips – that is just a last ditch effort to make kale appealing.
Liver, brain sandwiches..
Please be kale
Do people make casseroles anymore?
My grandmother used to make some sort of like jello mold with mayo?? I’ve literally never seen it beyond her generation
I’m thinking canned tuna dishes and fondue
I don’t feel like food has changed much in the last 20 years. Not as much as it did before. I feel like that’s because we have access to everything. My grandma (97) remembers when the city got its first pizza place and first Chinese restaurant. And she’s from St. Paul, MN, so not a small town by any means.
However, I do remember wraps being everywhere as the “healthy” option back in the early 2000s. That’s about it.
Snack cakes (like Little Debbie’s).
Most people who eat them are either elderly or little kids because they’re easy to put in a school lunch. It seems like an increasing amount of people outside those age groups are finding them unappealing.
My parents have never eaten a microwaved anything lol
I want it to be octopus after just finishing Nature’s broadcast of Heidi the Octopus.
Based on what I no longer see on Pinterest… Cauliflower crust things, zucchini noodles, and anything made in an Instant Pot. Those were all huge several years ago.
Natto miso is fading away because it’s only Japanese octagenarians and me eating it anymore. Everyone else realizes that it’s foot-smelling bean slime. More for me, I guess.
See the whole gelatin thing was an *interesting* part of our history. After WW2 we had so many new foods, so many new flavors, and so many new ways of preparing and serving that we entered our “awkward teen years” of food. We were inundated with new food like pineapple, shrimp, and gelatin. We, as a people, went without during WW2, and before that the Depression. We entered a time when white middle class folks could get a little crazy. And we went crazy. We set a standard for insane food because we needed to have strata of acceptance and to shun people that didn’t meet that standard.
Are people still doing Shake and Bake? Hamburger Helper? Sloppy Joe’s? I used to love this shit, but haven’t had it in decades.
Beef stroganoff. I love it, but you barely find it anymore.
Bologna.
I think the dessert cycle went gelato / gourmet ice cream–> gourmet cupcakes –> gourmet cookies. I don’t think the gourmet cookie trend will stay very long, but I frankly wouldn’t be surprised if the next dessert were something throwback-y. Probably not Jell-o, because it’s not very portable, not super satisfying, and often not vegetarain, or anything that you can’t make in individual portions and don’t have to keep super cold. Maybe a variation on pie (I feel like pie’s gotten passed over in the gourmet dessert fads)–maybe hand pies?
Almond milk- it’s far too water intensive to grow almonds and as the cost goes up people will find alternatives.
I may be completely wrong, but tomato and mayo sandwiches….the youngest person I’ve seen eat one was in their mid 50s and I’ve never seen one on a menu anywhere
like half these responses are “I haven’t seen Coco Pebbles in a while”
Frozen juice concentrate. I remember making orange juice from a can of concentrate. I always had a stockpile of cans in my freezer. The bottled orange juice always tasted terrible. Then about 25 years ago, the bottled juice started getting better, and the frozen concentrate became less popular. I think you can still get the frozen stuff, but I rarely see people using it anymore.