Bob Boner

The list certainly describes what I remember.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

In Philly, it was macaroni with gravy.

machia Loc: NJ

👍😃
Good old South Philly ?

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Of course, youse guys want to stop in for some macaroni?

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

For you..............but very true for many!

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

Pizza came in the late fifties. Never heard of it until my brother-in-law bought some, and where I lived in Los Angeles, I could get oranges and bananas year around. But never heard of pasta, it was always spaghetti. Otherwise it's mostly true.

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

Except for a little outdoor grilling and using tea bags instead of leaves, pretty much spot on. Fruit was seasonal, and was purchased only if on sale. Many called pizza "tomato pie" and pies were so much larger then. When out, ordering for lunch was simply called a "slice". Cooking was done with either butter or more commonly "Crisco" or olive oil by most Mediterraneans. We never knew what deep-dish pizza was. Never heard the word "pasta". We thought thin crust was the worlds standard for pizza. More Italians made wine in their basements than spaghetti. Some did both. They also referred to the tomato sauce as "gravy" and it was never from a can or jar - a homemade sauce (or gravy) was a source of pride for both the mother and the father for family and guests alike. All sauce ingredients were secret and the exact recipe was never shared.
For southerners and transplanted northeners, Sunday dinner was usually fried chicken, homemade biscuits, fresh cut green beans and/or tomatoes from the garden, mashed taters from real potatoes, and homemade apple pie for dessert. Store bought pies were extravagant . Canned soups were okay for lunch, but never for supper. Frozen food was either concentrated OJ or ice cream, soon after TV dinners changed the world and more moms became employed - and we haven't stopped trying to make it more "convenient" to live ever since. The only thing that remains unchanged is the argument between "gravy" and "sauce". lol

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

I never heard the word 'gravy, and I have my own 'secret' recipe. Grandma used to cook pretty much like the above except she cooked black-eyed peas like you would string beans. Oh, and you forgot the cucumbers.

machia Loc: NJ

I'll bring the bread and wine 😃
Grandparent on my Moms side came to PHILADELPHIA in 1910 before moving up to Newark in 1926 . South Philly . Still have my Grandfathers camera from back then .
Have a Happy Thanksgiving !

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Happy Thanksgiving to you, Machia.

10MPlayer Loc: California

That's a pretty depressing view. I guess it's all in how you look at it. I grew up during the same era and don't have such a dark view of it.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

pasta has always been around for a long time, curry was used in about every household, pizza was everywhere, Bananas and Oranges were around at all times, oil was always used for cooking, especially extra virgin olive oil, of course green tea was around and yoghurt was just as popular as it is now! Seaweed was always considered a food (for several hundred of years) and Kebab could be had about around every corner then as well!

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

You must be quite young to remember all of those things in your childhood. I'm, 90 now and you have to be around my son's age or younger. I can remember when I was in jr. high, if I had a nickle I would run down to the local store and buy a nickle's worth of penny candy. Remember, Pizza didn't come out until after the war, and it was some years later when we started cooking with olive oil. And what country did you come from where you ate sea weed? Its still not stocked in most stores.

FrankR Loc: NYC

The first pizzeria in the USA, Lombardi’s opened in Manhattan in 1905 and several people who worked there moved on and opened their own place, well before the war, presumong you mean WWII. And all my mother, grandmothers and aunts ever cooked with was olive oil and sometimes butter, or the two together. As I said earlier, guess it depends on where you lived and who you were. To those of you who say gravy instead of sauce, gravy is described as a type of sauce made from the drippings of cooked or cooking meat to which a thickening agent such as flour, corn starch or a rouix and is usually brown. Did your mother or grandmothers add either to what you had for Sunday dinner? But call it what you want, just make it, make it taste good and let me know when it’s ready. 😎