Can You Guess Whether These Retro Dishes Are Real or Not?

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Tuna is great if you like tuna. Tuna salad? Great. Tuna Jell-o Pie? WHAT?! Is Tuna Jell-o Pie even a thing? Did people really eat that?

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No way! Only someone totally sick in the head would think of or even eat something like this.
Oh, for sure. It was a wild time, this sounds right.

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For whatever reason, people were all about bananas from the 1950's-70's. It was a weird time. But, which banana based dish is too bananas to be real? Spot the faker.

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Pickled banana tapenade
Tomato banana tarts
Banana meat loaf
Ham and bananas hollandaise
Banana candle

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Mmmm, these brownies and beer look delicious. Now, let's add german sausage to the mix! Beer and kraut fudge cake? Real food or really just disgusting?

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Real food!
This is something you thought was a good idea when you were drunk, didn’t you? Gross. NOT REAL!

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SPAM was huge back in the day. Don't ask why, no one knows. But which culinary SPAM treat is too inedible to be a real thing?

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SPAM and limas
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SPAM 'n' cheese ribbon loaf
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Old Bay crab casserole with SPAM
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Fiesta peach SPAM bake

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Why was everything a loaf back then? No one knows. But was eggplant cantaloupe bread ever a reality for anyone?

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Yeah, sounds great. Cut me a slice, please!
No, gross. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS!

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Blue cheese isn't for everybody. Now - hear us out - what if we made it a mousse? WHAT?! Is blue cheese mousse a real recipe?

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Definitely, that sounds 100% real.
No way, you’re 100% making that up right now.

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Why did anyone think these flavors were good together? In the 70's, were people putting cocktail onions on hot dogs because of a popular Betty Crocker recipe?

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Yeah, I heard about this. It doesn’t sound too bad.
No, this wasn’t a real thing, but I might try it.

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Some of these coldly named dishes weren't actually served cold. Which frosty food is a fable? (The rest are real, which is gross. All of these are gross.)

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Igloo meatloaf
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Iced anchovy and peas aspic
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Snowy chicken confetti salad
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Frosted ribbon loaf

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A whole chapter of a vintage cookbook should be called "Why Did You Put Fruit In That?" Which fruit plus meat combination is the faker amongst the bunch?

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Lime cheese salad
Liver sausage pineapple
Shrimp orange walnut cocktail
Boiled apples and chicken

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TRUE OR FALSE: There's a vintage recipe called "Perfection Salad" that calls for carrot, celery, cabbage, pimento, apple juice, vinegar, and a ton of gelatin (duh).

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TOTALLY TRUE
EMPAHATICALLY FALSE

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Fluffy mackerel pudding. What makes it fluffy? No one knows. Maybe ask anyone who's cooked a meal while baby boomers were being born. Is this meal even real?

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This sounds like a real thing.
This sounds like something you came up with just to make me throw up in my mouth a little.

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That's a lobster roll. What's a swiss lobster roll? Apparently, a regular lobster roll with candied lingonberries and dijon mustard on top. Is/was that even real?

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Yeah! I think I heard about that.
No, and screw you for making me imagine those flavors together.

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Last question - how would you rate this quiz?

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I loved it!
It was pretty okay.
Not great…

Are These Real Retro Dishes Or Gross Things We Just Came Up With?

Tuna is great if you like tuna. Tuna salad? Great. Tuna Jell-o Pie? WHAT?! Is Tuna Jell-o Pie even a thing? Did people really eat that?

For whatever reason, people were all about bananas from the 1950's-70's. It was a weird time. But, which banana based dish is too bananas to be real? Spot the faker.

Mmmm, these brownies and beer look delicious. Now, let's add german sausage to the mix! Beer and kraut fudge cake? Real food or really just disgusting?

SPAM was huge back in the day. Don't ask why, no one knows. But which culinary SPAM treat is too inedible to be a real thing?

Why was everything a loaf back then? No one knows. But was eggplant cantaloupe bread ever a reality for anyone?

Blue cheese isn't for everybody. Now - hear us out - what if we made it a mousse? WHAT?! Is blue cheese mousse a real recipe?

Why did anyone think these flavors were good together? In the 70's, were people putting cocktail onions on hot dogs because of a popular Betty Crocker recipe?

Some of these coldly named dishes weren't actually served cold. Which frosty food is a fable? (The rest are real, which is gross. All of these are gross.)

A whole chapter of a vintage cookbook should be called "Why Did You Put Fruit In That?" Which fruit plus meat combination is the faker amongst the bunch?

TRUE OR FALSE: There's a vintage recipe called "Perfection Salad" that calls for carrot, celery, cabbage, pimento, apple juice, vinegar, and a ton of gelatin (duh).

Fluffy mackerel pudding. What makes it fluffy? No one knows. Maybe ask anyone who's cooked a meal while baby boomers were being born. Is this meal even real?

That's a lobster roll. What's a swiss lobster roll? Apparently, a regular lobster roll with candied lingonberries and dijon mustard on top. Is/was that even real?

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Tuna is great if you like tuna. Tuna salad? Great. Tuna Jell-o Pie? WHAT?! Is Tuna Jell-o Pie even a thing? Did people really eat that?

For whatever reason, people were all about bananas from the 1950's-70's. It was a weird time. But, which banana based dish is too bananas to be real? Spot the faker.

Mmmm, these brownies and beer look delicious. Now, let's add german sausage to the mix! Beer and kraut fudge cake? Real food or really just disgusting?

SPAM was huge back in the day. Don't ask why, no one knows. But which culinary SPAM treat is too inedible to be a real thing?

Why was everything a loaf back then? No one knows. But was eggplant cantaloupe bread ever a reality for anyone?

Blue cheese isn't for everybody. Now - hear us out - what if we made it a mousse? WHAT?! Is blue cheese mousse a real recipe?

Why did anyone think these flavors were good together? In the 70's, were people putting cocktail onions on hot dogs because of a popular Betty Crocker recipe?

Some of these coldly named dishes weren't actually served cold. Which frosty food is a fable? (The rest are real, which is gross. All of these are gross.)

A whole chapter of a vintage cookbook should be called "Why Did You Put Fruit In That?" Which fruit plus meat combination is the faker amongst the bunch?

TRUE OR FALSE: There's a vintage recipe called "Perfection Salad" that calls for carrot, celery, cabbage, pimento, apple juice, vinegar, and a ton of gelatin (duh).

Fluffy mackerel pudding. What makes it fluffy? No one knows. Maybe ask anyone who's cooked a meal while baby boomers were being born. Is this meal even real?

That's a lobster roll. What's a swiss lobster roll? Apparently, a regular lobster roll with candied lingonberries and dijon mustard on top. Is/was that even real?

Last question - how would you rate this quiz?

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