We were watching a new TV show called The Astronaut Wives Club, about the wives of the Astronauts of the 1960's space program.

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-astronaut-wives-club

Some of the food that those wives made for their Astronaut husbands looked gross and absurd.

So I GOOGLE it and they really ate that stuff back then.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/truly-upsetting-vintage-recipes#.gy8eyJlOn

http://lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html

My Gawd! Did they not know how to cook basic things like Meatloaf and Chicken Fried Steak and Pot Roast & Mashed Potatoes?

This is the actual Instagram account of the food stylist of the TV show:

https://instagram.com/jelloandcasseroles/

I'd have to be mighty hungry to try any one of those! Yuck!

I posted this on another forum and people there remember eating those when they were kids.

I have a couple of friends in their 60-70s who remember their Mothers making all kind of concoctions with SPAM and JELLO for dinner or during holidays.

One of the members at the other forum found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6vJYyYrRps#t=280

Edited June 26, 201511 yr by J7Dadda

Now we have new gross food like this:

 

p.s. I could had swore we had a dedicated food and what you just eat discussion thread?

Apparently they can make chips or crisps taste like anything. I prefer plain.