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2 hours ago, dcbc said:

One of my staples growing up was a chicken and rice casserole with four-ish frozen chicken breasts, two cups of rice, two cans of cream of mushroom soup, and two cups of water.  Season liberally with Seasoned Salt (Morton's Nature Seasons), cover in foil and bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours.  I made it for years after I got married and really like the cream of mushroom/rice combination.  Fancy it up by adding a can of mushrooms.  I recognize it for what it is (mid-century casserole/back of soup can recipe fare) and haven't made it in years.  But it outkicked the coverage for some time after it should have been retired.

 

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

^ slow cooker recipe for us.  Will also use cubed beef in p!ace of chicken at times. 

My mom made this a lot, but with cream of broccoli instead of mushroom (to placate us kids) 

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5 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

For the first 20 minutes after its cooked, Kraft Mac and Cheese is fucking outstanding.

No complaints here.  As a kid, fishsticks and Kraft Mac and Cheese was one of my A-#1 meals.  Mom only made it for me when dad was out of town (because my mexican dad sure as shit wouldn't eat any of that processed shit).  I'd look forward to it all week.

Still love 'em both, in moderation.

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3 hours ago, dcbc said:

One of my staples growing up was a chicken and rice casserole with four-ish frozen chicken breasts, two cups of rice, two cans of cream of mushroom soup, and two cups of water.  Season liberally with Seasoned Salt (Morton's Nature Seasons), cover in foil and bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours.  I made it for years after I got married and really like the cream of mushroom/rice combination.  Fancy it up by adding a can of mushrooms.  I recognize it for what it is (mid-century casserole/back of soup can recipe fare) and haven't made it in years.  But it outkicked the coverage for some time after it should have been retired.

My absolute favorite dish growing up when served with canned green beans and frozen rolls. I believe mom made it with cream of chicken instead of cream of mushroom though.

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1 minute ago, SimonBolivar said:

My absolute favorite dish growing up when served with canned green beans and frozen rolls. I believe mom made it with cream of chicken instead of cream of mushroom though.

Did she put the beans, rolls and cream of chicken in a casserole and bake it?  Or just the beans and soup?

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Just now, dcbc said:

Did she put the beans, rolls and cream of chicken in a casserole and bake it?  Or just the beans and soup?

No they were separately served, but now I wish she had.

 

Bread based casseroles are some of my favorite "bad foods". Once or twice a year I'll make a breakfast one with 2 cans of crescent rolls, cream cheese, and spicy breakfast sausage. 

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Just now, SimonBolivar said:

No they were separately served, but now I wish she had.

 

Bread based casseroles are some of my favorite "bad foods". Once or twice a year I'll make a breakfast one with 2 cans of crescent rolls, cream cheese, and spicy breakfast sausage. 

Yeah, my kids still love frozen rolls.  

 

A good canned biscuit base on an egg casserole or, even better, those frozen hash browns as a base is some pretty greasy good eats.  

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LOVE salmon patties. My MIL was not much of a cook, lotsa mid century modern convenience stuff. And salmon patties was in her rotation….and I loved em. Salmon patties with a crispy cornflake crust, eaten with ketchup. Glorious.

Fuckin’ a

My mother still makes “Coke salad”. It’s jello with some Coke in it, along with big black cherries and pecans. It’s good shit. Always have it at Thanksgiving.
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19 hours ago, Steel Shank said:


Fuckin’ a

My mother still makes “Coke salad”. It’s jello with some Coke in it, along with big black cherries and pecans. It’s good shit. Always have it at Thanksgiving.

I’ve had this made with Coke, Dr Pepper, Sprite, Fanta oranges, and Tahitian treat.  Separately not suicided. An augment loved all dishes made with cokes. (Yes goddam it.  Not soda or pop). Coke glaze on ham. Carrots braised in Coke.  Barbecue beans with root beer or Dr Pepper.  Coke cake. Sprite cake.  
 

My wife makes a chicken dish with it fried then smothered with onions and jalapeños in a sauce of Coke and ketchup.  it’s very good.

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4 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

I’ve had this made with Coke, Dr Pepper, Sprite, Fanta oranges, and Tahitian treat.  Separately not suicided. An augment loved all dishes made with cokes. (Yes goddam it.  Not soda or pop). Coke glaze on ham. Carrots braised in Coke.  Barbecue beans with root beer or Dr Pepper.  Coke cake. Sprite cake.  
 

My wife makes a chicken dish with it fried then smothered with onions and jalapeños in a sauce of Coke and ketchup.  it’s very good.

"Homemade" Big Red Ice Cream was everywhere in my youth.

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15 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

"Homemade" Big Red Ice Cream was everywhere in my youth.

I loved a Big Red float.  Now just the thought of it makes my teeth hurt, but as a ten year old kid, it was wonderful.

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On 5/1/2025 at 3:19 PM, Brisketexan said:

No complaints here.  As a kid, fishsticks and Kraft Mac and Cheese was one of my A-#1 meals.  Mom only made it for me when dad was out of town (because my mexican dad sure as shit wouldn't eat any of that processed shit).  I'd look forward to it all week.

Still love 'em both, in moderation.

I'll eat it fresh. I'll eat it cold.  I'll eat that shit until I'm old. 

 

Luby's is #1.  Kraft might as well be second.  I've made some fancy-ass mac 'n' cheese over the years, but Kraft is just damned satisfying. 

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On 4/30/2025 at 9:54 PM, hobbes2702 said:

 

 

Yea these are still a real solid snack

Lil smokies are a world away from vienna sausages (maintain the old lips to peckers to assholea ratio perhaps). But I can imagine that baking them for a while might dry and firm up the viennas so they're less disgusting. 

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9 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Many people do not realize that Big Red is a vanilla flavored drink.

It is great with vanilla ice cream.

No you idiot. It's red flavored. 

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On 5/1/2025 at 11:40 AM, Brisketexan said:

These discussions of terrible Texas Foodways overlap a lot with "midcentury foodways" of the US as a whole.

And along those lines, for years, my wife and I have toyed with throwing a potluck party with the theme of "low-rent midcentury favorites."  We will supply trays of baked fish sticks and ketchup, and giant bowls of Kraft mac and cheese made right from the box.  Others should bring....whatever favorites they can think of.  PB&J made with cheap welch's grape jelly on Wonder bread?  Hell yes.  Fried spam sandwiches....jello dishes....cheap chocolate pudding....all of it.

We don’t have any kids. One of my favorite things about nephews and nieces staying with us is that it’s a good excuse for Kraft mac & cheese with chopped-up hot dogs. Now that I am older I can afford all-beef dogs, which improves the flavor immensely. 
And frozen fish sticks with ketchup is a page straight out of my dad’s book when Mom was gone. He was not a cook. At all. 

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On 5/1/2025 at 12:35 PM, dcbc said:

One of my staples growing up was a chicken and rice casserole with four-ish frozen chicken breasts, two cups of rice, two cans of cream of mushroom soup, and two cups of water.  Season liberally with Seasoned Salt (Morton's Nature Seasons), cover in foil and bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours.  I made it for years after I got married and really like the cream of mushroom/rice combination.  Fancy it up by adding a can of mushrooms.  I recognize it for what it is (mid-century casserole/back of soup can recipe fare) and haven't made it in years.  But it outkicked the coverage for some time after it should have been retired.

We do this too, also works great with pork chops.

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4 hours ago, RMac5 said:

We do this too, also works great with pork chops.

That was the alternative protein when I was growing up too.

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On 5/1/2025 at 12:35 PM, dcbc said:

One of my staples growing up was a chicken and rice casserole with four-ish frozen chicken breasts, two cups of rice, two cans of cream of mushroom soup, and two cups of water.  Season liberally with Seasoned Salt (Morton's Nature Seasons), cover in foil and bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours.  I made it for years after I got married and really like the cream of mushroom/rice combination.  Fancy it up by adding a can of mushrooms.  I recognize it for what it is (mid-century casserole/back of soup can recipe fare) and haven't made it in years.  But it outkicked the coverage for some time after it should have been retired.

I love making this with boneless/skinless thighs instead of breast.

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On 5/1/2025 at 12:35 PM, dcbc said:

One of my staples growing up was a chicken and rice casserole with four-ish frozen chicken breasts, two cups of rice, two cans of cream of mushroom soup, and two cups of water.  Season liberally with Seasoned Salt (Morton's Nature Seasons), cover in foil and bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours.  I made it for years after I got married and really like the cream of mushroom/rice combination.  Fancy it up by adding a can of mushrooms.  I recognize it for what it is (mid-century casserole/back of soup can recipe fare) and haven't made it in years.  But it outkicked the coverage for some time after it should have been retired.

I do this on occasion except instead of rice I use spaghetti noodles and chicken thighs.  If I'm feeling fancy I'll wrap the chicken in bacon and brown on all sides first.  

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On 5/5/2025 at 7:28 AM, BurntOrange&White said:

I love making this with boneless/skinless thighs instead of breast.

Swap out the Cream Of.......with Campbell's® Condensed French Onion Soup Perspective: frontfrench onion soup and it works very well as a change of pace.

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On 5/1/2025 at 12:35 PM, dcbc said:

One of my staples growing up was a chicken and rice casserole with four-ish frozen chicken breasts, two cups of rice, two cans of cream of mushroom soup, and two cups of water.  Season liberally with Seasoned Salt (Morton's Nature Seasons), cover in foil and bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours.  I made it for years after I got married and really like the cream of mushroom/rice combination.  Fancy it up by adding a can of mushrooms.  I recognize it for what it is (mid-century casserole/back of soup can recipe fare) and haven't made it in years.  But it outkicked the coverage for some time after it should have been retired.

made basically the same in college and early adult life but used french onion soup/dip mix instead of seasoned salt

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On 5/5/2025 at 9:22 AM, gsoda3 said:

I do this on occasion except instead of rice I use spaghetti noodles and chicken thighs.  If I'm feeling fancy I'll wrap the chicken in bacon and brown on all sides first.  

My mom used to make "Spaghetti Casserole.  Spaghetti (cooked) on the bottom.  Top with mixture of jarred sauce and ground beef.  Top with shredded cheddar, repeat.  Bake covered at 350F for about 40 minutes.  Pretty damned tasty actually.

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13 hours ago, dcbc said:

My mom used to make "Spaghetti Casserole.  Spaghetti (cooked) on the bottom.  Top with mixture of jarred sauce and ground beef.  Top with shredded cheddar, repeat.  Bake covered at 350F for about 40 minutes.  Pretty damned tasty actually.

I would definitely eat that.

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My mom used to make a round iron skillet of cornbread, cut it into wedges, put it on a plate and slice it in half.
Top it with Ranch Style Beans, cheese and chopped onion.
Damn tasty and cheap.

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40 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

My mom used to make a round iron skillet of cornbread, cut it into wedges, put it on a plate and slice it in half.

Top it with Ranch Style Beans, cheese and chopped onion.

Damn tasty and cheap.

Post and thread could not be more unrelated.  Nothing awful about this.

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My old man sometimes ate awful things like a sardine sandwich.  I just remembered he would get a hankering for a “salad” sandwich.  Usually tuna fish but sometimes ham or chicken.  He’d sometimes make a baloney salad sandwich of chopped baloney, mayo, pickle relish, onion. Wasn’t my favorite but wasn’t awful.

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My old man sometimes ate awful things like a sardine sandwich.  I just remembered he would get a hankering for a “salad” sandwich.  Usually tuna fish but sometimes ham or chicken.  He’d sometimes make a baloney salad sandwich of chopped baloney, mayo, pickle relish, onion. Wasn’t my favorite but wasn’t awful.

Ain’t nothin’ wrong with a sardine sammich.
Damn, why all the hate for mid-century canned goodness?
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19 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

My old man sometimes ate awful things like a sardine sandwich.  I just remembered he would get a hankering for a “salad” sandwich.  Usually tuna fish but sometimes ham or chicken.  He’d sometimes make a baloney salad sandwich of chopped baloney, mayo, pickle relish, onion. Wasn’t my favorite but wasn’t awful.

I've posted about this before, but my Dad's go-to sandwich was wheat bread, mayo, bologna, American cheese, peanut butter, and Coleman's brown mustard.  He'd get lots of grief from everyone every time he made it but he didn't give two shits. 

 

I tried it once, and while it wasn't for me, it wasn't half bad.  And on the 115th anniversary of his birth in a couple of months, I'm inclined to make a version of his sandwich in his honor, although I may, with a modicum of guilt, upgrade the Oscar Meyer and Kraft ingredients.

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23 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

My old man sometimes ate awful things like a sardine sandwich.  I just remembered he would get a hankering for a “salad” sandwich.  Usually tuna fish but sometimes ham or chicken.  He’d sometimes make a baloney salad sandwich of chopped baloney, mayo, pickle relish, onion. Wasn’t my favorite but wasn’t awful.

My MIL makes what she calls a chopped ham salad but she actually uses SPAM.  It's delicious.

 

 

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One of my favorite meals as a kid was a homemade roast beef salad sandwich made by my Grandma. On Saturday, she would cook a pot roast for family dinner and any leftovers were put through a hand grinder and mixed with mayo, pickle relish and onion. I need to find the time to make this next weekend.

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4 hours ago, dcbc said:

my Dad's go-to sandwich was wheat bread, mayo, bologna, American cheese

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4 hours ago, dcbc said:

peanut butter, and Coleman's brown mustard

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A staple of my childhood was homemade hamburger helper. Which was the generic shells n cheese from Sack N Save (Velveeta was too expensive) mixed with ground beef. The most bland, one-note mash up you could imagine…but I tore it up.

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My mom made her kids and grandchildren a cookbook of all of our favorites growing up.  Another tasty treat was "Hamburger Chili Rice.  Basically, a pound of ground beef (browned), onion, green bell pepper, can of chopped tomatoes (she didn't do spice, but this is where I would sub Ro-Tel), 2 cups of rice, 3--4 cups of water, lots of seasoned salt, chili powder, cumin, boil, cover, cook until done.  I know this thread has taken a turn into damned tasty stuff our parents threw together, but like other easy recipes mentioned above, this one also is pretty solid, weeknight fare.

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9 hours ago, Bobby Western said:

A staple of my childhood was homemade hamburger helper. Which was the generic shells n cheese from Sack N Save (Velveeta was too expensive) mixed with ground beef. The most bland, one-note mash up you could imagine…but I tore it up.

Man I would tear that up now as an adult. Just adding peppers and hot sauce 

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3 hours ago, dcbc said:

My mom made her kids and grandchildren a cookbook of all of our favorites growing up.  Another tasty treat was "Hamburger Chili Rice.  Basically, a pound of ground beef (browned), onion, green bell pepper, can of chopped tomatoes (she didn't do spice, but this is where I would sub Ro-Tel), 2 cups of rice, 3--4 cups of water, lots of seasoned salt, chili powder, cumin, boil, cover, cook until done.  I know this thread has taken a turn into damned tasty stuff our parents threw together, but like other easy recipes mentioned above, this one also is pretty solid, weeknight fare.

Would smash.  Then and now.  

Honestly, stuff like that was one of the first things I learned to cook when I started cooking at around age 14.  Mom had a mid-life crisis then, and kinda stopped cooking.  Coincidentally, I was 14, so that was when I was consuming food like there was no tomorrow.  One of the first things I learned to cook for myself was a pot of white rice.  Soon after, I started coming up with ways to jazz it up.  Started simple -- ground beef, browned and then onions sauteed in the fat in the pan.  Add various seasonings (Cavender's, maybe chili powder and similar spices), then add appropriate cheese (parmesan, or sharp cheddar, depending on the theme).  Big pot o food is what I ended up with, and that was mi-t-fine for 14 yr old Brisket.

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39 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Would smash.  Then and now.  

Honestly, stuff like that was one of the first things I learned to cook when I started cooking at around age 14.  Mom had a mid-life crisis then, and kinda stopped cooking.  Coincidentally, I was 14, so that was when I was consuming food like there was no tomorrow.  One of the first things I learned to cook for myself was a pot of white rice.  Soon after, I started coming up with ways to jazz it up.  Started simple -- ground beef, browned and then onions sauteed in the fat in the pan.  Add various seasonings (Cavender's, maybe chili powder and similar spices), then add appropriate cheese (parmesan, or sharp cheddar, depending on the theme).  Big pot o food is what I ended up with, and that was mi-t-fine for 14 yr old Brisket.

I was around and paid attention when she was cooking these things.  She would show me how to do it, but only when I showed her that I would clean things as I went and not leave a mess in the kitchen.  Pot of white rice was one of my favorite things to eat as a young teenager.  I'd cook it up, douse it with seasoned salt, black pepper,  and butter and eat it with ketchup.  And I'd do it today just like that if it weren't my window to weight gain.   I made rice in college all the time.  I nearly burned down University towers during my first semester after coming home at 2 a.m. properly drunk, putting on a pot of rice, and promptly passing out, only to wake up who knows how long later with a room full of smoke.  I guess I mentioned this to my mom, who sent me a Rival Rice Cooker, which lasted me a good 25 years after that.

 

I still make Hamburger Chili Rice from time to time.  Everyone seems to enjoy it.

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3 hours ago, Js1 said:

Man I would tear that up now as an adult. Just adding peppers and hot sauce 

We had a dog that was getting old and going on periodic hunger strikes so my wife would cook up a big container of ground turkey and rice to mix in with his food when he was refusing to eat. One night I get home late from work travel and the easiest thing I can find in the fridge is the turkey and rice. I nuked it in the microwave, poured a generous amount of sriracha and added some salt and pepper and tore into it. It was pretty damn tasty and I would eat it periodically when my options in the fridge were limited. The dog was not amused that I was stealing his food. 

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