What foods are uniquely '80s'?
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What foods are uniquely '80s'?
The new chef at the formerly good French restaurant I worked at made, for a special one week, veal scaloppini with an grapefruit avocado sauce.
I left town shortly thereafter.
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
I'd have to agree that a lot of the foods mentioned above predated the '80s by a lot. Even microwave ovens for home use were a '70s thing. My grandmother got an original Radarange when they first came out. She remodeled her kitchen around a built-in model. This was in '73.
I was with her when she saw it demonstrated at an appliance store. It was like magic. The demonstrator put little slices of hot dog on a PAPER plate, covered it with a paper towel and it was sizzling hot in THIRTY SECONDS! Unheard of!
The good news is that the microwave (that is now 35 years old!) still works beautifully. It had to have a broken dial replaced a decade or so ago and the repairman tested it for leaks. It was still leak-free! They sure don't make 'em like they used to.
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
i think is more a function of the writer's age, than the food itself.
i associate many of those items with the 70's. and one or 2 w/ the 60's
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
Okay, how about Costco food. They sell the hot dog or sausage with drink for the same price as they did when they started in 1983 (and I'm sad to say I remember when it started). Better than Ikea prices!
Another item from 1983? Hot Pockets!
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
@JohnFred, count me amongst the oldsters... I grew up on Orange Julius and Johnny Carson... and I remember when Tab was pretty much the ONLY diet soda there was... those were the days...
@Leo, sorry, but by my own firsthand memory, tater tots and TV dinners predate the 80s by at least a decade or three...
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
I know that it was mentioned earlier, but as someone who feels truly ancient reading this thread I wanted to offer my own historical perspective. I had my first Orange Julius in 1969 in Seattle. I remember Johnny Carson (feh to those who don't know who Johnny is) mentioning Orange Julius a lot once he moved from NYC to LA. Tab was the dieting woman's drink of choice in the 60s. It was one of the first diet sodas. Bugles are another childhood memory. Even then we recognized the little pockets of grease in each end of the Bugle horns could not be good for anyone.
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What foods are uniquely '80s'?
Weljwm - I remeber Ale 8, I had it in Kentucky for the first time in the 80's. I have found it outside of Kentucky (Southern OH) with in the past 10 years, and then now days it is all over here. It is so refreshing and delicous. You may be able to get it from their website, www.ale8one.com.
Also from the 80's I remember:
Tyson frozen chicken patties
Tater tots
TV Dinners
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