Do you eat vintage?

Subvet642 · Dec 16, 2008

MEDIUMMYND said:
I am a great fan of tinned fish kippers being a particular favorite,pork pies and rice pudding also provide a very nice vintage feed.Here area few more i regularly eat.Welsh rarebit.liver and onions, deviled kidneys,Spam,Carnation milk,champ,full English breakfast,fish and chips the list go"s on and on and on.I eat vintage.

I don't suppose that I could talk you into sharing the recipes for pork pies (actual pies, not the hat!

) and Welsh rarebit? :essen:

Sepe · Dec 16, 2008

Vegetarianism and vintage don't match too well, and I usually don't have the time (or can't be bothered) to eat properly and thus pick something that I can eat on the move.

Of course there's the timeless stuff, especially now at christmas time, like carrot and potato casseroles. And rye bread, the backbone of every Finn's... uh, backbone?

Emer · Dec 20, 2008

Sadly no...

Hubby is lactose-intolerant, so we drink Lactaid; while I'm sure there was a version of this around in the 40's, I doubt it was this exact brand. Also, we're pescatarians, so the only meat we include in our diet is seafood. I think I've yet to see a vintage movie where there was a big fish dinner (and I don't suppose Boca burgers were around either).

fftopic:
Now, if we were still able to buy from small farms where I knew the animals were being properly maintained and taken care of, I probably wouldn't have a problem eating meat again. But I just don't trust a lot of today's farmers, let alone the USDA.

Forgotten Man · Dec 20, 2008

Say this is interesting!

haven't seen this thread till now... I know, where have I been? lol

Well, I have started to really eat more traditional in a depression era and war year style. I've gone back to basics... I keep oatmeal, eggs, bacon, butter and milk in stock. I buy fresh fruit when in season; I eat fresh veggies when I can... I keep tuna in cans stocked and some other can goods I buy from Trader Joes since their quality and ingredients are comparable to what you'd see on a can 60-70 years ago... if not cleaner. I do not like much processed foods, I don't believe in it.

I also have slowed way, way, way down on eating out! And I find my self happier. When my girlfriend is in town, she likes to cook and she prefers home cooked meals... especially since I do all the dishes afterwards with out her even asking lol I know, I'm a catch!

But, I buy whole wheat bread that has only maybe 4 or 5 ingredients and I eat smaller portions. If I drink a soda, it's on the weekends and always a cane sugar type and I really, really try and stay away from corn syrup! That right there is in most things and will make anyone gain or keep weight! It's the devil.

So, when I go shopping, I try and buy fresh as much as possible... and I feel better too! Also, if I want fruit juice, I find an orange tree and pick some, and juice them fresh... best source of vitamin C... and the store bought stuff is old by the time it hits the shelves... and has lost most of it's nutritional value.

Not implying everyone in the golden age eat this well, but they didn't have nearly as much clutter on their labels as we do now. I also keep away from frozen foods and I don't own a microwave... me no like radiation in my food or house! It takes a little longer to heat up a plate of leftovers in the oven but it tastes so much better!

Forgotten Man · Dec 20, 2008

Emer said:
I've yet to see a vintage movie where there was a big fish dinner (and I don't suppose Boca burgers were around either).

If you can get a hold of the 1932 Warner Brother's Vitaphone picture "TAXI" with James Cagney, there's a restaurant that this girl works at and it's a seafood place... have some neat shots of large aquariums in the place with trout swimmin' around.

Seafood was popular in those years... mostly in costal areas... but, lake fish has always been a staple for most people in most time periods! Lots of men liked to fish and bring home the catch for dinner.

vitanola · Dec 20, 2008

We cook 'most everything from scratch, including our bread, rolls, and pastry. The only convenience foods that we commonly use are frozen vegatables, as fresh, out of season produce is simply too dear.

Whilst copies of Escoffier, and all of Julia's cookbooks reside on the kitchen shelf, for the last several years we have found ourselves largely relying on DeGouy's excellent "Gold Cookbook" (1947), and a green and silver(1934) edition of the Better Homes and Gardens guide.

Pellaprat's "Modern French Culinary Art" is also occasionally useful, as is the General Electric (1928) refrigerator cookbook, which contains quite a number of novel recipies for refrigerated salads, consumees, and frozen desserts.

Our diet is quite old-fashioned, and is really very economical. Our friends seem to like it, as we have company to supper nearly every evening.

Forgotten Man · Dec 20, 2008

Say, if I'm ever in the area, I think I'll stop by! Sounds great what you are doin'!

A few of my close friends collect cookbooks and some times we get together and cook from them! We just need that late 20s or early 30s stove and we'll be set!

Paisley · Dec 23, 2008

Forgotten Man said:
Seafood was popular in those years... mostly in costal areas... but, lake fish has always been a staple for most people in most time periods! Lots of men liked to fish and bring home the catch for dinner.

Yes, just like Andy and Opie.

My parents and I ate a lot of trout and my father killed a deer or an elk every year.

I just had sardines, Wasa rye crackers and celery for dinner. I'm not really a fan of vintage meals, but sardines are full of protein, calcium, fatty acids, iron, they're very anti-inflammatory, and have other good qualities as well. They actually taste pretty good with celery.

LordBest · Dec 23, 2008

If you like Escoffier, you might want to try Charles Ranhofer's The Epicurean, it is the cookbook which defined the upper end of American cuisine (Franco-American) from the second half of the 19th century right rhough to the 1930s. It is available online:
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_47.cfm

vitanola said:
Whilst copies of Escoffier, and all of Julia's cookbooks reside on the kitchen shelf, for the last several years we have found ourselves largely relying on DeGouy's excellent "Gold Cookbook" (1947), and a green and silver(1934) edition of the Better Homes and Gardens guide.

St.Ignatz · Dec 23, 2008

The American Womans Cookbook is available cheep on ebay. Lots of different printings. Scrapple recipe, head cheese recipe shirred eggs you name it. The illustrations are great with actual fat shone on a ham steak.

nola89 · Jan 5, 2009

As far as comfort foods, down here in New Orleans we have been eating the same things for about 150 years. Ettouffe (shrimp or crawfish), gumbo (any kind will do), jambalaya (chicken and sausage please), red beans.

We're all content.

I'mSuzyParker · Jan 5, 2009

nola89 said:
As far as comfort foods, down here in New Orleans we have been eating the same things for about 150 years. Ettouffe (shrimp or crawfish), gumbo (any kind will do), jambalaya (chicken and sausage please), red beans.

We're all content.

Nola89, what about the Po' Boy with Debris.. Debris may be the best stuff on earth : )

nola89 · Jan 6, 2009

I wouldn't call po-boys comfort food (although I sure am comforted after having one). Truthfully, po-boys are more like our version of fast food. We have the typical chains but po-boys are much more widely available than McDonald's or the like. A lot of households prepare po-boys for meals but my family always picks them up from a bar or something. The comfort foods to me represent what mama is fixing most nights.

For those of you from New Orleans, ain't no po-boy like a Parkway po-boy.

I'm actually eating one right now. roast beef, dressed, with debris. Life does not suck.

John in Covina · Jan 6, 2009

I understand that in the New Orleans area there is a sandwich called a mufaletta that is supposed to be great.

Sunny · Jan 6, 2009

John in Covina said:
I understand that in the New Orleans area there is a sandwich called a mufaletta that is supposed to be great.

Probably heresy since I get mine from Jason's Deli, but I adore mufalettas. I LOVE olives. :eusa_clap

Vintage here? I'm not in charge of the food in my household, but when I was at college tortillas were staples. (We still have them a lot, but not as much as I did then.) I love tortillas. And beans, black or refried. I didn't used to like chili, but now I'm a fan, if there's lots of meat.

When the leftovers are all gone and I make lunch it's back to sandwiches. Ham and cheese on wheat, usually with mustard.

nola89 · Jan 7, 2009

John in Covina said:
I understand that in the New Orleans area there is a sandwich called a mufaletta that is supposed to be great.

Yes sir. Spelled "muffuletta", it was invented right here in New Orleans at Central Grocery and don't let nobody tell you different.

Sunny, while I can't imagine Jason's Deli's version of the muffuletta being terribly different from the original, I'm terrified to find out what kind of bread they serve it on (the bread is almost always wrong elsewhere).

Eva Morsikova · Jan 7, 2009

Wouldn't 60+ year-old rayon taste a little odd?

I have a couple of cookbooks from the 20s and 30s and have made some dishes from these. I made a few batches of these really good butterscotch cookies from one of the books.

fftopic: If anybody wants the recipe just message me.

thunderw21 · Jan 7, 2009

Of course I don't eat vintage. If I did I wouldn't have anything to wear!

*rimshot*

Edit: buggery, Eva beat me by several minutes.

St.Ignatz · Jan 7, 2009

nola89 said:
Yes sir. Spelled "muffuletta", it was invented right here in New Orleans at Central Grocery and don't let nobody tell you different.

Sunny, while I can't imagine Jason's Deli's version of the muffuletta being terribly different from the original, I'm terrified to find out what kind of bread they serve it on (the bread is almost always wrong elsewhere).

I haven't been to NOLA in a few years. Progress Grocery was gone last time but what about Johnny's Po-boys? I think that was the name, they still there? I think the were around St. Anne or Conti.

fftopic:

Mike in Seattle · Jan 7, 2009

Emer said:
Hubby is lactose-intolerant, so we drink Lactaid; while I'm sure there was a version of this around in the 40's, I doubt it was this exact brand. Also, we're pescatarians, so the only meat we include in our diet is seafood. I think I've yet to see a vintage movie where there was a big fish dinner (and I don't suppose Boca burgers were around either).

Was it After the Thin Man or Another Thin Man where Nick & Nora were out with friends and they wanted roast beef but ended up with sea bass, as did everyone else at the table because the waiter wouldn't let anyone order anything else?

And wheat, soy and barley just a few of the grains that were used as in place of ground beef or as "ground beef extender" during WWII, and using that alone wasn't that out of the ordinary according to my botany classes in college. Wasn't there something called Victory Loaf or similar that was a meatless meatloaf?

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