Craziest Foods People Ate In The '70s (Throwback)

Today we're throwing it back to a vintage foods taste test. Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Summer. You know, I love a good throw back. Oh, you mean like when we did an episode, throwing it. back to the seventies and we changed the aspect ratio and. put a filter on the camera so it looked like an old porno? Mm. No. I mean, when we did an episode, where we actually time. traveled back to the seventies and we put a filter on the.

camera, so it looked like one of the many respectable, wholesome films released in the seventies, such as. "Dirty Doug Goes All Day Schlong". Right. Well, the only thing better than a throwback. is a double throwback. So what do you say? We time travel again? Yes, back to 2023. And revisit the episode where we revisited the seventies. Well, if I may use a little retro 2023 slang, I'd say that sounds pretty lit. Check it out.

Hey, Foxy Mama. Today we're eating in the seventies. Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Summer. You might be wondering why we're dressed like this. Well, we got a pretty groovy reason for it, but first we. have an even groovier announcement to make!

Are you ready? And oh my God, we're in the seventies. It's a decade that we were born in. That is so funky. Slamming copacetic, far out, man. Quick we gotta go find our parents and make. sure they fall in love or else we won't exist. I don't know why I sounded like Garth. Uh, don't worry about it. I actually brought my dad here. Oh great. Hey dad. How you doing? I'm doing good. Doing good. Good to see y'all, uh, bringing back the.

seventies to me! Just making me reminisce and having flashbacks about. what I did in the seventies. So it is good to be here with you. - Oh, say more. - Well, one of the things... One of the things you did is you had a little baby boy. A little baby boy in 1978. 1978. What, what was the best part of being a seventies dad? Well, being the best part. of, uh, seventies dad was I, I got through. spreading all my wild oats before he was born, so... Alright. It was a lot of seventies before I was born.

He was your last oat? Yeah, he, he might have been. He was my first of my last wild oats out of three. Okay. You're the first of the last wild oats out of three. I'm a wild oat. Put that on a t-shirt and sell that. Alright. I brought dad here to relive some of the unique. recipes from the seventies that have been lost. to time and by "relive"... Dad, I mean, you get to watch us eat 'em 'cause we. didn't ship any of this stuff to you this time. You cool with that?

Thank you very much. Oh, are they gonna be bad? I don't know. And what are you wearing, by the way? I got my John Travolta Saturday Night Fever... ...Suit on, I'm ready to go. I'm back in the seventies. You might have to give us the bottom half at some point. We made quite a trio. Alright, it's time for Time Travel Tastings. 1970s. Hey there. Space Cadets. It's me. Sexually fluid, but only under the influence. of psychedelic Stevie.

Oh, whoa. - Really? - That's an acronym. You're about to taste four different real recipes. from the 1970s, which is where we are now. And after you taste them, you'll decide if the. recipe makes you say outta sight or that ain't right. And here to deliver your food is Astrids Vincent. Astrid. Hey, how are you? Good. - Hello. - I am Astrid Vincent. What a suit. Thank you. It's quiet. I am the fifth member of ABBA. Unofficially.

I have to say that legally. And oh my God. Is that Charles Neil? Yeah, that's my dad there. You look good. - I haven't seen you. - You're looking good too. I haven't seen you. I haven't seen you since like last summer. You. How you been doing? Been doing good. Yeah. Okay. Food. Oh my god. Dad was hanging out with me last summer. Oh, but it's the seventies. You're... Not alive.

Alright. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So this is from McCall's Great American recipe. Yum. It is ham and banana hollandaise and it... describes what's in it. Yeah. Okay. It's ham, banana, and hollandaise. Thank you Astrid. Now Link, if my memory serves me correct, uh, we had this with Ryan and Shane on the watcher channel. Slightly different... It's ringing a bell. I think it's an alarm bell. It's, it's kind of mushy, but yeah, there's a.

whole ham thing wrapped. You know, the ham thing? Ham-dle. And then it's wrapped around there, and then I just kind of... I'm going, you're having a lot of trouble. I'm just going straight for the middle here. I think you're supposed to probably use a fork. Did they have those in the seventies? Dad? No, they came out in the eighties. Oh yeah. We had forks. Okay. Oh, well, dang. I should have used a fork. Yeah, it's um... it's not bad. It isn't bad. It really isn't bad.

It's banana and salty ham, but then. it's that tangy, tangy hollandaise that makes it. all kind of come together. Charles, you ever had a peanut butter banana. and mayonnaise sandwich? Had one last week. I knew you would've had one. So that's, that's a, it sounds crazy, but. it's a southern thing. My dad loved them too. He had one last week. Oh yeah. And it, it's that tangy... There's something about the mayonnaise and the bananas. together that the hollandaise is doing, but then you're.

throwing a little bit of ham. Uh, I think we're liking it. But before we give our final answer, you got any like. seventies fun fact for us? Yeah, I got one for you. In the 1970s, seat belts were optional and so was underwear. It was a Slanky time. It was a what time? Stanky time. I'm sorry. Stanky time. Slanky and Stanky. When you said "Shlanky", I was right...

- ...there with you. - Shlanky. Whenever I, whenever I don't wear underwear, I. say it's a shlanky time, so I mean, I get it, man. Ham and bananas hollandaise. Out of sight! Hey, I'm back. Yeah. Shlank on in here. This is from a 1974 Weight Watchers recipe book. It's called a Jelly Tomato Refresher. Yum. I actually made these for the Bee Gees for. breakfast one time. I was dating all three of them. You remember right, Charles?

Oh yeah, I remember. Oh, oh man. So it's got, you know, gelatin tomato beef broth. Um, worcestershire sauce... ...and Green Pepper. Enjoy. Boy, that sounds like a great combination. Uh, dad, did you eat this in the seventies? Oh, no. If I made it with tomato juice, we. just made Bloody Marys. You didn't have no jello in it. Okay. Yeah. This doesn't seem like... You're gonna hate this man.

Just smell it. Think of it like congealed ketchup. Okay. I like ketchup. That's exactly what it is. Yeah. Congealed ketchup. It's so weird... The number of steps this thing went through. to show up in a cookbook. - Yeah, - In 1974. Like what was happening in the world? I don't know. Dad, give us a fun fact. What was happening in the world? Well, uh, if you wanted to lose weight out. of that book, you'd eat that and you wouldn't eat. anything for about two days.

So it, that's how they lost weight back then. Yeah. He's saying it would give you the craps. Yeah. Is that your fun fact? That's the only fact I got about food. That food, anyway. Okay. I mean, I was told you had a fun fact... - You got other facts about 70s? - ... for everything. Okay, I got another one that says the 1974. movie Jaws was based on a goldfish that bit me once.

Don't worry. I flushed it. I flushed that little a-hole. Yeah, you did. And you meant every word of it. Yeah, you did. Yeah. That sounds like it actually happened. I'm sorry to hear that. That actually happened to you, dad. And I didn't know that that's how, yeah --. I should see that movie now. Well, you know, he's told that story a thousand times, right? He has. You can tell.

This... are you, is any part you liking this? I'm done. No. And you know what? I love everything. And, uh, the 1974 version of me and the. 19... well what is it now? 2023. No, it's not, it's 1974. We're in seventies still. Yeah. Jellied tomato refresher. That ain't right. Hey. Hey. Got another one? I'm gonna put it in front of you this time. Oh, thank you. Thank you. This is hot. Okay. Yeah, that is from 1972.

It is a recipe from the Hamlin Publishing Group. called Pear and Tuna Pizza. And, uh, speaking of groups. I once served this, uh, to the village people for. dinner after a big show. I wanted to date all of them, but they were not. all attracted to me. Yeah. Yeah. - Were any of 'em? - I've heard. There was one that I thought maybe, but no. Um, so you've got canned tomatoes, canned. tuna, pears, onions. That's a pear? I hear it's mixed in the sauce.

Well, then what's the black thing? Well, that's, you know, I don't remember. She's spending too much time with the... Village people... ...trying to get the village... - people to be... - Oh my gosh. Full of interest. Okay. What is the black stuff? Pickled walnuts. Pickled walnuts. What? Man... I mean, but how does, how does that happen? Dad. Does this look good to you? Uh, no.

I think maybe you forgot what it was like. to be in the seventies. I mean, y'all are eating some crazy stuff, which technically. means that's what we are made out of because what. your parents were eating is what babies are made of, Link. Mm-hmm. That's exactly right. Right? I think we established that Link is made out wild oats. Yeah. Right. See? Yeah. You got it. I think one wild oat. You gotta eat the oats to sew the oats. How many oats am I, dad? You're one out of three. Yeah. Okay. That ain't bad.

Oh gosh. Okay. - I don't understand how... - I'm gonna move this, this. walnut a little bit lower. Yeah, I'm gonna put half the walnut... How did the walnut get so soft? And black? I don't know. Oh, good God. It's horrible. The... Oh gosh, the fruit, oh, the fruitiness and the fishiness... It's horrible. I don't understand. I just, I, I don't, I can't, I can't place this. I can't figure out what was appealing about it at any.

point in any point of history. Dad, please make this better by giving us. another seventies fun fact. Well. It said in the 1970s, free love actually cost $1.50. What a rip off. Really? A dollar 50 cents? Yeah, a dollar 50 cents. Was that for a condom? Condom didn't cost a dollar and 50 cents in 1970. I'll tell you that right now.

They won't but about a quarter. Okay. Don't carry 'em in your wallet. That's what my manager at IBM told me when I dropped. it in the hallway one day. Yeah, it leaves a little circle in there, don't it, so. everybody knows you got one. Yeah. And I think it makes it deteriorate. Well, I've enjoyed this talk on... birth control. In the meantime. I'm teaching my dad about how to use a condom. I've learned something. You're not into this? Tuna and pear pizza. That ain't right. Is there anything you want to promote?

Dad? Go for it. Oh yeah. It is good seeing you guys, and I'd like. for everybody to watch Dispatches from Myrtle Beach. And if you got some things to send me some emails, send it to ratherbeshagging53@aol.com. So y'all just sending... y'all watch every. two weeks on YouTube. That's right. My, my dad has his own show. He lets me be on it. I've watched it a couple times. Dispatches from Myrtle Beach. Check it out. I quite enjoy it. Check it out. All right, Astrid, what you got?

Well, this is Betty Crocker's creamy, dried beef mold. from a 1975 cookbook. Funny enough, creamy, dried beef mold is a nickname. that Charles gave me in 1971, and I think about. it more now and it doesn't sound like a good thing. Uh, um. Was it? Was it? Okay. No, no. Your silence says everything. - All right. - Hold on... I'm putting something together. I think that... She might be your mom.

I mean, the math works out. or the Bee Gees are your dad. Ooh. All right. You wanna know what's in that? Wow. Tell us what's in this. Gelatin, mayo, mustard. Skim milk, dried beef, onions, celery leaves, and. some other gross stuff. You know what it is? It's gross. - I think that this one... - Bye, Charles. I think this one might, I think this one might work.

And also, you know, that dried beef, you know, the thin dried. beef, that what would come into package even when we were. kids, my mom would get it. So, this is um, it's that super, super thin. I'm gonna get you a big slice now. Dad, what is the. deal with all of this like... Jellied stuff in the seventies. I don't understand. y'all eating stuff that I don't remember. from the seventies. So you, you're on your own. I'm telling ya.

This is not a daily staple for you? Oh my gosh. I think this is gonna work. It's not, how do I, I'm supposed to think. of this as what? Don't think of it. Don't think of it as anything. Some sort of a cold... Get in that, get a healthy bite now. Appetizer. Dink it and, alright, fine. I'll get a little bit more. Yeah, I think you're gonna like this. Think of it like a dip. Mm-hmm. Like an onion dip that you would dip chips into.

Mm-hmm. But there happens to be beef in it and you're eating it. with a fork straight up and there's no chips around. It is very male forward. And your mom is pregnant with one oat. Dad give, give us one final fun fact from the. seventies as we process this. In the 1970s. You weren't cool if you didn't have a Bee Gees. song on your ring tone.

Wow, that's a, that's a throwback right there. You gotta get that ringtone. Didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. That's a fun fact. I'm enjoying this. I really am. I don't hate it. Even though, what is that? A Lima bean? There's beans in there. Can I take this home? Can somebody pack those up for me? - I don't love it, but I don't hate it. - Put some saran wrap over it. and it's got a great name. Creamy dried beef mold... Out of sight.

I mean, at least it's not moldy. So we were two for four ham and bananas. hollandaise and creamy dried beef mold. Both outta sight. Uh, you know, hopefully our parents still have us, so our. future selves, uh, can bring these back officially in the. future when we make a show called Good Mythical Morning. And we're doing the, like the 12th year in 2023. Dad, don't forget to sew my wild oat. Oh, I ain't gonna forget. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. And don't forget to come back for the first episode of Good. Mythical Weekend tomorrow.

That's a Saturday. Charles, why don't you say you know what time it is? Do you know what time it is? Have you looked into that, um, maternity situation anymore? Actually, I... Yes. I have an update and Astrid is my biological mother. Oh. Yeah. So, um... Well, how does that change things. between you and Sue? Uh, I haven't told her. Oh, okay. She doesn't watch the show. She, no, no. She'll... don't... just don't put a Facebook clip.

Uh, from this, because that's how she would see it. Then she'll know. Yeah. But I mean, it's like, uh, you know, I can, I always have. room for more moms in my life. Yeah. - Who doesn't? - You know what? It is time for season three of Roll For Mythicality. and we are going big this season! And different. Yeah. So we were joined by some special guests. from Critical Role. - Ooh, we were? - Yeah, on the premiere. So you should watch that now and get ready for a new. season of One Shot episodes. Every episode stands alone, so you can watch anyone or.

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