Vintage Party Food Taste Test

Today we're gonna party like it's 1949. Let's talk about that. ( music playing ). Good Mythical morning. Mythical Beasts, first things first. This Friday is our season finale. Then we're gonna be off for three weeks, but don't worry, 'cause we'll be back with "Good Mythical Summer,". starting Monday, May 28th. But today,

we're gonna show you a prank I play on Link. involving an insane amount of scratch-off tickets. and we're going to figure out who's a CEO. and who's a serial killer. But first, party snacks. They've been around longer than you. It's time for... We're going to taste a party food from a particular decade, and then we are going to guess. what decade we think it's from. by shuffleboarding the dish. down towards our Mythical pyramid of decades.

Chase, do-- what are you, a maître d'? Yeah, sure. Yes, he's the Mythical waiter Chase. He's going to measure how far we are from the correct decade. He's gonna keep an eye on it. Of course, whoever's closer wins the point, and then in the end, the one with the most points. will not have to eat. a very popular dish. from the year 2500 B.C.-- a worm. - A worm. - Hungry? Okay, we have our first dish in front of us.

What is this? It looks like some sort of ketchup. made into a Jell-O mold. with some sort of-- is that cottage cheese? I don't think that's-- I don't know what that is. It's got a--. Is it a fruit flavor? It's fruity. It is cottage cheese. So cottage cheese... In ketchup Jell-O. That sounds appetizing. It tastes better when you put it together. It's not horrible. It's really weird. Okay, since I'm tallest, you go first.

- Okay, whatever. - Yeah. It all makes sense. Where do you think it's from, Link? Dang, this is tough. Have to think about this a second. It's definitely old. It's something I've never seen. or heard of, much less tasted. Even something from the '60s I would've heard about. I think it's earlier than that. So I'm going for a slow push. into the 1930s area.

Slow push. Don't overshoot it, now. - Rhett: Ooh, very, very nice. - Link: Yeah. Uh, well... Here you go. - Oh, you don't wanna touch mine? - I've got my own stick! Whatever. Um, I think you're on the right track. I mean, I was definitely thinking--. I don't have any idea specifically, but I was thinking, top of the triangle, but if I had to guess specifically, this seems like food for trying times. So I think this is probably from the '30s,

but it could be the '10s, the '20s as well. I'm gonna just try to do a general--. I'm going for the '30s, but I'm going to end up knocking yours right into it. Unless you knock out-- you trying to knock me out? Just see what happens. Link: Oh, what a fail, no matter what. Okay, Stevie, so tell us, not only what decade it was popularized in, but what is it? First of all. Stevie: That was barbecue cottage cheese salad... - Rhett: Yum. - Stevie: ...which was popular. in the 1940s. Oh, okay, you're closer.

Oh, so what do we have here? A bread bowl. Got a little crouton action. It's dark bread. Dip it in that and then... Oh.... Sour cream... It's almost like a spinach and artichoke-ish thing. It's kind of like a cheese ball meets. - a spinach and artichoke dip. - Hmm. Not bad at all. There's definitely cream cheese in there. Mm-hm. I could eat that whole bowl. Look at that. Now, if we took these off, we could just shuffle this.

Okay, we're just going to do the bowls. Mm-hm. - Um, okay. - You first. Yeah, I go first this round. This really has like a '50s, '60s sort of vibe. Why is that? 'Cause it's just like, "Hey, y'all, America's on the way up. We're making progress. Let's start putting food in bread bowls.". "We've got to make use of the that bread-age.". I feel like this is, like, post war, you know, we're just getting-- hitting our stride. 1950.

Okay, here we go. Oh! Right on the money. If you're right about 1950. Yeah, I mean, I like to think that I am. - You want a stick? - Give me that stick. - That's my stick. - I'm taking your stick. My stick's just a little bit longer than yours. My stick's more accurate. All right. Hm. Now, I think this bread bowl action. is on the precipice of fondue action,

which I think was in full blossom in 1970. The '70s was a big fondue time. So I'm thinking this is 1960, but I also have an opportunity, since we removed it from the plates, to just give your bread bowl. a blistering knock into oblivion, so that no matter where I am on the board, with you off the board, I'm guaranteed the point. But what if my bread bowl is just holding tight, holding its position? Chase, keep an eye on this, make sure you know whose is whose,

'cause I think this is about to get violent. I'm gonna knock your bread bowl. off of your incorrect answer of 1950. while my bread bowl will come to rest gingerly. in 1960. Oh, you're gonna play the ricochet game. Ho! I'm blasting it and I'm bouncing it. If you pull this off, you deserve every bit of the win. Oh, dang, which one's mine? Mine's in the middle. Yours is on the far left. - Chase: Yours is there. This is Link's. - ( together ) Okay. So what is it and what's the answer?

Stevie: That was spinach dip in a pumpernickel bread bowl, and it was popular in the 1980s. Link: Ooh, dang it! I knocked you closer! - Yep. Thanks for that, Link. - Dang it! You can do that any time you want. Okay, we've got our next item, an hors d'oeuvre of sorts. Looks like a... That's an olive on top, I believe, Link. Of what, tuna? Mm. Don't like olives.

What's this, some "korta"--. Some "korta.". Some sort of... finger food, man. Whoops, I may have lost my olive. Is that chick-- what is that? - Is that chicken? - It's not tuna. I don't know what it is. It's not good, and I like olives. All I know is it's old-fashioned. Old-fashioned, okay. I see where you're going with this. I'm thinking this is 1910.

- Let's go back all the way. - Really. You see a lot of fancy people in their big ol' dresses. walking around eating these watercress sandwich things. Okay, let's see if you can get in there, sucker. Oh, gosh, it's slick. - Yep. - What happened? Center of the board! That's a nice central spot, though. I don't agree with your reasoning, but I agree with your placement. Oh, so you think I was accidentally correct? You're saying what, 1950 or something? I think this is the '50s.

This is when people started saying, "You know what we can do? We can break these things up. and put them on a plate and be fancy.". - Mm-hm. - You're already in the '50s. If there's a way for me to get you out of the '50s. and stay in the '50s, that's what I'm gonna try to do. Ho! I told you it was slick. - Okay. - Not as heavy as a bread bowl. I hit you and you stayed right in place. All right, Stevie, what is it and where was it? That was ham spread and olive canapés, which was popular in the 1930s.

- Ooh, yes. - You're closer. Get another point. And we've got something on a shell, like an oyster shell. I think--. Not "like" an oyster shell. I think it is an oyster shell. It's on ice. - But what is that-- oh. - Ew! - That's not part of the oyster. That's spinach. - What is that black? - Oh, it's green? - Yeah. Hm. That's good, man. You're gonna like that. You're not gonna dislike that. Yeah, it's not bad.

I mean, it's got all kinds of other things going on. So I'm first again. Yeah, it's like--. Boy, that's a heavy plate, with that salt on it. It's savory. Don't love it, though. Okay. Man. So far my reckoning has been severely off every time. All right, so what you thinking? Well, it's pretty fancy. It's got a bunch of other stuff going on. Link: Very fancy. There's--. I would not have thought that oysters. were a thing from the early days, from the early 1900s.

Why not? They had oysters back then. Not prepared like this, though. I think they just grabbed them out of the ocean, popped them open and ate them. But again, this is a fancy time. I think this might be all the way back in the '90s. - Really? - Because of the combination of ingredients. It's bold. Do you remember what the '90s were like, with all the big shirts? They're coming back. - Yeah? - People made bold choices. I'm gonna make the bold choice, going back to the '90s. Now, can you hit the '90s? Whoa, goodness!

- Okay. - You lost a lot of your weight along the way. It began to sort of slide on the salt. that was coming off of the... You know what? Oh, that's salt. I thought that was ice. - It's salt. - I was wondering why it was warm. Do you want me to take my oysters out of the way, or do you wanna use them? I don't care, because basically, as long as I don't go off the board, I get a point. Well, it's harder than you think. I didn't push that hard. I think you're right about 1990. - Oh, you do, huh? - Big shirts coming back.

Half-shell oysters. Slide it on down there and see what happens. 1990, here I come. Whoo! Yeah! Yeah! Big daddy oyster on the half shell. slidin' into home. Okay, so these are oysters Rockefeller, and you both were not right. because they were popular in the 1920s. Rhett: Ooh! My oyster's closer to the '20s.

Rockefeller, huh? - Okay, Link. - That rich guy. I have an insurmountable lead, but you know what? I'm gonna make this last round. worth two points to keep it interesting. So we can tie. If you tie with me, we'll both half the worm. Half the worm. Okay. Here we have some sort of sliced and diced Spam meat object. with some sort of, like, sour cream and chive, I'm guessing.

Oh, gosh. I guess you put it on the--. Layers. Like, look at that. Look at that. It smells like Spam, or like potted meat. - Gosh. - With some cream cheese. You got friends over, you wanna do this to them? You put it on a Ritz cracker and it kind of covers it up. - Not horrible. - This is important. Okay, I will go first to give you a slight advantage, given as you're losing. Okay.

- Uh! - You want your plate? You think I could just put this down there? Uh, no. - Nope. - Don't think it will slide. I like Ritz crackers. Now, my granddad, he loved him some potted meat. He did not transfer that love to me. - Mm-hm. - Think it's rather nasty. It's an acquired taste. But as much as we've guessed '50s... Yeah. Again and again. we have not tasted anything. from the '50s, until now. I see where you're going with that.

- Link: Yeah! Whoo! - Rhett: Oh, oh, oh. - Okay, well. - Hope I'm right 'cause I nailed it! So, wow, I think that you're right, but if I hit 1950s, you win, because you're already in the 1950s. Yep, so you agree with me, but you hope that we're both wrong, and you're going for another answer. I mean, this is a congealed meat and cheese thing. It's got to be from the '50s. I mean, there's really no other option, right? Well, you could knock my plate off of the '50s, man.

So I've gotta get just enough speed to move your plate. off of the '50s but not fly over your plate, which is prone to happen. By the way, we could both be wrong about 1950s. I don't think so. I'm gonna really weigh that side down. Chase, he's gonna attempt to knock my plate out of the 1950s. - Here we go. - Chase: I heard him. Whoa! You broke my plate! Yeah, but my plate left the building. So this is still my plate. All right, I'll take that.

Yes. So, guys, that was a Spam 'n' Cheese Ribbon Loaf, and you were both correct. It was the most popular in the 1950s. Dang. Great strategy. Too much firepower. Wow, you broke my plate, and it still didn't knock you off, so you know what that means. I win! And I don't have to eat the worm. Act like you've been there before. All right, okay, I'm going to eat this worm, anus and all.

Oh, gosh. Gonna be gritty. Is it gritty? Worms suck, man. Worms really suck. I know how you feel. I ate an oyster earlier. I need some of this cream cheese. Hm, hm, hm. Ahh! Okay, fair and square, I ate the worm.

Well played, Rhett. Well, actually, well played me. Yes, well played, Link. Keep watching to see me cover Link's entire car. - in scratcher tickets. - What? Link: Get your Boiled For Safety mug while you still can. because they're almost sold out. Available at mythical.store.