Paul Freedman

the security of knowing that if you were having Yankee pot roast and potatoes, your neighbors were having Yankee pot roast and potatoes, probably a kind of limited dossier of dishes. People started to want to shape themselves, to make themselves a kind of different story from that of other people. And that individualism, remember the 1970s at the time was dubbed the me decade. And so the me part

the security of knowing that if you were having Yankee pot roast and potatoes, your neighbors were having Yankee pot roast and potatoes, probably a kind of limited dossier of dishes. People started to want to shape themselves, to make themselves a kind of different story from that of other people. And that individualism, remember the 1970s at the time was dubbed the me decade. And so the me part

the security of knowing that if you were having Yankee pot roast and potatoes, your neighbors were having Yankee pot roast and potatoes, probably a kind of limited dossier of dishes. People started to want to shape themselves, to make themselves a kind of different story from that of other people. And that individualism, remember the 1970s at the time was dubbed the me decade. And so the me part

means nonconformity or finding your own path.

means nonconformity or finding your own path.

means nonconformity or finding your own path.

It was just horrible. Well, you know, people actually cooked in those days. You may not like what they cooked, but compare it to now where more money is spent on meals taken outside of the home than in the home. Another thing is that certain kinds of products, particularly meat, is now inferior to what was available in the 1950s. Fish as well, partly because of overfishing.

It was just horrible. Well, you know, people actually cooked in those days. You may not like what they cooked, but compare it to now where more money is spent on meals taken outside of the home than in the home. Another thing is that certain kinds of products, particularly meat, is now inferior to what was available in the 1950s. Fish as well, partly because of overfishing.

It was just horrible. Well, you know, people actually cooked in those days. You may not like what they cooked, but compare it to now where more money is spent on meals taken outside of the home than in the home. Another thing is that certain kinds of products, particularly meat, is now inferior to what was available in the 1950s. Fish as well, partly because of overfishing.

partly because of breeding meat to have low fat, hence not very much flavor or kind of more industrialized product. So the chicken of the 1950s was better than most, except the kind of high-end chickens available now. But having said all that, yeah, the food was pretty dreadful. And you have the sense that people forgot what basic things were supposed to taste like.

partly because of breeding meat to have low fat, hence not very much flavor or kind of more industrialized product. So the chicken of the 1950s was better than most, except the kind of high-end chickens available now. But having said all that, yeah, the food was pretty dreadful. And you have the sense that people forgot what basic things were supposed to taste like.

partly because of breeding meat to have low fat, hence not very much flavor or kind of more industrialized product. So the chicken of the 1950s was better than most, except the kind of high-end chickens available now. But having said all that, yeah, the food was pretty dreadful. And you have the sense that people forgot what basic things were supposed to taste like.

They certainly forgot what fruit was supposed to taste like,

They certainly forgot what fruit was supposed to taste like,

They certainly forgot what fruit was supposed to taste like,

what produce generally and um special effects we're supposed to make up for that special effects like you know putting it in jello or adding ketchup uh or you know some kind of weird new processed thing like you know whipped cheese or cheese from a a dispenser or flavor straws you know with chocolate flavor built into the straw even though these things are horrible um

what produce generally and um special effects we're supposed to make up for that special effects like you know putting it in jello or adding ketchup uh or you know some kind of weird new processed thing like you know whipped cheese or cheese from a a dispenser or flavor straws you know with chocolate flavor built into the straw even though these things are horrible um

what produce generally and um special effects we're supposed to make up for that special effects like you know putting it in jello or adding ketchup uh or you know some kind of weird new processed thing like you know whipped cheese or cheese from a a dispenser or flavor straws you know with chocolate flavor built into the straw even though these things are horrible um

I don't know, people sort of fell for them.

I don't know, people sort of fell for them.