What were popular home cooked meals in the 1960's?

Answer 1

I grew up in the 1960's and ate almost nothing but "home cooked" meals.

For those who still make "home cooked" meals weekly, it should come as no surprise that many of the most popular meals then are still popular now. (Also they were many of the same meals that were popular in the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's and on into the 1970's.)

My family's typical home-cooked meals consisted of 3 or 4 cooked vegetables. They could be mashed potatoes, turnips or turnip greens, English peas, corn or corn on the cob, green beans, etc... along with some meat such as pot roast, steak, liver, baked chicken, or meat loaf. Dessert was not usual until the very end of the 60s and start of the 70s - with my family at least. There were also chili, beef stew, vegetable soup, and goulash, and often salads, slices of tomato, and "corn bread with pinto beans." Beans - the other protein - crowder peas, black-eyed peas, snap peas, or field peas were also frequently enjoyed at meals.

Since I lived outside a small town usually all the meal fixings were home grown and prepared.

I know other families would have "home cooked" meals of macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs, pizza prepared from a box mix, etc. Sometimes we would have those as well. Other things eaten at home and "home cooked" were Chun-King Oriental canned meals, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and Sandwiches - but not as often as the "square meals" I described first.