I Tried a Week of 1950s Breakfast Foods (there's less cooking than you think)

PS please forgive the inconsistencies in color editing, I am using my husband’s camera because mine completely died and I am NOT used to his color settings! 😅

Hi Kristina, I was raised in the 1950s and just to let you know as far as what drinks they had set up for breakfast it was usually coffee, of course, for the adults, but, as far as drinks for everyone it was always a large glass of milk with a small glass of orange juice with every breakfast. It was an American tradition. Also, the grapefruit was always served in a bowl usually the size of the grapefruit itself, and scored before serving. Thought you would enjoy a little more trivia, lol. Great video!🍊🍞🍵❤❤

I was born in 1947, the oldest of 5 children. During the week, we usually had cereal, hot in the winter, cold in the summer. Sometimes, scrambled eggs, and usually a glass of orange juice. Rarely prunes. Sundays, big breakfast day. Pancakes or waffles, bacon or sausage, juice. Hot cocoa was a winter treat. Adults had coffee. A glass of milk was served with dinner. This was a fun video!

The 50s diet was very grain heavy. I am digging in to a danish 1950 housekeeping book. It is VERY scientific on noutrision and how to keep the family healthy on a budget. And the point of it really is that grains (and potatos) give enough kalories at a low cost, and then you ad just enough vitamins from a litle fruit and vegetables, meat and coodliveroil. And a lot of the fat and protein would come from milk. You have to remember that in the 50s people still remember when starving and malnutrition (for some) not was uncommen. And after the wars there was a lot of research going into nutrition.

My grandma used to heat the prunes in hot water. I just eat them out of the bag. We called them stewed prunes.

I love prunes so much that I have to force myself to stop at 6. I learned the hard way probably 10 times before I finally gave in to the reality 😂 I can easily eat quarter to half a kilo without batting an eyelid. Delicious! Especially in custard, num nums.

Your breakfasts look beautiful! Your videos really brighten my day and inspire me. I was one of your viewers who requested this video, so thank you so much for all that you do! ❤

I was born in the late 1950s and grew up in the 1960s, so I am excited to see what you come up with. My lunches consisted of bologna, grilled cheese, and canned soup.

The cookbook you used was a wedding gift to my grandma in 1952. She gave it to me when I got married. It’s one of my favorite possessions. The Russian tea cake cookie recipe is my favorite cookie.

Watching this makes me realize I’ve been cooking 1950’s breakfast all my life lol

Stewed prunes are so much better than just dried..They can be done ahead and stored for a month of more in fridge..Take your dried prunes ..place in container and pour boiling water to cover..cool..cover..fridge..eat as wanted..and the juice made can be drunk...

I have that same coffeepot that is on the counter. Mine is from 1948 as it was a wedding gift to my parents. It's on display in my kitchen in my 1940 home.

I actually love prunes. I might be one of the few but my mom was a breakfast cook when I was a little girl and they had a breakfast buffet where she worked and so she would make these stuffed prunes ...you take cream cheese, a little lemon juice,lemon zest,chopped walnuts and a little powdered sugar mix that up and put it in the prunes and it tastes like you're eating cheesecake or at least some kind of yummy sweet dairy dessert 😁👍👍

The fluffy pancake recipe has always been my favorite. I really liked to have banana pancakes when I was a child.

I appreciate how accessible your recipes were. No fancy ingredients no crazy expensive equipment. Just normal Walmart brand stuff.

Being vintage myself, I love my 50 yr old cookbooks, they're the best.

This is so interesting to watch because all the women in my family had jobs so pancakes and waffles weren't common. It was mostly food that could be made really quickly. Biscuits and other treats would be made on holidays and days off. But it's interesting to see what stay at home mom's and wives would make.

Oooooh Dessert Rose!! How beautiful!!!

That incredible beautiful dish set. My parents only used it for special occasions, it was an expensive set they bought back during the times of department stores and good economy. I love that you have this beautiful set, my mother adored hers ❤. We had silver ware we used too. (The silver had to be polished). Edit: We had oatmeal with raisins as kids before school. The whole oats cook in 5 minutes. ❤

Take my advise and buy an electric percolator. Amazon has many to choose from. Some look very retro. I had a drip coffee maker for years until I discovered while camping that I liked the flavor of percolator coffee better.