30 Lost Foods That Made Thanksgiving in the 70s and 80s Unforgettable

Close your eyes and you're back at Thanksgiving in 1978. The whole family is there, the good tablecloth is out, the house smells of roasting turkey and sage, and the table is crowded with dishes that took three days to make. There are foods on that table you haven't seen in 40 years, dishes every family served back then that have simply disappeared, faded away as the people who made them grew older and the world sped up. This is the countdown of 30 foods that made Thanksgiving in the 1970s and 80s unforgettable and that are gone now, the molded salads, the scratch-made classics, the strange and wonderful dishes every family once served. For each one we tell you what it was and why it vanished. Some you'll remember with a smile. Some you'd completely forgotten. Stay to number one, because it's the single most evocative taste of the whole meal, and almost no one makes it the old way anymore. Tell us in the comments which dish you miss the most, and whose kitchen it came from. 00:00 Intro 01:48 30. Ambrosia salad 02:33 29. Watergate salad 03:19 28. The glazed canned ham 04:02 27. The Jell-O mold with suspended fruit 04:47 26. The lime Jell-O and cottage cheese salad 05:33 25. Tomato aspic 06:34 24. Divinity 07:17 23. Real mincemeat pie 08:03 22. The relish tray 08:48 21. Creamed onions 09:29 20. Harvard beets 10:09 19. Giblet gravy 10:52 18. Cheese and sausage balls 11:35 17. The cheese ball rolled in nuts 12:35 16. Brown-and-serve rolls 13:19 15. The original green bean casserole 14:03 14. Candied yams with marshmallows 14:46 13. Fruitcake 15:29 12. The Cool Whip dessert salads 16:13 11. Tang and the holiday punch bowl 16:54 10. The diet sodas 17:40 9. The maraschino cherries on everything 18:23 8. The trans-fat party snack mix 19:05 7. The old nitrite-cured ham 19:49 6. Jell-O One Two Three 20:29 5. The homemade dinner rolls 21:16 4. The real homemade eggnog 22:00 3. Pumpkin pie made from scratch 22:38 2. The bowl of nuts you cracked yourself 23:51 1. The stuffing cooked inside the bird Subscribe for more forgotten and vanished pieces of American life. New countdowns every few days. Support the channel: buymeacoffee.com/forgottenbannedamerica Business inquiries: fba.official@hotmail.com This video is a work of nostalgia and commentary on American food and holiday history.