A debate has been
Person A thinks that things like banana pudding (with Cool Whip, of course) and food made in Crock Pots are kind of white trash.
Person B thinks that these are just delicious 1950's housewife foods. Person B might even refer to these foods as "retro."
Person A postulates that 1950's housewife foods and white trash foods are really the same thing. Person A brings up Spam.
Person B gets annoyed, because Spam is not even really food. (Unless you are Hawaiian. Person B would hate to offend anyone because of cultural differences.) Besides isn't steak a quintessential 1950's housewife food? Steak is not white trash. (Person B does not mention season 1 of Veronica Mars, in which Keith and Veronica eat steak "like the lower-middle class to which [they] aspire.")
Person A and Person B are both firm in their belief that they are right.
Thus, Internets, we have reached a stalemate. What do you think? Are 1950's housewife foods just a little bit white trash? Are the trendy foods of today the low-class foods of tomorrow? Are tapas the cocktail wieners of tomorrow? Or are things like tuna casserole just deliciously retro foods that happen to feature shelf-stable ingredients distributed by Kraft Foods? If possible, please site examples to support your case.
Gratefully yours,
Jane
4 comments:
They might be trashy, but they're about all I can make. :)
(P.S. Your comment showed up on my blog today and wasn't blocked for the first time. I almost cried I was so excited.)
Not sure as here in SA we have the usual "traditional" foods.
Such as Rys, vleis en groente. (Rice, meat and veggies)
i'm not sure where i should weigh in on the debate, seeing as i have always loved both 1950's house wives and white trash people...but i will share an example: ambrosia fruit salad...truly the gift of the gods and the trailer park.
Oh, but the 50s food is always served with a cocktail a la June Cleaver (that is the right decade?). Probably almost anything you could get in the Luby's line would be a little trashy--jello, liver, blach. But, hey! So much of it is delicious--mac n cheese, fried fish...
I'm not sure if this contributes to the debate at all, but that's my non-take.
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