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"I Haven't Eaten It In Years": 49 Dishes That Were Once Everywhere In The '70s, '80s, And '90s But Have Completely Vanished

I have eaten corn beef hash within the last year, so I don't know that it's dying...

Similarly corned beef sandwiches are pretty common in delis around here.

Cream of Wheat, I buy and eat regularly.

Chicken Cacciatore I can make at home.

Lobster Newburg is soooo good, but I hardly eat a sit down restaurant dinner these days.

Brains and Eggs just sounds like a good way to kill yourself with Mad Cow disease.

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Liver and onions and corned beef hash are delicious, and I love them. They're also absolutely awful for you. I have Cream of Wheat in the cupboard, but I prefer grits. Honestly, I mostly make steel-cut oatmeal now.
"I have not seen mincemeat pie in ages, and you could get it à la mode."
I've made real mincemeat pie before, and it's absolutely nothing like what you can get in cans. For starters, it actually has, yes, real meat in it. The recipe I used was from the late 1800s , and it took most of a day to prepare. And goddamn, it was so delicious, probably something like 2000kcal per slice. You can find the recipe here, on page 393.
Corned beef on rye
That's mostly a delicatessen thing. If you go to an authentic deli, you should still find it.

Brains and eggs seems very wrong lol. I'm assuming health reasons are why it's no longer a thing.
I have eaten or seen a number of these things on the list. However, a few are things my parents would eat or do make and eat from time to time. I often wonder how many of these dishes I'll continue to make or if I'll stop having them once my parents have passed on. Weird to think about. Sorry for the existential thought.
This list also made me think of local bakeries. We have them in my city, but to go to an actual local, not corporate owned bakery, I think I would need to travel at least 15 to 20 minutes by car? I would love to be able to get fresh pastries.

Jello salad just looks nasty
- It is. It always has been. It was always a novelty food which nobody really liked.

All of this (except the jello-o abomination) looks so good but the article barely explains what the hell is in it!
Never heard of half of these as a european, seems like very 50-70s US type food. I'm gonna have to make one of these at least lol. (The rumaki one looks so good)

I was gonna comment on the items but realized that Buzzfeed just listed out the things people on Reddit said to some random's question, and didn't even fix the typos.

I have eaten many things on this list the past couple years. I’ve seen some of these at church and socials. It’s not just me.
I would love to see how they pulled this list together, was it AI? Or perhaps a dark crevice? Office poll? Their mom?
- Yea, one of the items says that local bakeries don’t exist anymore? What? There are plenty of local bakeries.
  
  Is it AI generated?

This topic is not for me as it's clearly focused on USA alone, but the mention of ambrosia salad reminded me a dessert with the same name:
Made with caramelised sugar, eggs, milk, citrus juice. Iberian in origin, still fairly popular here in southern Brazil.
On chicken Kiev: I know that the dish is supposed to be fancy and all of that, I've seen Marco Pierre preparing it, but frankly? The idea of a deed-fried dish filled with butter definitively does not please me.

Ice cream filled eclairs sound delicious
- Oo yes they are! This still exists in some restaurants in Spain. Honestly so good. Similar to profiteroles as well.
  
  Spain has such great pastries. I miss that place a lot. Wonderful people, great food, and a gorgeous country.

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