Step back in time and discover the rich culinary traditions of the pre-microwave era! From hearty casseroles baked in traditional ovens to stove-top meals crafted with care, families in the past relied on time-tested methods to prepare their daily meals. This video explores:

Homemade Classics: Comfort foods like pot roasts, meatloaf, and lasagna that brought families together around the dinner table.
Creative Leftover Magic: How leftovers were transformed into entirely new dishes without the convenience of reheating in seconds.
Canning and Preserving: The art of storing fruits, vegetables, and jams for year-round enjoyment.
Baking Galore: Freshly baked bread, cookies, and pies that filled homes with irresistible aromas.

Witness the effort, love, and creativity that went into every meal before the fast-paced convenience of the microwave took over our kitchens. Whether you’re nostalgic for the good old days or curious about culinary history, this journey will leave you inspired!

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19 Comments

  1. We eat better from scratch now than back then. Tuna rarebit, spam casserole, vegetable jello molds. Yeah, no thanks. 😂 It wasn't as delicious homecooking as people portray. Gym bros are chefs compared to some of that stuff.

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  3. I 100% understand why the suffragettes argued for vegetarianism after watching this video. Also, this video lies a bit. If we're talking 20th century, here, from the end of the 19th century, casseroles mostly were a necessity of lean times, rather than really because it was a comfort food. During the Great Depression you didn't have much of a choice, so by the time of the 1950's, casseroles were embedded into American culture. There was also things like Campbell's soup and the rise of industrialized foods during that era and prepared TV dinners. You're then still missing the influence of African American Cuisine during these eras. By the 1960's, there was an influx of Chinese and Japanese food as staples. As well as Indian. It's not that they weren't in the country before then–they were, but most white people didn't really recognize them in mainstream culture.

    Equally there was men BBQing particularly under the influence of James Beard (BTW, who was gay). The all American BBQ is particularly his influence.

  4. I don't like microwaves, havent owned one in over a decade…. Anything that can be cooked or heated in a microwave, can be cooked or heated in an oven or the stovetop…. It tastes a million time better as well

  5. I don't own a microwave. I learned to cook in the 70's, and back then, all there was was the Amana radar range, and it was expensive. I'm just a creature of habit, and had a microwave for a couple years, then sold it. I didn't use it often enough to justify the counter space it took up.

  6. This video is dumb. If you want a home made meal stop making these videos and get off your ass and go do it. Just cause microwaves exist doesn't mean you can't cook a damn chicken.

  7. Gracias por su video pero podrian poner títulos en español porque aquí en México hablamos español no entiendo por qué pasan videos en ingles !!!! qué les pasa!!!

  8. Cool, so we need to make sure that we can have TIME to do this, because foods were made like this because at the time, someone dedicated the TIME to do it because a lot of households could live off of a single source of income. Now we have families working multiple jobs to stay afloat. No one has time to do all of this unless they're very well off.

  9. through your title and thumbnail you are making it sound like everyone only makes microwave meals now haha. I still very much prefer a good homecooked meal.

  10. My microwave is a timer for when I bake. I cook from scratch all the time and can't stand food that comes from the microwave. Always dry and half over cooked half under

  11. It’s very easy to cook from scratch in a microwave. I make split pea soup very often, in an Instant Pot.

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