What's for dinner? Pickles and Jello!

With WWII over, what do you do with all the left over canned meats? Why, you market them towards American housewives, of course! There was only one chapter in this book I didn't enjoy. I'd never heard of Poppy Cannon, and so her life didn't much interest me. The book Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America was a facinating read, and one that would entertain anyone who likes to read about cooking, marketing, psychology, or the 1950s. I loved reading about some of the worst recipes from the era, such as strawberry jello and pickles. Or all the things mayo was added into. There were times I wondered how people actually ate some of the stuff described, but I suppose someone did! I'm glad I live in a time where you don't have to worry about going to a church pot-luck and maybe getting pickles or mayo in your jello! :) Or visiting someone and getting half a cinnamon doughnut with strawberry jam on it, covered in cottage cheese!