# Dishes That Have Gone Out of Style? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472 "2016-12-23T19:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/21 "2016-12-23T21:08:07Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Well, liver is evil and preferred only by those who consider **mushrooms** edible, so there’s that :D. It’s probably true that liver is rarely served as a meal nowadays, assuming it ever was particularly popular, but duck, goose, and/or chicken liver is still widely used in paté and just ordinary liverwurst, which are great snack foods. So, not entirely evil. Not sure what one does with cattle liver, though – I sure wouldn’t eat it! I’m sorry to see that you have some kind of inexplicable aversion to mushrooms, one of the best accent foods around. Mushrooms sauteed in garlic butter on spaghetti, mushrooms on pizza, mushrooms marinated and grilled with steak, gently roasted mushrooms with prime rib – those are culinary delights. Not to mention the wonders that can be worked on soups, stews, and rice with deep-flavored dried mushrooms like porcinis. What’s wrong with you – did you have some childhood trauma involving being chased by a giant mushroom? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/22 "2016-12-23T21:27:51Z")
Yes, shrimp cocktails! With avocado, or with grapefruit. Macrobiotic cooking. Desserts where you whipped powder with milk, poured it in glasses and set the glasses for hours in the fridge. They were considered an improvement over having to boil the milk with the powder first. Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/23 "2016-12-23T21:33:30Z")
Goulash. Canned salmon. It was considered the height of luxury when I was a kid. Elaborate alcoholic cocktails, made from a home bar. Too bad this one is gone. Canned vegetables, its more frozen veggies now. Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/24 "2016-12-23T21:35:20Z")
[21 Truly Upsetting Vintage Recipes](https://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/truly-upsetting-vintage-recipes?utm_term=.laeP2rkD7#.hijaXe7WK) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/25 "2016-12-23T21:47:03Z")
Beef tongue Sweetbreads Sauerbraten (mostly because of the disappearance of German food in general) Soft shell (steamer) clams. Next to impossible to find. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/26 "2016-12-23T21:51:05Z")
Some of this stuff pops up in a more modern setting under the rubric “nose to tail” dining. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/27 "2016-12-23T21:53:53Z")
Crab claws, which I used to see as an appetizer. I’ll assume it’s because the prices have gotten so high that it would cost close to the price of an entree. ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/28 "2016-12-23T21:58:19Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > A while back I watched The Blues Brothers again. There’s a scene where they go into a vert fancy restaurant to recruit one of the band members, who’s working as a waiter there. They order shrimp cocktail. In movies and TV at least, shrimp cocktail used to be the signal that you were in a classy joint. I can’t remember the last time I saw it on a menu or heard of anyone having it. I was in Indianapolis recently and ate at [St. Elmo](http://www.stelmos.com) Restaurant which is famous (deservedly so) for their shrimp cocktail. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/29 "2016-12-23T21:58:48Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > Eww…too many carbs!! Although I did once enjoy a mock apple pie made with Ritz. I guess there are a few recipes for Ritz Salad: [http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,ritz\_salad,FF.html](http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,ritz_salad,FF.html) Such things exist! 😛 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFKirXQB9bA&t=840) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/30 "2016-12-23T22:01:00Z")
Chateaubriand. We still eat it, just call it other things now. And don’t serve it with the traditional sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/31 "2016-12-23T22:03:08Z")
Also, Beef Wellington. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/32 "2016-12-23T22:03:53Z")
When I was a kid it was much more common to roast and eat whole chickens vs. parts or just breasts. I know people still do it but it used to be the default unless you were frying or BBQing them. ---
**Author:** ![Donpeyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Donpeyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donpeyote)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/33 "2016-12-23T22:04:55Z")
Cheese Blintzes , Liver & Onions ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/34 "2016-12-23T22:05:13Z")
I was really hoping for apples, grapefruit, and potatoes in a mayonnaise sauce! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/35 "2016-12-23T22:20:41Z")
I have either made or have been served/ordered every single dish on **Inner Stickler** ’s lists at least once in 2016. And we’ve had more than a few shrimp cocktails this year as well, so **Bayard** ’s item is checked off too. You people just aren’t eating at the right places! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/36 "2016-12-23T22:25:40Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > … > > Tuna-noodle casserole comes to mind. … I was going to ask if anyone still did this one, with the potato chips on top. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/37 "2016-12-23T22:27:59Z")
[I DEMAND HASENPFEFFER!](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ixocp) > [@Maastricht](#): > > Goulash. Somebody should’ve told my ma.:o ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/38 "2016-12-23T22:32:49Z")
Plum pudding. Yeah, I know it’s still made and eaten regularly. But in my observation, never by anyone under the age of thirty. Once the grandparent generation gets another twenty years on the clock, I predict its slow demise with a brief detour through the kitchens of nursing homes. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/39 "2016-12-23T22:39:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [21 Truly Upsetting Vintage Recipes](https://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/truly-upsetting-vintage-recipes?utm_term=.laeP2rkD7#.hijaXe7WK) :eek: That banana candle looks quite naughty. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472/40 "2016-12-23T23:02:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You people just aren’t eating at the right places! This. I haven’t had everything mentioned in this thread, but I’ve had a lot, and recently. Namely: **Tuna-Noodle Casserole**. In fact, I just mentioned it in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=814559) thread as something I have the ingredients for more often than not for a quick, pantry-based meal. **Steak Diane** : I’ve made it more than a few times this year. I make **quiche** at least once every couple months. I also see it on menus a fair bit. Not so much **chicken a la king** , but I really like tuna a la king and make it occasionally. **Liver** , in the form of paté, like **wolfpup** said. **Elaborate alcoholic cocktails** made from a home bar play far too great of a role in my life. 😃 **Sauerbraten and German food** in general: one of the best restaurants in our town is German, and there’s quite a few more springing up around the area. **Beef Wellington** : Used to make it for Christmas all the time. I should make it again, it’s great. **Roast Chicken** , at least once a month. **Salisbury steak** , as long as Stouffer’s Frozen counts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishes-that-have-gone-out-of-style/775472.md?page=3)