Cream of mushroom soup went into casseroles. Lipton onion soup became potato chip dip. Jell-O could contain almost anything, and astronauts still couldn’t convince us to like Tang. A personal look back at the casseroles, convenience foods, party snacks, and family recipes that filled American tables in the 1950s and ’60s.
There was a time when school lunch meant lunch ladies, compartment trays, tiny milk cartons, metal lunchboxes, and whatever happened to be on the menu that day. From my Roy Rogers lunchbox at Central School to spending part of Mom’s lunch money on warm French bread—and the rest on candy—this is what lunchtime was really like growing up in Ferguson.
A kid, a spool of industrial twine, and a kite so high a jet at Lambert clipped the line. Dad grabbed the binoculars—we gave chase.
On February 9, 1964, the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and exploded into millions of American living rooms. In just a few unforgettable minutes, four young men from Liverpool helped reshape American music, fashion, youth culture, and an entire generation.