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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 86 points 4 weeks ago

Okay what the hell is "fw it"

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 93 points 4 weeks ago

fw it = fuck with it

aka he wouldn't even try it

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 35 points 4 weeks ago

Thank you, definitely showing my age there!

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago

Ok now what the hell is a trad girl?

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 52 points 4 weeks ago

Trad = traditional = usually code for conservative white Christian 50s gender roles, as sold to zoomers by social media influencers.

[-] TeddE@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

And why is she serving mold?

[-] voxthefox 27 points 4 weeks ago

It's molded tuna, as in she used a mold to shape pureed tuna like the shape of a fish, which is what I assume was a popular dish in the 1950s when gelatin was a sign of wealth due to requiring refrigeration to set.

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

Hi I'm new here, what's tuna?

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 weeks ago
[-] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 weeks ago

I can understand why he didn't want to fw it.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago
[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

Don't put your dick in that.

[-] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

It's what you do to musical instruments.

[-] raef@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Who didn't have a refrigerator in the '50s?

[-] sykaster@feddit.nl 6 points 4 weeks ago

Chastity and decency only to the public eye, of course. In private life she should be su missive and do anything these coomers want her to.

[-] guillem@aussie.zone 19 points 4 weeks ago

The neoconservative ideal of a girl that is "wife material": chaste, submissive, adhering to old-fashioned feminine canons, sexist... Summarised under the umbrella term of "trad[itional]".

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying that for me

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Trad - traditional

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

fw: fw: re: fw: re: Re: Use of reply all

No I don't think that's it

[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I wish I had just scanned these comments for your question and the answer. I asked AI and it slang shamed me. “Would you like help learning about more slang you have never heard?”

[-] SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 48 points 4 weeks ago

I have recipe books from that era and most of them are either excellent and timeless learning resources, or dubious cookbooks with characters that look like they want to poison me. No in between.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

I bet Lemmy would love some snapshots!

[-] Zorsith 7 points 4 weeks ago

The best are the ones that have actual from scratch recipes, none of this "1 container (no actual measurement) of this premade thing" bullshit

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

Did you plan on only using 4/5 of the can of whatever if the weight didn't match up? What the hell am i gonna do with an ounce of evaporated milk?

[-] Zorsith 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The size of "a can" changes over the course of 40 something years. A lot of older recipes don't include an actual measurement beyond "a can" or "a package".

The "original" toll house cookie recipe printed on the bag of chocolate chips has like triple the amount of chocolate compared to the actual printed recipe in the Betty Crocker New Picture Cookbook, way back from the 60s

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

It's been a nightmare figuring out ratios of my great grandmother's handwritten recipes

One size 14 can of thing

Then I'm lost trying to figure out how a size 14 can changed and oh look they all fucking shrunk and now I've bought two and there's leftovers

Thanks capitalism! I think.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

So what's your plan to do with the remainder of the can if you don't use the full thing? Your casserole will be fine if you just do the whole can

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Changing the amount of an ingredient can have lots of effects, especially in baking. It might still come out good, but it's also nice to be able to make the same stuff we used to make.

[-] CXORA@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago

What do you do with leftover food in your kitchen in general? Do you own a refrigerator?

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

I have a tiny 5ft fridge in a 15sq ft kitchen. I barely have enough space in my frodge for my essentials, so what am i supposed to do with an ounce of something that came in a can? I'll have to buy another can of it, which will now leave me with 2 ounces the next time. Home cookbooks call for ingredients to be used in the quantities you buy them in, because no one cares how much cream of mushroom you put in your casserole, or if you used 450g of green beans vs 700. I'm not wasting a storage container or valuable food space on a small amount of leftover ingredients that could have just gone into my dinner without anyone noticing. That seems much better than just letting it sit in my fridge for 2 weeks before being theown away

[-] CXORA@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So it doesn't work for you. But hey, maybe other people live different lives than you do.

No need to be so aggressive about it.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm saying the point of the recipe being "one fan of this" or "package of that" is conscience so that you don't have to measure out a bunch of different ingredients. If you are making 3 meals for 5 people every day, it's a lifesaver to just crack open two cans into a bowl, a package of something else, and a stick of melted butter and call it a day.

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Soup. The answer is always soup.

[-] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

My favorite old cookbook is a wine cook book. The author is an obvious and unrepentant alcoholic that perfectly demonstrates the time period it was written in. One of the recipes was literally "melt a bunch of cheese and stir in wine while it cools, then pour the wine cheese into a loaf pan to solidify", encouraging you to have a glass while you do so.

[-] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 weeks ago

That kinda looks good to me. I would try it.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

That looks like Chinese prison food.

[-] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 6 points 4 weeks ago

look closer and you will see The mold.

[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 weeks ago

The mistake was to not turn it into an aspic.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 12 points 4 weeks ago

Good on OP. "Traditional Girl" is stupid. Most women in history were in tribes and ... well, I am not certain what they did. Camp fire cooking and berry picking. Some hunting. Not a lot of vacuuming or microwaving.

[-] kerrigan778 5 points 4 weeks ago

Those are honestly pretty good

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