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Can you guess what decade these vintage Thanksgiving ads are from?
Cranberry mayonnaise candles anyone?
Image: Lucky Strike / Alamac / Hellman's
While the general consensus for Thanksgiving food consists of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, how each item is prepared can differ wildly from cook to cook. According to these vintage ads, midcentury America was full of creative holiday dinner ideas!
Forget canned cranberries, try candle cranberries (if that sounds strange, don't worry, it's all held together with mayonnaise). Why not warm up that cold Dr. Pepper? You can prepare everything easily in your brand-new microwave oven!
Try to guess if these vintage ads are from the 1950s, '60s, '70s or '80s!
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Image: Alamac
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Image: Lucky Strike
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Image: Swift's Premium
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Image: Panasonic
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Image: Swift's Premium
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Image: Hellman's
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Image: Wild Turkey
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Image: Pyrex
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Image: Jell-O
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Image: Dr. Pepper
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Image: Dromedary
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Image: Bisquick
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Image: Hormel
Can you guess what decade these vintage Thanksgiving ads are from?
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9/13. 😄
9/13
9/13.
Only 8 correct but in my defense, Jell-O has been around for a LONG time. If my mom had served dates at Thanksgiving, my dad would've had to pin me down to eat one. They are okay when nothing else is around but not when surrounded by good stuff! That hot Dr. Pepper looks interesting; before my time but hmmm!
7 outta 13 meh! Not great but not too bad graded on a curve.
5/13! Guessed poorly.
6/13 = UGH! LOL
4/13!! 😭
5/13
I think eating those cranberry salad candles affected a few synapses. (Well nobody *told* me I wasn't supposed to eat the wax and wick!)
I think eating those cranberry salad candles affected a few synapses. (Well nobody *told* me I wasn't supposed to eat the wax and wick!)
Could have thrown in a commercial ad for a green bean casserole? I know, I know- tight budget 😆
7/13 - all things considered not a bad score but nothing to boast about either
4/13. Make America Gobble Again.
Hot Dr. Pepper with lemon is awesome!! We used to drink that instead of hot chocolate after sledding. I got 8 right🙄
I murdered this, 5/13. This was a toughie. The "Hot Dr. Pepper" I saw in a "Barney Miller" episode. NYC was having a water shortage so Wojo made some hot Dr. Pepper. Barney took a sip and almost upchucked on camera.
Almost killed old Stan, too, as I recall. Oh, well, he tries--gotta give him credit for that. Just make sure somebody takes that blasted Grey Book away from him...
4/13, safe to say I don't recall, keep this up and I'll get that illusive 0/Whatever yet. C'mon
6/13...yikes. Eating turkey made me sleepy, brain not functioning properly...abort!
7/13 for a child of the 80s I think that is good.
You got 8 out of 13
No matter how many you got right, you can use these ads as inspiration for your own Thanksgiving food and outfits!
No matter how many you got right, you can use these ads as inspiration for your own Thanksgiving food and outfits!
Turkey Day Tidbit:
I don't remember what I was watching, but somehow the topic of is it stuffing or is dressing? came up. One woman responded that depending on where you live it's called------{fill in the blank.} She was liking it to depending on what part of the country you live in that's what it's called Like soft drinks (depending on geographic location,) are called soft drinks, soda, soda pop or just plain pop. I knew she wasn't right. So I immediately turned off the tv, and went into the other room to the computer. I Googled and discovered I had remembered correctly: Stuffing: is a mixture that goes inside poultry. Dressing: is a mixture made outside of the bird. {I also remember someone saying that they remember dressing as something that "dresses up the plate." Hence the name.}
I don't remember what I was watching, but somehow the topic of is it stuffing or is dressing? came up. One woman responded that depending on where you live it's called------{fill in the blank.} She was liking it to depending on what part of the country you live in that's what it's called Like soft drinks (depending on geographic location,) are called soft drinks, soda, soda pop or just plain pop. I knew she wasn't right. So I immediately turned off the tv, and went into the other room to the computer. I Googled and discovered I had remembered correctly: Stuffing: is a mixture that goes inside poultry. Dressing: is a mixture made outside of the bird. {I also remember someone saying that they remember dressing as something that "dresses up the plate." Hence the name.}
That’s good knowledge for kitchen/ food conversation 😊. How bout this one; Ricardo Montalban and Corinthian leather seats? ca. (1970’s) Always makes me laugh🥴.
I recall Johnny Carson making a joke commercial on his late night show once pretending to be Montalban saying "Made of genuine Corinthian leather" but instead of pointing to car seats, he was pointing to the leather straps of an electric chair. Yikes! Does anyone else remember that one?
