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42 Now-Obsolete Cooking Methods Older People Miss
Think about the last time you took a bite of something that instantly transported you back in time — That's So Raven vision-style. This list of 43 forgotten cooking styles and dishes might do the same. Recently, on the r/cooking subreddit, people are answering Patient-rain-9414's question: "What is a cooking method lost over the last 30 years?" From broasted chicken to single-use bread machines, these once-trendy food-making methods have mostly vanished from kitchens, but never from our memories. "Microwave cooking. There were entire books where every recipe was cooked somehow in the microwave." —thepluralofmooses"There's a really cool America's Test Kitchen video where the chef shows how to do a lot of things in the microwave. One I'd never thought of was using the microwave to fry shallots in oil as a crisp sort of thing for topping other dishes."—One_Win_6185 "There aren't a lot of broasters still running out in the wild anymore." "The lost art of jello molds" —jacobwebb57"Sunshine salad! Pineapple tidbits, shredded carrot, orange and lemon jello. Loved it growing up on Easter."—Chickenriggiez "Shirred eggs used to be a common menu item, at least in the era when celery and olives were a gourmet appetizer. But, almost nobody shirs anymore." "I don't know anyone who boils vegetables anymore unless it's to parboil or part of a soup. My parents and grandparents' generations really knew how to destroy vitamins AND make veggies really unappealing." "It's not lost, but did fall out of fashion: Cooking en papillotte (in parchment). You used to have to go to a specialty place to buy parchment paper, but now, everywhere has it. I like doing the traditional heart shape; it puffs up so beautifully." —Jazzy_Bee "I don't know if it was just my family, but we used to glaze everything. Glazed carrots, glazed chicken, glazed squash, glazed salmon. Not all foods need to be sweet. Maybe why I lost my taste for sugar." "Back in the early 1970's I loved our fondue set. What ever happened to fondue?" —Patient-Rain-4914 "Making popcorn in a pot on the stove." "Popovers in the US." "Flambé. Used to see a lot of food on fire. Now hardly ever." —Electrical_Mess7320 "More than 30 years ago, but both sets of my grandparents had electric roasters large enough to cook a medium-sized turkey. This would have been the 1940s–1970s, most households I know had electric deep skillets with covers." "Tableside service. I cooked in an old school restaurant years ago that did bananas foster, steak diane, café diablo, crepes suzette, all tableside. Great front-of-house crew. Still miss the incredible competence of those folk." "Are tunnel bundt cakes still around? How about poke cakes?" "Pressure cooking was out of vogue for decades, and then the popularity of the Instant Pot has brought it back recently." —Mo_Jack "Casseroles! You'll find a few on recipe websites today, but really, they're just updated versions. Chicken and Quinoa Bake? GTFO. That's cheesy chicken and rice casserole from 1952 with a different grain." "Baked Alaska! Somehow, my mother, who could not cook, made this and it worked." "Using a broiler, apparently. The broiler on my brand new oven only has a small electric coil embedded in its 'ceiling' so the marketing team can list 'broiler' as a feature, according to two repair techs. It clearly was not meant to function as a legitimate broiler..." "Why would they include an EasyBake Oven-caliber broiler feature on a brand new residential stove? Because 'nobody ever uses them anymore,' so there's no need for them to actually work."—writerlady6 "There are a few techniques I've found my younger friends don't know about or care to use. Starting a creamy sauce with a roux is a good example. Building a fond for a soup is another one. Cooking from scratch isn't dying per se, but 'from scratch' now seems to include using cream cheese in mac and cheese or bouillon cubes for soup, for example." "Cooking in a double boiler: Custards, delicate sauces, melting chocolate, reheating leftovers." "Not many cook directly over wood... grilling more than smoking... like a campfire." "Aspics have fallen off hard — it used to be seen as very sophisticated high-end stuff. Now it's pretty firmly an 'ick.'" "I'd say in general, a lot of classic techniques fell off due to refrigeration becoming commonly affordable. Stuff like salt pork, salt beef, salt fish, all used to be staple ingredients, and now they're generally quite rare to find. The amount of salt needed to preserve these made them a rough go as far as cooking went. The modern versions that survive are a lot milder."—throwdemawaaay "Deep frying, for home cooks." "Roasting or baking in a clay pot." —Heyd388y"My grandmother would cook most of her casseroles in clay dishes, then set them near a window. Does the clay pot help with cooking, too? I thought the dish was more about letting moisture escape while resting."—Patient-Rain-4914 "Honestly, use of nonstick over the last 30 years has made cooking in a stainless steel or enamel cast iron without ruining the food a lost method." "The whole style of salad that features large slices of high-quality meat. Haven't seen a good new steak salad recipe in a while either." "Poaching foods like seafood and chicken." —wandis56"Yes, poached chicken comes out so juicy and tender. And poaching fish in milk gives you soft fish, never dry, and a great starter liquid for a creamy sauce."—Imaginary_Bird538 "Canning." "Bread machines — Go to any thrift shop and there will be stacks of them." "George Foreman grills." —c0ffeebreath "Honestly, soups without just blitzing ingredients with a blender." "As an Australian, I don't really use the grill much anymore (broiler for Americans). Having a subscription to NYTimes Cooking has reintroduced me to the art of broiling." "Potted meat and fish (the kind sealed in an earthenware jar with a fat cap). Potted tongue is lovely but you never see it these days." —PurpleWomat "Soufflé." "Blackened fish. It was the rage back in the '80s and '90s, now... Crickets. I still occasionally blacken fish or a steak on a dedicated cast iron pan, but it must be done outside due to the smoke. Also, grilling doesn't seem to be as popular as it once was. I don't just grill in the summer but live in the south, so it's not that difficult to grill 12 months out of the year." "Not cooking... But I miss making ice cream in the old wooden bucket maker that we'd pack with ice and rock salt." —MinutesOnAScreen "My dad always asks for basted eggs whenever he's asked how he wants them cooked at a restaurant, just to see if folks still know how to do it." "Not totally lost, but at least in Germany grilling over a charcoal grill or even over fire! Everyone has a gas grill now. I can understand the comfort, but I love the vibe of heating up the charcoal/wood and making food over it. Also, it tastes better. To everyone who is telling me there is no difference, what is wrong with you?" —Alternative-Can-5690 "Maybe not in the last 30 years, since that's like 1995, but fire roasting feels like it's been lost. My grandparents would at least do a little when they were younger and I was tiny, but I've never really heard of it in a modern sense. It's all charcoal or gas." "There is a dying art of making and rolling out Chinese noodles with a bamboo log. The noodles' texture is unmatched and is worth the effort compared to machine-made noodles." "Jerky used to be a large slab of meat or slices of meat dried out. Today, jerky is more processed meat." —Patient-Rain-4914 "Braising. We are in a hurry." What cooking method have you notice fall out of vogue? Let us know in the comments or anonymously using this form! For modern recipes that everyone can get behind, download the free Tasty app for iOS and Android to explore our catalog of 7,500+ recipes — no subscription required!
BBC News
28-04-2025
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Bibury resident's foot run over as tourists flock to village
Residents of "England's prettiest village" had to endure "overtourism traffic chaos" over Easter it has been claimed, with a local man's foot run over in a parking popularity of Bibury in Gloucestershire has created an almost constant problem for residents who have to put up with parking chaos caused by the influx of village, home to only a few hundred people, is known for the picturesque Arlington Mark Honeyball said his foot was run over while Bibury Parish Council chairman Craig Chapman said the traffic was "one long queue" over Easter. Bibury was described by 19th Century writer William Morris as "the most beautiful village in England".And it is believed to be popular with Japanese tourists as Emperor Hirohito stayed there during the first half of the 20th Century when he was prince. However, while social media posts often portray the location as a tranquil village in the English countryside, the day-to-day reality includes regular traffic jams and illegal in the village is recognised by the local authorities and Cotswold District Council and Gloucestershire County Council actively avoid promoting it as a tourist destination. 'Very dangerous' Mr Honeyball said the situation has "got beyond a joke" as a driver who was parked on the pavement "ran over his foot"."People can't get through as well as emergency services," he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service."I had to call the police on the day and they couldn't get to me as a Range Rover had very nicely run over my foot in a dispute over where they shouldn't be parking and did a quite bit of damage. It's not broken, just badly bruised."He drove on the pavement. I had another one on Monday who I was asking to move off my drive and he just put his car into gear and drove along the pavement at me."Despite the village having two coach bays next to a bridge over the River Coln, up to six coaches arrive on any given say that if the existing bays are full then the coaches will unload at the nearest space that is big enough - raising safety concerns around the narrow pavements being village's roads are also often not wide enough for two coaches to pass each other. A working group has recommended stopping coaches from using parking bays and waiting on the this move is a short-term measure and further restrictions could be rolled out after a consultation taking place this Parish Council chairman Craig Chapman was among those to witness the traffic problems over Easter."I was out on Sunday and Monday with other people in the community trying to move the traffic along the B4425," he said."The traffic coming from Barnsley through Arlington into Bibury was one long queue."North Cotswold MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown sympathised with residents and says action is needed."Clearly this is what the residents of Bibury want. The trouble is coaches are getting larger and larger," the Conservative said.
BBC News
25-04-2025
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Worcester church to hold special service for Pope Francis
"We got to know him better, possibly, than any of the other Popes. He was so inspiring, and I think it spread to other people too."Lisa Fisher, a regular worshipper at St George's Roman Catholic Church in Worcester, has come to the church for one of the final weekday masses before the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday.A special service is taking place at the church on Friday evening for people to pay their respects and pray for the late Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, after leading the Catholic Church for 12 years. Among those who will be attending Friday's service at St George's is Jordan is looking forward to celebrating the Pope's life by watching his funeral on television."To me, Pope Francis meant all of the good in the world," said Mr Leaman. "We all follow his example and unite in his heavenly mission."Another woman said the Pope represented the Church she grew up in, "one of compassion and love"."I think he spoke to us, and he represented us, and he led us, so I'm very sad," she said."But we give thanks. I think he gave us the voice that we have at the lay level, rather than the international political structure that we often see." For Ms Fisher, too, Pope Francis represented Catholics themselves as much as he did the Church."I've got neighbours who've said how wonderful he was," she said. "I just think the fact that he wanted a simple coffin, and that he never wore the red shoes that the other Popes did – he was true to himself."Mandy Jones will also be watching the papal funeral on television. Although she mourns Pope Francis' passing, she feels it came at an appropriate time."I thought it was super that he actually died when he died, because I thought he'd done his duty," she explained. "He'd done Christmas, and I think he really wanted to do Easter."He was a lovely man." Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
22-04-2025
- BBC News
Archbishop of York condemns 'desecration' of Leyland church
The Archbishop of York has described vandalism at a Lancashire church as a "desecration". Sexually graphic images and expletives were sprayed at St James Church in Leyland, near Preston, on Good Friday."God is a lie" was scrawled on the church's exterior and obscene graffiti was daubed over nearly 40 Stephen Cottrell said he was "holding [the church] in his prayers". In his letter to the church, the Archbishop said: "For this precious holy ground to be so appallingly desecrated is deeply shocking."Easter should be a time of celebration and joy. It saddens me greatly that this Easter your own celebrations may feel a little muted."I hope it is a small comfort to know that, alongside many others, I am holding you and your church in my prayers this Easter."Vicar Marc Wolverson said the attack did not deter the congregation, who carried on with their Good Friday service before hosting a wedding on the said the local community rallied round to help them remove the graffiti and the building and grounds had also been rededicated to the worship of God."My first reaction was heartbreak at the actions of these individuals who perpetrated this crime. I feel very sorry for them," he said."It's the worst thing I've had to deal with as a vicar."But, in the days since, the way we have seen the people of Leyland rally round to help has been so uplifting."Lancashire Police said the "disgraceful act of vandalism" was "being treated as a hate crime".The force said no arrests had been made, but investigations were continuing. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
BBC News
24-02-2025
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Oyez! Bromsgrove town crier marks 40 years in post
Kevin Ward believes he was born to be a town crier."I've always been loud, I've always been theatrical," he told the BBC."You've got to be loud but you've got to be understood."Forty years ago, just months after first moving to Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, he applied to be the local town crier - and has been in the post ever since. It appears the role was in his blood - he said his great great great grandfather was the last official town crier of he first noticed he possessed a vital trait for the role himself when he was a boy."My parents needed a six year-old at Cadbury's theatrical society with a loud voice so they had me appearing on stage at Cadbury's," he recalled."It's a theatrical art form." Mr Ward still attends between 80 to 100 events a year, turning up at everything from church fetes and competitions to council functions and Remembrance Day services."You are providing a service that has been provided literally for millennia," he said."It does go down well…particularly when you get around Remembrance, Christmas, Easter."Memories that stand out across his career include seeing the Queen when she opened North Bromsgrove High School, her coronation, and her death. 'I'll just keep going' Mr Ward said he always hoped that he would be in the job for many years and plans to carry on. "The ancient tradition always was that a crier was appointed for life, and that the job stayed in the family... I'll just keep going, " he said."Almost from the start, it's been an absolutely wonderful journey, I've thoroughly enjoyed it."It's a hobby really, truth be known, but it's a magnificent hobby and I'm just grateful I can serve the people of Bromsgrove in the best way I possibly can."To mark Mr Ward's 40 years in the role, the National Town Crier Championships will take place in the town on 14 June, attracting town criers from across the country. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
