The topic and conversation of food and cooking have always been popular amongst people. Cooking shows, cookbooks, recipe cards, blogs, and so much more exist out there regarding food and mealtime. However, as with everything else, cooking and recipes have changed a lot over the years. These days, depending on popularity and quality, people will pay quite a bit for a relatively small amount of food. The art of cooking has come a long way, but it is interesting to see what people were making in the past.

Of course, food has been scarce throughout different points in time, so people got by any way they could. It did make for some pretty crazy recipes, though. Once upon a time, everything was suspended in Jell-O or made into a loaf. While these meals might look revolting today, they were once enjoyed by many,

Here we have collected 24 vintage recipes and meals from the early and mid-1900s for everyone to admire or weep over. Enjoy this kind of unsettling collection of dinner foods that people really used to eat and enjoy back in the day.