The topic and conversation of food and cooking has always been a popular one amongst people. Cooking shows, cookbooks, recipe cards, blogs, and so many more food-related pieces of media are out there. However, as with everything else, cooking and recipes in general have changed a lot over the years. These days, meals can get pretty fancy and gourmet, and people will pay a lot for good food. Back in the day, everyday meals and family suppers looked a little different than the ones on the table now.

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. The trends back in the day included Jell-O, spam, mayonnaise, and everything being made into a loaf or put into a mould. These were interesting times, and many of these recipes can still be found online.

Here we have collected 25 vintage recipes and meals from the early and mid-1900s for everyone to admire or weep over. Enjoy this kind of unsettling collection of supper foods that people really used to eat and enjoy back in the day.