Legendary Meals from the 70s

My siblings and I are retired or close to it, but we still have conversations that start with "Do you remember when Mom made X?" Thus commences a discussion of Old El Paso taco kits, Chef Boyardee pizzas, waffle irons, liver, English peas and frequently, bread burgers, a 70s-era delicacy, that sounds a bit awful now, but actually wasn't that bad. The grocery stores of my youth were a lot different than what we now have. They sold one kind of lettuce, iceberg, and two kinds of apples, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. In the south, where I'm from, the stores considered bagels to be a Northern affectation and didn't sell them. I was in high school before I learned such a thing existed. The other factor from the 70s that played a part in food choices was the horrible economy. It was a decade of inflation, scarcity and interest rates in the stratosphere. Times were lean and feeding five people on a budget was a challenge. Enter the bread burger. Then, as now, hamburger came in 1 pound…