The Stories Behind A Few Food Fads

# Summary

In this episode, Josh and Chuck explore the surprising history of American convenience foods, from TV dinners born out of a Thanksgiving turkey surplus to the surprising craze around Jell-O molds and slow cookers. They trace how post-World War II food companies marketed military rations to everyday families, and how clever marketing and the rise of working women transformed foods like frozen dinners, gelatin desserts, and crock pots into cultural phenomena that dominated American kitchens for decades. Along the way, you'll learn wild stories like how a refrigerated train full of turkeys sparked an entire industry, and why lime Jell-O with canned tuna became somehow desirable in the 1950s.