Comments on: Salisbury Steak: Civil War Health Food

By: Scream

Scream — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:55:58 +0000

I would also like to add that the term “Salisbury Steak” became popular during a stateside campaign during WW2 to change the name from hamburger (too German and unpatriotic sounding!). It began showing up on menus during that time instead of “hamburger,plain”. I guess the TV dinner companies took it from there because they needed a fancy name.

By: susie

susie — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:13:01 +0000

I had no idea. What an interesting history lesson! As a family, we NEVER ate a frozen TV dinner, but if my parents went out, I could have one. Ah, the dilemma choosing between Salisbury Steak or a Pot Pie. Happy to say I would not eat either of them now!

By: Eric Marcotte, MD @doctorfoodtruth

Eric Marcotte, MD @doctorfoodtruth — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:54:47 +0000

What a great history lesson, which proves, like most history lessons, that it all comes back around. Maybe Dr. Adkins stole his ideas from Dr. Salisbury?
Here’s hoping that all-meat/no-fruit diets and TV dinners both go the way of the dodo!