Can usually get it at the local store, 5 cans for $5; a bit more than the 14¢ per serving shown in the video, but still pretty inexpensive compared to "fast food" places. Damned sandwich alone close to $5.
@@jamesslick4790 Lol! My dad used to buy those big cans of Ravioli and Spaghett w/meatballs, when I was a kid, back in the 70's and early 80's. There was something about that flavor. Dumping a can into a pot and heating it up was simple enough. The hardest part was using a can opener to open one. They didn't have the easy-open flip lid like they do now. I can't imagine eating that stuff, today, though. I'd rather make my own.
@@Dynamo001 LOL, Funny bit is, I work in a restaurant. Still will buy myself some Chef Boy-ar-dee. That and TV dinners are a nostalgic "comfort food". Any of it beats McDonald's, LOL
My Mother discovered the Chef Boy Ar Dee pizza kits, everything in the box you needed to make a pizza... wow what a discovery.. life was never the same! thank you... RC!
I remember those, but I preferred Appian Way. I would buy a stick of peperoni and a green pepper to top it off. I don't know, maybe you can still buy those pizza kits but I haven't seen either one, Chef Boyardee or Appian Way for years. Good stuff though. Easy to make and cheap.
I use to make that pizza in a box all the time especially when th he funds were low. The last few times I bought them the price had went up A Lot from long ago. Great memories & it tasted like pizza.
My mom used to but the Geno's mix and then add a bunch of stuff for toppings. The really weird part was she topped it with Velveeta! It tasted good though, and I wouldn't mind having some now.
This video is really close to home. In the '60s, my grandparents lived about two blocks from the Milton Plant and my mother worked there for 35 years. I still have friends and relatives who are still employed there. I remember as a kid towards the end of summer vacation when 'tomato season' (as the locals called it) started. The town was very active with the tomato trucks which was purchased from local farmers constantly coming through town and stored just a few blocks away The country side was acres and acres of tomato fields waiting for harvest to be shipped to the plant. American Home Foods sold it years ago and it was purchased by an investment firm. Shortly after that, the local purchasing of tomatoes ceased and were shipped in from California. The recipes have been changed several times. I was hoping the throw-back versions would catch on but I could never find it locally. With automation, the plant now employs about 1,000 people. I never personally worked there but I still have a lot of fantastic memories associated with it. Recollection Road is one of the most enjoyable pages on YT and I also look forward to the newest video.
Stupid to pay to ship tomatoes across the country when they could grow them withing a few miles of the plant. Especially since the brand recipe hinged on a certain type of tomato. I found the throwback version at Walmart. They were better than what they make now, but probably not as good as in the '60s. My mom made very plain goulash, just hamburger, macaroni, onion, celery and her home canned tomatoes. It was the best, and I can't make mine taste like hers did because I have to use canned tomatoes from the store. When something has simple and few ingredients, you really can't change anything and expect the same result.
@@greyeaglem That goulash that your mother made, that sounds exactly like beefaroni. My mother made the same thing that I can still remember from my earliest memories in the early to mid 70s right up until... well, whenever she didn't make it anymore lol. She always had to use canned tomatoes too. I remember liking it a lot when I was younger to not really disliking it or anything, but having to really be in the mood for it. One of my favorites that she made was chili. That and macaroni and cheese. I'm not really a fan of baked mac & cheese, but hers was bad ass lol. Sometimes to be a little different she used some kind of lightly spiced finely ground bread crumbs to top it while it was baking. She does a from scratch cheesecake and graham cracker crust that is out of this world. Looking back, aside from some ingredients that had to be processed anymore, like cheeses or tomato paste, I really can't think of any meals coming from a box or a can or frozen. She put a lot of time and effort into dinners. Lol... We were asked exactly once what we thought we might like for dinner tomorrow, and if we didn't come up with it by bedtime, she made whatever she felt like making and if we didn't like it... tough... starve because you aren't getting anything else!
@@sped6954 The only time we were asked what we wanted for supper was if it was our birthday. We almost always chose spaghetti. Her mac & cheese was also the best. Can't give exact amounts, but I'm pretty sure the sauce was equal parts Velveeta and whole milk melted together in a sauce pan. I would say 1 cup each for 1lb. macaroni (raw) that was mixed with the cooked macaroni, poured into a Pyrex casserole dish and baked. The goulash I was the same about. Didn't get excited over it, but didn't mind it. However, our neighbor who lived behind us thought it was the greatest thing ever. My aunt always said my mom should bottle and sell her spaghetti sauce. I had made it too when I lived at home, and always thought it was the Better Homes and Gardens recipe. But looking through the book, I noticed it called for shredded carrots. When I was in culinary school, the recipe we used called for carrots and that was the first time I heard of that, so I don't think it was a matter of we just left it out. Therefore, I don't know what recipe she used. What I do know is it called for tomato paste and only tomato paste. I think garlic and oregano were the only other things in it other than salt and pepper when you browned the meat. I was also telling people today about how pizza in our house was a Jeno's pizza box mix topped with cooked hamburger or sausage (usually both) onions, mushrooms, etc. These would be made on large cookie sheets as we had a big family. It all sounds OK so far, but here's the kicker. She would top it with Velveeta! Sounds ridiculous now, but it was actually really good. I would love to have a piece of it now. You had to eat that pizza with a fork. No way were you picking it up! Sometimes I really wish I could go back and have those things again. Hope you have a great weekend!
@@greyeaglem It was somewhat of a shock because the farms hired people to pick tomatoes if they wanted extra cash and BoyArDees would hire a lot of temps to process the tomatoes when they arrived. If you were a temp and performed well, it was a foot on the door for a full time position.
The Chef Boyardee box pizza came out of the oven with a doughy crust, funky cheese and metallic tasting sauce --- but what I wouldn't give to have my mom serve me one of those again! And those mini ravioli were a huge treat and I loved them so much, maybe I'll pick up a can this Friday when I go to the market.
@@pamelabaker3029 I'm going to make one this weekend just for fun. I looked up some videos on CZcams and apparently you need to provide your own cheese now.
I'm 60 and remember when the ravioli was delicious, with a thicker spicier sauce. It's processed for children now, soupy and bland sweet. Buy the yellow retro can!! It's pricier but oh man, it takes me back!! 😋
Me and my mom loved the Beefaroni. The last few times, I brought it, it just didn’t taste the same. Other people to have said, they noticed the change in the taste. That’s what we especially loved eating all the different ones in the can. Because, of the taste in of the can changed, I no longer buy the pizza kits neither. Whoever owns all these bigger companies that have brought out the originals have ruined a good thing.
I agree, I picked up a couple of cans during intense spring home/yard cleaning for a quick meal, and I couldn't believe how much it changed. The beefaroni was more like tomato soup with a handful of noodles. They need to work on quality.
I agree, the quality and taste is not there anymore, the Walmart knock offs are more like the old recipes of Chef Boy Ar Dee, so thats the ones I buy now.
Maybe back in the 60s and 70s, my grandkids don't want nothing to do with the stuff. I tried to feed them the stuff, stuck there noses in the air and said it was nasty.
@@scottc6982 Kids can be weird, and they get picky over food at the drop of a hat. They maybe think of it as baby food. Let them go hungry for a day and they will eat it. LOL.
I remember while pregnant I could only eat mini raviolis the first 5 months. Everything else made me sick. Thanks to the Chef I had some nutrition. My son absolutely adores Italian food ! Also children from 1- 97 love those mini ravioli
Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember
I am almost 60, Yeah my kitchen is STOCKED with "Chef Boy-Ar-Dee" (various) it's a STAPLE. I work in a RESTURANT and a lot of times I don't want to cook. But the "Beefaroni" is around! Heck yeah! 8 to 80, No matter the Chef has our back!
Agree 100%! We'd make it on Friday nights when Mother and Dad wanted to just be by themselves at a restaurant or the movies.. the 4 of us kids thought we were real "chefs" making his pizza from "Scratch" LOL!!
Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember
Chef Boy-ar-dee was comfort food in the early 70s. I looked forward to it at lunch hour. The Beefaroni, Ravioli, Lasagna and later Mini O's and Roller Coasters were staples of a childhood diet during the school week. It rocked then, and still does in the 21st century. Thank you northern Italy.
Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember
Everyone of a certain age will remember: "We're having Beefaroni! / Beef with macaroni! / Beefaroni's fun to eat / Beefaroni's full of meat / Beefaroni's really neat - hooray! / For Beefaroni!" This was sung by a kids' chorus over shots of kids in Italy running madly through narrow streets to assemble at a long table in the public square of some Italian town or city, to all happily chow down on plates of Beefaroni (or so you were supposed to think.)
It's very convenient for camping and hiking trips. Took a can of the ravioli on a day hike with the intention of building a small camp fire to heat it up and turned out that the conditions for a fire were too dry to risk starting a wildfire so I ate them cold and they were still good.
Chef Boy-ar-dee is still the BEST! We always loved the Pizza in the box we would make, kids loved it! With all the Pizza places around, Boy-ar-dee is still the BEST! I am 68 y and love it more!!!!!!
Chef Boyardee was a prime example of achiving The American Dream. He came to this country and worked hard. And made his dreams come true. And he lived one great life. Rest in Peace good sir. I have been eating Chef Boyardee foods since childhood. And still do to this day.
55 years old and still love my Chef boy ar dee ravioli and spaghetti w/meatballs and can still remember the good old days as a kid making the box pizza he offered it would usually be on a Sat night and Mom would let us kids make are own Chef boy ar dee pizzas what a fun time that was.👍🇺🇸🙂
Another superb episode! I'm 65 and had no idea about the backstory of this iconic American brand. I think when I order groceries next I'm going to see if they still make chef boyardee ravioli. I used to love it! Very interesting that I input this comment via voice and when I said boyardee, Google spelled it perfectly. This channel is so good! Let's do our part to get it to 100,000 subscribers. Where are all you boomers?
@Bob Eckert56. I grew up on this, born in '52, my children did also and I have 2 cans in my pantry now. I admit, the sauce does seem watered down some, but I like the Ravioli the best. They pack alot into those cans. I've never seen any store without them. Go buy some, especially the Ravs😊
Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember
I basically grew up eating chef boyardee Franco American SpaghettiOs Campbell's soup all those great meals. Every so often I pick up a beefaroni or whatever bring it home eat it and some of the memories come back as a kid again 👀 Thank you chef boyardee for being a part of my life....👍👍
One of my favorite brands! I knew the history of Chef Boy-ar-dee, but forgot what their first products were. Yet again, another famous American brand, not too far from my location.
OMG, I remember eating Chef Boyardee Beef Ravioli’s almost every night for dinner, when l got my first apartment back in 1976... I was 17yo and I budgeted for everything, unfortunately I forgot about eating! Seriously, when Key-food’s or the A&P’s had them on “Sale”... I was able to buy 10 or 12 cans for only $2.00! When I started bringing them to work and my boss saw me eating them out of the can cold... He gave me a raise! Thank Mr. Giordano! ♥️ Thank you for sharing this interesting video with everyone, l love your Channel! 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 P.S. A ride on the NYC Subway was only $0.50! Now it’s 2.75! NYCTA throws in your first Mugging for free!
@@CharlottePrattWilson On the contrary.. Just about everything sold in masses is GMO based and has far less flavor than "homegrown". Try comparing a Store Bought Lemon to a Home Grown Lemon and the delicious Floral Taste of the homegrown will be enough to make you realize what's truly happened to Real Food..
I think we were the first family in our neighborhood to have pizza night, thanks to Chef Boy-Ar-Dee pizza kits. No Pizza Huts or anything else like it in small town Virignia. Dad developed a taste for pizza when he was in the Navy.
Born in 1945 I've eaten at least a million of those little meat pies. I have a can of mini ravioli in the pantry as I write this I always have at least one can on hand a bowl of ravioli and a slice of onion has been a meal for me many times through the years.
I have fond memories of making chef boy-ar-de pizza with my mom and then watching reruns of the original Star Trek and Bonanza while we ate, back in the early 80s
And he was a badass. Top chef as a teen, Makes new concept in food sales, Creates an iconic brand, and "sells out" to save his employees' jobs..... SOMEONE NEEDS to make a full budget movie about him! He's the "hero" we need now in business.
Orville Reddenbacher was a real person too. My parents grew up in the same town he was from in Valparaiso, Indiana. Orville Reddenbacher purchased the local corn company and it became Orville Reddenbacher’s Popping Corn.
I am proud to live just outside Milton, PA where the Boiardi (the real spelling) Family lived. I attend Mass in the same Church where they did. You still see their name on things they donated. To my knowledge they were good people looking to do good and help others. To this day, the huge Plant (referred to by us locals as “Chef,” as in “working at Chef”), at the South end of town, still makes all the Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee products. Although tomatoes (which are still massively grown here and originally brought the Plant here) are now from other places. Every September was the “Tomato Harvest Festival” with a huge town Spaghetti Dinner. It’s now the “Harvest Festival.” The Plant was sold out of the Family many decades ago, becoming first American (then International) Home Foods; around 2000, it became part of the conglomerate Con-Agra.
Learned how to cook making the meal kits when i was growing up. I still make the pizza kits a couple times a year, huge fan of their pizza sauce. This video really brought back the memories.
Several actresses have played her but the character was not a real person. The brand was started by a white man based on racial stereotypes of the time.
At 2:32, there is a great photo of the Chef at a convention held at the Ship Lantern Inn in Milton, NY, across the Hudson from Poughkeepsie. The Ship Lantern Inn is still open and still excellent.
Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs and ravioli were favorite lunchtime fare of my sister and I during times when school was out for various breaks. Easy and quick to heat up. Even today I keep a couple cans in the pantry for quick meals.
I really try to avoid videos and films about the good old days because watching brings on mild melancholia. But I have to admit I'm hooked Amy's recollection Road videos.
So backwards compared to immigrants today! He entered the USA legally. He learned our language instead of insisting we speak his. He worked rather than demanding welfare, and he adapted to American culture rather than trying to make us adapt to his! Amazing!
I wish they still made the spaghetti sauce that went in the kit. My mama always mixed it with a can of manwich and it was a delicious spaghetti sauce. Everybody loved it.
I lived on the beef ravioli and beefaroni when I was low on cash back in the days. Here’s to you Hector Boiyardi!!
@@ES-mc3cc I'm almost 60 And I still love Chef Boy-ar-dee Beef Ravioli! It's one of my "gulity pleasures".
Can usually get it at the local store, 5 cans for $5; a bit more than the 14¢ per serving shown in the video, but still pretty inexpensive compared to "fast food" places. Damned sandwich alone close to $5.
@@jamesslick4790 Lol! My dad used to buy those big cans of Ravioli and Spaghett w/meatballs, when I was a kid, back in the 70's and early 80's. There was something about that flavor.
Dumping a can into a pot and heating it up was simple enough. The hardest part was using a can opener to open one. They didn't have the easy-open flip lid like they do now. I can't imagine eating that stuff, today, though. I'd rather make my own.
@@Dynamo001 LOL, Funny bit is, I work in a restaurant. Still will buy myself some Chef Boy-ar-dee. That and TV dinners are a nostalgic "comfort food". Any of it beats McDonald's, LOL
My favorites were the cheese and beef raviolis. Loved them all, though.
My Mother discovered the Chef Boy Ar Dee pizza kits, everything in the box you needed to make a pizza... wow what a discovery.. life was never the same!
thank you... RC!
I remember those, but I preferred Appian Way. I would buy a stick of peperoni and a green pepper to top it off. I don't know, maybe you can still buy those pizza kits but I haven't seen either one, Chef Boyardee or Appian Way for years. Good stuff though. Easy to make and cheap.
I use to make that pizza in a box all the time especially when th he funds were low. The last few times I bought them the price had went up A Lot from long ago. Great memories & it tasted like pizza.
My mom used to but the Geno's mix and then add a bunch of stuff for toppings. The really weird part was she topped it with Velveeta! It tasted good though, and I wouldn't mind having some now.
@@greyeaglem Mom's cooking is Mom's cooking, so its always good.
My mother topped ours with Vienna sausage!
This video is really close to home. In the '60s, my grandparents lived about two blocks from the Milton Plant and my mother worked there for 35 years. I still have friends and relatives who are still employed there. I remember as a kid towards the end of summer vacation when 'tomato season' (as the locals called it) started. The town was very active with the tomato trucks which was purchased from local farmers constantly coming through town and stored just a few blocks away The country side was acres and acres of tomato fields waiting for harvest to be shipped to the plant. American Home Foods sold it years ago and it was purchased by an investment firm. Shortly after that, the local purchasing of tomatoes ceased and were shipped in from California. The recipes have been changed several times. I was hoping the throw-back versions would catch on but I could never find it locally. With automation, the plant now employs about 1,000 people. I never personally worked there but I still have a lot of fantastic memories associated with it. Recollection Road is one of the most enjoyable pages on YT and I also look forward to the newest video.
Stupid to pay to ship tomatoes across the country when they could grow them withing a few miles of the plant. Especially since the brand recipe hinged on a certain type of tomato. I found the throwback version at Walmart. They were better than what they make now, but probably not as good as in the '60s. My mom made very plain goulash, just hamburger, macaroni, onion, celery and her home canned tomatoes. It was the best, and I can't make mine taste like hers did because I have to use canned tomatoes from the store. When something has simple and few ingredients, you really can't change anything and expect the same result.
How does the food now compare to the real stuff when the Chef was still there?
@@greyeaglem
That goulash that your mother made, that sounds exactly like beefaroni. My mother made the same thing that I can still remember from my earliest memories in the early to mid 70s right up until... well, whenever she didn't make it anymore lol. She always had to use canned tomatoes too. I remember liking it a lot when I was younger to not really disliking it or anything, but having to really be in the mood for it. One of my favorites that she made was chili. That and macaroni and cheese. I'm not really a fan of baked mac & cheese, but hers was bad ass lol. Sometimes to be a little different she used some kind of lightly spiced finely ground bread crumbs to top it while it was baking. She does a from scratch cheesecake and graham cracker crust that is out of this world. Looking back, aside from some ingredients that had to be processed anymore, like cheeses or tomato paste, I really can't think of any meals coming from a box or a can or frozen. She put a lot of time and effort into dinners. Lol... We were asked exactly once what we thought we might like for dinner tomorrow, and if we didn't come up with it by bedtime, she made whatever she felt like making and if we didn't like it... tough... starve because you aren't getting anything else!
@@sped6954 The only time we were asked what we wanted for supper was if it was our birthday. We almost always chose spaghetti. Her mac & cheese was also the best. Can't give exact amounts, but I'm pretty sure the sauce was equal parts Velveeta and whole milk melted together in a sauce pan. I would say 1 cup each for 1lb. macaroni (raw) that was mixed with the cooked macaroni, poured into a Pyrex casserole dish and baked. The goulash I was the same about. Didn't get excited over it, but didn't mind it. However, our neighbor who lived behind us thought it was the greatest thing ever. My aunt always said my mom should bottle and sell her spaghetti sauce. I had made it too when I lived at home, and always thought it was the Better Homes and Gardens recipe. But looking through the book, I noticed it called for shredded carrots. When I was in culinary school, the recipe we used called for carrots and that was the first time I heard of that, so I don't think it was a matter of we just left it out. Therefore, I don't know what recipe she used. What I do know is it called for tomato paste and only tomato paste. I think garlic and oregano were the only other things in it other than salt and pepper when you browned the meat. I was also telling people today about how pizza in our house was a Jeno's pizza box mix topped with cooked hamburger or sausage (usually both) onions, mushrooms, etc. These would be made on large cookie sheets as we had a big family. It all sounds OK so far, but here's the kicker. She would top it with Velveeta! Sounds ridiculous now, but it was actually really good. I would love to have a piece of it now. You had to eat that pizza with a fork. No way were you picking it up! Sometimes I really wish I could go back and have those things again. Hope you have a great weekend!
@@greyeaglem It was somewhat of a shock because the farms hired people to pick tomatoes if they wanted extra cash and BoyArDees would hire a lot of temps to process the tomatoes when they arrived. If you were a temp and performed well, it was a foot on the door for a full time position.
I loved that boxed pizza mix, and haven't been able to find if for years..
You can buy it on their website. www.chefboyardee.com/
The pizza mix still exists, just go to Walmart website
It is usually in the place where they keep the boxed macaroni ad cheese and the packaged noodle dinners,
I've seen it on the endcap of frozen food aisle
W a little can of Parmesan cheese crust mix and tomato sauce
Amazing memories...And a great chef...Cheers and Salute to the Chef.
Chef boy ar Dee is not the same as it was back in the 60’s! Since these big corporations took over things went to shit!
Still good tho
@@supanami2603 I was about to type that word for word lol
I used to love ChefBoyardee b
The Chef Boyardee box pizza came out of the oven with a doughy crust, funky cheese and metallic tasting sauce --- but what I wouldn't give to have my mom serve me one of those again! And those mini ravioli were a huge treat and I loved them so much, maybe I'll pick up a can this Friday when I go to the market.
Omg I miss those days to especially mom
I used to make that pizza all the time.
@@pamelabaker3029
All the family together in the kitchen making the pizza.
Sitting together talking, laughing.
The good ol days.
@@pamelabaker3029 I'm going to make one this weekend just for fun. I looked up some videos on CZcams and apparently you need to provide your own cheese now.
Metallic taste . Old metal army canteens with warm water always had a taste like that
Ready-made meal in a can. But I'd love to time travel and try his actual, original, sauce.
by the way, i'm building a time machine out of an old hot tub of mine,I'll let you know when its ready !!
@@halbud Line it with a water bed so you can go really far back. LOL
I still prefer the traditional method of a Delorean! 😁
@@worldtraveler930 I agree. I don't think the hot tub would be compatible with the Flux Capacitor.
@@kevinmcdonald6477 88 m.p.h. and your Back to the Future! 😁
Jumping in the Ford Country Squire as soon as video ends to pick up some cans of Chef Boy-are-dee for dinner tonight
That's a good one, I laughed out loud!
Oooo! a COUNTRY Squire...Look at "fancy pants' here, The best I could muster is a FAIRLANE Squire! 😜
I'm 60 and remember when the ravioli was delicious, with a thicker spicier sauce. It's processed for children now, soupy and bland sweet. Buy the yellow retro can!! It's pricier but oh man, it takes me back!! 😋
Oh wow I would have loved to have tried that!
I loved it too, and yes, the new stuff--no
Me and my mom loved the Beefaroni. The last few times, I brought it, it just didn’t taste the same. Other people to have said, they noticed the change in the taste. That’s what we especially loved eating all the different ones in the can. Because, of the taste in of the can changed, I no longer buy the pizza kits neither. Whoever owns all these bigger companies that have brought out the originals have ruined a good thing.
I agree, I picked up a couple of cans during intense spring home/yard cleaning for a quick meal, and I couldn't believe how much it changed. The beefaroni was more like tomato soup with a handful of noodles. They need to work on quality.
I agree, the quality and taste is not there anymore, the Walmart knock offs are more like the old recipes of Chef Boy Ar Dee, so thats the ones I buy now.
The Bean Counters Will Put Them Out Of Business Cant Cook Just Count
@Green Mamba Games They never learn.
@@sharonrose9994 Aldi brand is similar
I would have to say 95% of American children have eaten Chef Boyardee at one point or another
Maybe back in the 60s and 70s, my grandkids don't want nothing to do with the stuff. I tried to feed them the stuff, stuck there noses in the air and said it was nasty.
@@scottc6982 Infidels to our generation. LOL!
@@scottc6982 Kids can be weird, and they get picky over food at the drop of a hat. They maybe think of it as baby food. Let them go hungry for a day and they will eat it. LOL.
@@darkwood777 yep whst I cook or pbj or ramen for dinner.
I loved the ravioli as a kid but later in life I bought a can and thought it was gross.
I just had a can of super stuffed raviolis for lunch. Had my first can 60 years ago.
I remember while pregnant I could only eat mini raviolis the first 5 months. Everything else made me sick. Thanks to the Chef I had some nutrition. My son absolutely adores Italian food ! Also children from 1- 97 love those mini ravioli
Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember
I am almost 60, Yeah my kitchen is STOCKED with "Chef Boy-Ar-Dee" (various) it's a STAPLE. I work in a RESTURANT and a lot of times I don't want to cook. But the "Beefaroni" is around! Heck yeah! 8 to 80, No matter the Chef has our back!
Those ravioli were even good cold, right out of the can.
Were. They changed them . I'm a 70's kid ...ate em up until like 2 years ago. Sauce, texture are different, and terrible.
@@theoneleggedchef Yes, it's called "cost cutting"- less real meat and much cheaper ingredients.
I used to eat it,but I had to cut out the sodium and saturated fats.
it's the only way to eat it!
Still are!
I still purchase the chef, great quick food.I remember eating the beef ravioli as a kid in the early 70's.
Their sausage pizza from the box was wonderful when I was a little girl! It had a taste like no other.
Agree 100%! We'd make it on Friday nights when Mother and Dad wanted to just be by themselves at a restaurant or the movies.. the 4 of us kids thought we were real "chefs" making his pizza from "Scratch" LOL!!
I just found this channel like 3weeks ago.. absolutely in love with it!!
I still love the beef ravioli...i eat the stuffed beef ravioli now. I remember as a kid in the 70's there was a cheese ravioli too.
They still make the cheese ravioli.
It brings back nice memories, thank you for your great channel.
Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember
Chef Boy-ar-dee was comfort food in the early 70s. I looked forward to it at lunch hour. The Beefaroni, Ravioli, Lasagna and later Mini O's and Roller Coasters were staples of a childhood diet during the school week. It rocked then, and still does in the 21st century. Thank you northern Italy.
Imagine that... come to a new country... "sacrifices are necessary for progess."
People have changed.
Michael Dowdell : Don't Tell this to Orange boy trump, if he was still pres he would build a wall in the ocean......
@@chaosdemonwolf1 you know hes right though, but i get where your coming from too.
@@chaosdemonwolf1 Cuz Robot Trump Sucks....
@@cori1396 Thank you for showing people TDS is real.
@@charlesbaldo yes so true 🤔
Beautiful Memories
Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember
Thank Goodness for Chef Boy-ar-dee.
Everyone of a certain age will remember: "We're having Beefaroni! / Beef with macaroni! / Beefaroni's fun to eat / Beefaroni's full of meat / Beefaroni's really neat - hooray! / For Beefaroni!" This was sung by a kids' chorus over shots of kids in Italy running madly through narrow streets to assemble at a long table in the public square of some Italian town or city, to all happily chow down on plates of Beefaroni (or so you were supposed to think.)
Brought back fun memories
Good video
One of my favorites growing up, and it still is.
I still eat this stuff and it's still good!
I just had a can of supper stuffed for lunch. Had my first can 60 years ago.
It's very convenient for camping and hiking trips. Took a can of the ravioli on a day hike with the intention of building a small camp fire to heat it up and turned out that the conditions for a fire were too dry to risk starting a wildfire so I ate them cold and they were still good.
Nooooo it's NASTY
@@gregggoss2210 Even straight out of the can cold is a lot better than several M.R.E.'s I've had over the years!
Digging the tunes. Really makes the informative historical videos soothing to watch
Your videos bring back such great memories. Thank you for them. Please keep them coming!
I ate ravioli back in the 80's while watching Saturday morning cartoons...Timeless Tradition like decorations on a Christmas tree...thank you chef
It's been around ever since I was a boy, love it then and still do. Thanks for sharing your story with us that are your fans. Outstanding job sir.
I use to love Chef Boy-Ar-Dee's roller coasters 😋
Nice video. When I was very young I thought Aunt Jemima, Betty Crocker, and Uncle Ben were the founding presidents of their own company.
Used to eat the beef ravioli right out of the can when I was a kid.
You didn't heat it up?
still do as an adult.
Pasta, meat sauce and grated cheese....all in one little box! And it was DELICIOUS! It kept this 70's college student going!
Chef Boy-ar-dee is still the BEST! We always loved the Pizza in the box we would make, kids loved it! With all the Pizza places around, Boy-ar-dee is still the BEST! I am 68 y and love it more!!!!!!
My husband still loves Beefaroni to this day! I used to love the ravioli but haven't had it in years.
I actually just visited and paid respect to his grave a few weeks back
R.i.p 🕊️ A legend💯 gone but not forgotten
Chef Boyardee was a prime example of achiving The American Dream. He came to this country and worked hard. And made his dreams come true. And he lived one great life. Rest in Peace good sir. I have been eating Chef Boyardee foods since childhood. And still do to this day.
55 years old and still love my Chef boy ar dee ravioli and spaghetti w/meatballs and can still remember the good old days as a kid making the box pizza he offered it would usually be on a Sat night and Mom would let us kids make are own Chef boy ar dee pizzas what a fun time that was.👍🇺🇸🙂
We didn't eat much of that when I was a kid. My grandmother was from Italy so my father knew how to make Italian food better than anything in a can.
Another superb episode! I'm 65 and had no idea about the backstory of this iconic American brand. I think when I order groceries next I'm going to see if they still make chef boyardee ravioli. I used to love it! Very interesting that I input this comment via voice and when I said boyardee, Google spelled it perfectly. This channel is so good! Let's do our part to get it to 100,000 subscribers. Where are all you boomers?
@Bob Eckert56. I grew up on this, born in '52, my children did also and I have 2 cans in my pantry now. I admit, the sauce does seem watered down some, but I like the Ravioli the best. They pack alot into those cans. I've never seen any store without them. Go buy some, especially the Ravs😊
I grew up in the 1950s & 60s with the original recipe spaghetti dinner & wonderful meatball stew no longer available darn. Delish & still missed.
Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember
We used to get the pizza kits when I was a kid. It was a welcome treat for 5 growing boys!
Patriotism🇺🇸.....it’s a beautiful thing.....wonderful history....thank you!
The word patriot has become synonymous with Nazi!
It isn't near as good as it used to be growing up but still snack on some for lunch every so often
I still Love chef boyardee spaghetti and meatballs, ravioli, beefaroni to name a few thanks for sharing these great memories.😘😊
Another great video! Thanks
Another amazing doc on a great memneory. Thank you again!
I basically grew up eating chef boyardee Franco American SpaghettiOs Campbell's soup all those great meals.
Every so often I pick up a beefaroni or whatever bring it home eat it and some of the memories come back as a kid again 👀
Thank you chef boyardee for being a part of my life....👍👍
A great meal when we got home from school and mom was working.
One of my favorite brands!
I knew the history of Chef Boy-ar-dee, but forgot what their first products were. Yet again, another famous American brand, not too far from my location.
Trailer parks and babysitters always had the old chef in the cupboard with kool-aid.👌👌
Haha yes
I grew up on this stuff, loved it.
OMG, I remember eating Chef Boyardee Beef Ravioli’s almost every night for dinner, when l got my first apartment back in 1976... I was 17yo and I budgeted for everything, unfortunately I forgot about eating! Seriously, when Key-food’s or the A&P’s had them on “Sale”... I was able to buy 10 or 12 cans for only $2.00! When I started bringing them to work and my boss saw me eating them out of the can cold... He gave me a raise! Thank Mr. Giordano! ♥️ Thank you for sharing this interesting video with everyone, l love your Channel! 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
P.S. A ride on the NYC Subway was only $0.50! Now it’s 2.75! NYCTA throws in your first Mugging for free!
Thanks for sharing! I remember loving the meat raviolis & making the pizzas 🍕 😋
Loved the beef ravioli and the lasagna when I was a kid.
Never tried the lasagna but i always keep a couple ravioli cans in my cabinet for easy eats. I add cheese.
@@WhitneyAbrina You definitely have to add some shredded cheese totally makes it worth eating!!!
@@worldtraveler930 for sure. In fact I will make for dinner before bed now bf I'm tired and it's really hot and I have no a.c.
Beautiful story, he was quite a success.
I bet it was a lot better when he was running the company and growing their own tomatoes.
The new stuff doesn’t taste anything like the “throwback “ version
Don’t you think that our taste has changed? Food is for the most part, more nutritious and tasty.
@@CharlottePrattWilson On the contrary.. Just about everything sold in masses is GMO based and has far less flavor than "homegrown". Try comparing a Store Bought Lemon to a Home Grown Lemon and the delicious Floral Taste of the homegrown will be enough to make you realize what's truly happened to Real Food..
It tastes like dog food smells. Everything tasted better back then.
I think we were the first family in our neighborhood to have pizza night, thanks to Chef Boy-Ar-Dee pizza kits. No Pizza Huts or anything else like it in small town Virignia. Dad developed a taste for pizza when he was in the Navy.
I turn 40 this year and I just sat here and ate two cans of the spaghetti and meatballs while watching this. lol
I have no shame and no regrets. lol
I ate lots of that growing up, still get it on occasion.
My husband and I love the pizza kit in a box. The sauce reminds us of our youths. Loved this video!
Born in 1945 I've eaten at least a million of those little meat pies. I have a can of mini ravioli in the pantry as I write this I always have at least one can on hand a bowl of ravioli and a slice of onion has been a meal for me many times through the years.
I remember as a kid eating Chef boyardees ravioli that one was always my favorite
I have fond memories of making chef boy-ar-de pizza with my mom and then watching reruns of the original Star Trek and Bonanza while we ate, back in the early 80s
I am glad to learn that the chef lived a long life.
And he was a badass. Top chef as a teen, Makes new concept in food sales, Creates an iconic brand, and "sells out" to save his employees' jobs..... SOMEONE NEEDS to make a full budget movie about him! He's the "hero" we need now in business.
@@jamesslick4790 I second that motion!
I've always Loved
Chef Boy - ar - dee. 👍🏻🍝👍🏻
Oh my gosh the pizza kit and span kit I loved so much!
I liked this as a kid...now not so much. But when I see it in the store aisles the memories come flooding back.
I’m 63 and remember eating spaghetti and beefaroni loved it back then but now not so much now.
At first, I thought this was Curley of TTS in a chef’s costume. Silly me.
Orville Reddenbacher was a real person too. My parents grew up in the same town he was from in Valparaiso, Indiana. Orville Reddenbacher purchased the local corn company and it became Orville Reddenbacher’s Popping Corn.
Bring back the spaghetti kits!! Always kept a box on hand. Not sure why it was discontinued.
I actually take some of these to work with me if I'm running low on time and can't prep my own food. Still love them since I was a kid.
I still remember the jingle from the 60s and 70s commercials
I am proud to live just outside Milton, PA where the Boiardi (the real spelling) Family lived. I attend Mass in the same Church where they did. You still see their name on things they donated.
To my knowledge they were good people looking to do good and help others.
To this day, the huge Plant (referred to by us locals as “Chef,” as in “working at Chef”), at the South end of town, still makes all the Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee products. Although tomatoes (which are still massively grown here and originally brought the Plant here) are now from other places. Every September was the “Tomato Harvest Festival” with a huge town Spaghetti Dinner. It’s now the “Harvest Festival.”
The Plant was sold out of the Family many decades ago, becoming first American (then International) Home Foods; around 2000, it became part of the conglomerate Con-Agra.
Tons of times but not in a decade... thank goodness. Love how beef ravioli were marketed as mini meat pies.
I really enjoy the relaxed tempo of your edits and presentation.
Food for thought
We need more documentaries on important people. I love this!!! Thank you. xx
Learned how to cook making the meal kits when i was growing up. I still make the pizza kits a couple times a year, huge fan of their pizza sauce. This video really brought back the memories.
There was even a Spaghetti Sauce Plant in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada at one time still trying to find pictures of this on the internet
Try searching con Agra Niagara falls NY hope it helps they bought out the plant
It was on Morrison st between portage and Dorchester.
Love me some Beef-a-roni!
What an eye opening story.
Hector is laid to rest near my parents in chardon Ohio.... Had a restaurant here in Cleveland ohio called hector's still love it today
Aunt Jemima was a real person too.
Several actresses have played her but the character was not a real person. The brand was started by a white man based on racial stereotypes of the time.
Grew up with it, 50 years later yes I still keep a few cans of it in the pantry.
I just had a can for lunch today and washed it down with a glass of grape Kool-Aid. Childhood memories. 😁😆
At 2:32, there is a great photo of the Chef at a convention held at the Ship Lantern Inn in Milton, NY, across the Hudson from Poughkeepsie. The Ship Lantern Inn is still open and still excellent.
Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs and ravioli were favorite lunchtime fare of my sister and I during times when school was out for various breaks. Easy and quick to heat up. Even today I keep a couple cans in the pantry for quick meals.
Since there was just Mom and I in the 60's, and she worked full time, we lived on the yellow spaghetti boxes!
I really try to avoid videos and films about the good old days because watching brings on mild melancholia.
But I have to admit I'm hooked Amy's recollection Road videos.
So backwards compared to immigrants today! He entered the USA legally. He learned our language instead of insisting we speak his. He worked rather than demanding welfare, and he adapted to American culture rather than trying to make us adapt to his! Amazing!
Loved it as a kid. I always keep a can in. It's good every once in a while.
I wish they still made the spaghetti sauce that went in the kit. My mama always mixed it with a can of manwich and it was a delicious spaghetti sauce. Everybody loved it.
Back in the day, aye. Might not have been what it once was but as a very hungry youth it sure went down good.
I still love Chef Boyardee, even tho they changed the sauce.
nice story of a favorite pantry item.
Chef was way before his time for sure! Great memories, great video! 👍