14 comfort meals from the 1970s that are still delicious and affordable

Break out the casserole dish.

By Emily Shiffer

All things old are new again—and the same goes for classic recipes.

For those who grew up during the 1970s (that's Baby Boomers and Generation Jones), staple dishes that were served at the dinner table are being rediscovered on Reddit by newer generations looking for filling, comforting, and affordable meals.

According to JSTOR, actress Liza Minelli first coined "comfort food" back in 1970. Minelli told food columnist Johna Blinn, "Comfort food is anything you just yum, yum, yum."

Meals from the 1970s are nostalgic and also budget friendly. Try making one of these comforting recipes from Redditors that will fill you up and not break the bank.

🐩 Have a friend your dog hates? They dislike people for a reason most wouldn't consider.

Dogs are operating on a totally different level.

By Tod Perry

Does your dog freak out when one of your friends comes by the house, and you don’t know why? Do they bark, growl, or worse, nip at their ankles when they come to the door? Strangely, some dogs have a real problem with people who were always nice to them.

But according to science, there’s a good reason for it. Dogs have an incredible sense of smell, closely linked to memory, and that's where the trouble begins.

Let’s start with the most important part: your dog’s incredible ability to smell means they perceive the world in a way that you could never imagine. Humans have around six million smell receptors, but dogs can have up to 300 million. Dogs also have a massive olfactory bulb that occupies around 10% of their brain. A dog's ability to smell is 10,000 to 100,000 times greater than that of a human, so they are perceiving the world in a way we could never fathom.

Nanny asking if it’s okay melted my heart. 🥹

🐦 A new study says birds really do have favorite cars to poop on, and here's the list

Even birds have brand loyalty.

By Heather Wake

Turns out, humans might not be the only species with brand loyalty. According to a new study, birds are just as particular about where they…well, leave their mark.

The study, from Alan’s Factory Outlet, set out to answer a question every car owner has quietly wondered: Do birds actually prefer certain cars to poop on?

After surveying 1,000 drivers, the answer was a resounding yes. And while there are a few caveats to this study, it still makes for some interesting conversation. Maybe not dinner party conversation, but conversation nonetheless.

Perhaps even more importantly—it stumbled on a surprisingly fascinating mix of biology, color theory, and bird behavior.

♀️ Man embarks on journey to learn about women's health. He's horrified and calling for change.

“Why aren’t y’all being studied?!”

By Jacalyn Wetzel

Men discovering all that women go through physically and hormonally can be a fun ride. It's a journey that generally starts with the denial that things are bad in the world of women's health, then quickly transitions into shock. The men who publicize their parlay into women's health generally don't share much after the first couple of mind-boggling discoveries. But one man has been documenting new-to-him discoveries about women's health for weeks.

Women's health is a topic that many people, including women themselves, do not fully understand. This isn't for a lack of trying on the part of women, but due to the lack of interest in scientific research regarding women's health. Science is still a male-dominated field, which means that oftentimes the struggles that women have faced for generations are overlooked. There's even a book called Invisible Women (2019), about how male-centric research has left women out of the loop of safety in multiple areas.