Kids Try

We had a panel of school lunch experts (a.k.a. kids) taste test 100 years of sack lunches from 1900 to today. Here's what they thought about spam, tuna wraps, Lunchables, and everything in between.

Kids try and react to raw oysters, frog legs provençale, shrimp cocktail, lobster thermidor, beef wellington with Madeira truffle sauce, truffled tagliatelle with truffle butter and shaved truffles, caviar and egg, seared foie gras with cherry gastrique, and more.

Kids try an assortment of popular candies from the 1920s until today, including Jujyfruits, salted nut rolls, Pop Rocks, Big League Chew, Gushers, and More.

Kids prepare and taste test 100 years of sandwiches from 1900 to today. Here's what they thought about PBJs, po' boys, paninis, and everything in between.

Kids try eating a smorgasbord of party food snacks like clams casino, canape with foie gras, baked bean quickies, bacon-wrapped chicken livers, cocktail franks, onion dip, cheese fondue, deviled eggs, Cool Ranch Doritos, Jell-O Pudding Pops, and more.

Kids try airline lunches from the past century from what Charles Lindberg and Amelia Earhart brought with them to the lavish meals of the 50s and 60s and the healthier options of today.

Kids try 100 years of breakfast foods and their intense reactions tell the whole story. The children sample popular breakfast dishes from each decade dating back to the 1920s. Watch the children attempt such daring foods as fried Hominy, stewed prunes, codfish cakes, Sanka, Creamed chipped beef on toast, Eggo waffle, Pop-Tarts, Quisp cereal, an Egg McMuffin, and more!

Kids try popular health foods of the past century, from Nuttolene in the 1920s to zoodles and chia pudding of today.

Kids try and react to chicken a la King, fried chicken and waffles, chicken and dumplings, chicken tv dinner, chicken mold, chicken Marbella, chicken consomme, Burger King chicken fries, and the KFC Double Down chicken sandwich.

Kids try 100 years of cookies with special guest Cookie Monster including mallomars, sugar cookies, nutter butters, macarons, and more.

Kids learn all about molecular gastronomy and try fancy foods like caviar, pheasant, continental cuisine, Waldorf salad, mock turtle soup, lobster thermidor, frog legs, coq au vin, gargouillou, mushroom cappuccino, nouvelle cuisine, panna cotta, risotto all milanese, tuna tartare, popcorn grits, and more!

Kids try and react to eating instant foods like Quaker quick oats, Velveeta cheese, Bisquick pancake mix, Ramen instant noodles, Nesquik, Campbell's Spaghettios, freeze-dried ice cream, Hamburger Helper, Crystal Light, microwave popcorn, Hot Pockets, Kid Cuisine, and more!

Kids try popular Thanksgiving side dishes of the past century, from oyster shooters of the 1920s to beet-filled deviled eggs today.

Kids try barbecue by region, including hill country brisket and hot gut (beef sausage) from Texas, pulled pork and barbecue hash from South Carolina, hush puppies from North Carolina, dry rub Memphis ribs, burnt ends (brisket) from Kansas City, white sauce from Alabama, mutton, burgoo, and pickled eggs from Kentucky, and more!

Kids try popular Christmas desserts of the past century, from mincemeat pie in the 1920s to California Waldorf Salad (with sweet onion dip!) in the 1970s.