I grew up in the 50s and 60s.  It seemed like every weekend my parents got all dressed up and went to some event.  I don’t know remember where they went – parties, business dinners, friend’s houses.  In the 50s and 60s parents didn’t worry so much about leaving their kids with babysitters, especially on Friday night.  The adults smoked, drank, played cards, I don’t know.  There was just a clear separation between kid events and adult events.
When they left my sister Cathy and I at home there was usually a babysitter – Miss Lulu, whose names sounds like she might be fun but she wasn’t or Miss Donnelly, who we definitely didn’t like and Miss Batchelder (who we called Batch).  We loved Batch because she brought us candy.  And played games with us. Where did they find this stable of spinster women?  No idea.  Mom always fed us before the babysitter came.  And we ate the same food for this early no-parents dinner every single time and looked forward to it and to this day it is still some kind of weird comfort food for Cathy and me.  We had a baked potato and canned tuna.  Cathy says we also had shoepeg corn out of a can but I don’t remember that.  Or else I didn’t eat it.  Pretty plain jane potatoes - butter, salt and pepper  maybe a little squeeze of lemon on the tuna.  That’s it.  I was an obnoxiously picky eater but I’d happily eat this.  At least they are whole foods, right?.
So I’m curious.  What did your parents leave for you to eat when they went out?  Did you look forward to it or not?  Or did your parents never go out (and are they still married?)?  Was it canned, frozen, take-out?  Do you have kids and leave them similar food when you go out?  Spill the beans.