Subj : Re: Eating In The 50's To : George Pope From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Jun 23 2021 21:22:00 George, > Curry was a surname. GP> of Steph's parents & one grandfather. . . :) Two teachers I had in high school had that surname...a father and his son. > A take-away was a mathematical problem. GP> or was called a "doggy bag" And, the pets know if you didn't bring home a treat for them. Now, some human food is OK for them to eat (green beans and carrots especially), but by and large, much of it is a no-no. And, it's true that when they beg..."if you give into them once, you've corrupted them forever". GP> If you asked for mediterranean flatbread, you'd get a "huh?!" look. . Probably. A flatbed is easier to sleep on than a waterbed. GP> They're expensive now! $8 or more for a 5lb box that's usually a bit GP> light & you need to throw away a half pound of mouldy ones. . . but GP> worth it! I don't care if I can get 5lb of Chinese or Korean for $4 or GP> $5! Gotta have my Japanese ones in December! Everything has gone up. I went to Wal-Mart today, originally just to get some extra toilet paper (bum wad ) and paper towels. But, I also decided to pick up some Depends and Underpads, and 4 bags of the Funions for a snack. I have plenty of diet green tea citrus, chicken nuggets, bread, and lunch meat, so I can afford to eat at home the next several days. But, I also had to go out, as my T-Mobile phone died. This makes 3 straight Samsung models (the Galaxy A10, A11, and A12) that have had numerous problems. They won't hold a charge, or the thing just completely dies. I got a new 5G capable Samsung A32 (I think). Someone told me that the 4G technology is being phased out. GP> We had flavours. Mosdt adultys only bought Sour Cream & Onion, took me GP> years to discover there were many others. The ones I liked that Lay's had were Sausage Gravy Biscuit, and Garlic Cheese Sticks. Those are long gone...I thought about getting the Dill Pickle ones, but opted for the Funions instead. Of course, if I had gotten the Dill Pickle Potato Chips, and some ice cream sandwiches, with eating pickles and ice cream, folks would really wonder about me (like they aren't already) . GP> My fave as a kid was Old Duytch's Popcorn Twists (bag was 3X biugger GP> than any other for 25c!) Never heard of that brand. GP> I watched little self-serve candies (marshmallow strawberries, Double GP> Bubble gum, etc) go from 2 for 3c to 2c to 3/5c to 3c to 5c (that was a GP> 'WTH?!' leap for me!) I remember the Double Bubble Gum...the only gum I chewed growing up was Juicy Fruit. With my dentures now, only Freedent won't pull the dentures out. GP> Only when theser were up tyo 5c each did I discover penny candy -- one GP> lttle out of the way corner store on the highway prolly hadn't updated GP> his prices since the '60s, had a big 8qt glass jar of teeny Tootsie GP> Rolls, single candy cigarettes, & other individual candies on the front GP> counter. I was in Heaven! I remember the candy cigarettes and tiny tootsie rolls. At one time, I had figured how how many licks it took to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop (I think around 973). GP> Chocolate bars are usually around $1.50. I wait for a sale on bakers GP> chocolate chunks & buy a bag or two of dark & semi-sweet. . . The only chocolate I have now is the Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies... and they don't taste anything like Girl Scouts. A few months back, a local troop was selling the cookies at the pharmacy next to the Post Office where my P.O. Box is. I bought 6 boxes of the thin mints!! GP> My mom was hybrid on this -- we'd have rice with, say, home-made sweet GP> & sour pork(or potatoes, which sounds weird now) & rice pudding the GP> next day. . . I still have a couple things of microwave Minute Rice...I decided to take a break from that for awhile. GP> The nearest McDonalds was across the river in a town 10mi away & we GP> MIGHT go once a year. A&W was in our town & we'd go 2-3 times/year. GP> (much better anyway!) Admittedly, I do like their French Fries. GP> I discovered Wendy's on my own, in my teens & fell in love with "Triple GP> bacon-cheese-everything, large fries, large choclit shake" When we lived in Hialeah (northwest of Miami) they didn't have a Wendy's in the area...you had to drive north to Fort Pierce. They finally did expand to the area. GP> The '70s was when the government & medical orgs propagandized us with GP> the canard on how good whole grains were, so I grew up on whole grain GP> bread & cereals. . I've eaten wheat bread on occasion, but prefer the white. There was a bread called Home Pride (I think) that was baked with butter in it. GP> Yup. . . well, you used cooking oil for deep frying maybe, or lard. . . I was going to say washing clothes, but that was lye (think Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies). I used that when working at Burger King to clean the grease screens in the vent hoods from the broiler and the fry vats. And, used a variant of that in silkscreen to remove the "ghost stain" from the previous image. But, you could not let that sit too long on there, or the mesh would come apart. Plus, you had to wear protective gloves and a face shield while washing it out with a power hose, to avoid splashing that on your face or body. GP> My mom loverd her Red Rose tea(& I got the little animal figurines from GP> each big tin) I drink the diet green tea citrus now. I saw a peach tea today (I think from Lipton), but my icebox is full right now. Yet, with the hot weather coming, I'll be drinking 1 to 2 quarts of that every day. GP> I started drinkinig coffee at age 8 at he car dealerships -- strong GP> acid all- day coffee with 4 cubes & a tbsp of Coffeemate! I never acquired a taste for it. > Chickens didn't have fingers in those days. GP> nor fish, & I'm pretty sure buffalos didn't fly. . . Pigs fly depending on how high you can toss them. GP> My mom was aghead of everyone else on the health foods, so we had plain GP> yoghurt (no fruit, bleagh!) on occasion. I only use the plain for GP> cooking curries now! There is one location of The Country's Best Yogurt (TCBY) in west Little Rock. I haven't been there in a long time. GP> Mostly, yup, but therre were, in the '70s, Health Food stores where you GP> could buy anything you bought at Safeay for tripile the cost because it GP> said "organic" on it (some things never change, except now these triple GP> priced products are at Safeway, et al, too) I hear the prices now are through the roof, especially at Whole Foods. GP> & the smoke ALWAYS followed the person most bothered by it! Really. > 'Kebab' was not even a word, never mind a food. Not until they added shish to it. GP> Shishkebab was new in the '70s along with smorgasbords! All hail our GP> Swedish overlords & their fish & meatballs! There was a TV dinner with Swedish Meatballs, but I haven't had that in awhile. > Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of > a real one. I remember those fruit cocktail deals. I saw a picture of a slice of pizza with a piece of ham and pineapple on it. I think they call that "the Hawaiian version". GP> A necessary part of sweet & sour chicken (one of my childhood faves) I've always wondered why they called it that...just like sour cream. To me, just that one adjective, turns me off. GP> We'd be walking through the streets on a hot summer's afternoon, get GP> thirsty, &jus hed to the fist outdoor tap we saw, & put our moputh GP> right on it to drink our fill (nobody knew how mamy mouths had just GP> been on it nor how many would follow - this is why me & my crew are GP> covid-proofed! That & wew occasionally swam in liquid sewage(Fraser GP> River had small towns up in the Interior, dump their unprocessed GP> seweage straight into it) I remember drinking from the garden hose. GP> One comic said he cae home & his dad asked why his cap was on GP> backwards. GP> "It's the style now, dad." That's their pants...but you wonder why older men wear their pants higher. There was a meme, where this kid asked his Mom why his Dad was walking around with his pants down so his underwear would show. His Mom said "Daddy will stop doing that once you do". Even if they KNEW the meaning of what that was, they'd probably still do it. GP> I'm 54 now & still have no idea why anyone would care about being GP> comfy, resting on one elbow while or after eating. . . Or we slurp our foot or the beverage through the straw. GP> I seem to find a way of sneaking chocolate into movie theaters.. GP> .. I always have a few twix up my sleeve. At the price the theatres charge, you might as well. GP> I finally got over my addiction to chocolate, marshmallows and nuts. GP> I won't lie, it was a rocky road. Some folks really love that flavor. My favorites are either Neopolitan (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry combined), orange sherbert, or peach. GP> I sexually identify as chocolate GP> My pronouns are Her-She The inquisitive sneeze: Who's She? The Samauri Sneese: Kanitchiwa. (sp?). Or if it's a woman handling the money, she's the Treasure-Her. GP> Life is like a box of chocolates GP> It won't last long if you're obese The Chocolate Lovers Diet. Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate (I have that as a QWK tagline). GP> Hershey’s and Ikea have joined together to sell a chocolate pet. GP> Just picked up a Kït Kaát. Now to put it together... Haven't had those in awhile...but they're better chilled. GP> So I said “let’s play a game”. How many “vans” are in vanilla ice GP> cream? -he said “one”(correct) GP> So how many “straws” are in strawberry ice cream? GP> He said “one” again (correct) GP> So then how many “ F’s” are in chocolate ice cream? He said there is no GP> “F” in chocolate ice cream GP> I said “Exactly- THERE IS NO F IN CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!!! . Or like the commercial of the guy who can't stop taking "free samples". Years ago, Sam's Club would do that (I'm not sure if they offer that now or not), and at the Arkansas State Fair, some vendors in the Hall Of Industry were offering free samples of their food. My late father was sure to visit those booths. GP> What do you call a sheep covered in chocolate? GP> A chocolate baaaaa. Wool see about that. GP> A Korean martial artist was giving away chocolate bars. I asked if I GP> could have 2. He said... GP> "No. You can take-won-do." Sounds like the local pest control company who says they can take care of anything -- even karate chopping termites (their leader is Chester T. (for Termite) Overbite). Daryl .... Have any Grey Poupon? No, you got bird poop on your vehicle. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33) .