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Post by Jeffro on Jul 27, 2017 5:44:23 GMT -8
Actually no. I remember having Sara Lee cakes and of course Hostess/Drakes stuff growing up but my family never bought Table Talk. Don't know why.
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Post by Jeffro on Jul 27, 2017 5:47:40 GMT -8
I loved these and yes, I still have the baseball cards......somewhere  |
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jul 27, 2017 6:02:04 GMT -8
For some reason, probably budget-related, we never had twinkies and cup cakes and other processed food treats around when I was a kid. Mom, however, made a fair amount cookies and pies. She also canned tons of stuff we grew like bing cherries, peaches, apples, rhubarb, etc. And around holidays we always had our little ethnic treats too...I miss those.
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jul 27, 2017 6:36:07 GMT -8
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jul 27, 2017 6:38:40 GMT -8
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jul 27, 2017 6:40:26 GMT -8
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Post by Jeffro on Jul 27, 2017 6:45:36 GMT -8
For some reason, probably budget-related, we never had twinkies and cup cakes and other processed food treats around when I was a kid. Mom, however, made a fair amount cookies and pies. She also canned tons of stuff we grew like bing cherries, peaches, apples, rhubarb, etc. And around holidays we always had our little ethnic treats too...I miss those. I will admit that the processed stuff is yummy but having the home made stuff can't be beat. Years ago my family got together to clean out my grandmother's basement. On the shelf were jars of what appeared to be peaches. Kind of hard to tell. Those jars had been there since at least the 60s if not longer. No one was brave enough to crack one open. Another time me and my aunt cleaned out her fridge. There were some Miller beer cans that had been in there since my grandfather died (about 10 years earlier) I popped one of those and took a sip  |
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jul 27, 2017 7:01:56 GMT -8
For some reason, probably budget-related, we never had twinkies and cup cakes and other processed food treats around when I was a kid. Mom, however, made a fair amount cookies and pies. She also canned tons of stuff we grew like bing cherries, peaches, apples, rhubarb, etc. And around holidays we always had our little ethnic treats too...I miss those. I will admit that the processed stuff is yummy but having the home made stuff can't be beat. Years ago my family got together to clean out my grandmother's basement. On the shelf were jars of what appeared to be peaches. Kind of hard to tell. Those jars had been there since at least the 60s if not longer. No one was brave enough to crack one open. Another time me and my aunt cleaned out her fridge. There were some Miller beer cans that had been in there since my grandfather died (about 10 years earlier) I popped one of those and took a sip Home-made pies are the best.  A family favorite was lemon meringue because our lemon tree put out so much fruit. Mom's version was super tart. I think my favorite was always the berry pies she made with the (woven) lattice tops. The berries were also home grown...we had several varieties. |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jul 27, 2017 7:13:35 GMT -8
Yesterday after the zoo we stopped at this Italian place, recommended by one of my sister's friends, called Massa's.
We wound up circling this place before we could get to it because there is only one way in and out directly off the highway.
The atmosphere was very nice, dark with candles on the table. Stereotypical good Italian restaurant.
The food was absolutely devine! We had portabello mushroom stuffed with seafood that was wonderful.
And I'm not a seafood guy, but that was delectable, it didn't taste fishy or like seafood at all.
I ordered the canaloni stuffed with "meat" spinach and cheese. Just wonderfull, I wanted to keep eating it bus was filling up from the mushroom and the wonderful dinner salad with vinegar and oil dressing.
My daughter got the spaghetti with meatball, I say meatball because it was one single huge meatball the size of a baseball.
My sister ordered a seafood linguini that wasn't terrible, it was probably quite delicious but I'm not really a fan of alfredo sauce.
I tried her ceasar salad and found it to be very good. I don't care for ceasar salads either.
All in all, a wonderful dining experience.
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Post by Stu on Jul 27, 2017 10:30:52 GMT -8
I will admit that the processed stuff is yummy but having the home made stuff can't be beat. Years ago my family got together to clean out my grandmother's basement. On the shelf were jars of what appeared to be peaches. Kind of hard to tell. Those jars had been there since at least the 60s if not longer. No one was brave enough to crack one open. Another time me and my aunt cleaned out her fridge. There were some Miller beer cans that had been in there since my grandfather died (about 10 years earlier) I popped one of those and took a sip Home-made pies are the best. A family favorite was lemon meringue because our lemon tree put out so much fruit. Mom's version was super tart. I think my favorite was always the berry pies she made with the (woven) lattice tops. The berries were also home grown...we had several varieties. We have golden raspberries that grow every year. Those are the best! |
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jul 27, 2017 10:45:40 GMT -8
Home-made pies are the best. A family favorite was lemon meringue because our lemon tree put out so much fruit. Mom's version was super tart. I think my favorite was always the berry pies she made with the (woven) lattice tops. The berries were also home grown...we had several varieties. We have golden raspberries that grow every year. Those are the best! I don't think we had those. We had blackberry and regular raspberry though. There were always little worms. You had to soak the berries underwater and the worms would come out to get air and float on the surface. I'm sure we got a little extra protein from time to time. |
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Post by Stu on Jul 27, 2017 11:01:26 GMT -8
We have golden raspberries that grow every year. Those are the best! I don't think we had those. We had blackberry and regular raspberry though. There were always little worms. You had to soak the berries underwater and the worms would come out to get air and float on the surface. I'm sure we got a little extra protein from time to time. Huh, I've never seen worms in ours, I eat them right off the stalk. We have several varities but golden is the best. Another good one is marionberry. I had never even heard of it until we moved to Seattle. |
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jul 27, 2017 11:09:58 GMT -8
I don't think we had those. We had blackberry and regular raspberry though. There were always little worms. You had to soak the berries underwater and the worms would come out to get air and float on the surface. I'm sure we got a little extra protein from time to time. Huh, I've never seen worms in ours, I eat them right off the stalk. We have several varities but golden is the best. Another good one is marionberry. I had never even heard of it until we moved to Seattle. Soak em in water...bet you find a few. Marionberries are great...and so's the ice cream. Also love Huckleberries when I can find them.  |
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Post by Stu on Jul 27, 2017 11:15:05 GMT -8
Just got my hairs cut and picked up a nice frozen supreme pizza to cook for lunch. Also bought a couple of those cheap berry pastry pies (2 for $1) - I've been eating these as a treat since I was a kid when I'd go grocery shopping with my mom.   This was my favorite flavor but I haven't been able to find these for a long time.  |
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Post by Stu on Jul 27, 2017 11:15:53 GMT -8
Actually no. I remember having Sara Lee cakes and of course Hostess/Drakes stuff growing up but my family never bought Table Talk. Don't know why. I thought they were a New England thing, that's why I asked. |
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