On Dec 31, 7:50 pm, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> In article >,
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>
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> "<RJ>" > wrote:
> > I was skimming a Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook ca 1962
> > when I found a recipe suitable for "Mockery & Derision"
>
> > "15 Minute Banquet"
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> > Cut Can of SPAM into 12 slices
> > stud with cloves, brown in fry pan.
>
> > Add 1 X 11oz can of yams, drained
> > sprinkle with salt !
>
> > Spoon 1/3 c pineapple jam over meat & yams
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> > Heat uncovered, basting often.
>
> > Serves 4
>
> > People really ate like that 40 years ago ?
> > SPAM and a small can of yams to feed four ?
>
> > Amazing !
>
> > <rj>
>
> I think they were thinner than folks are today, too. Amazing!
> Forty-five years ago, the "regular" order at McDonald's was a hamburger,
> small fries, and a Coke. Today, that's the kids' meal portion.

The little kids' portion, but it comes with a dessert too, right? The
"big kids'" meals are larger than that.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...33/ai_55221602

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