Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article >,
> "<RJ>" > wrote:
>
>> I was skimming a Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook ca 1962
>> when I found a recipe suitable for "Mockery & Derision"
>>
>> "15 Minute Banquet"
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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.

And that came to about a dollar back then, in the days of their 15-cent
burgers. At least that's what they cost when the first one opened in my
home town.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project - http://improve-usenet.org