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George Shirley

jmcquown wrote:
> wrote:
>> My parents would always tell me that candy was bad for me, but my
>> father said that Clark bars were healthy. He was raised in the
>> Pittsburgh PA area where Clark bars were made. Of course as a kid how
>> could I argue with his logic. Clark bars were just as good if not
>> better than Hersey bars. Anyone else have a food "fable" provided by
>> your parents?
>>
>> Tom
>>
> There's always the baked potato story. But in Dad's case it was true.
> He actually did carry a hot baked potato to school in his mittened hands
> and then ate it cold for lunch. We're talking the GREAT American
> Depression. 1930's. He did not, however, walk uphill both ways to
> school in 3 feet of snow
>
> Jill
My Dad's version of this was carrying a cold collard green sandwich in a
lard bucket, ten miles to school, barefoot, in the snow, uphill both
ways. Dad was brought up in Central Louisiana which, seldom, if ever,
gets snow but is rather hilly.