Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 04 Aug 2009 02:12:49p, George Shirley told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Tue 04 Aug 2009 12:48:41p, George Shirley told us...
>>>
>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> On Tue 04 Aug 2009 12:23:37p, Felice told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Which was not spent in The Land of Peanut Butter and Jelly:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Two slices of white sandwich bread
>>>>>> A generous slathering of Hellman's Mayo
>>>>>> Half a tin of King Oscar sardines
>>>>>> Two or three squirts of lemon juice
>>>>>> A thin slice of onion
>>>>>> Some crisp iceberg lettuce
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It doesn't get much better than this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Felice
>>>>> But back to peanut butter, one of my favorites as a child was peanut
>>>>> butter, crisp bacon, and a slice of onion.
>>>>>
>>>> Miracle Whip, peanut butter, and a sliced banana on whole wheat.
>>>>
>>> That, too.
>>>
>>> Sometimes we would have Miracle Whip, a well-blotted slice of pineapple,
>>> and leaf of lettuce on white bread.
>>>
>> Most of the sandwiches my mother made were store bought bologna, olive
>> loaf, or some sort of chopped ham, maybe with mayo, Miracle Whip, or
>> that sandwich spread stuff, had mayo and what looked like pickle relish
>> in it, came from Kraft IIRC. Mostly on white bread, never saw whole
>> wheat when I was a kid. Ours was from the Fair Maid company in Beaumont,
>> TX. My mom worked nights there during WWII. Was later renamed Rainbow
>> Bread. Not bad for plain white bread. Rarely we would have toasted
>> cheese sandwiches or real ham. Dad loved mustard on white bread with
>> thick sliced bologna and a thick slice of onion. Used to wrap one or two
>> in wax paper and stick them in his hunting coat pocket. Carry them
>> around that way most of the day and then eat them. Yuck!
>>
>
> Mom would sometimes buy pickle loaf or olive loaf. We also had grilled
> cheese sandwiches. Of course if there had been a baked ham, thewas always
> ham sandwiches and near the end, ham salad sandwiches. Another sandwich I
> loved was liverwurst and onion with mayo and mustard. Only our housekeeper
> ate balogna. None of the rest of us liked it. I don't remember the brands
> of store bought bread when I was a kid, except Wonder Bread, which my mom
> wouldn't buy. The bread she did buy was much better. Back then I kinda
> liked the sandwich spread.
>
My mom, unlike my friends' moms, used Pepperidge Farm bread.

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Jean B.