"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> I didn't think that you were. Angela was not allowed any fast food
>> for the first few years of her life. She also didn't know what the
>> ice cream truck was. She just thought it was a truck that played
>> music.
>
>
> Julie,
>
> We took vacation road trips, visiting national parks. Mom and Pop's
> treat to us AND them, for which we were thankful!!!
>
> Once we pulled into a McD and I was so eager to try them. First time!!!
> I remember it vividly!
>
> I asked for a hamburger and fries. I didn't like ANYTHING back then!
>
> After driving thru, down the road the "score" was handed out.
>
> I took a bite of my hamburger and it had pickles and onions in it. I
> screamed bloody murder. I begged them to turn back but kid power being
> what it was, I lost the battle! I cried for miles!!!
>
> I didn't like McD ever since!

My parents used to take us to Shakees quite a bit. That's a pizza parlor
that might still be in some areas. They showed really old movies in there
that you could watch while you ate. You could also watch the make the
pizza.

I flat out refused to eat the pizza! I didn't realize until years later
that it wasn't pizza in and of itself that I hated. But the sausage and
black olive pizza that my parents insisted on getting. More recently they
have switched to Canadian Bacon and pineapple.

I learned through trial and error that the only pizza I really like (but I
could still live without it) are plain cheese, Margharita and perhaps some
pine nuts on top. Although I like vegetables and olives, I do not like them
on a pizza! I also like the taco pizza that some places make but to me
that's not like pizza. But I digress.

When they took us to Shakees, I refused to eat anything there. So they got
me a burger. It had to be a plain one. I would not eat ketchup, mustard,
pickles. I might have eaten onions had they been on there. I don't know.
I was never fed any onions as a child aside from those nasty dehydrated
ones. My mom doesn't like onions but she would use those in meatloaf. My
dad also convinced me that I needed a double burger. That was two meat
patties.

My parents said they had asked permission to bring the burger into Shakees.
You can not do that here in WA. It violates health codes. But apparently
in KS you could do that, at least at that time.

The only thing I can think of is that I must have been really desperate to
have eaten that burger because I really disliked burgers as a child. I also
refused to eat any French fries unless they came from McDonalds. And I
would not eat fried chicken or hot dogs. My mom loved going to hot dog
places. Luckily they usually had chili and I would eat that. At KFC I just
ate the mashed potatoes. We didn't get KFC very often but it was within
walking distance of our house. Now it's an Ezell's which I hear is no good.
That location anyway...