On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 3:09:10 PM UTC-7, Gregory Morrow wrote:
> So seeing Sheldon's garden pix got me all nostalgic about when I was a kid. A childhood memory was some of the food that my Midwestern small town grandparents routinely ate in the late 50's and into the 60's, some now seem a bit "old - fashioned" to me (but grandpa lived 1876 -> 1965!). Here are some:
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> - ring baloney

We had fried ring baloney from time to time.

> - ice milk

My mother the perpetual dieter ate that.

> - liver 'n onions

Fried with bacon, which produced the grease for the liver and onions.

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> - cornmeal mush

Oatmeal

> - dried cod (came in a wooden box)

Baccala?

> - Hollywood Diet Bread

How about Roman Meal Bread?
My mother ate a variety of flat breads that came in plastic packs, while
the rest of us ate Butternut.

Grandma's house was famous for ham, two roasts for Sunday dinner (one beef
and one pork), salads always with homemade vinaigrette, potato salad with
mache leaves (they grew till Thanksgiving, somehow). She fried her rice in
oil before boiling it. Meatloaf burgers (diced onion, bell pepper, egg, and
breadcrumbs). Potato soup for Friday night supper, or grilled cheese sandwiches.
Asparagus topped with buttered breadcrumbs on top.

Grandpa worked the swing shift, so they would eat the main meal at noon time,
and he would take something light for his lunch (supper). After coming home,
he would unwind for a bit with a can of beer or a shot of schnapps, before
climbing into bed with Grandma.

He kept a jug of Gallo Rhinegarten under his chair at the dinner table,
from which he would pour himself glasses at meal time.