"Doris Night" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 19:24:58 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
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> wrote in message
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>I don't know how tuna noodle casserole differs from tuna fish casserole,
>but
>I'm pretty sure the only times I heard of either one was when people were
>insulting it - usually in print. (One humor book described it as a 1970s
>dish best forgotten - or something like that.)
>
>I have to say that I've only seen 20 of the dishes, whether on a restaurant
>menu or at anyone's party.
>
>And it reminds me of a scene from Chapter 6 in the book "Cheaper by the
>Dozen," when Dad, an engineer, says this - in the year 1922:
>
>I want to teach all of you how to multiply two-digit numbers in your
> head,
>Dad announced at dinner.
>
>Not of general interest, said Anne...
>
>...Those who do not think it is of general interest may leave the table
>and
>go to their rooms, Dad said coldly, and I understand there is apple pie
>for
>dessert.
>
>Nobody left.
>
>Since everyone now appears to be interested, said Dad, I will explain
>how
>it's done.
>
>It was a complicated thing for children to understand and it involved
>memorizing the squares of all numbers up to twenty-five. But Dad took it
>slowly, and within a couple of months the older children had learned all
>the
>tricks involved...
>
>
>(Something pretty funny and unexpected happens after that!)
>
>
>But my point was, that threat about the pie wouldn't work on most kids
>nowadays; they'd likely think: "Huh? Why would I want to eat something as
>hokey as APPLE PIE?"
>
>Maybe for breakfast. Not for dessert, when today, almost anyone can get ice
>cream a couple of blocks away. Maybe even a hot fudge sundae.
>
>
>Lenona.
>
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>I made the mistake of buying an apple pie. Apparently teens these days
>don't
>like.
??????
I make apple pie all the time for my teenage grandchildren, nieces &
nephews, etc. It all gets scarfed down.
Perhaps they didn't like it because you *bought* it? Store-bought pies
generally suck.
Doris
==
I make it too, but I would never buy one.
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