"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 11/10/2017 11:53 PM, Doris Night wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 19:24:58 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> 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
>
Having had many a store-bought pie (at work pot lucks and as a guest in
people's homes) I agree with you, Doris. When I've had homemade apple
pie, it was delicious! Cherry pie, too. I'm just not big on desserts
so I don't make or eat them very often.
Jill
==
I rarely make a pudding/desert for us, but when the kids or the grands
visit, they would NOT be happy if I didn't make them
)
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