On Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 7:45:36 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
> > On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 9:28:49 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > Somebody must, or the grocery stores wouldn't stock it.
> > >
> > > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > I understand how it works, I'd just like to see photos of the kind of
> > people that buys La Choy. I just can't imagine what that would be
> > like.
>
> Hehehe, it's not actually that horrible, at least in the 60s/70s when I
> was a kid. Mom would get it sometimes. Keep in mind Mom was a lovely
> person but never a cook. I didn't get it on my own until a brief time
> when living in Japan where meat prices can be astronomical. I found
> one in the cabinets as we were clearing out to leave. I see I added
> Bok Choy, Sesame Oil, a little patis (real one, made from fish), and
> shemenji. It's in my recipe database from then.

Actually, I did have a picture in my mind of what they would be like and it would be the worst people anyone could imagine. Of course, the reality would be that they were just ordinary people of the 60's and 70's. I should get a can of that stuff just to experience it. Perhaps I can work my way up by getting one of those chop suey TV dinners first.