On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 07:42:26 -0800, "orion" >
wrote:
>> > Actually, this isn't really "white trash cooking"; it is derived from
>> > frugal-type recipes created during WWII when there was a shortage of
>many
>> > products. If memory serves me correctly, I believe that this was first
>> > posted by the Ritz folks on the back of the cracker box circa 1945 or
>so.
>> >
>> > ~Eri
>>

well, dammit, there was a war on!

your pal,
eleanor

>> Sounds right to me. I met the Ritz version in Virginia in the mid-40's.
>All
>> I remember is that, not surprisingly, it tasted just like cream of tartar.
>>
>> Felice
>> Felice
>>
>My mother used to make this. It didn't taste like apple pie, no matter how
>much she told me it did. :-)
>Suzan
>