"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/6/2014 4:11 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2/6/2014 12:51 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you think this is the recipe? Their website has a number
>>>> of recipes.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.hellmanns.com/recipes/det...y-moist-salmon
>>>
>>> This recipe is exactly how Mom used to prepare salmon and it's how I
>>> do now. Amazingly good! I serve it with tartar sauce but don't
>>> always use it. A fresh wedge of lemon is required.
>>
>> You serve it with tartar sauce? It has a layer of mayo on the top. Or
>> do you use the tartar sauce instead of the mayo?
>
> The mayo put on prior to baking is "gone" and I much prefer the salmon
> with a fresh squirt of lemon juice, but the occasional tiny scoop of
> tartar sauce is also good.

Hey whatever you prefer is good I put a good covering on mine and it
isn't 'gone'

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DreadfulBitch > wrote:
> On 2/6/2014 11:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> My mom did send off for a Jolly Green Giant cloth doll when I was
>> little. I don't know how many Proof of Purchase seals she had to
>> accumulate to get the thing for me. It looked like this:
>
> Have to ask... do you still have it?


I still have mine!
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On Thursday, February 6, 2014 2:24:17 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
> >Ophelia wrote:
>
> >>"Nancy Young" wrote:
>
> >>>Kalmia wrote:
>
> >>>
>
> >>>> I think I sent away and for a buck and some can labels, I got the book.
>
> >>> >I don't think one could buy it any other way.
>
> >>>
>
> >>> I didn't do that, but I did have a few of those type of
>
> >>> cookbooks, and you'd get however many for $10, something along those
>
> >>> lines. Pick and choose. I still have one left, a Kikkoman
>
> >>> cookbook. The publisher was Favorite Recipes, and I had a
>
> >>> Hellmann's mayonnaise book, too.
>
> >>
>
> >> I used too have a Hellmann's book too. I used to use a recipe for
>
> >> salmon with the mayo on top and baked. It was good too. Does yours
>
> >> have that recipe?
>
> >>
>
> >Even though I don't like mayo as a condiment, I do use it in cooking. I
>
> >keep a small jar of it in the refrigerator. I think salmon and mayo
>
> >pair well together. My salmon burgers (aka fish cakes) calls for a
>
> >couple of dollops of sour cream. Since I don't usually have sour cream,
>
> >I use mayo instead. It works very well.
>
>
>
> Next time try a jar of Hellmann's sandwich spread, goes very well with
>
> fish. I've used it for more than sixty years, an excellent product,
>
> much better than tartar sauce... and typically available in smaller
>
> jars than regular mayo (15 ounce).
>
> http://www.hellmanns.com/product/det...andwich-spread

Sixty years? How the heck old ARE you, or were you a mere toddler who made his own lunch?

I'll have to try it, but is it any different than mixing mayo and, say, India relish?

On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:45:30 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

> I used too have a Hellmann's book too. I used to use a recipe for salmon
> with the mayo on top and baked. It was good too. Does yours have that
> recipe?

That was actually in a recipe book? I guess they would pick up on it
eventually, because it's simple and delicious.


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On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:18:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
>
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > Do you think this is the recipe? Their website has a number
> > of recipes.
> >>
> >>
> > http://www.hellmanns.com/recipes/det...y-moist-salmon
>
> Wow!! That looks right!!!! You clever thing, Thanks)

I learned to put a thicker layer of mayonnaise on it. It's been a
long time, but I think I broiled it. In any case, the mayonnaise
puffed up and browned. Very pretty... and tasty too.


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On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:57:35 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

> On Thursday, February 6, 2014 2:24:17 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Next time try a jar of Hellmann's sandwich spread, goes very well with
> >
> > fish. I've used it for more than sixty years, an excellent product,
> >
> > much better than tartar sauce... and typically available in smaller
> >
> > jars than regular mayo (15 ounce).
> >
> > http://www.hellmanns.com/product/det...andwich-spread
>
> Sixty years? How the heck old ARE you, or were you a mere toddler who made his own lunch?
>
> I'll have to try it, but is it any different than mixing mayo and, say, India relish?

It's probably just regular mayo and regular relish.


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> wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:11:09 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
>>>
>>He and Lucrezia are Canadian... I know Graham was raised in England,
>>Lucrezia probably was too. They are very much alike in their thinking
>>and ways of deliberately missing the point just to be nasty.
>
> Wow, you really are a nice person aren't you ?
>
> I see
>>many similarities between them and one of our two English posters who
>>now live in Scotland. The other one has lived around the world, so
>>she's doesn't have that attitude.
>
> That shows how much your opinion is worth, if you wanted someone who
> lived all over the place, I am it !
>
> Dave is Canadian, but he's Canadian
>>born. IME with Canadian born citizens (who are not from Montreal),
>>the biggest difference between us and them is the boarder that divides
>>our countries.
>
> I have never seen a boarder (sic) between the USA and Canada !

You may have seen one but not known it. My husband was a boarder for a
little while in CA until the military gave him free housing. I believe that
he did go on a ski trip to Grouse Mountain during that time. But he sort of
looks like everyone else and it wouldn't have been obvious that he was one.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:45:30 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>> I used too have a Hellmann's book too. I used to use a recipe for salmon
>> with the mayo on top and baked. It was good too. Does yours have that
>> recipe?
>
> That was actually in a recipe book? I guess they would pick up on it
> eventually, because it's simple and delicious.

It certainly is) I had forgotten about it until Nancy mentioned the
Hellmann's book


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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:18:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > Do you think this is the recipe? Their website has a number
>> > of recipes.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > http://www.hellmanns.com/recipes/det...y-moist-salmon
>>
>> Wow!! That looks right!!!! You clever thing, Thanks)
>
> I learned to put a thicker layer of mayonnaise on it. It's been a
> long time, but I think I broiled it. In any case, the mayonnaise
> puffed up and browned. Very pretty... and tasty too.

Yes I put plenty on too I will be cooking that in the coming week
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On 2/7/2014 5:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:45:30 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I used too have a Hellmann's book too. I used to use a recipe for
>>> salmon
>>> with the mayo on top and baked. It was good too. Does yours have that
>>> recipe?
>>
>> That was actually in a recipe book? I guess they would pick up on it
>> eventually, because it's simple and delicious.
>
> It certainly is) I had forgotten about it until Nancy mentioned the
> Hellmann's book

This is the one I had:

http://tinyurl.com/lluvk98

They do have a number of recipes on their website, several for
salmon alone.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/7/2014 5:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:45:30 -0000, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I used too have a Hellmann's book too. I used to use a recipe for
>>>> salmon
>>>> with the mayo on top and baked. It was good too. Does yours have that
>>>> recipe?
>>>
>>> That was actually in a recipe book? I guess they would pick up on it
>>> eventually, because it's simple and delicious.
>>
>> It certainly is) I had forgotten about it until Nancy mentioned the
>> Hellmann's book
>
> This is the one I had:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lluvk98
>
> They do have a number of recipes on their website, several for
> salmon alone.

Thank you and I shall say a big thanks to you next week when we have a nice
dinner ... )

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On 2/6/2014 5:00 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> On 2/6/2014 11:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> My mom did send off for a Jolly Green Giant cloth doll when I was
>> little. I don't know how many Proof of Purchase seals she had to
>> accumulate to get the thing for me. It looked like this:
>
> Have to ask... do you still have it?
>
I'd have to look. It may be in a plastic bag in the closet along with
some other stuffed animals and my old Raggedy Ann doll.

Jill

On Thursday, February 6, 2014 10:56:09 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:18:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
>
> > wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>
> > ...
>
> >
>
> > > Do you think this is the recipe? Their website has a number
>
> > > of recipes.
>
> > >>
>
> > >>
>
> > > http://www.hellmanns.com/recipes/det...y-moist-salmon
>
> >
>
> > Wow!! That looks right!!!! You clever thing, Thanks)
>
>
>
> I learned to put a thicker layer of mayonnaise on it. It's been a
>
> long time, but I think I broiled it. In any case, the mayonnaise
>
> puffed up and browned. Very pretty... and tasty too.
>
What a filthy thing to do to a piece of salmon.

--B

On 2/6/2014 5:00 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> On 2/6/2014 11:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> My mom did send off for a Jolly Green Giant cloth doll when I was
>> little. I don't know how many Proof of Purchase seals she had to
>> accumulate to get the thing for me. It looked like this:
>
> Have to ask... do you still have it?
>
Probably. I haven't looked in the bag of stuffed animals I've been
hauling around for years.

In retrospect, Mom was rather fond of buying product-related
merchandise. When I was a teenager she was reading some womans
magazine. She saw an ad (probably from some California avocado
growers). They were selling promotional avocado-print bikinis
(swimwear). I can't believe I found this link! LOL

http://www.etsy.com/listing/10987263...ntage-swimsuit

Mine had a "string" bikini top, but otherwise that's exactly it. She
clipped out the order form, sent it off with a check and next thing I
knew I had an avocado-print bikini. And no, I don't still have it. LOL

Jill

On 2/7/2014 11:43 AM, jmcquown wrote:

> In retrospect, Mom was rather fond of buying product-related
> merchandise. When I was a teenager she was reading some womans
> magazine. She saw an ad (probably from some California avocado
> growers). They were selling promotional avocado-print bikinis
> (swimwear). I can't believe I found this link! LOL
>
> http://www.etsy.com/listing/10987263...ntage-swimsuit
>
> Mine had a "string" bikini top, but otherwise that's exactly it. She
> clipped out the order form, sent it off with a check and next thing I
> knew I had an avocado-print bikini. And no, I don't still have it. LOL

Was that the swimsuit that started your ugly swimsuit collection??
(laughing)

Growing up, the only merchandise we got was freebies you'd get from
the gas station ... juice glasses, stuff like that.

nancy

On 2/7/2014 11:58 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 2/7/2014 11:43 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> In retrospect, Mom was rather fond of buying product-related
>> merchandise. When I was a teenager she was reading some womans
>> magazine. She saw an ad (probably from some California avocado
>> growers). They were selling promotional avocado-print bikinis
>> (swimwear). I can't believe I found this link! LOL
>>
>> http://www.etsy.com/listing/10987263...ntage-swimsuit
>>
>>
>> Mine had a "string" bikini top, but otherwise that's exactly it. She
>> clipped out the order form, sent it off with a check and next thing I
>> knew I had an avocado-print bikini. And no, I don't still have it. LOL
>
> Was that the swimsuit that started your ugly swimsuit collection??
> (laughing)
>
Oh shut up! <giggling> (inside joke, folks, sorry)

> Growing up, the only merchandise we got was freebies you'd get from
> the gas station ... juice glasses, stuff like that.
>
I remember those, too. Seems like I remember her getting something out
of boxes of laundry detergent. Sure enough:

http://2good2lose.com/memories.shtml

Scroll down to Dishtowels in Laundry Detergent. Yay! A free
dishtowel in a box of DUZ! It further says "Then they started putting
dishes in the detergent boxes that had a wheat pattern, white with a
gold trim." I seem to remember my mom getting a drinking glass or two
from some box of laundry detergent.

Jill

On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 13:51:05 -0800 (PST), A Moose in Love
> wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:15:58 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> > I hit the jackpot - lots of recipes that call for a can of soup here
> >
> Braised beef tongue; braised in COM soup.
> Same for chicken.
> Sometimes my Mom would make her own mushroom sauce, but as a kid, I liked the canned version.
> Simmer tongue in water with bay leaf and lemon? It worked. Cool, Peel, Brown, then toss a can of COM on there and bake until super tender.
> Chicken: brown, toss COM soup in there and into the oven. Usually this good stuff was served with rice or noodles.

I like braised tongue... but I usually have it in a burrito.

It's not commonly sold in regular supermarkets around here anymore,
but I saw it at the Mexican grocery and carniceria I went to for the
first time a couple of weeks ago. I plan to go back one of these days
soon and buy one.


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"sf" > wrote in message
...
>>> >>>>
>> >>>>> I had one of those Campbell Soup Cookbooks years ago before I
>> >>>>> learned
>> >>>>> that a. the soups were saltmines
>> >>>>> b. one could duplicate the soup at home for a lot less money and
>> >>>>> more
>> >>>>> nutrition.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The $64 question is: Did you ever use it? I had them... but none of
>> >>>> the recipes appealed to me, so I didn't cook from them.
>> >>>>
>> >>> Well you wouldn't as you don't like to follow recipes as written!
>> >>>
>> >> That was back in the days when I did... the first time. Some people's
>> >> cooking skills mature, others (like yours) don't.
>> >>
>> > I can assure you they have. But, as Emeril was fond of saying, baking
>> > is
>> > chemistry! If egg yolks are specified by a pastry chef, don't use whole
>> > eggs
>> > or egg whites!
>> > Graham
>> >
>> What does baking have to do with recipes containing cans of soup? Or
>> the Campbell's Soup Cookbook?
>>
> He and Lucrezia are Canadian... I know Graham was raised in England,
> Lucrezia probably was too. They are very much alike in their thinking
> and ways of deliberately missing the point just to be nasty. I see
> many similarities between them and one of our two English posters who
> now live in Scotland. The other one has lived around the world, so
> she's doesn't have that attitude. Dave is Canadian, but he's Canadian
> born. IME with Canadian born citizens (who are not from Montreal),
> the biggest difference between us and them is the boarder that divides
> our countries.
>
> As far as Graham's baking expertise... remember he was absolutely
> *silent* when I asked a question about the two David Lebovitz almond
> cake recipes, which tells me he knows nothing about the "chemistry of
> baking".


You are remarkably economical with the truth!
Here is the exchange:


> > I'm looking at two David Lebovitz almond cake recipes. One calls for 4
> > yolks and sour cream, the other calls for 6 whole eggs. I understand
> > why recipes call for yolks only, but it seems silly if there's sour
> > cream too and at cross purposes with almond paste. Not wanting to
> > sacrifice 6 whole eggs, so I'm thinking about using the sour cream
> > version with 2 or 3 whole eggs.
> >
> > I've inquired in a couple of different places and people seem to
> > fixate on the sour cream, which isn't my issue. I'm wondering about
> > the number of eggs to use and why yolks only with sour cream vs whole
> > eggs.
> >
> > Your thoughts?
> >
> If you are questioning the composition of his recipe, there is no point in
> you making it! He is a professional baker and professional bakers are
> precise. If you don't follow his recipe to the letter, you won't be making
> that cake but one of your own devising and its success will depend on
> luck.
> Graham
>
Not understanding your point. Both recipes are his and they are quite
different. Sounds like you only follow recipes as written, so you're
no help.
------------------------------------------------
I was advising you not to deviate from his recipe and your cake collapsed as
a result.
And as for manners, well you spent a little time on the UK group and whether
deliberate or not, you were just like a cow in a china shop and were plainly
rude in some of your contributions. It's hardly surprising you were made to
feel unwelcome.
Graham

On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 15:13:56 -0700, "graham" > wrote:

> And as for manners, well you spent a little time on the UK group and whether
> deliberate or not, you were just like a cow in a china shop and were plainly
> rude in some of your contributions. It's hardly surprising you were made to
> feel unwelcome.

Yes. A couple of you were very rude (just like you are here) taking
offense when none was meant. No changes in that department.


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On Friday, February 7, 2014 12:17:33 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/7/2014 11:58 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > On 2/7/2014 11:43 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> In retrospect, Mom was rather fond of buying product-related
>
> >> merchandise. When I was a teenager she was reading some womans
>
> >> magazine. She saw an ad (probably from some California avocado
>
> >> growers). They were selling promotional avocado-print bikinis
>
> >> (swimwear). I can't believe I found this link! LOL
>
> >>
>
> >> http://www.etsy.com/listing/10987263...ntage-swimsuit
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> Mine had a "string" bikini top, but otherwise that's exactly it. She
>
> >> clipped out the order form, sent it off with a check and next thing I
>
> >> knew I had an avocado-print bikini. And no, I don't still have it. LOL
>
> >
>
> > Was that the swimsuit that started your ugly swimsuit collection??
>
> > (laughing)
>
> >
>
> Oh shut up! <giggling> (inside joke, folks, sorry)
>
>
>
> > Growing up, the only merchandise we got was freebies you'd get from
>
> > the gas station ... juice glasses, stuff like that.
>
> >
>
> I remember those, too. Seems like I remember her getting something out
>
> of boxes of laundry detergent. Sure enough:
>
>
>
> http://2good2lose.com/memories.shtml
>
>
>
> Scroll down to Dishtowels in Laundry Detergent. Yay! A free
>
> dishtowel in a box of DUZ! It further says "Then they started putting
>
> dishes in the detergent boxes that had a wheat pattern, white with a
>
> gold trim." I seem to remember my mom getting a drinking glass or two
>
> from some box of laundry detergent.
>
>
>
> Jill

I fell for one of those free towels - I've thrown out better rags.
Who remembers the gray glasses ya got with a fill up of Shell? Broke my last one years ago.

On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:58:32 AM UTC-6, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 2/7/2014 11:43 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>
>
> > In retrospect, Mom was rather fond of buying product-related
>
> > merchandise. When I was a teenager she was reading some womans
>
> > magazine. She saw an ad (probably from some California avocado
>
> > growers). They were selling promotional avocado-print bikinis
>
> > (swimwear). I can't believe I found this link! LOL
>
> >
>
> > http://www.etsy.com/listing/10987263...ntage-swimsuit
>
> >
>
> > Mine had a "string" bikini top, but otherwise that's exactly it. She
>
> > clipped out the order form, sent it off with a check and next thing I
>
> > knew I had an avocado-print bikini. And no, I don't still have it. LOL
>
>
>
> Was that the swimsuit that started your ugly swimsuit collection??
>
> (laughing)
>
>
Ugly? Heck, if it weren't already sold, I'd want to buy it for my wife,
except that the bottom might have been a tiny bit too large, though
probably not, because a medium back then was probably on the smaller side,
7-8 rather than 9-10. If it had been a one piece, I'd have bought it
instantly.

I won't wear trunks. Both of my swimsuits are minimal briefs, this style,
though not Speedo brand.
http://cdn7.staztic.com/app/a/2449/2...-s-307x512.jpg
Even those are worn under protest. Wearing clothing in the water, other than
a wetsuit or drysuit is pretty silly, and I don't agree with the laws that
require swimsuits.
>
> nancy

--B

On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 16:02:33 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

> I fell for one of those free towels - I've thrown out better rags.
> Who remembers the gray glasses ya got with a fill up of Shell? Broke my last one years ago.

My mother bought 8 "unbreakable" plates that were not melamine or
corelle using some sort of Betty Crocker points or whatever they were.
The plates had a wide blue rim with a white inside part back in the
early '50s. Not bad looking for being free. Mom has passed and my
unmarried brother has custody now. They have to be 55-60 years old by
this time. The blue has faded, but not a single plate has broken.


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On 2/7/2014 8:11 AM, jmcquown wrote:

> I'd have to look. It may be in a plastic bag in the closet along with
> some other stuffed animals and my old Raggedy Ann doll.

Every year, Christmas and birthday, I'd ask for Raggedy Ann and Raggedy
Andy dolls. This started when i was a kid. I stopped asking a few
years ago. Despite hearing it from me for years my mother once told me
that she always thought I was kidding.

No, can't buy them for myself. That would be wrong for me. Ann and
Andy should be received as a gift. (-:

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....George Bernard Shaw

"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/7/2014 8:11 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I'd have to look. It may be in a plastic bag in the closet along with
>> some other stuffed animals and my old Raggedy Ann doll.
>
> Every year, Christmas and birthday, I'd ask for Raggedy Ann and Raggedy
> Andy dolls. This started when i was a kid. I stopped asking a few years
> ago. Despite hearing it from me for years my mother once told me that she
> always thought I was kidding.
>
> No, can't buy them for myself. That would be wrong for me. Ann and Andy
> should be received as a gift. (-:

I had the Ann and I think my brother had the Andy. Neither of us wanted
them. I thought they looked kind of possessed and crazed. Then one year we
did a tap dance where we had those costumes. I was Ann. My mom made all of
my costumes. She had to sacrifice one leg of my brother's ski pajamas to
make my wig.

On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:22:34 -0600, DreadfulBitch
> wrote:

> No, can't buy them for myself. That would be wrong for me. Ann and
> Andy should be received as a gift. (-:

My sister-in-law had a friend who made Raggedy Ann dolls. The doll my
SIL gave my DD was so big that I was able to take Raggedy Ann's dress
off and use it as DD's Halloween costume when she was three.

I made her a cute wig of braided red yarn, but that didn't stay on her
head very long.




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Good Memories.

On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:11:05 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

> I'd have to look. It may be in a plastic bag in the closet along with
> some other stuffed animals and my old Raggedy Ann doll.
>

My Raggedy Ann doll and a big doll with a china head are the only
childhood toys I have saved.

OB Food: Raggedy Ann has a candy heart.

Tara

On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:22:34 -0600, DreadfulBitch wrote:

> Every year, Christmas and birthday, I'd ask for Raggedy Ann and Raggedy
> Andy dolls. This started when i was a kid. I stopped asking a few
> years ago. Despite hearing it from me for years my mother once told me
> that she always thought I was kidding.
>
> No, can't buy them for myself. That would be wrong for me. Ann and
> Andy should be received as a gift. (-:

I am still traumatized from not receiving a Cabbage Patch Doll. I was
ten the year they were such a huge craze. This summer, I visited Babyland
General Hospital, where Cabbage Patch Dolls are born. Like you, I just
couldn't buy one.:

http://www.babylandgeneral.com/

Later, we ate lunch at a delicious meat-and-three called the Rabbittown
Cafe:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/rabbittown-cafe-gainesville

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/151/9355...bbittown-Cafe-
Gainesville

Tara

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 15:13:56 -0700, "graham" > wrote:
>
>> And as for manners, well you spent a little time on the UK group and
>> whether
>> deliberate or not, you were just like a cow in a china shop and were
>> plainly
>> rude in some of your contributions. It's hardly surprising you were made
>> to
>> feel unwelcome.
>
> Yes. A couple of you were very rude (just like you are here) taking
> offense when none was meant. No changes in that department.
>
Christ! You really are a piece of work!! You're nasty and mean-spirited in
some of your posts and then have the temerity to act all lily-white and
innocent when you are called on it, as I have been doing here! They could
devote an afternoon's symposium on you at a psychological conference!

"Tara" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:11:05 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I'd have to look. It may be in a plastic bag in the closet along with
>> some other stuffed animals and my old Raggedy Ann doll.
>>
>
> My Raggedy Ann doll and a big doll with a china head are the only
> childhood toys I have saved.
>
> OB Food: Raggedy Ann has a candy heart.

I have two dolls, not saved by choice. My mom kept them and sent them over.
One was actually her graduation present, the story of which I won't get into
here as it is not at all politically correct. She was angry at her mom and
when she was asked what she wanted, she made a smart remark. So that one is
a Horseman black, doll. Stuffed body, soft (whatever predated plastic) arms
and legs and I think a composition head. The nose is chipped. The eyes
roll back in her head. Her nappy hair is peeling off, exposing some molded
on (non black) hair underneath. Looks like something out of a horror story.

The other one is in good shape for being from 1959. That particular doll
was often used in department stores to model baby clothes as it is the size
of a real baby. I did buy her a new outfit outfit.

Not sure why my mom thought I would want them. I don't. And I have no
place to keep them except for the back house and I don't want to put them
back there. The building does have heat but we rarely ever turn it on. So
I could see something like this deteriorating back there. So they are
sitting in the dining room on top of some other things I have no real place
to put. The rest of my gift wrap and bags. I have three big lidded bins
with the rest of that stuff. I used to have a lot more. My parents always
kept tons of it in the house just in case. I did buy a lot when two
different Woolworth stores went out of business. But that stuff
deteriorates too.

So... The last time we did a big cleanout, I got rid of most of my wrapping
stuff. I did buy a huge amount of bags from Angela's school when they were
selling them, only to find out that they were not the sizes that I thought
they were. I have been able to use them. Just took several years to use
most of them and I still have a few left. I thought I was getting assorted
sizes but they were all small. Then I bought a box at Costco thinking they
were all smaller ones but they turned out to be an assortment. So it would
seem that I have quite a few that are never quite the right size. I did get
rid of some of those too if they were in sealed packages.

I figure at the rate I am going, within a few years I may get down to one
bin of stuff. I do like to keep a few gift bags and some tissue in the
house. And I have enough labels to where I won't need to buy any for some
time, unless they lose their sticky. But I will no longer buy the rolled
wrap or bows after Christmas at a reduced price. Just makes no sense for me
to store them all year just because I got them for cheap.

"Tara" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:22:34 -0600, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>
>> Every year, Christmas and birthday, I'd ask for Raggedy Ann and Raggedy
>> Andy dolls. This started when i was a kid. I stopped asking a few
>> years ago. Despite hearing it from me for years my mother once told me
>> that she always thought I was kidding.
>>
>> No, can't buy them for myself. That would be wrong for me. Ann and
>> Andy should be received as a gift. (-:
>
> I am still traumatized from not receiving a Cabbage Patch Doll. I was
> ten the year they were such a huge craze. This summer, I visited Babyland
> General Hospital, where Cabbage Patch Dolls are born. Like you, I just
> couldn't buy one.:
>
> http://www.babylandgeneral.com/
>
> Later, we ate lunch at a delicious meat-and-three called the Rabbittown
> Cafe:
>
> http://www.yelp.com/biz/rabbittown-cafe-gainesville
>
> http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/151/9355...bbittown-Cafe-
> Gainesville

I bought my own Cabbage Patch doll.

I do remember being horribly disillusioned with my Ben Casey nurse doll. I
saw it in the Sears Wish book. I came with a little black Drs. bag and a
stethoscope. In my mind, I thought she would be able to perform all sorts
of things on my other dolls, including giving them injections and stuff. My
parents tried to tell me that the doll didn't actually *do* anything. But I
protested. I had *seen* Ben Casey. To me he was probably the most handsome
man on the face of the earth and he *did* stuff so his nurse could do stuff
too!

Then I got the doll and she did nothing. Was just a cheap plastic doll and
not even a good looking one. I cried and cried and my parents just got rid
of it. Not sure what they did with it. Perhaps they took it back to the
store. Don't know.

Then I wanted a Barbie doll not long after. My mom thought Barbie was too
grown up for me so got me a Penny Brite doll instead. I thought the doll
was hideous with her proportionally huge head, boyish body and big flat
feet. I got a black, permanent marker and drew a devil face on her which of
course wouldn't wash off!

Then when I did get a Barbie, it wasn't what I wanted. Mine had a Twist and
Turn waist but the legs didn't bend. And it had the old fashioned (late
50's) hairdo and makeup. I wound up accidentally dropping her on the garage
floor and her boob got dented.

That was the only Barbie I ever got. My mom seemed to think that I only
needed the one. No Ken. No one on my block had Ken. We had to borrow our
brother's G.I. Joe dolls if they wanted to go out on a date. Problem was,
they had all been into battle and if they weren't missing a foot (which many
were), they still had that nasty scar on their face and their only clothing
was military stuff. But my brother did have some Indian doll with built on
plastic clothing and headdress so sometimes they went out with him too.

I couldn't even tell you how many Barbies Angela has had over the years.
Now they keep coming out with new models and the concept of having one doll
and just buying or making new clothes for her is no longer. Nope. The kids
don't want to have to change her clothes.They just want new dolls. And she
insisted on having one in every ethnicity, including the Michelle Kwan doll
too. She had several of the Ken (and other males) so that she had other
ethnicities of those too.

"graham" > wrote in message
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>
> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 15:13:56 -0700, "graham" > wrote:
>>
>>> And as for manners, well you spent a little time on the UK group and
>>> whether
>>> deliberate or not, you were just like a cow in a china shop and were
>>> plainly
>>> rude in some of your contributions. It's hardly surprising you were made
>>> to
>>> feel unwelcome.
>>
>> Yes. A couple of you were very rude (just like you are here) taking
>> offense when none was meant. No changes in that department.
>>
> Christ! You really are a piece of work!! You're nasty and mean-spirited in
> some of your posts and then have the temerity to act all lily-white and
> innocent when you are called on it, as I have been doing here! They could
> devote an afternoon's symposium on you at a psychological conference!

*snort* Sorry! But... *snort*