Eating in the 50's

[sixdogs]

Somewhere in the 1950's, so called "pigs in a blanket" showed up where I live and was news to us. Thist was a hot dog with a slit in it lengthwise and a piece of Velveeta cheese in it. Then a piece of bacon was wrapped around it, toothpics held it together and it was baked in the oven. It was a great treat but it might have been regional.

Also, canned goods became more widely available and it was not unusual to get to open a can of tuna or a can of beans when you were a 1950's kid.

And of course you brushed your teeth with Ipana toothpaste with the beaver on the package and I think packaged in a lead or lead-like tube. No problem there.

 

[George2615]

There is where we differ. I like Spam and scrape off the gelatinous stuff. It keeps easily in the truck in my cooler. It is better than nothing to eat.

We don't differ at all.
I said I like Spam and I scrape off the gelatinous stuff too. That gelatinous stuff makes me gag.
The gelatinous stuff is very similar to the stuff found in canned dog food. Even my dogs don't eat that when I feed them.

 

[Looking4new]

Smart dogs!

 

[Deere Dude]

We don't differ at all.
I said I like Spam and I scrape off the gelatinous stuff too. That gelatinous stuff makes me gag.
The gelatinous stuff is very similar to the stuff found in canned dog food. Even my dogs don't eat that when I feed them.

I have spam now and then or at least the generic stuff, but only fried and along with pancakes. Frying cooks the nasties off it.

 

[Bird]

I haven't eaten any spam in many years, but you guys talked me into buying a can of the generic (Great Value) spam today. I intend to slice and fry it and see if it's worth buying again. At least that was the only way I liked it in the past.

 

[mjarrels]

We all love spam in my family, it is a really big hit in the Philippines too. Jollybe fast food joint sells spam burgers in the Philippines and Pure Foods in the Philippines (like a cosco) carries more spam then I have ever seen in my life, pallets of spam. Must be entire shipping containers of nothing but spam, I some times wonder hogs can be raised and butchered to make that much spam.

mark

 

[hawkeye08]

for old candy I liked Jujubes and NECCO wafers...I still buy NECCO wafers at wally world...

I like the NECCO wafers, family usually gets me a couple for Christmas or birthday..

 

[sixdogs]

I haven't eaten any spam in many years, but you guys talked me into buying a can of the generic (Great Value) spam today. I intend to slice and fry it and see if it's worth buying again. At least that was the only way I liked it in the past.

We haven't had it in a while but liked it best overcooked a bit and made into a sandwich with lettuce, tomato, cheese, pickles and whatever on good bread or a good roll. Maybe add a little hot sauce or a fried egg and overcooking the Spam made it great. Have a salad, a glass of wine, maybe some grillin' beans and it all works.

 

[CCWKen]

Spam and canned hash were a primary meat source in our house when I was growing up. Chicken, pork chops or hamburger were a real a treat. Roasts were about as rare as turkey at Thanksgiving. Never knew what a candy bar was until I was in the second grade and saw a kid with one. There was only four kinds of milk--Condensed, Powdered, Whole or Skim. Whole milk was 49 cents a gallon at the Borden's dairy store and cheaper than any other. Gas was 19 cents a gallon. A pay-phone call cost a nickel and all us kids kept a nickel in our watch pocket or coin holder for emergencies. 911 didn't exist so you called home if you needed help or "O" to get the police/fire. It sure was hard not to spend that nickel on a candy bar or a big Nehi Hippo soda on the walk home from school. The Nehi Hippo soda bottles were nearly twice the size of a Coke and came in many flavors. An "ice House" was right next to the school. Ice House is what we called all convenience or quick-stop stores back then as most started as a true ice house. (Supplying blocks of ice for ice boxes/coolers.) But NONE of them sold gas and gas stations didn't sell anything else but oil products. There was no such thing as a credit card but some stores would run a "tab" or had "accounts". Cash or Layaway were about the only option. Checks were a rarity.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I recall that most of Mom's tableware was stuff we got at the gas station, or in a box of Mother's Oats, or Army Surplus and our drinking glasses once held jelly. We didn't know stuff was supposed to match!