Eating in the 50's

[2LaneCruzer]

Social cohesion. I was thinking of it reading Ken's post, and there are well-stated echoes of it in your's.

Same history and present-day problems north of the 49'th.

Rgds, D.

My High School was long ago consolidated into a larger school district, about a 20 mile ride by bus, depending on where you live. It's a real shame. The individual character of the community is slowly dissolving, and our alumni group is dwindling to the point that there are barely enough for an annual banquet. The old school building is gone also...but time marches on.

 

[Johnny g]

You aren't missing much, I don't care for them either. But maybe I never had any but the cardboard ones.

I have one almost every day, my choice is the everything variety, you can smell the garlic while they are toasting, don't like them unless they are toasted with butter and sometimes peanut butter.

 

[Looking4new]

With the cardboard (stale) bagels, run them through the microwave for 15 seconds then lay the butter to them. They will soften right up.

 

[sixdogs]

With the cardboard (stale) bagels, run them through the microwave for 15 seconds then lay the butter to them. They will soften right up.

We buy Costco cinnamon-raisin bagels when they are soft and fresh and my wife individually freezes them in ziplock bags ASAP. We take them out of the freezer one at a time, do 40 seconds in the microwave and you cannot tell from fresh. They are wonderful with good butter but also fine all by themselves after slicing in half.

 

[TomSeller]

Tom & 2Lane... It's all about how you have it. My first bagel was in Montreal, PQ; Toasted and buttered, a slice of Swiss cheese, Montreal smoked meat (you can substitute pastrami if you have to) and topped with Dijon mustard. YUMMO! :licking:

Now that DOES sound good !!

 

[Weedy Fields]

My Uncle was Career Army, Sargent Major.
He served in Korea and Vietnam.
His last station was ROTC at St Norberts In DePere WI.
He, his son and me would go on fishing/camping trips.
For food he would get C rations. They had a small 2 piece metal folding can opener in them. My Cousin and I thought C rations were fine dining.
We'd trade stuff back and forth, meals were the best part of the trips. Of course my uncle was amused by our enthusiasm with C rations.
Another good thing he would get us was .22 shells, he'd give them to us by the brick. Lots of shooting fun.

 

[oldballs]

It's funny that you mention Army food. I thought the chow line food was good as well as the C/K rations, especially the canned fruit. But us city kids in my neighborhood never ate as good as the country boys, maybe that's why??

 

[dmccarty]

We buy Costco cinnamon-raisin bagels when they are soft and fresh and my wife individually freezes them in ziplock bags ASAP. We take them out of the freezer one at a time, do 40 seconds in the microwave and you cannot tell from fresh. They are wonderful with good butter but also fine all by themselves after slicing in half.

We too buy Costco bagels and freeze them. But Costco bagels are like many store bought bagels in that they are bagels in name only. Real bagels are boiled THEN baked. The boiling gives the bagel it's chewiness. I used to eat at least two bagel a day at a real bagel bakery and not having one near the house is a big negative about living in the country. After living in South FLA, and eating at Jewish deli's and bakeries, it was hard moving to NC because of the lack of some foods. The local bagel chain is good but they looked at me like I had horns when I asked if they had any bialy's. :licking::licking::licking: Course NC does have its vinegar pork BBQ with slaw which is very yummy and compensates for lack of good bagels and bialys. On the other hand, South FLA had Toms BBQ which was as tomato based BBQ and VERY good as well as Cuban bread and food. I do miss Cuban sandwiches....

Later,
Dan

 

[Johnny g]

We too buy Costco bagels and freeze them. But Costco bagels are like many store bought bagels in that they are bagels in name only. Real bagels are boiled THEN baked. The boiling gives the bagel it's chewiness. I used to eat at least two bagel a day at a real bagel bakery and not having one near the house is a big negative about living in the country. After living in South FLA, and eating at Jewish deli's and bakeries, it was hard moving to NC because of the lack of some foods. The local bagel chain is good but they looked at me like I had horns when I asked if they had any bialy's. :licking::licking::licking: Course NC does have its vinegar pork BBQ with slaw which is very yummy and compensates for lack of good bagels and bialys. On the other hand, South FLA had Toms BBQ which was as tomato based BBQ and VERY good as well as Cuban bread and food. I do miss Cuban sandwiches....

Later,
Dan

Never heard of bialys, what are they.

 

[sixdogs]

Never heard of bialys, what are they.

It's like a bagel with no hole and smothered with onions. You have to like onions to like these but, trust me, you will like bialys.