Eating in the 50's

[sixdogs]

Remember when fish sticks first showed up? It was somewhere in the 1950's and no one had ever seen such a thing.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We had a hot lunch program when I started to Jr. High and High school. This was early 50's, and a substantial amount of our lunches were concocted from surplus WWII canned beef...we called it mystery meat. We would eat that stuff, and about 2:00 all the classrooms would be empty and the restrooms were full. We finally caught on and wouldn't eat it any more, so we got wieners and beans. At least it was reasonable; we paid 20 cents per day for our lunches, and a lot of the time my folks didn't have the money to pay for my brother and me...but they always got caught up somehow.

 

[Bird]

Remember when fish sticks first showed up? It was somewhere in the 1950's and no one had ever seen such a thing.

I didn't remember when they first came out, but I know it was the late '50s the first time I bought any. And I bought them because they were cheap. However, they're not bad for a quick easy snack

 

[/pine]

Some of the best days as a kid growing up in the 50's...ended up at the A&W drive in with a root beer float in a frozen glass mug...

 

[Bird]

Some of the best days as a kid growing up in the 50's...ended up at the A&W drive in with a root beer float in a frozen glass mug...

How wide spread were those A&W root beer drive ins? The only one I remember visiting in the '50s was in Ardmore, OK. And yep, I still like A&W root beer floats.

 

[flyerdan]

A&W was pretty prevalent here in the west, growing up in north Idaho it was the only franchise place in town. Most places were privately owned one-offs that followed a pretty standard road food theme, with names like Scotty's Drive In or, the unfortunate monikered Whizz-Inn south of town. Those places have faded into Americana, along with Route 66. A&W still has a strong presence in Oregon, check your area here.

 

[Looking4new]

How wide spread were those A&W root beer drive ins? The only one I remember visiting in the '50s was in Ardmore, OK. And yep, I still like A&W root beer floats.

In the 50s there were 3 I went to up here in Ontario.
Now there are two, one in North Bay and one in Richmond Hill, ON

 

[/pine]

How wide spread were those A&W root beer drive ins? The only one I remember visiting in the '50s was in Ardmore, OK. And yep, I still like A&W root beer floats.

A&W Restaurants - Wikipedia

Root beer floats are quite satisfying....

 

[TomSeller]

Remember when fish sticks first showed up? It was somewhere in the 1950's and no one had ever seen such a thing.

And I bet no one ever catches one of those.

 

[sixdogs]

And chocolate malts? Cherry coke and cherry phosphate?

My first chocolate Ovaltine malted came via a coupon in my membership packet I think for the Roy Rogers Club. We got our paperwork (to be completed and sworn to) plus the rules of conduct, badge and a few coupons for things.