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Post by whipea on Aug 27, 2014 21:42:39 GMT
That was so entertaining. I was a kid of the sixties, still works. Funny thing my father always made me home made healthy lunches for school. I hated them, didn't have white bread until I was an adult. Now I bring bologna, low sodium deli of course on potato bread almost every day for lunch. Will occasionally throw in a Twinky if I have them. OMG, I had that mom too. She was the crunchy granola mom and I was always so jealous of the white bread and twinkies. I had such joys like brown bread the consistancy of cardboard, homemade peanut butter and carrot sticks. MY thermos contained milk, not kool aid. I wanted kool aid so much that I would have sold my soul. And you know that no one would ever trade with me. I know y'all will point, laugh and judge-but I will not eat whole wheat bread unless my life depends on it. And home made peanut butter isn't happening. I happily buy my children potato chips. And I call my mom once a month or so and tell her my children's poor eating habits are her fault. Ha! Mine was more ethnic food. Boiled chicken on rye, stewed prunes and carrot mix and cold beat soup in the thermos. All home made, nothing processed. Kids ran from me screaming. No wonder I was such a skinny kid. To this day I can't stand rye or whole wheat bread, cooked carrots or any kind of chicken. Give me potato, white bread and some processed food any day.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 27, 2014 22:12:45 GMT
I remember the look of new Pee-Chee folders and the smell of freshly sharpened Ticonderogas. Then it was deciding which pair of Dittos or Chemin De Fers to wear. come on--- who's with me?
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Post by ametallichick on Aug 28, 2014 4:30:39 GMT
That seriously made my day. I was born in 1964 and that was spot on! My grandparents pretty much raised me and my grandpa would always put apple juice in my Thermos and kids would tease me saying i'm drinking beer.
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Post by ametallichick on Aug 28, 2014 4:32:27 GMT
I remember the look of new Pee-Chee folders and the smell of freshly sharpened Ticonderogas. Then it was deciding which pair of Dittos or Chemin De Fers to wear. come on--- who's with me? I'm with you totally! Jordache too.
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 28, 2014 4:39:21 GMT
That was funny
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luvnlifelady
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Post by luvnlifelady on Aug 28, 2014 8:17:22 GMT
I totally remember Dittos. We never had stuff like Twinkies but I make up for it now.
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kateb
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Post by kateb on Aug 29, 2014 2:17:44 GMT
So funny and true!
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Post by mallie on Aug 29, 2014 2:24:18 GMT
Ha ha, pretty accurate. It is why I always laugh about how "these kids today" are raised on convenience foods because their parents "don't know how to cook," because I was a 70s kid, and my stay-at-home mother's only high school activity was Future Homemakers of America (in the 1950s), and that woman never met a processed food she didn't like. I didn't know what non-canned, non-frozen cooked vegetables were until high school, and I can't even think about how much mystery lunchmeat or how many Hostess cupcakes I consumed . My mother considered herself healthy for giving me 7-up rather than Coke. That describes both my mother and my MIL. I had NO idea what a fresh vegetable tasted like until I left home. And it wasn't that I didn't eat at other people's houses -- I did, but no one served fresh vegetables. They were canned and boiled for 10 minutes. No wonder I wasn't a fan of vegetables! Homemade desserts? What was that? Why bake when you have the wonders of Hostess Cupcakes, Twinkies, Ring-Dings, Devil Dogs, Drake's Coffee Cakes (the minis) and what was that chocolate snack cake with the peanut butter filling? A super special treat was getting Freihoffer's chocolate chip cookies. And we were POOR! LOL And we lived in NYC for godssakes and we'd make those disgusting Chef Boyardee home pizzas. Yuch!
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