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Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:54 pm
by Saint
My dad brought home some govt cheese and other foodstuffs in the generically labeled cans. He even had some govt peanut butter that was pretty gross. Not sure where he got it from but he worked for Orkin and brought shit home all the time
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:57 pm
by eCat
I was just going to say - about the time of government cheese, the generic labeled food was also a big hit
just mostly canned goods with a stencil of what it was on the in black ink
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:57 pm
by crotch
eCat wrote:I'm mostly talking about growing up with depression era parents
There wasn't food bad enough they wouldn't buy if it was cheaper than brand names.
We had apple trees around the place and she'd get the apples in the fall, cut them up in quarters and leave them to dry in the sun on plywood on saw horses. Once they were sufficiently covered in flies then it was time to bring them in and make apple pies. She made a bunch of them over the years - similar in size to the kind you would buy from hostess and give them out to everybody. Our country doctor was a big fan of them.
I also remember she loved making popcorn balls. I don't think anyone liked them. I can remember being at her house for Halloween one year and giving them out, kids would be like "whats this crap?" when she'd dump a softball size popcorn ball into their bag
Good post eCat... I grew up the same way. Had forgotten all about the popcorn balls mom gave out for Halloween until your post.... we were too poor to buy store bought candy. Pull candy was a big hit for Christmas also....50's and 60's was the best time in the world to grow up though. Wouldn't trade it for what these kids are growing up with today.
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:58 pm
by eCat
that must have been a very depressing era for poor people trying to eat - generic food items in colorless packaging
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:04 pm
by aTm
Saint wrote:aTm wrote:Butter beans and lima beans are the same thing right?
Predictable
If it aint purple hull peas, I dont want it anyway.
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:06 pm
by aTm
Pimento cheese is, indeed, disgusting.
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:08 pm
by Saint
Now store bought stuff is cheaper than home made, usually. I can't imagine canning food is economically feasible. Except freshcut cornon freezer bags
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:10 pm
by AlabamAlum
Pimento cheese is just shredded cheddar, a few pimentos, and some mayo.
And it is good.
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:11 pm
by Saint
Quoth El Campeon of white sauce
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:12 pm
by hedge
Even if it is just that, it's still good...
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:12 pm
by AlabamAlum
hedge wrote:Even if it is just that, it's still good...
Correct.
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:13 pm
by hedge
"50's and 60's was the best time in the world to grow up though. Wouldn't trade it for what these kids are growing up with today."
Yeah, free streaming porn and dozens of hook-up sites where basically all you have to do is swipe one way and you're getting some pussy in 15 minutes. Who would trade popcorn balls and pull candy for that??
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:14 pm
by hedge
I don't even know what pull candy is, but I wanted to say it...
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:14 pm
by Saint
I just came home from work and had a bowl of churro cinnamon toast crunch and it was better than Rat's mom
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:15 pm
by Saint
Pull candy is chewy and suck candy is hard
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:15 pm
by hedge
What if the pull candy sucks?
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:53 pm
by hedge
"50's and 60's was the best time in the world to grow up though. Wouldn't trade it for what these kids are growing up with today."
Crotch is one of the few people who would say growing up during the Civil War was the best time in the world. But I'm sure those antebellum days were nice. Well, for some...
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:00 pm
by eCat
hey, nothing beats spaghetti and toast night
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:34 pm
by sardis
Pimento cheese is very good and a lot of places down here put it on burgers. I love it.
I grew up in the North and my dad and my grandparents on his side would eat ungodly body parts of animals because they were cheap. Even after he came into some money, dad would still boil chicken gizzards every Saturday, not deep fry, BOIL. It would emit such a toxic odor throughout the house. One Christmas Eve grandma served us beef heart, tried passing it off as pot roast. She would do the same with sweet potato pie, try passing it off as pumpkin.
Re: Uncle Bud
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:29 pm
by Jungle Rat
I feel like im getting lice.