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By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 4/10/2008
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By: Paula Pertile,
on 9/26/2007
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By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 4/10/2008
Blog: Children's Illustration (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Paula Pertile,
on 9/26/2007
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Mmmm, the first homemade soup of the season. A nice minestrone, with garlic, stew beef, tomatoes, onions, carrots, celery, spinach, Italian parsley, zucchini, bell peppers, peas, garbanzo beans, white beans, pasta, water, oregano, and salt and pepper.
The aroma while its cooking is lovely, and its yummy yummy yummy.
All it needs is a good hunk of hearty bread, a glass of red wine, and maybe a nice grating of Parmesan on top.
But not this stuff:
Remember this? Please tell me no one eats this anymore. Please.
We had a can of this in the cupboard when I was a kid, which came out on spaghetti night. I'll bet its still there, petrified. Remind me to check next time I'm at Mom's.
Remembering this little green can got me thinking about all the other weird or icky things we ate when I was a kid. Some were supposed to be "healthier" than the real deal, some were just more convenient than making things from scratch, and some were things we ate because we just didn't know any better. And some just grossed me out. Feel free to play along~
Let's see: Cool Whip, margarine (gag me), Sanka, Coffeemate, Saccharin, packaged cake mix, individually wrapped American cheese slices, bologna, white Wonder bread, Regina red wine vinegar (who'd heard of Balsamic?), Planter's peanut oil (olive oil, what's that?), iceberg lettuce, countless tubs of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Fresca, Egg Beaters, Imo (fake sour cream), Shake-n-Bake ("an' I halped!", and thank you Rebecca Thornburgh for reminding me of that recently!),...I know there's more, I'll think of them when I'm trying to fall asleep tonight.
To be fair to my parents, we ate decent food too, and had nice holiday dinners and all. We weren't hillbillies. But the nice food isn't as fun to remember, is it?
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My favorite pre-fab childhood product was "Koogle".
It was peanut butter/chocolate spread together in a jar. Heaven!
Don't forget to wash it down with Tang or Za-Rex, either!
I am very veggie-conscious now too...at what point does that happen, anyhow??
cheeze whiz, pixie stix, candy cigarettes. Velveeta, spaghetti o's.
Marshmallow Fluff.
How have we survivied?