Eating in the Fifties

[Jcharger]

I see the no elbows on the table. Wasn't around in the 50's but even in the 70's my dad would put a fork into mine if they made it on the table.

 

[Fran Blacker]

I see the no elbows on the table. Wasn't around in the 50's but even in the 70's my dad would put a fork into mine if they made it on the table.

Dad said can't ya hold your head up without your elbows.

 

[Brandy]

'62 Plymouth
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Good eye!

 

[Brandy]

In my family the seating at the dinner table ended up with me next to Dad. Sometimes good and other times bad. Like he would get extra meatballs and tip one onto my plate when Mom wasn't looking. Or my elbow would be on the table and get a fork in it.

 

[BDF6]

 

[Brandy]

We were encouraged to talk about stuff at the table but not about politics.

 

[oldbee]

We were encouraged to talk about stuff at the table but not about politics.

Politics was fair game at ours. Mom was a liberal(she almost always lost!)

 

[Brandy]

Mine was too...

 

[Brandy]

She would just ask us, " Hey! You like to eat? Keep running your mouth and there wont BE any food going into it."

 

[chtampa]

My mother had a sadistic side, four of us at the table, five pork chops.

 

[Aarons Air]

Reminds me of the grocery stores back in the day...View attachment 561753 View attachment 561754 View attachment 561755

A & P. Omg ! Forgot about that store. I can remember walking in and the 1st thing you passed were the huge wire cages you deposited your returnable pop bottles in. 10 cents a bottle credit ( at that time.)

 

[BeeKool]

When going with Mom to the IGA you had to watch your ***. If you acted up even a little bit she would drag you to the housewares aisle and snatch a broom handle off the shelf and beat the daylights out of you. Good training because you rarely did it twice. The memory stayed with you.

I only acted up in public once
My dad had the courtesy to drag me outside before the beating.

My child is 2 and has been acting up in public. I'd like to paddle his ***, in today's society where nobody minds their business that wouldn't end well though

 

[Fran Blacker]

Parents that treat their like rational adults drive me nuts. My wife and me ran a benevolent dictatorship with our kids.

 

[MarPar]

 

[MarPar]

 

[Brandy]

"Move your hand!!" Boy, I remember that.....

 

[BDF6]

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[Brandy]

My Mom would make us go and cut our own switch...

 

[kiwigtx]

Show me a store bought egg that's orange inside and not a runny pale yellow. Big difference in raising animals the old fashioned way.

Bacon that I had on the farm was 2/3 meat, 1/3 fat, not the other way around.

Tomatoes are red with red inside, not pink and white on the inside.

If people knew the difference on a lot of things, they wouldn't buy what's in the stores.

And why is it that when I buy a block of cheese that's aged for 24 months, do I have to eat it within 7 days so it doesn't go off?

 

[Fran Blacker]

If you mean moldy just cut the mold off and rinse it.