What is a moon-pie?
JB
Hello,
I'm working on the translation of an episode of "Ned and Stacey" (an American
sitcom). In a particular scene there's a drunk woman lying on a bed, shouting:
"I want a moon-pie." I couldn't find it in any of my (slang) dictionaries. Can
you help me out, please?
J. Biesmans
David Wright
bies...@worldaccess.nl (JB) wrote:
>Hello,
>J. Biesmans
As I remember it, it's a nasty combination of cheap chocolate,
marshmallow sauce and something akin to Graham crackers (Southerners:
Am I close?)
David
Joe Cohoon
In article <4uo7ju$2...@news2.texas.net>
dtwr...@texas.net (David Wright) writes:
> As I remember it, it's a nasty combination of cheap chocolate,
> marshmallow sauce and something akin to Graham crackers (Southerners:
> Am I close?)
Pretty close. It is a round sandwich (approximately 4 inches in
diameter), composed of two thin semi-soft wafers, which enclose a
marshmallow filling. The whole thing is covered with a thin chocolate
glaze. A variant (shunned by purists) is to have a banana-flavored
glaze. The Moon Pie, which is probably trademarked, is packaged in
cellophane, and can be purchased for 25 to 50 cents apiece at most
groceries (and many gas stations) in the southern US. Not sure about
the shelf life of Moon Pies, but it is probably measured in years.
For those who wish to make a full meal out of moon pies, they can be
purchased by the box (I think, a dozen per box). However, these pies
tend to be smaller than ones purchased individually. There are Moon
Pie imitations available, as well.
I think David is being a bit harsh in judging them "nasty". Granted,
the line of Godiva Chocolates does not include anything that resembles
the Moon Pie. But, a Moon Pie can be mighty fine, especially when
washed down with a cold Coca-Cola or Dr. Pepper.
-- joe
David Wright
joe.c...@tcs.wap.org (Joe Cohoon) wrote:
>I think David is being a bit harsh in judging them "nasty". Granted,
>the line of Godiva Chocolates does not include anything that resembles
>the Moon Pie. But, a Moon Pie can be mighty fine, especially when
>washed down with a cold Coca-Cola or Dr. Pepper.
>
>-- joe
Joe,
I regretted "nasty" just as soon as I posted, so I acknowledge it
here. And to think, I grew up in San Antonio with grandparents in
Waco, Texas, the home of Dr. Pepper. My apologies.
David
John Soward Bayne
I believe the classic bevvie with a Moon Pie
is neither Co-Cola nor Dr Pepper but RC Cola.
JSBayne
(Southerner)
dtwr...@texas.net (David Wright) wrote:
>joe.c...@tcs.wap.org (Joe Cohoon) wrote:
>
>
>>But, a Moon Pie can be mighty fine, especially when
>>washed down with a cold Coca-Cola or Dr. Pepper.
>>
>>-- joe
>
>....I grew up in San Antonio with grandparents in
Joe Cohoon
In article <4uq0mg$r...@nrtphc11.bnr.ca>
John Soward Bayne <John_...@nt.com> writes:
> I believe the classic bevvie with a Moon Pie
> is neither Co-Cola nor Dr Pepper but RC Cola.
You are correct! How could I forget. I think the combination of an RC
Cola and Moon Pie was known as the "Dime Lunch". The full name of the
RC Cola is Royal Crown Cola, though I doubt the Dime Lunch was ever
popular in the courts of Europe.
-- joe
Joe Cohoon
In article <4uojj0$f...@news2.texas.net>
dtwr...@texas.net (David Wright) writes:
> Joe,
> I regretted "nasty" just as soon as I posted, so I acknowledge it
> here. And to think, I grew up in San Antonio with grandparents in
> Waco, Texas, the home of Dr. Pepper. My apologies.
>
> David
No apologies necessary. Moon Pies are sort of like the forbidden
fruit. Many will disparage the product, but consume mass quantities in
private.
-- joe
Gareth Williams
Thus spake joe.c...@tcs.wap.org (Joe Cohoon) :
+In article <4uo7ju$2...@news2.texas.net>
+dtwr...@texas.net (David Wright) writes:
+
+> As I remember it, it's a nasty combination of cheap chocolate,
+> marshmallow sauce and something akin to Graham crackers (Southerners:
+> Am I close?)
+
+Pretty close. It is a round sandwich (approximately 4 inches in
+diameter), composed of two thin semi-soft wafers, which enclose a
+marshmallow filling. The whole thing is covered with a thin chocolate
+glaze.
Oh, it's a giant 'Waggon Wheel' !
regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
Jitze Couperus
In article <4uq6ug$j...@news2.his.com>, joe.c...@tcs.wap.org (Joe Cohoon)
wrote:
>
> No apologies necessary. Moon Pies are sort of like the forbidden
> fruit. Many will disparage the product, but consume mass quantities in
> private.
>
Has anybody else remarked on how a related delicacy, (namely Twinkies with
Jolt Cola) has become the defining attribute of a skilled Unix guru?
I understand that the wizards who configure and keep these systems alive
are prone to continuous grazing of aforementioned comestibles - especially
for breakfast after pulling an all-nighter to upgrade the sytem to version n+1.
La Cuisine Silicon as it were...
Jitze
David Wright
bies...@worldaccess.nl (JB) wrote:
>Hello,
>I'm working on the translation of an episode of "Ned and Stacey" (an American
>sitcom). In a particular scene there's a drunk woman lying on a bed, shouting:
>"I want a moon-pie." I couldn't find it in any of my (slang) dictionaries. Can
>you help me out, please?
>J. Biesmans
And we all jumped in with our memories, accurate or not. JB, are you
still there, or have you been either whelmed or overwhelmed with more
Moon Pie information than you ever thought possible? Or necessary.
David
Keith C. Ivey
dtwr...@texas.net (David Wright) wrote:
>bies...@worldaccess.nl (JB) wrote:
>>J. Biesmans
For even more (and perhaps more authoritative) information, see
http://www.moonpie.com (the official Moon Pie Web site).
[posted and mailed]
Keith C. Ivey <kci...@cpcug.org> Washington, DC
Contributing Editor/Webmaster
The Editorial Eye <http://www.eei-alex.com/eye/>
Donnah Dunthorn
Joe Cohoon (joe.c...@tcs.wap.org) wrote:
: Moon Pies are sort of like the forbidden fruit. Many will disparage
: the product, but consume mass quantities in private.
We weren't allowed to eat sweet stuff. Dad used to sneak Moon
Pies in the house and stash them in the closet.
d. (developed a keen sense of hearing as a child)
Joseph Chacko
In article <N.081296....@mst1-15.worldaccess.nl>
bies...@worldaccess.nl "JB" writes:
> Hello,
>
>
> I'm working on the translation of an episode of "Ned and Stacey" (an American
> sitcom). In a particular scene there's a drunk woman lying on a bed, shouting:
> "I want a moon-pie." I couldn't find it in any of my (slang) dictionaries. Can
> you help me out, please?
Joe Cohoon gives a lengthy description of a Moon Pie, but if you use a
transliteration, some of the 'humor' might be lost. Clearly you will
have to search for a cultural equivalent, which could best be furnished
by an inhabitant of the target country.
If there exists such a thing, and if you are translating for French, how
about:
Eclair de lune
?
--
Joe Chacko <j...@sheril.demon.co.uk>
nancy g.
Joe Cohoon wrote:
> dtwr...@texas.net (David Wright) writes:
>> As I remember it, it's a nasty combination of cheap chocolate,
>> marshmallow sauce and something akin to Graham crackers (Southerners:
>> Am I close?)
No, no, NO! That's not a Moon Pie, that's a S'More, loved and devoured
by Girl Scouts on cookouts and sleepovers everywhere! (Usually while
sitting upon our Sit-Upons, but that's another story...) Here in
New England, of course, they're pronounced "Samoa". (Note: that doesn't
rhyme with either "bother" or "father".)
> Pretty close. It is a round sandwich (approximately 4 inches in
> diameter), composed of two thin semi-soft wafers, which enclose a
> marshmallow filling. The whole thing is covered with a thin chocolate
> glaze.
I'm willing to concede this definition to the Southerners in the group,
since I do understand that a Moon Pie is a Southern delicacy ... however,
we here in New England, maintaining our regional eccentricity, call those
wafer things with marshmallow in the middle and covered with chocolate glaze
a SCOOTER PIE, not a Moon Pie.
Here, if nowhere else, a Moon Pie is a sandwich of two soft, chocolaty cake-like
circles, about big enough around so one would cover a 3.5" computer disk, filled
with a creamy concoction that seems like it must contain a generous amount of
lard. Picture a Drake's Devil Dog(tm) but round instead of hot-dog shaped, and
you'll have the idea.
(snip)
> a Moon Pie can be mighty fine, especially when
> washed down with a cold Coca-Cola or Dr. Pepper.
Don't you mean a Co-Cola?
Nancy G
got a recipe for Moon Pies (New England version), if anyone's interested...
Emily
dtwr...@texas.net (David Wright) wrote:
>bies...@worldaccess.nl (JB) wrote:
>>Hello,
>>I'm working on the translation of an episode of "Ned and Stacey" (an American
>>sitcom). In a particular scene there's a drunk woman lying on a bed, shouting:
>>"I want a moon-pie." I couldn't find it in any of my (slang) dictionaries. Can
>>you help me out, please?
>>J. Biesmans
>As I remember it, it's a nasty combination of cheap chocolate,
>marshmallow sauce and something akin to Graham crackers (Southerners:
>Am I close?)
>David
I think you've described it perfectly.
Emily
Mimi Thai
Emily (e...@mnsinc.com) wrote:
: dtwr...@texas.net (David Wright) wrote:
: >bies...@worldaccess.nl (JB) wrote:
: >>Hello,
: >>J. Biesmans
: >David
: Emily
hhahahahah well, I think this one is rather interesting, and
it has to do with the CHinese culture. Perhaps there is a "Southern
Moon-Pie" made from crackers and cheap chocolate, but that is not even
close to a Chinese moon-pie, and YES, it's called a "MOON-PIE" literally
translated from "YUET-BENG" (Cantonese).
In the Chinese culture, every year in August of the Chinese
calendar, there is a festival, and this is widely celebrated in China,
and even at some Chinatowns in foreign countries. This day is called
"THE AUGUST MOON", and the moon is always full on that day. People
would eat MOON-PIE as a form of celebration. It's made mostly of green
bean paste and duck's egg yolk. THere are some different varieties
where certain moon pies have almonds and other nuts, but they all have
green bean paste.
I have no clue if that was what the lady in the sitcom wanted,
but hey, this could be it :)
mimi...
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Dean S. Eveland
A "Moon Pie" is a trade name for a very cheap concoction sold in
Mississippi filling stations. It is wrapped in clear cellophane. It
goes great with an orange or grape Nehi. Take two pieces of stale graham
crackers, dab some perpetual marshmallow "creme" in between, and cover
with melted brown crayolas. No taste at all.
--
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What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An' ev'n devotion!
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Matthew Rabuzzi
Mimi Thai <mt...@lynx.dac.neu.edu> writes:
: a Chinese moon-pie, and YES, it's called a "MOON-PIE" literally
: translated from "YUET-BENG" (Cantonese).
:
: would eat MOON-PIE as a form of celebration. It's made mostly of green
: bean paste and duck's egg yolk. THere are some different varieties
........................
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Richard M. Alderson III
In article <4vr7ho$f...@portal.gmu.edu> "Dean S. Eveland"
<deve...@OSF1.gmu.edu> writes:
>A "Moon Pie" is a trade name for a very cheap concoction sold in Mississippi
[snip]
>No taste at all.
And damned little flavour, either! ;->
--
Rich Alderson You know the sort of thing that you can find in any dictionary
of a strange language, and which so excites the amateur philo-
logists, itching to derive one tongue from another that they
know better: a word that is nearly the same in form and meaning
as the corresponding word in English, or Latin, or Hebrew, or
what not.
--J. R. R. Tolkien,
alde...@netcom.com _The Notion Club Papers_
Dean S. Eveland
alde...@netcom14.netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III) wrote:
>In article <4vr7ho$f...@portal.gmu.edu> "Dean S. Eveland"
><deve...@OSF1.gmu.edu> writes:
>
>>A "Moon Pie" is a trade name for a very cheap concoction sold in Mississippi
>
> [snip]
>
>>No taste at all.
>
>And damned little flavour, either! ;->
>--
disk-shaped. What if I said that I intended for taste to refer to the
gestalt?
Does a moon pie have anything to do with mooning? Or lunacy?
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
In article <4vr7ho$f...@portal.gmu.edu>, "Dean S. Eveland" <deve...@OSF1.gmu.edu> writes:
> A "Moon Pie" is a trade name for a very cheap concoction sold in
> goes great with an orange or grape Nehi. Take two pieces of stale graham
> crackers, dab some perpetual marshmallow "creme" in between, and cover
> with melted brown crayolas. No taste at all. >
Careful there! You're talking about the woman I love! They are sold
throughout the South. Perhaps the one you tasted had not been sufficiently
aged. (Nehi is a brand of soda pop that may be either orange or grape.)
--
Nyal Z. Williams
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
Truly Donovan
No, "Nehi" is orange. "Nehi grape" is grape.
Truly Donovan
Henrietta Pussycat
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>aged. (Nehi is a brand of soda pop that may be either orange or grape.)
It comes in blue, too.
Peter Moylan
A most informative thread. I've always wondered what that
"grape knee-high" was that Radar was so addicted to.
--
Peter Moylan pe...@ee.newcastle.edu.au
http://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/Moylan.html
Cissy . Thorpe
On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Henrietta Pussycat wrote:
> 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>
> >aged. (Nehi is a brand of soda pop that may be either orange or grape.)
>
> It comes in blue, too.
>
>
>
and white....and a root beer, if I'm not mistaken.
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
In article <50d87t$a...@news.tamu.edu>, purple...@tamu.edu (Henrietta Pussycat) writes:
> 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>
>>aged. (Nehi is a brand of soda pop that may be either orange or grape.)
>
> It comes in blue, too.
This is interesting. The words I used were considered as flavors instead of
colors; what is the flavor of a blue one. (I will really need to see one to
believe it.
Keith C. Ivey
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>The words I used were considered as flavors instead of
>colors; what is the flavor of a blue one. (I will really
>need to see one to believe it.
The blue is blue cream soda, not to be confused with brown cream
soda or white cream soda, at list according to one Nehi
connoisseur's Web page that lists 20 flavors, 4 of which are to
be discontinued (http://www.amherst.edu/~atstarr/nehi.html).
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
In article <50lh39$r...@news3.digex.net>, kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) writes:
> 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>
>>The words I used were considered as flavors instead of
>>colors; what is the flavor of a blue one. (I will really
>>need to see one to believe it.
>
> The blue is blue cream soda, not to be confused with brown cream
> soda or white cream soda, at list according to one Nehi
> connoisseur's Web page that lists 20 flavors, 4 of which are to
> be discontinued (http://www.amherst.edu/~atstarr/nehi.html).
This must be the work of some new owners of the company; the classic Nehi came
in just two flavors.
I would never eat or drink anything blue; looks like cyanide!
Matt Hickman
In <50fonv$5...@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>, pe...@fourier.newcastle.edu.au (Peter Moylan) writes:
>Henrietta Pussycat (purple...@tamu.edu) wrote:
>>00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>
>>>aged. (Nehi is a brand of soda pop that may be either orange or grape.)
>
>> It comes in blue, too.
>
>"grape knee-high" was that Radar was so addicted to.
Radar was suppose to be from Iowa. However, I grew up in that
state and lived blithely without seeing a bottle of Nehi on sale until
a visit to Arkansas. That is the first time I saw a Dr. Pepper as well.
Matt Hickman bh...@chevron.com TANSTAAFL!
OS/2 Systems Specialist, Chevron Information Technologies Co.
Between stadium and ships was a midway--booths, rides, games, exhibits
educational and entertaining, one man pitches, dance halls that never
closed, displays of engineering gadgets, fortune-tellers, gambling
for prizes and cash, open air bars, soft drink counters offering
everything from berry juices of the Pleiades worlds to a brown brew
certified to be the ancient, authentic Terran _Coca-Cola_ as licensed
on Hekate.
- Robert A. Heinlein _Citizen of the Galaxy_
Keith C. Ivey
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>I would never eat or drink anything blue; looks like cyanide!
Copper(II) cyanide maybe, but your standard sodium and potassium
cyanides are colorless. It'd be harder to poison people's
drinks with them otherwise; the taste and smell are challenge
enough.
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
In article <50ncq2$s...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, rrs...@ibm.net (Matt Hickman) writes:
>
>>A most informative thread. I've always wondered what that
>>"grape knee-high" was that Radar was so addicted to.
>
> Radar was suppose to be from Iowa. However, I grew up in that
> state and lived blithely without seeing a bottle of Nehi on sale until
> a visit to Arkansas. That is the first time I saw a Dr. Pepper as well.
The Dr. Pepper originated on 4th St. in Waco, Texas; I have forgot the date,
but it is on the building. Perhaps, Keith Ivey knows where Nehi started; they
are both peculiarly Southern concoctions. The other one is Royal Crown; where
I grew up, a favorite locution at the local cafe was , "Gimme a RC Cola and a
Moon Pie."
Mark Odegard
[posted to alt.usage.english & e-mailed]
On 5 Sep 96 13:11:51 -0500, 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>In article <50lh39$r...@news3.digex.net>, kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) writes:
>> 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>>
>>>The words I used were considered as flavors instead of
>>>colors; what is the flavor of a blue one. (I will really
>>>need to see one to believe it.
>>
>> The blue is blue cream soda, not to be confused with brown cream
>> soda or white cream soda, at list according to one Nehi
>> connoisseur's Web page that lists 20 flavors, 4 of which are to
>> be discontinued (http://www.amherst.edu/~atstarr/nehi.html).
>This must be the work of some new owners of the company; the classic Nehi came
>in just two flavors.
>I would never eat or drink anything blue; looks like cyanide!
How about bug juice? It's basically kool-aid, but packaged in ca. 4
oz. soft plastic containers. It does not so much come in flavors as
colors. It's the stuff my small-to-not-that-small nephews and neices
slurp in preference to expensive diet Pepsi etc; the examples at hand
are branded "Little Hug", and while a K-Mart knockoff, it testifies to
the fact that "bug juice" a genuine species of soft drink. It's the
same stuff you get on the bridge of an aircraft carrier, packed in ice
in a a fiberglass box (Navy guys, do you remember?)
Personally, I cannot stand Nehi, Dr. Pepper, Coke, or bug juice: too
sweet.
--
Mark Odegard ode...@ptel.net
The great orthographical contest has long subsisted between
etymology and pronunciation. It has been demanded, on one hand,
that men should write as they speak; but, as it has been shown
that this conformity never was attained in any language, and
that it is not more easy to persuade men to agree exactly in
speaking than in writing, it may be asked, with equal propriety,
why men do not rather speak as they write.
-- Samuel Johnson, "The Plan of an English Dictionary" (1747).
Lars Eighner
In our last episode <50ncq2$s...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>,
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The lovely and talented rrs...@ibm.net (Matt Hickman) wrote:
>In <50fonv$5...@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>, pe...@fourier.newcastle.edu.au (Peter Moylan) writes:
>>Henrietta Pussycat (purple...@tamu.edu) wrote:
>>>00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
>>
>>>>aged. (Nehi is a brand of soda pop that may be either orange or grape.)
>>
>>> It comes in blue, too.
>>
>>A most informative thread. I've always wondered what that
>>"grape knee-high" was that Radar was so addicted to.
>
>Radar was suppose to be from Iowa. However, I grew up in that
>state and lived blithely without seeing a bottle of Nehi on sale until
>a visit to Arkansas. That is the first time I saw a Dr. Pepper as well.
There was a standard order the buttons of four or five button vending
machines which the marketing Wizards determined and which was
pretty much replicated in standard self-service fountain set-ups.
The order was this:
1. Coke or Pepsi (depending upon who's machine it was)
2. The lemon-lime drink (usually 7-Up or Sprite)
3. Root beer or a regional selection (or both on a 5-button
machine). This would be where Dr Pepper (no period) or
Big Red might be found or whatever, depending on the region.
4. Some allegedly fruit-flavored drink. Usually this was orange pop
of some kind, or Nehi where it was available.
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Cissy . Thorpe
On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, SOMEONE wrote:
>
> >This must be the work of some new owners of the company;
> >the classic Nehi came in just two flavors.
>
>
How old is "classic"....I remember drinking both blue and brown cream
soda from Nehi in the early 50's.....and orange and grape and peach.
BTW - anyone know what happend to the first 16oz sodas (that I can
remember) known as HIPPOS?? They came in some really kewl flavors, too.
Cissy
Rose Platt
On 4 Sep 1996 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
> In article <50d87t$a...@news.tamu.edu>, purple...@tamu.edu (Henrietta Pussycat) writes:
> > 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
> >
> >>aged. (Nehi is a brand of soda pop that may be either orange or grape.)
> >
> > It comes in blue, too.
>
> This is interesting. The words I used were considered as flavors instead of
> colors; what is the flavor of a blue one. (I will really need to see one to
> believe it.
Unlike attempts at watermelon- or strawberry-flavored pinks, blue long
ago ceased to have any relation to the blueberry flavor it once
represented. It's very common among my family and friends to refer simply
to "blue flavor" because it has no relation whatsoever to anything
natural. The color itself is particularly repulsive; nothing edible in
nature is that bright a blue, and to my instincts it screams "POISON!"
almost as surely as certain near-fluorescent shades of green.
Whatever possessed the M&M people to make the new color blue? *shudder*
I'm amazed they still sell.
--Silence
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
--Mark Twain
Keith C. Ivey
Rose Platt <sil...@main.put.com> wrote:
>Whatever possessed the M&M people to make the new color blue?
>*shudder* I'm amazed they still sell.
They publicized the vote--the choices, I think, were blue,
purple, pink, and (my preference) no change--mainly during
Saturday morning cartoons, and children are thrilled by eating
things that look disgusting.
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960906...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu>, "Cissy . Thorpe" <cth...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu> writes:
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, SOMEONE wrote:
>
>>
>> >This must be the work of some new owners of the company;
>> >the classic Nehi came in just two flavors.
>>
>>
> How old is "classic"....I remember drinking both blue and brown cream
> soda from Nehi in the early 50's.....and orange and grape and peach.
I DO remember seeing the peach one a few times, now that you mention it. It
came along later. Classic, in this case, means ur-Nehi, and that is 30s, I
believe.
Bill Fisher
In article <1996Sep5...@orion.bsuvc.bsu.edu>, 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
> In article <50ncq2$s...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, rrs...@ibm.net (Matt Hickman) writes:
> >
> >>"grape knee-high" was that Radar was so addicted to.
> >
> > Radar was suppose to be from Iowa. However, I grew up in that
> > state and lived blithely without seeing a bottle of Nehi on sale until
> > a visit to Arkansas. That is the first time I saw a Dr. Pepper as well.
>
> but it is on the building. Perhaps, Keith Ivey knows where Nehi started; they
> are both peculiarly Southern concoctions. The other one is Royal Crown; where
> I grew up, a favorite locution at the local cafe was , "Gimme a RC Cola and a
> Moon Pie."
> --
And what about the "big orange" that Deacon Andy Griffith used to
talk about? Is that a sub-category of Nehi?
- billf
00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
Absolutely!
Earle D. Jones
> On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, SOMEONE wrote:
>
> >
> > >This must be the work of some new owners of the company;
> > >the classic Nehi came in just two flavors.
> >
> >
> How old is "classic"....I remember drinking both blue and brown cream
> soda from Nehi in the early 50's.....and orange and grape and peach.
>
> BTW - anyone know what happend to the first 16oz sodas (that I can
> remember) known as HIPPOS?? They came in some really kewl flavors, too.
>
> Cissy
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My recollection is this: In the '30s and '40s we drank either orange or
grape Nehi. Other flavors came later.
The bargain was the Royal Crown (RC) Cola (we called it a "belly washer")
and a Moon Pie. The RC was bigger than a coke and cost the same. The
classic "big orange" was made (I think) by Birely's.
Once a week my friend and I would bum a nickel each from our parents. In
those days, all candy bars cost a nickel, but you could get three for a
dime. So it payed to pool one's resources.
When we did this, we always picked a Mounds as one of the choices. That
way, there could be no argument about dividing it equally.
I liked Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, or a Bit o' Honey for my own bar,
although Snickers, Mars Bars, and Forever Yours were pretty good, too.
regards,
earle
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Iain Farquhar
On Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:39:09 -0800, ejo...@hooked.net (Earle D. Jones)
wrote:
>
>The bargain was the Royal Crown (RC) Cola (we called it a "belly washer")
>and a Moon Pie. The RC was bigger than a coke and cost the same. The
>classic "big orange" was made (I think) by Birely's.
I remember the summer of 1960, which I spent in Flat Rock, NC. I was
11, and my cousin, 10, and we would wander over from the Flat Rock
Playhouse to the nearby country store. My cousin would drag a couple
of huge RC's from the cooler and shell out a couple of dimes for them.
As a recent (less than a year) immigrant, I found this absolutely
mind-boggling. My cousin is now the managing director of the
Playhouse, but a lot of the charm of the place has been ruined by
development now.
Iain
Wayne Farmer
In article <5118l8$m...@dove.nist.gov> bi...@osi.ncsl.nist.gov (Bill Fisher) writes:
>From: bi...@osi.ncsl.nist.gov (Bill Fisher)
>Subject: Re: What is a moon-pie?
>Date: 9 Sep 1996 14:12:56 GMT
>In article <1996Sep5...@orion.bsuvc.bsu.edu>, 00nzwi...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
>writes:
>>
>> The Dr. Pepper originated on 4th St. in Waco, Texas; I have forgot the date,
>> but it is on the building. Perhaps, Keith Ivey knows where Nehi started; they
>> are both peculiarly Southern concoctions. The other one is Royal Crown; where
>> I grew up, a favorite locution at the local cafe was , "Gimme a RC Cola and a
>> Moon Pie."
>> --
> And what about the "big orange" that Deacon Andy Griffith used to
>talk about? Is that a sub-category of Nehi?
> - billf
Don't forget "nabs". Here in North Carolina, those are the packets of snack
crackers made by Lance. I suppose they started out as Nabisco crackers, hence
the name. "Gimme some nabs, can coke, and a moon pie."
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In article <wayne.154...@rbdc.rbdc.com>, wa...@rbdc.rbdc.com (Wayne Farmer) writes:
>
> Don't forget "nabs". Here in North Carolina, those are the packets of snack
> crackers made by Lance. I suppose they started out as Nabisco crackers, hence
> the name. "Gimme some nabs, can coke, and a moon pie."
Hey, Wayne!
That's big time stuff. They sell Nabs and other Lance products in the vending
machines way out here in Indiana.
Usta drive past Kernersville all the time on the way to my flight instructing
job over in Advance.--
Nyal Z. Williams
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