Re: What's Your Favorite Chef Boyardee?

[Julie Bove]

"Sqwertz" <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
news:1bug271x...@sqwertz.com...
> You know you love [to hate] them. I'll admit to eating 6-7 cans per
> year for sustenance and sheer apathy. For $.88/can they're very cost
> effective and keeps me from eating fast food. Pop top can, pick up a
> spork from the deli department, and we're good to go! I maybe heat up
> 1 out of 5 cans - some of them taste better at room temp than heated.
>
> I haven't found any way to doctor them up to where they taste
> good/better, including the most obvious - Cheeses. Suggestions?
>
> "Best":
>
> Mac & Beef
> Spaghetti & [jumbo|mini] Meatballs
> Lasagna
> Chili Mac & Beef
>
> Worst:
>
> Chicken Alfredo
> Ravioli (filled with nasty cracker meal and tasteless sauce)
>
> "Chef Boyardee - Feeding Strung Out Parent's Kids for 40 Years, one
> Foodstamp at a Time!"

The only one I'll eat is the ravioli. I prefer the overstuffed beef but will
eat the regular or mini beef. Do not like the cheese or spicy. They are
cheap and keep for a long time. That's the only reason I have them. I rarely
eat them though.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

In article <1bug271x...@sqwertz.com>, Sqwertz

<swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:


> I haven't found any way to doctor them up to where they taste
> good/better, including the most obvious - Cheeses. Suggestions?

I'm a Spaghetti and Meatballs and Mini Ravioli fan. I soak up the sauce
with at least two slices of well buttered toast while drinking a cold
glass of milk. I eat it about as often as you do. I actually love the
stuff, but it gives me heartburn.
My wife looks at me like I'm from a different planet while I'm eating
it.

leo

[penm...@aol.com]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:32:19 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
wrote:

>You know you love [to hate] them. I'll admit to eating 6-7 cans per
>year for sustenance and sheer apathy. For $.88/can they're very cost
>effective and keeps me from eating fast food. Pop top can, pick up a
>spork from the deli department, and we're good to go! I maybe heat up
>1 out of 5 cans - some of them taste better at room temp than heated.
>

>I haven't found any way to doctor them up to where they taste
>good/better, including the most obvious - Cheeses. Suggestions?
>

>"Best":
>
>Mac & Beef
>Spaghetti & [jumbo|mini] Meatballs
>Lasagna
>Chili Mac & Beef
>
>Worst:
>
>Chicken Alfredo
>Ravioli (filled with nasty cracker meal and tasteless sauce)
>
>"Chef Boyardee - Feeding Strung Out Parent's Kids for 40 Years, one
>Foodstamp at a Time!"
>

>-sw

As a teen and I arrived home late on a Friday night and famished a
couple cans of Campbells condensed soups straight from the can did the
trick and was quiet... didn't matter which flavor, Vegetable Beef was
good, so was Manhattan Clam Chowder, even Cream of 'Shroom wasn't
bad.... whatever I found in the kitchen pantry... even plain old
Tomato worked if that's all there was, and was pretty good with a tin
of anchovie, or vienna saw-seege, even both when that kind of night.
The one tinned food that couldn't be improved upon was Progresso
Eggplant Caponata, those cans were only six ounces so needed 4-5.
Sadly I can no longer find it anywhere.

[Gary]

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> You know you love [to hate] them. I'll admit to eating 6-7 cans per
> year for sustenance and sheer apathy. For $.88/can they're very cost
> effective and keeps me from eating fast food. Pop top can, pick up a
> spork from the deli department, and we're good to go! I maybe heat up
> 1 out of 5 cans - some of them taste better at room temp than heated.

They're thicker at room temp. Back in the 70's I always kept on
hand the spaghetti-o's and I often ate them right out of the can.
Heat them up and they turned very soupy.
These days, I catch them on sale and usually $.88. Especially
when the annual hurricane season approaches (September, give or
take a month).

> I haven't found any way to doctor them up to where they taste
> good/better, including the most obvious - Cheeses. Suggestions?

I've never doctored them except for some parmesan/romano
cheese...the dreaded dried kind which includes 'sawdust'. hahaha
I usually will add fresh buttered bread or roll to eat with.

I do have one can of the lasagna in my pantry. I've tried most
and I do also like the 'overstuffed ravioli' but not the smaller
kind. Need to buy more quickly too as my favorite grocery store
is going out of business and liquidation sales have already
begun. 20% off most things today and manager told me this morning
that it will up to 40% next Monday.

> "Chef Boyardee - Feeding Strung Out Parent's Kids for 40 Years, one
> Foodstamp at a Time!"

lol
The dirt cheap ramen noodle packs should be included there. I
usually keep them on hand too and those can be enhanced very
nicely. That soup should merit a separate subject/thread. A year
or two ago those went on sale for 12 packs for $1.00. That was
like 8 cents a pack. I bought quite a few as they never go bad
and how cheap is that??? Surprisingly, you would think they
would sell out immediately but they didn't. The entire week there
was still plenty on the shelves. I probably should have 'pulled a
Julie' and bought many cases of them.

[Default User]

Sqwertz wrote:

> You know you love [to hate] them. I'll admit to eating 6-7 cans per
> year for sustenance and sheer apathy. For $.88/can they're very cost
> effective and keeps me from eating fast food. Pop top can, pick up a
> spork from the deli department, and we're good to go! I maybe heat up
> 1 out of 5 cans - some of them taste better at room temp than heated.
>

> I haven't found any way to doctor them up to where they taste
> good/better, including the most obvious - Cheeses. Suggestions?

I don't eat those, but I have nostaligic fondness for Spaghetti-Os, so
I occasionally get those.


Brian

[Thomas]

On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 1:38:49 PM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> I probably should have 'pulled a
> Julie' and bought many cases of them.

But do you have freezer room?

[dsi1]

On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 11:37:47 PM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> I'm a Spaghetti and Meatballs and Mini Ravioli fan. I soak up the sauce
> with at least two slices of well buttered toast while drinking a cold
> glass of milk. I eat it about as often as you do. I actually love the
> stuff, but it gives me heartburn.
> My wife looks at me like I'm from a different planet while I'm eating
> it.
>
> leo

What the hell planet are you from? Just kidding. I don't know how it was where you're from but back in the early 60's that's how we ate spaghetti - from a can. I also used to enjoy making Chef Boyardee box pizza. We didn't have no Italians living on this rock so that was our introduction to ethnic food.

I would brown some hamburger in a pan and then add a can of spaghetti. If I wanted to get fancy, I'd top it with slices of American cheese. My wife said her Korean stepmom used to do a similar thing.

One can would feed our family of four. What a deal! I should eat that stuff because a can of that pasta can be had for under a buck - it's still a deal!

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Tue 27 Mar 2018 10:13:29a, l not -l told us...

>
> On 26-Mar-2018, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>
>> You know you love [to hate] them. I'll admit to eating 6-7
>> cans per
>> year for sustenance and sheer apathy. For $.88/can they're very
>> cost effective and keeps me from eating fast food. Pop top can,
>> pick up a spork from the deli department, and we're good to go!
>> I maybe heat up
>> 1 out of 5 cans - some of them taste better at room temp than
>> heated.
>>
>> I haven't found any way to doctor them up to where they taste
>> good/better, including the most obvious - Cheeses.
>> Suggestions?
>>

>> "Best":
>>
>> Mac & Beef
>> Spaghetti & [jumbo|mini] Meatballs
>> Lasagna
>> Chili Mac & Beef
>>
>> Worst:
>>
>> Chicken Alfredo
>> Ravioli (filled with nasty cracker meal and tasteless sauce)
>>

>> "Chef Boyardee - Feeding Strung Out Parent's Kids for 40 Years,
>> one Foodstamp at a Time!"

> I haven't had Chef Boyardee anything since 1968. I didn't know
> there several varieties until I saw this message. I only
> remember there being two kinds, long spaghetti and spaghetti
> rings (both overcooked) in an orange sauce.
>
> Chef Boyardee spaghetti was the worst thing I ever received in a
> care-package from home while serving in Vietnam. It was the
> worst because, it was just like the Spaghetti and Meatballs we
> ate (too) often in C-rations. And, you are right; there is
> nothing you can do to "doctor" them into something better.
>
> I do have a canned food I love to hate - Underwood Deviled Ham.
> I keep a can in the pantry and, every now and then, I can't help
> myself and have to have a deviled ham on soft, white bread -
> preferably with a couple of sandwich sliced bread and butter
> pickles.
>
I'veve never for ChefBoyardee, but David does oke it. Thre's no
accounting for taste. :-)

I do get a craving for Underwood Devilled Ham, and usually eat it on
crackers.

--

~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~

~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

**********************************************************

Wayne Boatwright

[Julie Bove]

<penm...@aol.com> wrote in message
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My standard breakfast in high school when I had time to make/eat it was a
can of beef ravioli (not sure there was any other kind) heated on the stove
and topped with granular Parmesan, parsley and some Doritos on the side. I
believe in those days the only Doritos you could get were the plain corn
ones.

Often there was no time to eat because the job I had at the time sometimes
involved my working at night and riding a van back home. I might get home
just in time to take a shower and change clothes. Mostly I survived on
coffee, caffeine pills, trail mix and the occasional dinner salad or bowl of
soup at a restaurant.

[Julie Bove]

"l not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote in message
news:XYuuC.79375$q15....@fx34.iad...

> I haven't had Chef Boyardee anything since 1968. I didn't know
> there several varieties until I saw this message. I only
> remember there being two kinds, long spaghetti and spaghetti
> rings (both overcooked) in an orange sauce.
>
> Chef Boyardee spaghetti was the worst thing I ever received in a
> care-package from home while serving in Vietnam. It was the
> worst because, it was just like the Spaghetti and Meatballs we
> ate (too) often in C-rations. And, you are right; there is
> nothing you can do to "doctor" them into something better.
>
> I do have a canned food I love to hate - Underwood Deviled Ham.
> I keep a can in the pantry and, every now and then, I can't help
> myself and have to have a deviled ham on soft, white bread -
> preferably with a couple of sandwich sliced bread and butter
> pickles.

I remember begging my mom to buy me the deviled ham. Somehow it sounded good
to me even though I hate ham. She kept telling me that I wouldn't like it
and she was right.

Although I can eat the spaghetti, it is by far not something I would ever
seek out.

[jmcquown]

On 3/27/2018 11:23 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "l not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote in message
> news:XYuuC.79375$q15....@fx34.iad...
>>
>> On 26-Mar-2018, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>>
>>> You know you love [to hate] them.  I'll admit to eating 6-7
>>> cans per
>>> year for sustenance and sheer apathy. For $.88/can they're very
>>> cost
>>> effective and keeps me from eating fast food.  Pop top can,
>>> pick up a
>>> spork from the deli department, and we're good to go!  I maybe
>>> heat up
>>> 1 out of 5 cans - some of them taste better at room temp than
>>> heated.
>>>
>>> I haven't found any way to doctor them up to where they taste
>>> good/better, including the most obvious - Cheeses.
>>> Suggestions?
>>>

>> I haven't had Chef Boyardee anything since 1968.  I didn't know
>> there several varieties until I saw this message.  I only
>> remember there being two kinds, long spaghetti and spaghetti
>> rings (both overcooked) in an orange sauce.
>>
>> Chef Boyardee spaghetti was the worst thing I ever received in a
>> care-package from home while serving in Vietnam.  It was the
>> worst because, it was just like the Spaghetti and Meatballs we
>> ate (too) often in C-rations.  And, you are right; there is
>> nothing you can do to "doctor" them into something better.
>>

(snippage)

> Although I can eat the spaghetti, it is by far not something I would
> ever seek out.

I'll bet if your gardener liked it you'd buy a case of the stuff! ;)

Jill

[Julie Bove]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:L0OuC.79621$q15....@fx34.iad...

I don't know anyone who likes it. And I would prefer not to serve it.
Spaghetti is dead easy and cheap to make. He doesn't seem to like pasta very
much but I still make it now and again, sauce from scratch.

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:32:19 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>

wrote:

>You know you love [to hate] them. I'll admit to eating 6-7 cans per
>year for sustenance and sheer apathy. For $.88/can they're very cost
>effective and keeps me from eating fast food. Pop top can, pick up a
>spork from the deli department, and we're good to go! I maybe heat up
>1 out of 5 cans - some of them taste better at room temp than heated.
>
>I haven't found any way to doctor them up to where they taste
>good/better, including the most obvious - Cheeses. Suggestions?
>

>"Best":
>
>Mac & Beef
>Spaghetti & [jumbo|mini] Meatballs
>Lasagna
>Chili Mac & Beef
>
>Worst:
>
>Chicken Alfredo
>Ravioli (filled with nasty cracker meal and tasteless sauce)
>
>"Chef Boyardee - Feeding Strung Out Parent's Kids for 40 Years, one
>Foodstamp at a Time!"
>

>-sw
I had to think for a bit. I knew Chef Boyardee was a brand name but
couldn't place what it was. I've never been around it, eaten it or
bought it.
Janet US

[m...@privacy.net]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:44:03 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>
wrote:

If I see it on sale, I'll pick up a few cans for emergencies. I like
the overstuffed ravioli, either sausage or beef. NOT often, but like
Dinty Moore stew, it keeps well, and is nice when I'm hungry at 3am,
and not in the mood to go full cooking.

[Dave Smith]

You're lucky. It's pretty bad stuff. I grew up in a WASP environment.
There were no Italians. Spaghetti came in a can with an orange sauce.

[penm...@aol.com]

Sauce from scratch your ass.

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Thu 29 Mar 2018 09:55:08a, told us...

I guess I've been THAT hungry at 3:0 a.m.

[penm...@aol.com]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:44:03 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>
wrote:

Where you live Franco American is Da Bomb.

[Gary]

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Those Top Ramen noodles do go bad. Those noodles are fried in palm
> oil and retain 12-14 grams of that fat. I've had them turn rancid in
> the pantry - especially since they're often not airtight.

That's good to know. Thanks for heads up, Steve. I have had other
dried products with oil go rancid. Lay's potato chips once. I
have a jar of Planter's Dry Roasted peanuts that's old. Last time
I had them they didn't taste right. I suspect rancid oil there
too. Been meaning to toss them so I just this minute did since
you reminded me of this.

[Gary]

Julie Bove wrote:
> Spaghetti is dead easy and cheap to make. He doesn't seem to like pasta very
> much but I still make it now and again, sauce from scratch.

I would *love* to hear your spaghetti sauce from scratch recipe.
Please post it. :)

[graham]

On 2018-03-29 9:44 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

>> -sw
> I had to think for a bit. I knew Chef Boyardee was a brand name but
> couldn't place what it was. I've never been around it, eaten it or
> bought it.
> Janet US
>

You are fortunate! When the boys were young I bought a can of Boyardee
ravioli for a quick and easy lunch. I tried some, found the taste vile
and never bought any more after that.

[Gary]

m...@privacy.net wrote:
>
> Dinty Moore stew, it keeps well, and is nice when I'm hungry at 3am,
> and not in the mood to go full cooking.

I sometimes keep that on hand too. Not as good as homemade beef
stew but then I rarely make beef stew. I have no problem with
that brand and usually get a can before hurricane season.

[U.S. Janet B.]

what's that?

[dsi1]

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 8:54:10 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> You are fortunate! When the boys were young I bought a can of Boyardee
> ravioli for a quick and easy lunch. I tried some, found the taste vile
> and never bought any more after that.

Your problem was partaking from the can. That stuff is made for kids i.e., sweet!

[Default User]

Uh oh, Spaghetti-Os! Franco-American was another producer of canned
foods. Owned by Campbells, for longer than I would have originally
thought. They have been phasing out the brand name.


Brian

[Hank Rogers]

Exactly! A lot of commercial foods were designed to appeal to children.
Lots of sugar was a prime ingredient in many of them. Cereals were often
marketed to children, with LOADS of sugar. Refined sugar is just crack
for children.

That reminds me of the old people mentioning "sugar tits". They would
put some sugar on a piece if cloth or their shirt tail, twist it up, and
stick it into a bawling babies mouth to quieten the screaming child :)

[penm...@aol.com]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-American_(brand)

[dsi1]

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 10:45:28 AM UTC-10, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> Exactly! A lot of commercial foods were designed to appeal to children.
> Lots of sugar was a prime ingredient in many of them. Cereals were often
> marketed to children, with LOADS of sugar. Refined sugar is just crack
> for children.
>
> That reminds me of the old people mentioning "sugar tits". They would
> put some sugar on a piece if cloth or their shirt tail, twist it up, and
> stick it into a bawling babies mouth to quieten the screaming child :)

Damn, that's a brilliant idea! Too bad I don't have any screaming brats to test out this awesome trick!

[Hank Rogers]

I like it too. It's pretty good and it's quick and easy. A few crackers
on the side, and you have a meal. It's also good for those that hike,
camp, hunt, or fish.

Also, some brands of canned chili is decent, and not necessarily the
expensive yuppie brands either. Problem is they keep changing, so a
brand may be good, then turn to crap. Hardy Jacks was the most recent
brand I liked (about $1 a can), but I haven't seen it at stores lately.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

In article <bb762b61-b46c-49d4...@googlegroups.com>,

dsi1 <dsi...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> What the hell planet are you from? Just kidding. I don't know how it was
> where you're from but back in the early 60's that's how we ate spaghetti -
> from a can. I also used to enjoy making Chef Boyardee box pizza. We didn't
> have no Italians living on this rock so that was our introduction to ethnic
> food.

Either Boyardee pizza in a box or Rice Krispy treats was the first
recipe I ever prepared. I ate the box pizza for about four years adding
nothing until I ate a real pizza in Reno in 1964. I would still buy
Boyardee pizza in a box at least once, if I could find it, for old
time's sake.

leo

[Dave Smith]

When I was a kid Boyardee Pizza was the only pizza. It may be the reason
that I never did learn to appreciate pizza.

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Thu 29 Mar 2018 03:07:33p, Dave Smith told us...

Because of my dad's work we had moved to 3 different cities by the
time I was 10 y.o., and none of them had a pizzaria. On the 4th move
we saw numerous pizza shops. School hadn't started yet and I met a
boy my age who lived on my street. He was Italian and suggested that
we bike over to a local pizza place. My first taste and I was in he
heaven.

[Dave Smith]

On 2018-03-29 6:56 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 29 Mar 2018 03:07:33p, Dave Smith told us...

>>

>> When I was a kid Boyardee Pizza was the only pizza. It may be the
>> reason that I never did learn to appreciate pizza.
>>
>
> Because of my dad's work we had moved to 3 different cities by the
> time I was 10 y.o., and none of them had a pizzaria. On the 4th move
> we saw numerous pizza shops. School hadn't started yet and I met a
> boy my age who lived on my street. He was Italian and suggested that
> we bike over to a local pizza place. My first taste and I was in he
> heaven.
>

I still have trouble disassociating it from the boxed stuff.

[m...@privacy.net]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:01:40 -0500, Hank Rogers <nos...@invalid.net>
wrote:

>Also, some brands of canned chili is decent, and not necessarily the
>expensive yuppie brands either. Problem is they keep changing, so a
>brand may be good, then turn to crap. Hardy Jacks was the most recent
>brand I liked (about $1 a can), but I haven't seen it at stores lately.

Dennison's was the ONLY canned chili I could take, then Con-Agra got
their clutches on it, and TOTALLY ruined it in one fell swoop.

It's now thin and watery, with NO body, and little taste.

[Hank Rogers]

I think it worked. My grandmother mentioned it sarcastically many years
ago. I can't say it was a good thing to do, but it kept grandpa from
slapping the brat!

[dsi1]

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 11:46:49 AM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> Either Boyardee pizza in a box or Rice Krispy treats was the first
> recipe I ever prepared. I ate the box pizza for about four years adding
> nothing until I ate a real pizza in Reno in 1964. I would still buy
> Boyardee pizza in a box at least once, if I could find it, for old
> time's sake.
>
> leo

The pizza in a box was damn fun. It was a complete kit with dough mix in a bag and cans of sauce and cheese. I love kits. Whoppie!

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Thu 29 Mar 2018 04:34:48p, told us...

Kroger's house brand of hot chili with meat and beans is the only one
I keep on the shelf if I don't have any homemade in the freezer.

[Hank Rogers]

I remember a wolf brand (not cheap) that was pretty good. I may have the
name wrong ... it's been so many years. Then it started coming in
cardboard containers, which was fine, but the new chili was watery and
tasteless. There have been others whose names I can't remember.

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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==

Ahh, was that where you learned to knead your dough in a bag? :))

I tried it after you talked about it and it worked fine:)

[Ophelia]

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
news:XnsA8B4A234D8B92wa...@85.214.115.223...

Because of my dad's work we had moved to 3 different cities by the
time I was 10 y.o., and none of them had a pizzaria. On the 4th move
we saw numerous pizza shops. School hadn't started yet and I met a
boy my age who lived on my street. He was Italian and suggested that
we bike over to a local pizza place. My first taste and I was in he
heaven.

Wayne Boatwright

==

The first time I tasted pizza was when we were living in Malta. An Italian
friend took me to a Pizzeria (I didn't know what it was). Like you, I was
in heaven:))

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Fri 30 Mar 2018 12:33:14a, Ophelia told us...

It's been many years, but IIRC, the Boyardee Pizza in a box was not a
yeast based dough and didn't really require tradition kneading. I
seem to recall that it was stirred together with a fork until a dough
formed, and then pressed out by hand into the pan.

[jmcquown]

Chef Boyardee ravioli works for a hurricane/power outage supply. I've
never cared for Dinty Moore or any canned beef stew. (I don't eat at
3AM, either!)

Jill

[Gary]

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Chef Boyardee ravioli works for a hurricane/power outage supply. I've
> never cared for Dinty Moore or any canned beef stew. (I don't eat at
> 3AM, either!)

Nothing wrong with eating at 3am....just call it early breakfast.
;)

[jmcquown]

LOL unless I'm having a bout of insomnia, I'm usually asleep at 3AM. As
for breakfast, I'm never really hungry until about 10 AM. :)

Jill

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:56:43 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
<waynebo...@xgmail.com> wrote:

>On Thu 29 Mar 2018 03:07:33p, Dave Smith told us...
>
>> On 2018-03-29 5:46 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <bb762b61-b46c-49d4...@googlegroups.com>, dsi1
>>> <dsi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Either Boyardee pizza in a box or Rice Krispy treats was the
>>> first recipe I ever prepared. I ate the box pizza for about four
>>> years adding nothing until I ate a real pizza in Reno in 1964. I
>>> would still buy Boyardee pizza in a box at least once, if I could
>>> find it, for old time's sake.
>>>
>>
>>
>> When I was a kid Boyardee Pizza was the only pizza. It may be the
>> reason that I never did learn to appreciate pizza.
>>
>
>Because of my dad's work we had moved to 3 different cities by the
>time I was 10 y.o., and none of them had a pizzaria. On the 4th move
>we saw numerous pizza shops. School hadn't started yet and I met a
>boy my age who lived on my street. He was Italian and suggested that
>we bike over to a local pizza place. My first taste and I was in he
>heaven.

I was introduced to pizza and Champale my first week at college. That
place and that combination became a favorite.
Janet US

[m...@privacy.net]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:29:35 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

I've always been a night person, as a kid, and more so as an adult.
I've had night jobs, or late evening jobs, and the last 30 years
working at home, it's been mostly at night.

[m...@privacy.net]

NOT if you're going to bed at 4-5am, and getting up at noon or 1pm..

I seldom eat 'breakfast' until I've been up 3-4 hours.

[jmcquown]

It wasn't really a commentary on what time you eat whatever, just
something I noticed. I realize lots of people work graveyard shifts so
their eating times/habits are surely different. I hope you don't mind
if I prefer to be soundly asleep at 3AM.

Jill

[penm...@aol.com]

"Ophelia" wrote:
>"dsi1" wrote in message

>Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>
>> Either Boyardee pizza in a box or Rice Krispy treats was the first
>> recipe I ever prepared. I ate the box pizza for about four years adding
>> nothing until I ate a real pizza in Reno in 1964. I would still buy
>> Boyardee pizza in a box at least once, if I could find it, for old
>> time's sake.
>

>The pizza in a box was damn fun. It was a complete kit with dough mix in a
>bag and cans of sauce and cheese. I love kits. Whoppie!
>
>==
>Ahh, was that where you learned to knead your dough in a bag? :))

That reminds me of a few gals who wouldn't let me remove their bras.
LOL

[dsi1]

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 9:33:44 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> ==
>
> Ahh, was that where you learned to knead your dough in a bag? :))
>
> I tried it after you talked about it and it worked fine:)

The pizza dough mix was made in a bowl. I came up with mixing and kneading bread dough in a bag around 4 years ago. It turns out that I'm not the first dude to think of this. I've read that people on boats will use this technique. I think it would work very well in a small ship's galley. In my case, I was just tired of having flour flying out of the bowl and making a mess.

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
news:dff1b805-96c8-4514...@googlegroups.com...

==

Aye, nothing wrong with that!!

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Fri 30 Mar 2018 11:00:50a, Ophelia told us...

I think it's a great idea, and less mess.

[m...@privacy.net]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:02:48 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>

As long as you're NOT trying to sleep near me, when I'm awake.
I try to be quiet, but there are limits.

[Julie Bove]

"graham" <g.st...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:p9jcoe$vl8$1...@dont-email.me...
> On 2018-03-29 9:44 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>>> -sw
>> I had to think for a bit. I knew Chef Boyardee was a brand name but
>> couldn't place what it was. I've never been around it, eaten it or
>> bought it.
>> Janet US
>>
> You are fortunate! When the boys were young I bought a can of Boyardee
> ravioli for a quick and easy lunch. I tried some, found the taste vile and
> never bought any more after that.

When it came to lunches at home, my brother and I had little choice. My mom
considered bread to be poison so we rarely had sandwiches and she didn't
like to cook. She was very fond of canned food. Mostly we had canned ravioli
or soup. Sometimes chili. Summertime was much better. I always had a garden
and could use that to make salad. I loved tomatoes stuffed with tuna salad.
Didn't get that often as my brother hates tomatoes.

[Julie Bove]

"dsi1" <dsi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6add853f-6f00-4f1a...@googlegroups.com...

> On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 8:54:10 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>> You are fortunate! When the boys were young I bought a can of Boyardee
>> ravioli for a quick and easy lunch. I tried some, found the taste vile
>> and never bought any more after that.
>

> Your problem was partaking from the can. That stuff is made for kids i.e.,
> sweet!

The worst in terms of sweetness is Spaghetios. I tried them a few years ago
and don't remember them ever being that sweet when I was a kid but they were
not something we had very often.

[Julie Bove]

"Hank Rogers" <nos...@invalid.net> wrote in message
news:p9jj90$gtm$1...@gioia.aioe.org...

> dsi1 wrote:
>> On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 8:54:10 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>>> You are fortunate! When the boys were young I bought a can of Boyardee
>>> ravioli for a quick and easy lunch. I tried some, found the taste vile
>>> and never bought any more after that.
>>
>> Your problem was partaking from the can. That stuff is made for kids
>> i.e., sweet!
>>
>

> Exactly! A lot of commercial foods were designed to appeal to children.
> Lots of sugar was a prime ingredient in many of them. Cereals were often
> marketed to children, with LOADS of sugar. Refined sugar is just crack for
> children.
>
> That reminds me of the old people mentioning "sugar tits". They would put
> some sugar on a piece if cloth or their shirt tail, twist it up, and stick
> it into a bawling babies mouth to quieten the screaming child :)

Yep and candy was considered a good lunch many years ago for kids.

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:5ABD3978...@att.net...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> Spaghetti is dead easy and cheap to make. He doesn't seem to like pasta
>> very
>> much but I still make it now and again, sauce from scratch.
>
> I would *love* to hear your spaghetti sauce from scratch recipe.
> Please post it. :)

I don't use a recipe. I just use whatever I have around. Some form of tomato
product to start with. If fresh, Romas are the best but I will take what I
have. I never peel them. I just chop them and cook them down. Add a little
olive oil and some herbs. I will be planting my herbs soon. When I have
them, fresh basil and parsley go in. Also salt and pepper. Some kind of
Italian cheese or cheeses. Those are added towards the end.

If I don't have fresh tomatoes, I'll use something canned. Chopped or whole,
sauce, never juice. That's too thin, IMO. I may or may not add a little
tomato paste from a tube. I may add dried herbs. Could be an Italian
seasoning blend, could be just oregano. I taste as I go. I never add sugar
but I might add a squeeze of lemon juice or a pinch of cinnamon.

I will add other veggies if I have them or as time allows. I do like a bit
of grated carrot. I might add celery (not too much), onion, bell pepper,
zucchini or on occasion, mushrooms. I almost always start with fresh veggies
but if the sauce is thinner than I like and I don't have time to cook it
down, I will add dried shallots, onions or peppers. They need to cook for
perhaps 3 minutes but they'll suck up some of the sauce and give it more
body. Once in a while I will add a little red wine.

I no longer cook my sauce all day. I did when I was younger. I don't think
that's necessary. If using canned stuff then half an hour of cooking at the
very least. An hour or more is better. Obviously fresh will take longer to
break down and thicken. What I will usually do it get it to the consistency
that I like, then turn turn the heat off and leave it on the stove for up to
two hours to let the flavors blend. Then I can quickly reheat it (adding the
cheese at this point) when I am ready to do the pasta.

I dislike meat in my sauce. I will use meatballs, ground beef or even
Italian sausages if I am cooking for others that are big meat eaters. I
generally won't eat it then though, or if I add meatballs, might take one or
two but mainly take my sauce trying to avoid the meatballs. I don't care
much for meatballs.

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:5ABD4C5C...@att.net...

> m...@privacy.net wrote:
>>
>> Dinty Moore stew, it keeps well, and is nice when I'm hungry at 3am,
>> and not in the mood to go full cooking.
>
> I sometimes keep that on hand too. Not as good as homemade beef
> stew but then I rarely make beef stew. I have no problem with
> that brand and usually get a can before hurricane season.

I haven't had any of that for years. It is okay for emergencies though.

[Julie Bove]

"Hank Rogers" <nos...@invalid.net> wrote in message

news:p9jk7i$iq8$1...@gioia.aioe.org...

> Gary wrote:
>> m...@privacy.net wrote:
>>>
>>> Dinty Moore stew, it keeps well, and is nice when I'm hungry at 3am,
>>> and not in the mood to go full cooking.
>>
>> I sometimes keep that on hand too. Not as good as homemade beef
>> stew but then I rarely make beef stew. I have no problem with
>> that brand and usually get a can before hurricane season.
>>
>

> I like it too. It's pretty good and it's quick and easy. A few crackers on
> the side, and you have a meal. It's also good for those that hike, camp,
> hunt, or fish.

>
> Also, some brands of canned chili is decent, and not necessarily the
> expensive yuppie brands either. Problem is they keep changing, so a brand
> may be good, then turn to crap. Hardy Jacks was the most recent brand I
> liked (about $1 a can), but I haven't seen it at stores lately.

Dollar Tree sells some that tastes good but it is a bit runny. They sell two
brands. I think the one I like is Hanover. Haven't tried the other one.

[Julie Bove]

<m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:pmtqbd5l1endp3olg...@4ax.com...

> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:01:40 -0500, Hank Rogers <nos...@invalid.net>
> wrote:
>

>>Also, some brands of canned chili is decent, and not necessarily the
>>expensive yuppie brands either. Problem is they keep changing, so a
>>brand may be good, then turn to crap. Hardy Jacks was the most recent
>>brand I liked (about $1 a can), but I haven't seen it at stores lately.
>

> Dennison's was the ONLY canned chili I could take, then Con-Agra got
> their clutches on it, and TOTALLY ruined it in one fell swoop.
>
> It's now thin and watery, with NO body, and little taste.

Aha! My friend said she really liked it but couldn't find it anywhere. I
found it and bought her a can but she said it wasn't the way she remembered
it. In this area, most canned chili is no longer cheap. If I do buy it, I
usually buy the store brand or sometimes Nalley. Nalley tastes okay but it
has soy protein in it. Why? I'd rather not eat that.

[Julie Bove]

"Hank Rogers" <nos...@invalid.net> wrote in message

news:p9k5li$1bc3$1...@gioia.aioe.org...

There is another called Stagg. I have not heard good things about that or
the Wolf.

[Julie Bove]

<m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:6qpsbddjpu9tp5u8e...@4ax.com...

Dang! That's pretty much my schedule!
>
>
>
>

[Julie Bove]

"Leonard Blaisdell" <leobla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:290320181446428649%leobla...@sbcglobal.net...

> In article <bb762b61-b46c-49d4...@googlegroups.com>,
> dsi1 <dsi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>

>> What the hell planet are you from? Just kidding. I don't know how it was
>> where you're from but back in the early 60's that's how we ate
>> spaghetti -
>> from a can. I also used to enjoy making Chef Boyardee box pizza. We
>> didn't
>> have no Italians living on this rock so that was our introduction to
>> ethnic
>> food.

>
> Either Boyardee pizza in a box or Rice Krispy treats was the first
> recipe I ever prepared. I ate the box pizza for about four years adding
> nothing until I ate a real pizza in Reno in 1964. I would still buy
> Boyardee pizza in a box at least once, if I could find it, for old
> time's sake.

I only ever had that boxed pizza once. I was an adult and a friend made it.
He had never made it before. We were both horrified.

[Julie Bove]

"Dave Smith" <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:JdevC.111306$mG5....@fx36.iad...

> On 2018-03-29 6:56 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 29 Mar 2018 03:07:33p, Dave Smith told us...
>
>>>

>>> When I was a kid Boyardee Pizza was the only pizza. It may be the
>>> reason that I never did learn to appreciate pizza.
>>>
>>
>> Because of my dad's work we had moved to 3 different cities by the
>> time I was 10 y.o., and none of them had a pizzaria. On the 4th move
>> we saw numerous pizza shops. School hadn't started yet and I met a
>> boy my age who lived on my street. He was Italian and suggested that
>> we bike over to a local pizza place. My first taste and I was in he
>> heaven.
>>

> I still have trouble disassociating it from the boxed stuff.

I just don't see the appeal. We went to Shakey's once a week when we lived
in Wichita. I have heard/read that their pizza is horrible but it was the
only one I knew. My parents always got sausage and black olive. I can't
stand meat on pizza unless it is a taco pizza and even then I would prefer
it with no meat. And for as much as I love olives, I don't like hot/cooked
ones. If I am making something with olives, I will add them after it's
cooked.

When I was a pre-teen we went to Pizza Haven once in a while on buffet
night. They had all you could eat salad bar and pizza. I think they only
ever had perhaps 4 different kinds out at once with cheese being one of
them. The cheese was okay and so was the bacon. But I have tried bacon pizza
elsewhere and it wasn't good. I would just as soon live without pizza
though.

[Julie Bove]

"dsi1" <dsi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:dff1b805-96c8-4514...@googlegroups.com...

---

I do that now with crumb/crumble/crisp type toppings.

[Gary]

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> When it came to lunches at home, my brother and I had little choice. My mom
> considered bread to be poison so we rarely had sandwiches and she didn't
> like to cook. She was very fond of canned food.

Hmmmmm.... ;-o

[Gary]

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> The worst in terms of sweetness is Spaghetios. I tried them a few years ago
> and don't remember them ever being that sweet when I was a kid but they were
> not something we had very often.

The first few years after I moved out on my own I stayed super
busy. When not working, I was surfing every chance I got plus
spent alot of time with my band practicing. Also lots of time
with my room mates (4 of us sharing rent on a 2-story condo).
Also always had a current girlfriend most times. I did very
little cooking then other than on 2 holidays...Thanksgiving and
Christmas.

I often ate spaghettios for a quick fix...just to fill up and go
again. Ate with a spoon right out of the can. I liked them well
enough room temperature but they thin out and turn soupy when
heated. Didn't like them heated. I should buy a can now and see
what I think 45 years later. Added to grocery list.

As you suggested though - after all these years, the ingredients
might very well have changed.

[Gary]

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> Yep and candy was considered a good lunch many years ago for kids.

Ummmm....no?

[Janet]

In article <p9n6mp$v15$1...@dont-email.me>, juli...@frontier.com says...

> When it came to lunches at home, my brother and I had little choice. My mom
> considered bread to be poison so we rarely had sandwiches and she didn't
> like to cook. She was very fond of canned food. Mostly we had canned ravioli
> or soup. Sometimes chili. Summertime was much better. I always had a garden
> and could use that to make salad. I loved tomatoes stuffed with tuna salad.
> Didn't get that often as my brother hates tomatoes.
>

<sob> Your entire life is such a tragedy, you brave little suffergit.
<sniffle>

Janet UK


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[Hank Rogers]

On 3/31/2018 7:03 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article <p9n6mp$v15$1...@dont-email.me>, juli...@frontier.com says...
>
>> When it came to lunches at home, my brother and I had little choice. My mom
>> considered bread to be poison so we rarely had sandwiches and she didn't
>> like to cook. She was very fond of canned food. Mostly we had canned ravioli
>> or soup. Sometimes chili. Summertime was much better. I always had a garden
>> and could use that to make salad. I loved tomatoes stuffed with tuna salad.
>> Didn't get that often as my brother hates tomatoes.
>>
>
>
> <sob> Your entire life is such a tragedy, you brave little suffergit.
> <sniffle>

A red hot welding rod up your nose would be a joy to behold.

[Bruce]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 07:54:35 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> The worst in terms of sweetness is Spaghetios. I tried them a few years ago
>> and don't remember them ever being that sweet when I was a kid but they were
>> not something we had very often.
>
>The first few years after I moved out on my own I stayed super
>busy. When not working, I was surfing every chance I got plus
>spent alot of time with my band practicing. Also lots of time
>with my room mates (4 of us sharing rent on a 2-story condo).
>Also always had a current girlfriend most times. I did very
>little cooking then other than on 2 holidays...Thanksgiving and
>Christmas.

How did you go from that lifestyle to being a Republican? Did you
smoke a bad joint, hit your head or meet the wrong woman?

[Hank Rogers]

How do yoose wash the shit off yoose rectocranial inverted head?

[Rafe Elm]

How did you become such an intolerant asshat?

[Hank Rogers]

On 3/31/2018 7:52 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:32:31 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> Chef Boyardee ravioli works for a hurricane/power outage supply. I've
>>> never cared for Dinty Moore or any canned beef stew. (I don't eat at
>>> 3AM, either!)
>>
>> Nothing wrong with eating at 3am....just call it early breakfast.
>

> I had a can of Chefboyardee Spaghetti and Meatballs at 3:30am this
> morning. Right out of the can. Then I went back to sleep at 6:30AM.
> Then lunch was a 4-Way (no beans). Dinner was Whopper Jr's and Fries.
> IOW, I had a junk food day.
>
> -sw
>

Mmmm...great for developing that jiggly belly fat!

[Hank Rogers]

On 3/31/2018 7:47 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:34:48 -0700, m...@privacy.net wrote:
>
>> Dennison's was the ONLY canned chili I could take, then Con-Agra got
>> their clutches on it, and TOTALLY ruined it in one fell swoop.
>>
>> It's now thin and watery, with NO body, and little taste.
>

> I used to be a Dennisons fan back in the 80's and 90's. No beans,
> with big chunks of meat. Last I had it it was worse than Wolf and
> Whoremel. And those are pretty bad.
>
> I also loved their lima beans and ham. CanAgra axed it completely.
>
> -sw
>
Now you have to buy your Troll Chow from Purina...

[Hank Rogers]

Aww, that's so sweet. You really love him.

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:5ABF8519...@att.net...

> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> Yep and candy was considered a good lunch many years ago for kids.
>
> Ummmm....no?

It was. Probably before your time.

[Julie Bove]

"Janet" <nob...@home.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.352997837...@news.individual.net...

> In article <p9n6mp$v15$1...@dont-email.me>, juli...@frontier.com says...
>
>> When it came to lunches at home, my brother and I had little choice. My
>> mom
>> considered bread to be poison so we rarely had sandwiches and she didn't
>> like to cook. She was very fond of canned food. Mostly we had canned
>> ravioli
>> or soup. Sometimes chili. Summertime was much better. I always had a
>> garden
>> and could use that to make salad. I loved tomatoes stuffed with tuna
>> salad.
>> Didn't get that often as my brother hates tomatoes.
>>
>
>
> <sob> Your entire life is such a tragedy, you brave little suffergit.
> <sniffle>
>
> Janet UK

Suffergit

[Bruce]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 23:23:03 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Mar 2018 22:35:08 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> When it came to lunches at home, my brother and I had little choice. My mom
>> considered bread to be poison so we rarely had sandwiches and she didn't
>> like to cook.
>

>So your mother made you the food phobiast you are today.

Whereas you're the opposite. The only thing you love is food and more
food and more food. Oink, oink.

[Bruce]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 23:21:28 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:04:11 -0000 (UTC), Default User wrote:
>
>> U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:56:53 -0400, penm...@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>> Where you live Franco American is Da Bomb.
>>>
>>> what's that?
>>
>> Uh oh, Spaghetti-Os! Franco-American was another producer of canned
>> foods. Owned by Campbells, for longer than I would have originally
>> thought. They have been phasing out the brand name.
>
>The dates are all messed up on Wiki for Franco American. It says
>Campbell's bought them in 1915. More like 50 years later.
>
>Campbell's starting dumping the brand name when France starting
>picking on Bush Jr.

The whole world started picking on Bush Jr. But nobody could have know
that after Reagan and Bush Jr. y'all would soon elect an even bigger
idiot. We underestimated y'all.

[Jinx the Minx]

Leonard Blaisdell <leobla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> In article <bb762b61-b46c-49d4...@googlegroups.com>,
> dsi1 <dsi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> What the hell planet are you from? Just kidding. I don't know how it was
>> where you're from but back in the early 60's that's how we ate spaghetti -
>> from a can. I also used to enjoy making Chef Boyardee box pizza. We didn't
>> have no Italians living on this rock so that was our introduction to ethnic
>> food.
>
> Either Boyardee pizza in a box or Rice Krispy treats was the first
> recipe I ever prepared. I ate the box pizza for about four years adding
> nothing until I ate a real pizza in Reno in 1964. I would still buy
> Boyardee pizza in a box at least once, if I could find it, for old
> time's sake.
>

> leo
>

Target sells it!

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:

>
> Gary wrote:
> >The first few years after I moved out on my own I stayed super
> >busy. When not working, I was surfing every chance I got plus
> >spent alot of time with my band practicing. Also lots of time
> >with my room mates (4 of us sharing rent on a 2-story condo).
> >Also always had a current girlfriend most times. I did very
> >little cooking then other than on 2 holidays...Thanksgiving and
> >Christmas.
>
> How did you go from that lifestyle to being a Republican? Did you
> smoke a bad joint, hit your head or meet the wrong woman?

All of the above plus a few other reasons. (sigh!) ;)

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:
>
> The whole world started picking on Bush Jr. But nobody could have know
> that after Reagan and Bush Jr. y'all would soon elect an even bigger
> idiot. We underestimated y'all.

We are all human. Every one makes mistakes. Not too bad to do as
long as you learn from your mistakes and don't repeat them.

Never have we had a president that constantly gets picked on
every single day in the news and even within his own party. Then
too are the golddigger women of his past trying to out him.

His contant internet Tweets is not very presidential at all.
Embarrassing.

He's obviously a "newbie" to the political arena and just
learning as he goes. Look at all his hirings and firings. In my
lifetime, I've never known a president that needs to defend
himself daily as all this nonsense.

I've said before and, within reason, we should honor and support
the office if not the man.

I hope he deals with his upcoming meeting with North Korea's
leader in a friendly manner, and not try to be a bully. That
meeting will hopefully be a courteous friendly one and good
progress might be made. Two people can talk decently even though
they have differences and hopefully they won't talk like two
RFC-ers here on this newsgroup. lol

Remember the Korean Olympics where Un's sister was sitting in the
stands and South Korean president walked up there and greeted
her? Meanwhile they showed Pence and his wife sitting right below
them completely ignoring the woman. Pence also skipped some
dinner that included the NK sister. How rude was that by our
vice president and the USA in general?

With all of the Korean stress and the usa, I feel that shunning
during a worldwide friendly competition is about the most
embarrassing the USA has ever done. How rude of us as a country.
No wonder so many hate americans. The USA has completely lost
face, imo. We wear the shame.

Don't worry though world. We will right this wrong in less than 3
years. My prediction is that he won't even run again or if he
does, he will easily lose.....unless maybe Hillary tries for a
third time. god help us all.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Sunday, April 1, 2018 at 10:51:30 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
> >
> > The whole world started picking on Bush Jr. But nobody could have know
> > that after Reagan and Bush Jr. y'all would soon elect an even bigger
> > idiot. We underestimated y'all.
>
> We are all human. Every one makes mistakes. Not too bad to do as
> long as you learn from your mistakes and don't repeat them.
>
> Never have we had a president that constantly gets picked on
> every single day in the news and even within his own party. Then
> too are the golddigger women of his past trying to out him.

If he'd kept it in his pants, there wouldn't be anything to out.
It's his own fault.

> His contant internet Tweets is not very presidential at all.
> Embarrassing.
>
> He's obviously a "newbie" to the political arena and just
> learning as he goes. Look at all his hirings and firings. In my
> lifetime, I've never known a president that needs to defend
> himself daily as all this nonsense.
>

It was a mistake to elect a man who "learns as he goes". I wouldn't
want a brain surgeon who is apprenticing (heh) in his craft, and
overall the stakes are much lower for the brain surgeon than for
POTUS.

> I've said before and, within reason, we should honor and support
> the office if not the man.
>

We honor the office by criticizing the man who is utterly unfit to
hold it.

Cindy Hamilton

[penm...@aol.com]

Jinx the Minx wrote:
>Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

>> dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> What the hell planet are you from? Just kidding. I don't know how it was
>>> where you're from but back in the early 60's that's how we ate spaghetti -
>>> from a can. I also used to enjoy making Chef Boyardee box pizza. We didn't
>>> have no Italians living on this rock so that was our introduction to ethnic
>>> food.
>>
>> Either Boyardee pizza in a box or Rice Krispy treats was the first
>> recipe I ever prepared. I ate the box pizza for about four years adding
>> nothing until I ate a real pizza in Reno in 1964. I would still buy
>> Boyardee pizza in a box at least once, if I could find it, for old
>> time's sake.
>

>Target sells it!

Every time I see your name I'm reminded that a minx is a mischivious
woman with an insatiable sex drive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insatiable_(film)

[Casa de Masa]

https://imgur.com/a/CWp2v

[Dave Smith]

On 2018-04-01 10:51 AM, Gary wrote:

> Never have we had a president that constantly gets picked on
> every single day in the news and even within his own party. Then
> too are the golddigger women of his past trying to out him.

He doesn't get picked on. People react to his idiocy.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:51:46 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> The whole world started picking on Bush Jr. But nobody could have know
>> that after Reagan and Bush Jr. y'all would soon elect an even bigger
>> idiot. We underestimated y'all.
>
>We are all human. Every one makes mistakes. Not too bad to do as
>long as you learn from your mistakes and don't repeat them.

Well:
<https://daysofchange.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/bush_dailymirror_dumb_people.jpg?w=229&h=300>

(...)

>I hope he deals with his upcoming meeting with North Korea's
>leader in a friendly manner, and not try to be a bully. That
>meeting will hopefully be a courteous friendly one and good
>progress might be made. Two people can talk decently even though
>they have differences and hopefully they won't talk like two
>RFC-ers here on this newsgroup. lol

The Korean is totally insane. It might be hard to come out of that
meeting looking like you've achieved something.

(...)

>With all of the Korean stress and the usa, I feel that shunning
>during a worldwide friendly competition is about the most
>embarrassing the USA has ever done. How rude of us as a country.
>No wonder so many hate americans. The USA has completely lost
>face, imo. We wear the shame.

Kim Thingie was just in China. It would have been good if they had
thrown him in jail, installed a transition government in North-Korea
and ended those people's nightmare. I guess it's not done.

>Don't worry though world. We will right this wrong in less than 3
>years. My prediction is that he won't even run again or if he
>does, he will easily lose.....unless maybe Hillary tries for a
>third time. god help us all.

Lol, I think she's learned her lesson: y'all don't like her.

[Bruce]

lol, ok

[Doris Night]

When I was about 6 or 7 years old (we're going back about 60 years), I
remember my mother serving my sister and me bowls of corn syrup for
lunch. Not HFCS, but the old fashioned kind used for baking.

She'd give us slices of white bread to dip in the corn syrup, and the
bread was spread with margarine.

Anyone doing that today would probably be reported to Childrens' Aid.

Doris

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Sun 01 Apr 2018 02:21:43p, Doris Night told us...

Any Particular reason why she woud do that? It seems rather odd.

--

~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~

~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

**********************************************************

Wayne Boatwright

[Julie Bove]

"Doris Night" <goodnig...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d4j2cdhrf5sip1ebd...@4ax.com...

My friend ate sugar toast for breakfast. Toast with margarine and plain
sugar.

I no longer have the books but they were books about food history. Long
before the schools here starting serving lunches (although some in rural
areas did make stew or some such thing in the winter), food vendors would
pull up outside the schools around lunch time. Many sold candy. Not so much
candy as we know today. It was often laced with colors or flavors that might
be poison.

I'm sure there are probably some online websites that mention this but my
little bit of poking around didn't turn anything up.

[Julie Bove]

"Wayne Boatwright" <waynebo...@xgmail.com> wrote in message
news:XnsA8B79F827CECDwa...@85.214.115.223...

> On Sun 01 Apr 2018 02:21:43p, Doris Night told us...
>
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:42:27 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message
>>>news:5ABF8519...@att.net...
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep and candy was considered a good lunch many years ago for
>>>>> kids.
>>>>
>>>> Ummmm....no?
>>>
>>>It was. Probably before your time.
>>
>> When I was about 6 or 7 years old (we're going back about 60
>> years), I remember my mother serving my sister and me bowls of
>> corn syrup for lunch. Not HFCS, but the old fashioned kind used
>> for baking.
>>
>> She'd give us slices of white bread to dip in the corn syrup, and
>> the bread was spread with margarine.
>>
>> Anyone doing that today would probably be reported to Childrens'
>> Aid.
>>
>> Doris
>>
>
> Any Particular reason why she woud do that? It seems rather odd.
>

Not at all. Baby formula made at home had corn syrup in it too. It was
considered to be soothing and have good nutritional value.

Here are some examples of depression era meals. I've read that banana
sandwiches were common. Overripe bananas were either cheap or free and bread
was cheap.

[John Kuthe]

On Sunday, April 1, 2018 at 11:30:46 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
...

> Here are some examples of depression era meals. I've read that banana
> sandwiches were common. Overripe bananas were either cheap or free and bread
> was cheap.

In the early 1960's when I was a small child my mother used to feed me Parkay margarine sandwiches on Wonder Bread! YUCK!! But I liked them as a kid.

John Kuthe...

[Bruce]

On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 23:17:33 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
wrote:

>On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:21:43 -0400, Doris Night wrote:
>
>> When I was about 6 or 7 years old (we're going back about 60 years), I
>> remember my mother serving my sister and me bowls of corn syrup for
>> lunch. Not HFCS, but the old fashioned kind used for baking.
>>
>> She'd give us slices of white bread to dip in the corn syrup, and the
>> bread was spread with margarine.
>>
>> Anyone doing that today would probably be reported to Childrens' Aid.
>

>Buttered toast with chocolate sprinkles is a favorite of the ...
>Australians? New Zealanders? One of those inbreds.

Texans?

[Julie Bove]

"Sqwertz" <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
news:1ql24x3p...@sqwertz.com...

> On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:21:43 -0400, Doris Night wrote:
>

>> When I was about 6 or 7 years old (we're going back about 60 years), I
>> remember my mother serving my sister and me bowls of corn syrup for
>> lunch. Not HFCS, but the old fashioned kind used for baking.
>>
>> She'd give us slices of white bread to dip in the corn syrup, and the
>> bread was spread with margarine.
>>
>> Anyone doing that today would probably be reported to Childrens' Aid.
>

> Buttered toast with chocolate sprinkles is a favorite of the ...
> Australians? New Zealanders? One of those inbreds.

And then there's that hideous Nutella.

[Ophelia]

"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:p9sbli$7l8$1...@dont-email.me...

==

We never got free bananas but I remember banana sandwiches:)) Oh yes, and
it was always margarine!

[Ophelia]

"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:p9s8ie$rnq$1...@dont-email.me...

==

Yes! I used to have sugar toast too:)

[Julie Bove]

"John Kuthe" <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:58604ffc-66f3-4f19...@googlegroups.com...

We had Blue Bonnet but rarely had sandwiches. Mostly cold meatloaf for road
trips. Occasionally we had Wonder Bread but it was usually the crappy stuff
for 25 cents a loaf from U Markit. And the bread had been in the freezer.

[Julie Bove]

"Ophelia" <OphiEl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fie6ai...@mid.individual.net...

Once in a great while we had cinnamon toast. I always put waaay too much
sugar on it then broiled it in the oven until the sugar got crisp.