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re: Food and activities us OT Poors had growing up
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:31 am to CAD703X
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:31 am to CAD703X
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- cheese toast (is this still a thing?)
You are damn right it is still a thing, sir, and you or anyone else will not be disparaging it as long as I'm around, got it?
Seriously, when I don't have a clue what I want to eat, or I haven't been to a grocery store in a bit, I throw a piece of cheese on a slice of bread into the oven. Sometimes I go crazy and do a sugar cinnamon piece for "dessert".
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Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:32 am to CAD703X
My mom makes the absolute best dough burgers you can find. Also called slug burgers or weeks burgers here in NE MS. That was the burger you got when meat was running short before the weekly Saturday grocery store run.
It’s hamburger meat with a flour or other filler to extend the amount you can make with just hamburger meat.
It’s now a delicacy that is one of the things that makes Corinth MS famous. (Other than having a rail road crossing that was responsible for killing or wounding about 50,000 or so people in total).
The 2nd best at making them, Willie Weeks of Booneville, MS has sadly passed away. His old cafe trailer, a spot frequented by many of Northeast MS Junior College students in the day, sits empty and depressing.
It’s hamburger meat with a flour or other filler to extend the amount you can make with just hamburger meat.
It’s now a delicacy that is one of the things that makes Corinth MS famous. (Other than having a rail road crossing that was responsible for killing or wounding about 50,000 or so people in total).
The 2nd best at making them, Willie Weeks of Booneville, MS has sadly passed away. His old cafe trailer, a spot frequented by many of Northeast MS Junior College students in the day, sits empty and depressing.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:33 am to CAD703X
Great list.
Buy day old donuts at a discount. The next mornings slice in half to turn a dozen donuts into two dozen.
Butter them up then toast until they start to turn brown on the edges.
Truly a gift from the food gods.
Buy day old donuts at a discount. The next mornings slice in half to turn a dozen donuts into two dozen.
Butter them up then toast until they start to turn brown on the edges.
Truly a gift from the food gods.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:33 am to CAD703X
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used to get so excited when i saw that green tupperware in the sink with the dough ball inside rising
Yep, no Tomato soup today
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:33 am to cgrand
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round steak with rice and gravy
Nothing wrong with that.
Enjoyed it as a kid and still enjoy it today.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:34 am to CAD703X
I'm still trying to figure out how I was a little chubby kid when I skipped school lunch every day to save my money so I could buy more CDs at FYE in the mall.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:36 am to Bullfrog
quote:holy crap i forgot about the 'thrift shop'
Buy day old donuts at a discount.
it was a treat to hit the thrift shop and get stale baked goods...at least goods priced 'within reason'.
i remember when 'bedknobs and broomsticks' came out you would get a discount on tickets if you brought in either thing to eastgate cinema.
i swear i'm not making this up, either. i remember my mom going at 2 old brooms with a saw to cut the broom head off so we could afford to see the movie.This post was edited on 8/2/23 at 11:38 am
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:36 am to jaytothen
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Cold cheese and mayo sandwich slapped as a kid.
Yup…. Did a lot of shite on a shingle too. Our version was ground beef on top of toast. I think that’s where my taste for ketchup came from, trying to moisten that shite up a bit.
Crackers and milk…. Basically soggy arse cereal.
Go to was ground meat and potatoes on top of rice and round steak and rice n gravy when the gettin was good. To this day I’ll make the ground meat and potatoes every now and then and it takes me to a good place for about 5-10 min…. Makes the Ol heart warm. Good memories of my mom, since she’s gone for about 10yrs now.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:37 am to CAD703X
Snap beans everyday that maw maw made
Most of the kids at school didn’t know what it was
Most of the kids at school didn’t know what it was
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:37 am to Bullfrog
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Buy day old donuts at a discount.
THe bread store was where my mm shopped for baked goods
Day old, half priced stuff
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:38 am to CAD703X
Hanging out at our summer home in Carmel and taking our yacht out on the water.
(You said OT poor, not regular poor.)
(You said OT poor, not regular poor.)
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:38 am to CAD703X
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cheese toast (is this still a thing?
This is not a poors food. Middle class version was made with cracker barrel sharp cheddar slices and and broiled till it got a little burnt.
Also cinnamon toast for breakfast
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:38 am to CAD703X
I’m glad you can look back on these memories fondly, not everyone is so lucky.
And I’m really glad that we weren’t poor.
And I’m really glad that we weren’t poor.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:39 am to Jake88
quote:lettuce on the bottom
Did yours have some shredded cheese on it? Hadn't thought about this in decades.
then a canned pear
then mayo & shredded cheese and topped with a maraschino cherry
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:40 am to GreenRockTiger
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Snap beans everyday that maw maw made
i used to sit for hours with a beat up porcelain bowl shelling peas. i dont know where they even came from but i'd come home and there would be a MOUNTAIN of beans sitting next to a chair in the backyard and i knew what i was going to be doing that day.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:41 am to CAD703X
quote:yup
MOUNTAIN of beans sitting next to a chair in the backyard and i knew what i was going to be doing that day.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:41 am to CAD703X
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it was a treat to hit the thrift shop and get stale baked goods...at least goods priced 'within reason'.
My mom would do Christmas shopping the week after Christmas, when toys were half priced at western auto
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:41 am to CAD703X
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holy crap i forgot about the 'thrift shop'
it was a treat to hit the thrift shop and get stale baked goods...at least goods priced 'within reason'.
Hehe, my aunt volunteered at the "bread cabinet" or "bakery something or the other" for her church. They got just piles of stuff donated, more than they could ever give away. She'd bring my grandmother (her mom) stuff once or twice a week.
My grandmother finally told her, "If you bring one more stale cake or loaf of bread into this house I am going to find my gun and shoot you."
True story.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:42 am to CAD703X
Asparagus from a can topped with mayo
Cod fish (canned) balls
Mirlitons (grown in the yard) with canned treat
Cod fish (canned) balls
Mirlitons (grown in the yard) with canned treat
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:43 am to CAD703X
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This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 10:06 am
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