Crushed saltine crackers in milk?

[FarmerTan]

Funny thing is...Goldie was my father's mother's name. True story.

I like the older names. That was the funnest part of being a geriatric nurse all those years! And now those names are making a comeback! I even met a baby named "Gertrude" the other day. How cool is that?!

 

[RedCpt79]

My grandfather did the same with crackers when I was growing up.

 

[Maxwedge]

I like to eat the sardines, then crush crackers into the can juice.

The life of a hobo is not glamorous.

 

[timetofly]

I like the older names. That was the funnest part of being a geriatric nurse all those years! And now those names are making a comeback! I even met a baby named "Gertrude" the other day. How cool is that?!

Clarence has made a comeback also.

I knew one that was 12' - 7" high!

 

[FarmerTan]

I like to eat the sardines, then crush crackers into the can juice.

The life of a hobo is not glamorous.

You and my Grannie would have gotten along famously my friend! She and I ate sardines and crackers as a treat. Sweet, sweet lady.

 

[FarmerTan]

Clarence has made a comeback also.

I knew one that was 12' - 7" high!

I wanna party with that dude.

 

[timetofly]

I wanna party with that dude.

 

[Eric_75]

Clarence has made a comeback also.

Clarence was the main bully at the Catholic school I went to growing up. I'd like to meet him in a dark alley now. Just kidding....I forgave him a long time ago.

Perhaps I should send him a 12 pack of Arko sticks.

 

[timetofly]

Clarence was the main bully at the Catholic school I went to growing up. I'd like to meet him in a dark alley now. Just kidding....I forgave him a long time ago.

Perhaps I should send him a 12 pack of Arko sticks.

Catholic school that had nuns, or lay teachers? I'm thinking the latter. If there were nuns, Clarence would have been short lived!

 

[Eric_75]

Catholic school that had nuns, or lay teachers? I'm thinking the latter. If there were nuns, Clarence would have been short lived!

Nuns were a rarity around there.

 

[timetofly]

Nuns were a rarity around there.

Not for me. They were like box elder bugs.

 

[Eric_75]

Not for me. They were like box elder bugs.

So, I have Purgatory time left to do?

 

[ctr]

Butter on saltines. Good stuff.

 

[ctr]

You nailed it my friend. My Dad was dirt poor from the time he was about 3 or 4 until after WW2. You ate or you didn't, and choices were limited. We've had it pretty good in the US of A for a long time, too long by the looks of the amount of food I see people throw away.

My grandmother taught me how to cook. Not just good meals but hard times meals. One sausage for a family of four? Gravy and biscuits will stretch it.

 

[Old Hippie]

Clarence was my dad's first name, but he hated it and went by his middle name, Dale.

My maternal grandmother's name was Houri. Pronounced "hyoo-rye" and apparently (to her intense disgust) the name of a famous racehorse at the time she was born in the late 1800s. Her dad's name was Meshach so I guess odd names ran in that family.

I was amused to note when I first moved to Canada in 2004 that I suddenly started running into a lot of women with names like Lillian, Vivian, Edith, etc. -- and all of the ones I met were in their 30s at most.

O.H.

 

[ChriWilson]

Salted peanuts into a can of Coke anyone ?

 

[jaro 101969]

My brother would crush almost an entire sleeve of saltines into a big bowl and add a can of Campbell’s Chicken & Rice soup. It was like porridge with loads of black pepper. He did it, I did it.

To this day, that's about the only way I'll eat soup.

 

[Ted A]

When I was a kid, my father would crush up saltine crackers with his hands, put them in a bowl and pour milk on them. He would eat it like cereal. It was one of his favorite snacks.

Have any of you ever heard of this? It still seems strange to me.

Until he got a little better off and switched to Grape Nuts, my dad had “Cow Whoopeee”, crushed saltines with milk and honey on them for breakfast.

 

[Ted A]

Clarence was the main bully at the Catholic school I went to growing up. I'd like to meet him in a dark alley now. Just kidding....I forgave him a long time ago.

Perhaps I should send him a 12 pack of Arko sticks.

Now that would be a cruel revenge.

 

[Fred D]

Yes. I have heard of this before.

My father was notorious for his radish sandwhich. People that grew up during the depression, as my father did, made some weird things in my opinion.
Anyone for rendered bacon fat schmeered on bread?

My Grandfather who also lived during the depression, got me hooked on mayonnaise sandwiches. I still every once in a while will make one to honor my wonderful memories of him.