Middle Aged Memories

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    My mother didn't do that, but I know people who did.  I like cottage cheese, just not in my lime jello.  As a matter of fact, you can keep the lime jello, too.

  • elimar
    elimar Member Posts: 5,890

    I have plastic molds to make ice pops.  Made them with juice when kids were little.  Made frozen JELLO pops in them too.  I should try my hand at frozen yogurt pops one of these days.  Now where did I put those molds?  Probably next to the Snoopy Snow Cone maker.

  • sugar77
    sugar77 Member Posts: 1,328

    Speaking of home made popsicles, last night I was reading my August issue of Martha Stewart's Everyday Food magazine and there was a little article and recipe for making them with fresh fruit and yogurt.  It looked really good in the picture (my stuff never looks as good as they picture!) and I might try making them with my daughter.  

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    Have you ever watched the show on Food Network about food staging?  So many times the food you see in magazines isn't actually the food they are depicting, sometimes the food is not even cooked properly.  But it sure looks great.

  • hobie644
    hobie644 Member Posts: 9

    Since I'm from the same era, I had to chime in.  Waffle Stompers!  Remember those? They made waffle prints when you walked on dirt.  I had a pair that I wore with everything...dispite my Mom's disgust!

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    Meece--I've see that show, or something very much like it.  They use mashed potatoes for ice cream because it doesn't melt and it colors to resemble ice cream--I was appalled at that one!  Recently Dominos has been running TV ads where they refer to and show a few of the things they do to pizza to photograph it.

  • sugar77
    sugar77 Member Posts: 1,328

    hobie644 - wow...waffle stompers sound interesting.  I didn't have any of those.  I did, however, have a pair of moon boots in the early '70s.  They were a sight!

  • hobie644
    hobie644 Member Posts: 9

    Sugar77:  I remember moon boots!!!  I had a pair or 2. They were great for wearing in the snow...really kept your feet warm.  

  • sugar77
    sugar77 Member Posts: 1,328

    hobie - I bet you also had Earth Shoes.  Remember them?  The heel was lower than the toe.  I was in grade six and my feet were too small for adult earth shoes but I told my mom they fit and then stuffed Kleenex in the toe so my feet wouldn't slip out.  I wanted them so badly!!!

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    I remember waffle stompers, we called them waffle boots.  Didn't they resemble hiking boots?  And Earth Shoes, or their cheaper knock-offs.

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    A slight change in subjects, I saw something this morning that I haven't seen for years and years.  Curb Whiskers.  My uncle always had curb whiskers on his cars.  He wanted to protect those white walls.

    curb whiskers Pictures, Images and Photos

  • hobie644
    hobie644 Member Posts: 9

    Sugar:  yes, I did have a pair of earth shoes, if I remember correct, they became popular couple years or so after waffle stompers were the "in thing!"

    Meese:  waffle stompers did resemble hiking boots. and  I didn't know they were called "curb whiskers" I haven't seen those in years either!

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    The curb whiskers are a new one on me--I wonder if they are still around?  I tend to get too close to the curb when I park and those might help, or at least be a conversation starter! 

    I remember Moon Boots, and they were very warm, the only boots that ever kept my feet dry in the winter.  I sometimes wish I could find them again. . . 

  • sugar77
    sugar77 Member Posts: 1,328

    Did anyone have clackers in the '70s?  Clackers were little glass balls on a string wth a loop in the centre.  You would hold them by the loop and the glass balls would click (...or clack?) together below and above your hand.  There were such a craze back then. 
     
  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    I remember having clackers VERY briefly, and having them taken away by my mother who couldn't stand the noise!

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 4,642

    I just bought a pair of earth shoes a couple weeks ago....also had them the first time around...

    yup...had clackers....thank goodness they didn't make a come back as I would never want them in my house these days...

    moon boots...ugly but warm.....even with our cold and snow here, they are probably too warm for me now....

  • MTG
    MTG Member Posts: 337

    Had clackers too but my Mom took them away since I was a clutz and smacked - or rather, clacked - myself in the face one too many times.

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    My grandparents bought us clackers at the fair, seems we "lost" them not to long afterward.

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    LOL!  Morning, Meece!

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    Morning,NM!  How is everything?
  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    Hmmm I wonder how I made that little dot?

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    One of the little mysteries of the boards, I guess.  I'm doing well, just frustrated to still have the drain, but managing to cope.  Having the drain is MUCH better than having to have seromas drained! 

  • elimar
    elimar Member Posts: 5,890

    Meece, give your little dot to NM, so she can save it for a drainy day.  Sorry.  Fit of lame-itis.

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    GROAN................

  • PatMom
    PatMom Member Posts: 322

    Do you remember Sing Along With Mitch? Do you remember how people of all ages knew the same songs and could sing them together?  Now it seems like every age group has songs that no one much older or younger knows.

    Mitch Miller's obit was on the front page of my paper this morning.  He was 99. 

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    I vaguely remember Sing Along with Mitch.  I heard about his passing today on the news.  To be honest, I wouldn't want to sign the lyrics to most of the popular songs of today, they're too embarassing! 

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    I had never heard of Mitch until watching "Catch Me if You Can".  I think that is the program they were watching and singing to.

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    THE DRAIN CAME OUT YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Everything looks great, no revisions needed, first time in a long time I didn't cry at a doctor's appointment, but laughed instead!  

  • elimar
    elimar Member Posts: 5,890

    Oh! you created a new memory for yourself yesterday...a good, tear-free one!  Yay!

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,945

    Yep, broke my record.  I was going for 5 years of crying at EVERY docs appointment.  Made it 3 1/2.  Oh, well, some records just aren't made to be broken!