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bucolic_frolic

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12. Maybe it was like that, late winter 1952?

Reply to Rebl2 (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 3, 2023, 05:13 PM

Mar 2023

I don't go back that far, and don't really remember what we ate as a child, whether lettuce was available all year, or only frozen greens in the winter. I have no idea.

There is spinach soup, I missed that the first time.

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Harry Truman's White House lunch and dinner menu, today 1952: [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 OP

Looks an austere event & the only green on the menu is celery which isn't very green bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #1

Caught my Rebl2 Mar 2023 #7

Maybe it was like that, late winter 1952? bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #12

How could ANYONE dislike Harry Truman (except a Republican) MerryHolidays Mar 2023 #2

I was around in Harry's presidency (albeit a young teenager) and a lot of people No Vested Interest Mar 2023 #8

He was Rebl2 Mar 2023 #13

I hope they bought a better typewriter for the kitchen staff Glorfindel Mar 2023 #3

What the heck is "fairy toast." Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #4

According to the Truman Library, Staph Mar 2023 #5

So like cinnamon toast without the cinnamon! Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #10

I don't know, but it will soon be illegal in DeSantis' Florida. Chainfire Mar 2023 #6

+1 Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #11

Was wondering same Rebl2 Mar 2023 #9

"Pork chops and applesauce" reminds me of The Brady Bunch. BigmanPigman Mar 2023 #14