Two more star blocks are done, potato chips and popcorn. I think when I chose the yellow star points for the popcorn I was subconsciously adding the butter. As a child of the 1940s there weren't a lot of junk foods like there are today and living on the farm we mostly ate what we grew. We had chickens and cattle and pigs besides the garden. Now they tell me I should eat air popped popcorn with no butter or salt. My reaction: why would I want that? We bought potato chips in the tall metal can and they were truly a novelty for an isolated farm girl. How times have changed. As far as my doctor is concerned the only way I should enjoy these foods is looking at them printed on fabric.
I remember those Charles Chips in a can also. I also remember taking bottles back to buy a nickel bag of chips. After savoring them, I used the bag at the playground to grease the slide as the bag was made of wax paper on the inside. I think it is the portion size of snacks that is the problem. THey never sold snacks in such huge bags years ago,
I love this little story! almost as much as I love popcorn. I know they told me to not eat it, but I laughed. I buy the Simply Popped now for the microwave. Don't take away all the good things in life, I like the simple style of the block and your fun combinations.
I always think moderation! I grew up in the county although my father wasn't a farmer but worked in town we had a little bit of animals and a huge garden - I remember mom & dad growing corn that was specifically grown for popped corn and we would all sit around in the evening after the corn had dried and remove the kernels from the cobs and it was then saved and stored in cans - I wonder now if we used those cans from the chips which I do remember but I don't think we had them very often.
Your new blocks are fun to see. And all the stories your commenters left made me smile. So here's mine ....... every Sunday night has been pop corn and apples since I've been a kid. Too many years ago I had to give up the butter and salt and I got use it dry. I acquired another auto immune disorder three years ago and had to give up popped corn totally ! It took me months to find an alternative. I then tried popping Sorghum and burnt those teeny tiny kernels more than they popped. Just a month ago I discovered pre popped Sorghum in a bag, by "Nature Nate's". It really is good and I now can have my tiny kernel popped sorghum on Sunday night again. (^ ._.^)
As one born in 1940, and living on a farm, we ate what we grew. I can remember getting apples, wrapped in tissue paper, on cardboard trays,but otherwise no takeaways, no ice cream until we had a fridge when I was about 11 or 12, Copper and tubs the same, hand wringer for many years. And Fish and chips only ONCE in all my childhood. So even now, they seem to me to be a luxury.Yes, Wanda, how times change.
I'm reminded of my Mother by your comment on what doctors want. In her early 80s her doctor said her cholesterol was too high, and to stop any dairy fat. Her ONLY dietary splurge was a bit of butter on bread and cream in her coffee, but she gave them up for a couple years. No change in her cholesterol. That doctor died, and her new one told her research shows that growing up on a farm as she did often leads to higher than normal cholesterol later in life, but that increase does not impact heart health or life expectancy; she'd gotten to her mid-80s with no problems, so don't worry about enjoying some cream in your coffee of butter on your bread! She happily made it to 90, when cancer took over and she just missed 91.
I'm on low salt too. I missed Cheesies until my son told me of friends who fed one to a chipmunk while camping. The chipmunk ate it and dropped dead! Not very funny yet I no longer care to have any Cheesies! Miss Vickies (sp?) in Canada sells salf-free potato chips. My whole family likes them better than the salted ones! As for butter, people have been eating it for centuries. I thinks the substitutes are less healthy. IMHO!
No salt here - mainly because I can taste it - even slightly salted things - and I really don't like it. Probably down to my mum boiling veg in salt - and I couldn't eat it if she'd overdone it. My grandfather (her dad) used to add even more salt to his plate! But he lived to 94! Never had the tins of crisps/chips - that would have been fun. I like to pop my own corn in a little rapeseed oil (canola) - funny how so few kernels can be so filling, so helps hunger pangs without adding several pounds to my weight (which is a little too much, OK, it's double what I really should be, so I'm a bad girl)! I agree that natural food that was used for hundreds of years is good enough for me too - some in moderation though. Here eggs were deemed good for you, then they had a revolution and said eggs had cholesterol and so were terribly bad. Now they are back to being healthy again. I despair sometimes! Loving the blocks at the moment, thank you.
Oh yes what a difference in the food available to us today compared with all those years ago. Born just WW2 ended in Britain we had "rationing". Only a certain amount of good were allowed per person and Mum had what was called a ration book which was stamped when an item was purchased. I think meat was available once each week and Dad had chickens so we were at least able to eat one of those each week. No luxury items or chips or sweets until around 1952/3.
Lovely blocks--reminiscent of my childhood--we had Charles chips in a can and a lot of popcorn--always WITH butter...hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteYour blocks are cute! I would say the yellow star is the butter for that popcorn! I agree, popcorn without butter or salt - what is the point!?
ReplyDeleteI remember those Charles Chips in a can also. I also remember taking bottles back to buy a nickel bag of chips. After savoring them, I used the bag at the playground to grease the slide as the bag was made of wax paper on the inside. I think it is the portion size of snacks that is the problem. THey never sold snacks in such huge bags years ago,
ReplyDeleteI love this little story! almost as much as I love popcorn. I know they told me to not eat it, but I laughed. I buy the Simply Popped now for the microwave. Don't take away all the good things in life,
ReplyDeleteI like the simple style of the block and your fun combinations.
I always think moderation! I grew up in the county although my father wasn't a farmer but worked in town we had a little bit of animals and a huge garden - I remember mom & dad growing corn that was specifically grown for popped corn and we would all sit around in the evening after the corn had dried and remove the kernels from the cobs and it was then saved and stored in cans - I wonder now if we used those cans from the chips which I do remember but I don't think we had them very often.
ReplyDeleteYour new blocks are fun to see. And all the stories your commenters left made me smile. So here's mine ....... every Sunday night has been pop corn and apples since I've been a kid. Too many years ago I had to give up the butter and salt and I got use it dry. I acquired another auto immune disorder three years ago and had to give up popped corn totally ! It took me months to find an alternative. I then tried popping Sorghum and burnt those teeny tiny kernels more than they popped. Just a month ago I discovered pre popped Sorghum in a bag, by "Nature Nate's". It really is good and I now can have my tiny kernel popped sorghum on Sunday night again. (^ ._.^)
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As one born in 1940, and living on a farm, we ate what we grew. I can remember getting apples, wrapped in tissue paper, on cardboard trays,but otherwise no takeaways, no ice cream until we had a fridge when I was about 11 or 12, Copper and tubs the same, hand wringer for many years. And Fish and chips only ONCE in all my childhood. So even now, they seem to me to be a luxury.Yes, Wanda, how times change.
ReplyDeleteI'm reminded of my Mother by your comment on what doctors want. In her early 80s her doctor said her cholesterol was too high, and to stop any dairy fat. Her ONLY dietary splurge was a bit of butter on bread and cream in her coffee, but she gave them up for a couple years. No change in her cholesterol. That doctor died, and her new one told her research shows that growing up on a farm as she did often leads to higher than normal cholesterol later in life, but that increase does not impact heart health or life expectancy; she'd gotten to her mid-80s with no problems, so don't worry about enjoying some cream in your coffee of butter on your bread! She happily made it to 90, when cancer took over and she just missed 91.
ReplyDeleteI'm on low salt too. I missed Cheesies until my son told me of friends who fed one to a chipmunk while camping. The chipmunk ate it and dropped dead! Not very funny yet I no longer care to have any Cheesies! Miss Vickies (sp?) in Canada sells salf-free potato chips. My whole family likes them better than the salted ones! As for butter, people have been eating it for centuries. I thinks the substitutes are less healthy. IMHO!
ReplyDeleteNo salt here - mainly because I can taste it - even slightly salted things - and I really don't like it. Probably down to my mum boiling veg in salt - and I couldn't eat it if she'd overdone it. My grandfather (her dad) used to add even more salt to his plate! But he lived to 94!
ReplyDeleteNever had the tins of crisps/chips - that would have been fun. I like to pop my own corn in a little rapeseed oil (canola) - funny how so few kernels can be so filling, so helps hunger pangs without adding several pounds to my weight (which is a little too much, OK, it's double what I really should be, so I'm a bad girl)!
I agree that natural food that was used for hundreds of years is good enough for me too - some in moderation though. Here eggs were deemed good for you, then they had a revolution and said eggs had cholesterol and so were terribly bad. Now they are back to being healthy again. I despair sometimes!
Loving the blocks at the moment, thank you.
Oh yes what a difference in the food available to us today compared with all those years ago. Born just WW2 ended in Britain we had "rationing". Only a certain amount of good were allowed per person and Mum had what was called a ration book which was stamped when an item was purchased. I think meat was available once each week and Dad had chickens so we were at least able to eat one of those each week. No luxury items or chips or sweets until around 1952/3.
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