peteski Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 I used to love TV dinners! Speaking of which... when was the last time you heard them called that? Only when discussing them with old farts like us! Ask any 20- or 30-somethign and they will give you a blank stare. They are now called "frozen entreé". Just like used cars are now "certified pre-owned vehicles". Going back to TV dinners, they came on aluminum trays. You had to peel off the aluminum foil cover over the brownie or the apple pie. Couldn't heat them up in a Radarange...
Snake45 Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 Only when discussing them with old farts like us! Ask any 20- or 30-somethign and they will give you a blank stare. They are now called "frozen entreé". Just like used cars are now "certified pre-owned vehicles". Going back to TV dinners, they came on aluminum trays. You had to peel off the aluminum foil cover over the brownie or the apple pie. Couldn't heat them up in a Radarange... My favorites were the shrimp and the veal parmesana (sp?). I could stand the Salisbury steak if it was the only thing available. (What is Salisbury steak? It's the love child of hamburger and meat loaf, I think.)
Crazy Ed Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 What is Salisbury steak? A REALLY Tough cut of Beef that's been run through a Tenderized a couplea times, Breaded and generally Fried. Served differently it's also known as Chicken Fried Steak or Swiss Steak.
Snake45 Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 A REALLY Tough cut of Beef that's been run through a Tenderized a couplea times, Breaded and generally Fried. Served differently it's also known as Chicken Fried Steak or Swiss Steak.I don't know what "chicken fried steak" is but to me Salisbury steak and Swiss steak are two completely different things. And I've never had either one breaded and fried, though that sounds delicious. (Almost anything is better if it's breaded and fried.)
SfanGoch Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 I don't know what "chicken fried steak" is but to me Salisbury steak and Swiss steak are two completely different things. And I've never had either one breaded and fried, though that sounds delicious. (Almost anything is better if it's breaded and fried.) It's a cheap imitation of Wiener Schnitzel made with cube steak. I used to love TV dinners! Speaking of which... when was the last time you heard them called that? Probably the last time TVs were called TVs. "Monitor Meals" isn't as catchy. Howaboutdat? TV dinner soup an' peach cobbler!
Snake45 Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 It's a cheap imitation of Wiener Schnitzel made with cube steak. That's exactly what it sounded like. I've had "pork patties" done that way and they weren't too bad, sort of a poor man's veal cutlet.
SfanGoch Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 "scootch" - a real PITA "skel" - a term for lowlife or bum used by Brooklyn cops when I was growing up. "Johnny Pump" - fire hydrant "Go see where you gotta go" - in plain English, "Get lost, yer wastin' my time." "Keep chicky" - watching for the cops, or somebody's parents, when you and your troublemaking pals are doing something mischievous. "Scash" - a really beat up car. Same as a hoop-dee "He's so cheap he still has his Communion money" - self-explanatory "Skive" - a cheat or chisler. A skive was a knife used in the leather industry to shave down layers on a piece of leather. "Skitching" - riding on the back of a bus "Charlotte Russe" - old Brooklyn treat made with a pound cake in a round cardboard tube (similar to a push pop), topped with whipped cream and a cherry. You washed it down with an egg cream (which doesn't contain eggs or cream. It is made with a splash of milk, some Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Syrup and seltzer water). "Tar Beach" - roof of an apartment building. That's where you go to get a tan during the summer. "Flat leaver" - what you called someone who was hanging out with you and decides to hang out with somebody else. And, a perennial favorite, "ugatz" which is also self-explanatory.
Harry P. Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 ...What is Salisbury steak? It's ground beef and seasonings shaped in the form of a "steak" and usually served with brown gravy. It's basically just a variation of a hamburger patty.
Snake45 Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 It's ground beef and seasonings shaped in the form of a "steak" and usually served with brown gravy. It's basically just a variation of a hamburger patty.Yeah, that sounds like an accurate description of what I've always eaten as "Salisbury steak." I kind of like the stuff but then I like almost anything you can make out of ground beef.
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 How about the oh-so-not-PC "skirt", "chick", and "dame" ? Sorry if I'm late on these...I haven't read every word in the thread.
Harry P. Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 You forgot "broad". As in, "look at the gams on dat broad!"
Harry P. Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 And speaking of Salisbury Steak... http://www.veoh.com/watch/v17990992nmqFyzgY
sjordan2 Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Having spent my life in Oklahoma, Texas and now Tennessee, here's my idea of righteous chicken fried steak... Or just go to Cracker Barrel. Edited February 11, 2016 by sjordan2
Snake45 Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 As in, "look at the gams on dat broad!" Yeah, I don't recall saying that all that often during my childhood.
SfanGoch Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Yeah, I don't recall saying that all that often during my childhood. You would've if you grew up in Chicago or Brooklyn. We talk like that.
SfanGoch Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Salisbury steak fun fact:The USDA standards for processed, packaged "Salisbury steak" require a minimum content of 65% meat, of which up to 25% can be pork, except if defatted beef or pork is used, the limit is 12% combined. No more than 30% may be fat. Meat byproducts are not permitted; however, beef heart meat is allowed. Extender (bread crumbs, flour, oat flakes, etc.) content is limited to 12%, except isolated soy protein at 6.8% is considered equivalent to 12% of the others. The remainder consists of seasonings, fungi or vegetables (onion, bell pepper, mushroom or the like), binders (can include egg) and liquids (such as water, milk, cream, skim milk, buttermilk, brine, vinegar etc.). The product must be fully cooked, or else labelled "Patties for Salisbury Steak".Which is why it's a great chalk substitute.
Harry P. Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Ok, not exactly lost words from our childhood... but do any of you guys remember S&H "Green Stamps?" Grocery stores, gas stations, and other retail outlets used to give them out–the number of stamps depending on the dollar amount you spent. You would collect them in albums, and they were redeemable for all sorts of things... the more stamps you had saved up, the more expensive "reward" you could claim. My mom was a Green Stamp collector... I remember helping her lick those stamps and placing them in the albums. Great childhood memory...
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Ok, not exactly lost words from our childhood... but do any of you guys remember S&H "Green Stamps?"Oh yes...my mother always had books and books full of those things. I seem to remember she redeemed some for a toaster once...Funny how memories like that trigger others. Anybody remember the Horn & Hardart Automats, Schrafft's Restaurants, and Chock Full O' Nuts coffee shops in NYC?
Crazy Ed Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Having spent my life in Oklahoma, Texas and now Tennessee, here's my idea of righteous chicken fried steak...Or just go to Cracker Barrel. For the Gravy to be made the way I always liked best it was put together in a Pan that had previously cooked Sausage and had bits n fat in it. Uuuummmmmmmm.......
Crazy Ed Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Ok, not exactly lost words from our childhood... but do any of you guys remember S&H "Green Stamps?" Grocery stores, gas stations, and other retail outlets used to give them out–the number of stamps depending on the dollar amount you spent. You would collect them in albums, and they were redeemable for all sorts of things... the more stamps you had saved up, the more expensive "reward" you could claim. My mom was a Green Stamp collector... I remember helping her lick those stamps and placing them in the albums. Great childhood memory... It might have been a Regional thing but along with the S&H Green Stamps we had Blue Chip Stamps also. Different stores had different stamps.
SfanGoch Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Oh yes...my mother always had books and books full of those things. I seem to remember she redeemed some for a toaster once... Funny how memories like that trigger others. Anybody remember the Horn & Hardart Automats, Schrafft's Restaurants, and Chock Full O' Nuts coffee shops in NYC? You know sumpthin', Bill. I don't think you're a native Down two, then lefter. No, not at all. You know too many things that a Down two, then lefter wouldn't be privy to.......Why, I think you are originally from three possible places: 1. Jersey 2. The city 3. Lawnguylant Even if you aren't, you should have been. You probably remember watching Sandy Becker, Chuck McCann, Soupy Sales and Zacherley, don'cha? Loved the Automat! The Automat on the corner of 3rd Ave, and E.42nd St, was a hangout when playing hooky in high school. My mother used to take me to the one on Fulton Street, in Downtown Brooklyn, whenever she dragged me and my little sister with her to shop at Abraham & Strauss. There also was a Schrafft's on the corner of Smith and Fulton Streets, up the block from the Automat. Another stop-in-while-shopping-with-mom eating establishment. It was already closed by the time I started high school in 1974. It's a Duane Reade drug store today. Chock Full O'Nuts coffee shops were great. You could find one anywhere Food was good and inexpensive and the coffee was the best. Believe it or not, they're back. There are a couple in Brooklyn and one in the city. Speaking of playing hooky, one term for it that I haven't heard in years is "gig party". That's what the girls called it. They would meet up and hang out in the house where both parents left for work until the time classes ended. Us guys, if not playing hooky in the city, would shoot pool at Ernie's Billiard Academy, enjoying the large Cokes we bought at Mickey D's and loaded them up with Bacardi. Hic! Who's breaking?. Edited February 11, 2016 by SfanGoch
SfanGoch Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Ok, not exactly lost words from our childhood... but do any of you guys remember S&H "Green Stamps?" Grocery stores, gas stations, and other retail outlets used to give them out–the number of stamps depending on the dollar amount you spent. You would collect them in albums, and they were redeemable for all sorts of things... the more stamps you had saved up, the more expensive "reward" you could claim. My mom was a Green Stamp collector... I remember helping her lick those stamps and placing them in the albums. Great childhood memory... Yup! My mother was the same. Drug stores were where one usually redeemed them here. Remember the premium coupons in Raleigh and Belair cigarettes? My mother's best friend collected those and used to get all kinds of stuff. She didn't even smoke.
Ramfins59 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Posted February 11, 2016 Wow...... Joe Zrodlowski, you've brought back a load of memories for me...... I've eaten many a Charlotte Rouse as a kid as my Mom used to buy them. While I drank loads of egg creams as an adult, as a child my Saturday "shopping with Mom treat" was a Black Raspberry ice cream cone and a chocolate soda (U-Bet chocolate syrup and seltzer), and then buying 2 comic books (for 10 cents each) and reading them from cover to cover. Living in the Inwood section of upper Manhattan in the 1950's we'd often enjoy the sunshine up on "tar beach" where Mom would hang laundry to dry, or we'd sit out on the fire escape "balcony" on a hot summer night. For a short time my Mom worked at a Horn & Hardart Automat and I remember feeding nickels in to get a glass of milk. I also fondly recall an old Italian guy who pushed a Hot Dog cart around the neighborhood on weekends. When we saw him coming I'd go into the apartment bldg. courtyard and yell up to Mom to please throw me down a quarter so I could get 2 hot dogs (with mustard and onions in a red sauce) and a watered-down orange drink... all for a quarter...!!! What a feast...!!! I remember Sandy Becker, Soupy Sales, Chuck McCann... Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy... Thanks Joe.
Ramfins59 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Posted February 11, 2016 I also recall a guy who came around the neighborhood crying out "I buy clothes.".... We called him the Rag Man. He'd buy any old clothing people wanted to get rid of...... He wouldn't pay much, but in those days any extra coins helped our parents.Then there was the guy who came around ringing a bell... He'd sharpen your knives and scissors...
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