When I was a kid, (don't you hate when a story starts out that way, just means you're old), as I was saying....back when I was a kid, growing up in the 50's and 60's food was a little harder to come by. If you wanted a pizza, you had to wait at least 20, 25 minutes and that was after you piled into the car, drove to the restaurant, got out of your car, walk in, and ordered. |
And to top it all off, made no difference if it was raining, snowing, or hitting a hundred degrees outside. I should add, we didn't get our first house air conditioner until 1969. Up until then, I have no idea how we survived summers back then. But weather be had, want pizza? Make the trip, or make it at home. Anyway, my parents always thought pizza was an extravagant purchase, seeing as how they owned a truck stop right down the road. Food was food, my dad would always say, don't need anything fancy, just get your belly full. So, it was a real treat when mom would get us pizza from the only local pizza joint I can remember from those days. Called Jerry's Pizza. Best pizza in my mind's world, ever. Mom would call ahead and order the pizza, then we would drive down to pick it up. She sent us kids to the back door to pay for and collect the pizza. See Jerry's was and is a bar. I didn't even know what a bar was then, only that it must be something "unsavory". That was how mom explained it. Place was "unsavory" and not fitting. With mom being a Christian, she couldn't bring herself to go into the bar and pick up the pizza. Someone might see her and spoil her reputation. Mom was big on keeping her reputation above reproach. She was always telling us how we should never destroy our "reputations". |
Pizza Buns - taken from the Georgia Journal 1 pound pack sausage Brown 10 minutes. Add 1 pound ground beef and brown. Drain it and add: One 15 ounce can tomato sauce One 4 ounce can sliced mushrooms - drained 2 teaspoons oregano 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt Need at least 2 packages English Muffins. Split and toast muffins. Put 1 Tablespoon meat mixture on toasted muffins. Sprinkle each with 2 teaspoons Parmesan. Put slice of mozzarella cheese. Bake 400 degrees for 10 minutes. If frozen cool to room temperature before baking. So you can make these up ahead of time. |
I have no idea why this photo reminds me of pizza, but it does! |
Read, "The Story of the Missing Cookie Jar" by PenVampyre. A delightful little Christmas story with mouthwatering recipes for the most wonderful time of the year! Read "Santa and the Magic Key". An entertaining story for the holidays, plus recipes for your Christmas. A story by Robin Wallace. Read "Easter and Where NOT to Hide Eggs" Memories of Easters past and a few vintage recipes. Logan's Halloween Story -The original story won first place in sixth-eighth grade division of Southeastern Middle School, 2005 by Logan Lyon. Food and Genealogy. A story By Robin L. Wallace. Our lives, our families, our very history's are defined by the foods we eat. Family Reunion Recipes. "The Fourth of July and Other Disasters" (With Apologies to Jean Shepherd) By Robin L. Wallace A short story by Suellen Fry. Memories of my father and his version of Kickapoojoyjuice. |