Some food items sold today are not what brought them to the legendary fame of yesteryear. Lets start with Pizza…year’s ago you stopped by your local Pizza Parlour for a slice..in my time it cost only 15 cents..Today I had a slice although I ‘ll admit it had a topping & a small Fountain Soda the tariff… $6.50. Today you order a Pie with a topping it runs you close to $25.00..WhenI was growing up there wasn’t a man who could left $25.00 worth of Pizza .Plus they open up & commence to make a dozen pies with different toppings at 10am .by lunch time the slices are cold & dried out & have to be reheated ..not to tasty anymore.Plus all these franchise pizza places,sad to say that’s the future of Pizza stores down the line so get used to it..Between cost of product & rent the Mom and Pop Pizza stores will soon go to the wayside.
Second Chinese food..at one time all you had been Cantonese..It was never authentic Ethic Chinese Cuisine but the concoction of the great Chinese American chefs who operated a central culinary school .No matter what neighborhood in the N.Y.Metro area that you at every restaurants had identical recipes ..Today with the Schezwan & Hunan It’s just not the same not only that but every place has a dissimilar recipes and it couldn’t light a candle to the old Cantonese style of years ago.
The list is extensive but for a quick read on this site I will just mention the others briefly so here goes…. gyros…knishes.. Diners .I’ll say this if they started introducing those items today the with the mediocre taste & high today’s high costs like a thousand pound glider would never get off the ground.
Who ever bought one of those fancy box of chocolates knows this to be the truth..There are several different gift style boxed chocloares on the market. Anyone whoever bought a box knows that most of the candies on the box are not worth the wasted calories to consume them. There are about 5 major brands but whatever brand box that is opened you’ll soon agree that there are only 3 chocolates worthy to have per Box the rest is just junk.. We all have said it all along. You would be 100% better off buying a box of of Turtles or a Pecan clusteres any day of the year, but they come in a non-fancy style box not exactly what you would never think to present that to someone on a memorial occasion. Like we mentioned earlier Its all about presentation nothing more. The chocolate company selling that fancy box chocolates fools you everytime.
Did you know that back in the time of the American Revolution that they already had Electricity and Refrigeration.? Yes it a little known fact but true..They had Ice Houses for a good 40 years at that juncture in time .Though the refrigeration units of that time to make the ice for home ice boxes was enourmous but if you had ice houses you had to gave electricity. It wasn’t for a hundred years later in the late 1880’s that the electric street lights were installed & electricity become installed in homes nation wide it was a monumental undertaking at that time.
Also Fingerprint Technology was developed around 1880,that means that they had computers back then too..How else could they have matched up prints in any data base..I know that years ago when you received any gov’t check it always said “donot bend fold or. Spindle” doing so would ruin the computer reading, same goes for all those Iowa Tests we took back in the day using those number 2 pencils.
Al Gore accually did invent the Internet. Before Gores advocating so the internet-to be open to the general public it was used strictly by Government Intelligence agencies including the pentagon..I will go out on limb and venture to say that the government must have had cellphone usage years before it hit the market for you & me.
I rememberer The 1964 world’s Fair at each & every eatery they had 2018 prices back in 1964 it was beyond expensive..however I was at he N.Y.State Pavilion next to the top of the fair & I purchased a full meal for 25 cents..when I started to consume if it was ice cold..I returned it to attendant she informed me to use the ” Ultra Violet” ovens..I was amazed it heated it up in 2 minutes ..it was an early microwave oven. It didn’t hit the public until 1970..though I heard that they actually were available to Mr. & Mrs. Public back in the 1950’s..same goes for Video Tape Recorders although they were much bigger & not yet available in VHS or Beta Cartridge” as we all remember but had a very large tape cartridges. Lets not forget the rear projection T.V. it actually was available in 1958.
Same with T.V.Hitler watched the 1938 Olympics on T.V. back then..however it was untill 10 years later that it became a consumer item. I wonder what the Government is sitting on today
Can anyone enlighten me as why the Italian Restaurants no longer serve Ziti? In its place is now another shaped pasta known as Penne. As far as I’m concerned it’s just not the same. Although the taste & nutrition value are basically alike it’s just not Ziti . A while back I took issue with the waiter his responce was its really no difference. I said then why don’t you serve shells in that case. Even in the Supermarkets you would be hard pressed to find a box of Ziti & if you do its a very small sized variety.
At one time resturants & take outs were serving a “Veal Patty “in place of Veal Cutlet …My father who ate Veal nearly every day complained loudly at every Eatery that replaced a Veal Cutlet with a Patty…A law was passed saying that a restaurant must tell you that in advance whenever anyone orders Veal Cutlet (at least in N.Y.C.)
Another food that resturants tried to slip by you was Turkey Roll (a compressed product made with Gelatin ).I know a member of my family who went ballistic when she orderd a Hot Open Turkey Sandwich & was served Turkey Roll in its place… She yelled at the poor waiter as if he just cheated her out of her life savings , Her yelling was reminiscent of the way N.Y. Yankee Manager Lou Penella used to yell at the Umpire..right in his face. Bottom line when someone orders Baked Ziti that’s exactly what should be served to them.
I know for a fact that the FBI has a Database on each and every sole of any given pair of shoes that are sold nationwide.
Every shoe sole has a distinctly different pattern from one another though we never really notice that ,That’s how the police knew back in the OJ Simpson trial that the shoe imprints were made from Bruno Magli shoes and that OJ Simpson owned a pair of that brand if shoes. So his pair of Bruno Magli’s were then compared to the FBI ‘s data base of shoes & found to be a match. I happen to know about the Shoe Sole Database for a fact because my father was a Skiver in a Shoe Factory & it was a well know fact among workers in the Shoe Industry .
However ever wonder if all Dentists do the same with our dental X-rays ? When ever a body is found in a Police investigation we all read that Their teeth were matched up with dental records. .Well if this is so then the only logical answer is that Dentists must be doing the same as the Shoe industry. Since there are literally tens of thousands of Dentists nationwide & that has to be the only logical answer as to how they can match up the deceased Teeth to an X-Ray /end
If you light up a cigarette in a restaurant not only will they throw you out but proberly call the cops as well and you’ll either be carted away or receive a hefty fine or both and guess what?They will still stick you with the check for the meal…
However the shame of it is what you can sit there and fart and they can’t do a damm thing to you.Yes its true while smoking is outlawed Farting is 100% acceptable in your favorite eatery. I was recently in a Thai restaurant sitting in the back next to last booth when all of a sudden in the booth behind me let one rip..Needless to say it ruined my meal.
I would have preferred someone smoking a big white owl and there was nothing the waiter could do. Another injustice in the world is that if you spit on the subway platform you’ll get a $350 fine but if you puke there is no fine at all. Always carry a can of air freshener with you..It was at the end of the meal that I discovered it was the waiter who was cutting the cheese. End Of story he got squat for a tip. He should have farted in the men’s room to begin with.. Remember No Smoking but Farting is acceptable in any eatery./end
Those who grew 60 years ago in the 1950-1960’s they knew just by looking at someone if he was a tough sort..There was no mistake about it. There was diffidently“Tough Look”..We all could spot it right away. The cigarette dangling from the lips,hair slicked back, a pack of Luckies rolled up in the shoulder of their tee shirt. You knew not to start with that person.
Today I was watching Mixed martial arts on T.V. the fighters looked like milk toasts, Mild mannered “Clark Kent” Style But make no mistake about it..they can kick your A-s .from here to next week and in a matter of minutes can do plenty damage.I witnessed one of these “Milk Toasts”give someone a colliflower ear in less than a minute. Years ago nobody would even have the given a remote thought that they were though guys.Times have changed. The dangling cigarette was a tough look today the cigarette has been replaced by a Pacifier.
Even among woman we all spotted as the old folks would say was a trampy look. Everyone knew what a cheap Nafka, Cordva, Boutona looked like. There was absolutely no mistaking when anyone was in the presence of a real whoa (whore) .
Todays woman have a sweet demure look about them hardy the trampy look of old even when they been around the block a thousand times .Yes times have changed. Bottom line don’t mouth off to nerdy looking guy.
The MLB commisssioner as well as the NFL commissioner should issue an edict that each and every major league team should come up with a new name for their Team that no longer included then name nickname or anything related to American Indians. That should include names such as ‘The Braves’ The Tribe “as well as The Indians” Its beyond politicaly correctness at this juncture in time & its just down right not nice…Also included should be the name ”Padres” what if a team was named ”Rabbis’ I personally wittnessed Olympic Skaters proforming outfits using Holocaust prisoners uniforms as custume themes . What if a team was using such names as The N.Y. Jews or The Philadelphia Italians we would see the folly in the names right away .I feel it high time for a time for a change..I think originally when the names came to be no bias, perjarative or ill will was intended …but this is today & and a fund should be set up by the Commissioners office to pay for any & all costs that may be incured when a perspective team changes it’s name due to this ruling. Bottom line…. ITS GOT TO GO !
Whenever I see commercials for restaurants and products all the time and this I will tell you from experience and common sense..The Better the commercial the crappier the product.
I see Olive Garden…the best advertising ever,same goes for Panera and McDonalds..but beware..I always say with all the fabulous Italian Eateries in the Metro N.Y.area why would anyone sober choose this place?….If I was in a famine area starting to death and some came up to me & said “Here Have Some Olive Garden” I would say “No Thanks I’ll starve”..Same goes for Dominos and all those chain pizza places…Ever see the Dominos commercial? That’s the most ugliest crust that I ever saw..it looks like a burnt Boboli Crust. Unfortunately the list goes on & on sad to say most folks don’t care..If the public would walk out after their meal & leave the dinner plate basically uneaten then maybe the boss would get get the message & say “Gee maybe I need a new chef or some different recipes, but if everyone is licking their plates clean then why should they change? Good places rely on word of mouth to further their reputation as a great place… So remember the Better the commercial the l lousier the place or product !
We would like to find the answer what’s wrong with all the zippers on today’s jackets? Why are they faulty? Zippers separating from the track mid way down making it a hassle to some how zipper it all the way up .
This never occurred years ago in the 1950″s. To the 1980″s.Whether the Zipper is either plastic or metal it doesn’t seem to matter.Its not a workable item today anymore..
Then there is the dual Zipper. I’ve yet been able to master its proper way of use. \Worse yet why in the world do some manufacturers reverse the zipper on the left side instead of the right. Are these reverse Zippered intended for Foreign Markets outside the U.S. or intended for Left Handed Individuals ?
By the way it runs about $35 to either repair or replace a Jacket Zipper. My advise to you is buy a jacket with buttons if your able to find one
Some food items sold today are not what brought them to the legendary fame of yesteryear. Lets start with Pizza…year’s ago you stopped by your local Pizza Parlour for a slice..in my time it cost only 15 cents..Today I had a slice although I ‘ll admit it had a topping & a small Fountain Soda the tariff… $6.50. Today you order a Pie with a topping it runs you close to $25.00..WhenI was growing up there wasn’t a man who could left $25.00 worth of Pizza .Plus they open up & commence to make a dozen pies with different toppings at 10am .by lunch time the slices are cold & dried out & have to be reheated ..not to tasty anymore.Plus all these franchise pizza places,sad to say that’s the future of Pizza stores down the line so get used to it..Between cost of product & rent the Mom and Pop Pizza stores will soon go to the wayside.
Can anyone enlighten me as why the Italian Restaurants no longer serve Ziti? In its place is now another shaped pasta known as Penne. As far as I’m concerned it’s just not the same. Although the taste & nutrition value are basically alike it’s just not Ziti . A while back I took issue with the waiter his responce was its really no difference. I said then why don’t you serve shells in that case. Even in the Supermarkets you would be hard pressed to find a box of Ziti & if you do its a very small sized variety.
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