Nostalgia Saturday
Showing posts with label nostalgia saturday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nostalgia saturday. Show all posts
8.22.2009
8.15.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
Sorry I didn't get a Nostalgia Saturday post up last week, but here it is for this week! $50-$60 a week, that sounds like a lot for 1952. Anyone know how much that would be today?
8.01.2009
7.27.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
well sort of, I have been going through my grandmothers vintage crochet books (I'm so lucky to have them!) and some of the ads in them are PRICELESS. I decided to have Nostalgia Saturday be a tribute to this old, and sometimes sexist ads. Hopefully I'm not breaking any rules.
So for today: a preview.
Most ads will be from "The WorkBasket", Volume 17, No. 6, 1952
3.14.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
Double Nostalgia for you! Mine and my husband's - Things that we both enjoyed as kids but no longer eat
CANDY:
Mine: PayDay
I loved the salty and chewy texture of this candy bar. Haven't had them since high school.
photo by Michael K N
My Husband: Big League Chew Gum
He liked the shredded texture.
from Oriental Trading Company
3.07.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
I thought I'd post double nostalgia this month~
My husband's and my favorite toys.......
He loved his Big Wheels tricycle
Of course I was really young when I used it but I have fond memories of this apple with chimes in it.
2.28.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
This is my quintessential cinema food, that and Junior Mints!
Hot Tamales were created in the 1950s by Just Born
The Just Born candy tradition was conceived in 1910, when Russian immigrant Sam Born came to the United States. In 1916, Sam Born was awarded the "key to the city" of San Francisco for inventing a machine that mechanically inserted sticks into lollipops.
In 1917, Born opened a small retail store in Brooklyn, New York. He proudly displayed in his store window an evolving line of daily made candy, marketing its freshness with a sign that declared Just Born. The original company logo showed a baby resting in a candy measuring scale. Some of Sam Born's contributions to the candy industry include chocolate sprinkles, known as "jimmies," and the hard coating on ice cream bars.
In 1923, Born started his own manufacturing company in New York City. Irv and Jack Schaffer, Born's brothers in law, joined the company to help market and sell the confections. In 1932, the trio moved operations to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Sam Born's son, Bob Born who joined the company in 1946 and would later become President for more than 30 years, was part of the two man team that mechanized the Marshmallow Peeps forming process. It was this ingenuity that enabled them to dramatically increase production and led them to become America's largest manufacturer of seasonal marshmallow confections.
Just Born continues to be family owned. Currently the co-CEOs are Mr. Born's grandson Ross Born and nephew David Shaffer. Samuel Torrence is the first non-family president in the history of the company. Just Born is a noted contributor to the Bethlehem community and makes many charitable contributions.
Just Born's tagline is "A great candy isn't made...it's Just Born".
Here is a history of Just Born by Just Born. Read more...
2.21.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
SWEDISH FISH!
My absolute fave fave fave!
Here is a short history from this site:
Of course they always get stuck in my teeth but they are just delightful!Read more...In 1958, Malaco, a Swedish confectionery manufacturer, decided to expand its business by exporting a few of their products to North America. Allsort Licorice, Ribbons and Laces candy were the first products to be exported to North America.
The Malaco exporting business grew and in late 1960's and early 1970's Swedish Fish and Swedish Berries were developed specifically for the North American market. As you have probably already guessed, it was named Swedish Fish because it was developed in Sweden.
Today this product is made in both Sweden and Canada.
And here's Wiki's version of the history
2.14.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
Featuring RED candy throughout the month of February!
Cinnamon Candy Hearts (aka Red Hots)
I have never been a big fan of these, they were always that candy I ate if there was nothing else better - or on a dare: fill your mouth up with as many as you can. They were sweet and cinnamon-y and got stuck in your teeth. But I appreciate them now, not that I like them any better, but I think I must have had them every February for my entire life so now they are a staple. One of those things you walk by in the store and say "I really need to buy a package of these".
This BLOG has a great write up about them: and I totally agree about Red #40 - I can taste it no matter WHAT it's in........
2.07.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
Featuring - All Red Candy for February!
Growing up, I absolutely LOVED Atomic Fireballs. I remember at one point eating so many that my tongue was raw. I also got to the point where they weren't hot anymore. Your tongue would get really red and if your teeth weren't completely clean - they'd be pink!
This February - I'll be reminiscing my favorite candy with you - with one condition, it has to be red!
From Wikipedia:
Atomic Fireballs are a round, cinnamon-flavored hard candy invented by Nello Ferrara in 1954. They are a form of jawbreaker. The outer layers of the candy are a bright red color while the interior layers are white.Read more...When initially introduced by Ferrara Pan, the company had a manufacturing capacity of 200 cases per day but demand quickly rose to 50,000 cases per day. According to the company, approximately 15 million Fireballs are eaten weekly.[1] "The spicy flavor and the exceptionally long lasting candy was instantly popular (coupled with the popular culture obsession with all things atomic at the time).[2] The outside layer of the Fireball is quite mild. After a moment in the mouth, the smooth ball of hard candy releases a spicy cinnamon flavor.
They are made with the hot panned process with ingredients of a single grain of sugar, syrup and flavor. The hot pans tumble the ingredients around until the fireballs snowball into the appropriate size. The process lasts for about two weeks. By the end of the process the fireball consists of at least one hundred layers. The fireballs come in two sizes, a pea size and the more popular full-size (7/8ths of an inch in diameter) which comes individually wrapped.
Also recently available are chewy fireballs, with the same flavor of the original with a chewy texture.
1.31.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
Back when I was teaching elementary school music, we used to sing a song about Pumpkin Stew, turn over a drum and take these pumpkins made out of orange construction paper - draw a face on the front, and on the back the students had to draw a squiggly line. The threw them into the stew, we sang the song then we all picked out a pumpkin, and sang the line on the back of what ever pumpkin we drew - as a way to use their high and low voice. For assessments, we did the lines one at a time. It was really fun and engaging for the kids. Ah, Youth!
Just a reminder that I'll draw a name for the porcelain figure tomorrow so today is your last day to comment on the three column blog and/or the porcelain!!!!! Here's the original post _
1.24.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
Here's Stoli on his breeder's bed before he took that fateful flight to Boston. He still has that look about him - and today that look means, "I'm gonna jump up on your shoulder, you better catch me!"
Uh, nice bedding..... ;)
Stoli: Gas, Kansas 2006
1.17.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
This photo doesn't need much explanation - me, 2005 wedding day.....
I loved that dress. Oleg Cassini, champagne.
Place: Bug Light Park.
1.10.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
Here it is Nostalgia Saturday again~
This is a photo of the first Christmas in Barnstable. We still have that same runner and the same coffee table (my dad made it). But there's much more room. I see these presents and think WOW! That was a lot of gifts. And I reminisce about having a Christmas village - can't have them anymore - cats......
1.03.2009
Nostalgia Saturday
Well, I'll jump on the band wagon of themed days. I don't have a Tortie, so I can't do Tortie Tuesdays......
But I have a plethora of pictures of things in the past - so on Saturdays I'll share them with you.
Well, here's my living room back in 2001. I was standing OUT the door because our apartment was so small. I was able to have plants in our apartment because there were no cats and a fair amount of light. Look at those paperwhites! I miss them, but I wouldn't want the kitties to eat them - not so healthy. Our apartment was a living room, a bathroom a bedroom and a galley kitchen. Our favorite thing about Douglass Street was being able to sit on the loo and play Nintendo GameCube. That's how small it was. Oh how life changes!
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