jmcquown wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>> .. .
>>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>>>> "jmcquown" >
>>>>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>>>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>>>>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>>>>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>>>
>>>>> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the
>>>>> best Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot
>>>>> of signature recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it
>>>>> out and maybe post some of the recipes. The recipes are great
>>>>> IIRC. No fuss, simple ingredients and many are still around and
>>>>> made today.
>>>>>
>>>>> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns
>>>>> served. Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of
>>>>> my really old cookbooks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was
>>>> when DW and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been
>>>> married 50 years yet.
>>>>
>>>> The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans
>>>> and fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered
>>>> potatoes, canned green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner that
>>>> night was turkey meat from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce,
>>>> white rice, and sheet cake for dessert. This was the USS Warrington,
>>>> DD-843 on North Atlantic patrol, the frosty cruise. <VBG>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was about to say, from that menu it must have been a military
>>> vessel! Hey, if you weren't born until the year after 1959 it was
>>> more than a lifetime ago... heheh
>>>
>>> BTW, I still have those pressure cookers to send to you. Got tad
>>> busy with other estate stuff, which is how I found this menu.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> It must have just been a short time ago, my short term memory is shot
>> but I remember stuff that happened 50 or 60 years ago like it was
>> today. I really don't need any pressure cookers as I have a 21 quart
>> pressure canner/cooker and live at sea level. Thanks anyway, probably
>> better off to donate them to a church store and take a tax deduction.
>>
>> George
>
>
>
> Good, because I was having a hard time finding boxes to put them in
> anyway. Can't take tax deductions as there's no itemizing. I'll donate
> them along with the clothing. One less thing to worry about, thanks!
>
> Jill

You need an income to consider any tax benefits.

-dk