Whoaaaaaaaaaaa! I hate meandering like this, but if you remember the Rich-mun Tall-himers, do you remember the White Castle of 50 years ago? I loved those little things. Yeppers, I remember the "ice box" and ice and milk being delivered. The cream sitting right on top of the milk. But we had "upgraded" to a "fridge" when mom would make Kool-Aid Popsicles. Just pour some Kool-Aid in an ice tray (grape and cherry were best) and, when it began to solidify, stand an old Popsicle stick, toothpick or cut-down straw in it. Next thing you knew, you had homemade Popsicles -- cheap, enough for all the kids, and yummy! Hm-m-m-m, I don't know why I need to say this, but I remember eating figs right from the tree as a kid. Now-a-days you are lucky to find a fig regardless of where it comes from. (Although I do know of a couple "stashes" on the Eastern Shore.) Tom from Den-bee (part of old War-ick) in New-pert Newz Eastern Shore & More Forum http://www.easternshoremore.com/forum/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:21 AM Subject: Re: Speech patterns > In Richmond Thalhiemers made the best ham biscuits (and eclairs!), no > social function was complete without Thalhiemers Smithfield ham > biscuits. But we'd get our own Smithfield ham every Christmas [they > were expensive, it was a treat]. > > We always had Kool Aid or lemonade in the "ice box" during the > summer. Tea with dinner. I never knew people drank hot tea till I was > older. The British cuppa didn't count in my reckoning, I guess. > > Nancy from Rich'mun To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html