But when I was looking for a menu, the sites I found all said burgers started at 15¢, once Ray Kroc bought McDonald’s and began franchising the restaurants in the Midwest.
I could swear they had 10¢ burgers and also 5¢ cokes… But the menu I posted is supposedly from 1960, before the Madison one opened.
It does have ice cream.
An “un” or less cropped print of the same stand (this one’s caption says it was taken in March / also that its publishing rights are restricted / the U.R.L. gets you there though).
Open it in a new window for sure because if you forget to go back you lose this page.
More details from the caption at the Shorpy site: “…. February 1936. “Roadside sandwich stand. Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.” 8×10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration….”
Thanks, Nighthawks! Let me be the first to say I got all nine ~ don’t even need Susan ~ I’m positive I’m right! Cute picture.
I really enjoyed the dance video.
Here we go, Cleo pals and Puzzle People… those who need me and I guess those who… um… sniffle… don’t….
I’m here with your solution anyway.
….
Again, no Cleo in this one, but there’s a sophisticated looking city dog, having a bit of a tag sale.
“Bit” seems to be an appropriate word, though maybe “bitten” world be more so, considering the state of these doggie artifacts.
This is actually another one from StelBel… and I’m kinda glad it’s not the Dutch Mickey Mouse page, cos that picture was so complicated, I’d be hearing the wailing and gnashing of teeth all the way over here in California.
This one is cute…
But if you’re stopping by that sale, I’d suggest gloves and maybe some kind of antibacterial spray.
The dog’s ear covers part of it’s neck in one view, so I considered it a “neck change”. It also extends past the back of his head in one view (outside Susan’s box); I counted that as a separate change.
Liked the steps — Thanks StelBel — it made it much easier to “section off” the levels for my search(es)… The last one took a bit of time, but nine I got, couldn’t believe I missed that last one on my first (or second, or third or — many — more rounds…)
And, another “No Thanks” to the Dutch MM…
I went and saw Vici Lawrence at the casino tonight.
She still has it.
She likes to start with jokes for the women. I’m sure that plenty of ladies were poking their guys in the ribs a lot.
Dracula might have eaten pastrami (when he was human, of course).
It’s a Romanian method for preserving meat and is used on beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and sometimes turkey (Wikipedia research).
In all my cookbooks, I couldn’t find a pastrami dish, but there’s a Romanian cook-book available at the same library branch where I got “Yours Cruelly” from, so I’ll see if it does.
In my life, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “dish” made with pastrami…
You buy it sliced, at the deli, not the fresh meat counter, and you eat it, usually heated, on sandwiches., or sometimes as is, as part of a deli plate.
It’s like looking for a dish to make with bologna, or salami. You might find one, but most people won’t need it.
….
You don’t see recipes, also, because very few people make their own pastrami, though a few more did, back in the days of home food preservation, before WWI.
Even then, they usually stopped with making corned beef, and didn’t cure it into pastrami.
Wow …you rarely see a pastrami sandwich that’s not on rye bread.
I’ve been (jokingly, I hope!) told that I’m disowned by relatives, excommunicated from Judaism (which we don’t actually do anyway) and banned from delis because I don’t like rye bread or mustard.
…
I’d eat it on sourdough, which is what this looks like, but without the mustard.
I prefer corned beef, on whole wheat, with ketchup… don’t throw things!
This fuzzy donkey feeding on the leaves of a cherry tree probably doesn’t know that today was once celebrated as the Feast of the Donkey. We think any day is a good day to celebrate donkeys. They’ve carried the load for humans for more than 7,000 years, so let’s give them some love. More than 40 million donkeys do the heavy lifting around the world today, with 11 million in China alone.
Medieval Christians celebrated January 14 as the Feast of the Donkey, or Feast of the Ass—acknowledging the importance of donkeys in the Bible. The passage of Mary, Joseph, and their newborn son into Egypt was usually depicted with Mary and her child riding on a donkey. The festival fell out of favor by the 15th century.
Actually food is the only logical reason for risking the environment. Whether it’s to eat meat or to have a supply of fresh, out-of-season fruits & vegetables. You’d make a better case pointing your finger at my beloved air race and all the auto races, blame jet-set vacationers (though I hope to do a little of that after retirement myself), and the RV’ers, the day-trippers (again, me), and the leaf burners, and blame the manicured lawns if you must. But food should be the last thing you look to curb.
February-1936-Roadside-sandwich-stand-Ponchatoula-Tangipahoa-Parish-Louisiana
Sandwiches for 5 Cents???? Wow!! I know 1936, but still.
I’m not all that surprised.
I wasn’t buying food by myself till over 25 years later, when prices were still lower than seems possible, but probably higher than in 1936.
I babysat for 35 cents an hour around 1963, and wished I was old enough to work at Woolworth’s after school, cos they paid about 60 cents.
I remember my Mom saying she got 10 cents an hour as a teenager in the late 1920s, before the Depression.
I thought I remembered McDonald’s burgers being 10 cents when ours opened in Madison WI, but I guess they were 15 cents, around the time of this menu:
I didn’t know you were in Madison. I went to college there (and loved it).
That aside, I remember McD hamburgers being 15¢ for most of my childhood. It was not only fast food, but affordable (cheap) food.
I’m sure I left before you got there, cos IIRC I’m a little older than you, and moved right after graduating from high school (Madison Central High!)
I did love Madison, except for the cold, and that white stuff that falls on everything.
I really wanted to go to the UW, but my Dad wouldn’t let me… cos it was “a &$%! bed of communists”. Tells you something about my Dad.
He was military, and we ended up in California, anyway… So I went to UC Berkeley. Ha!
I remember the burgers being .10 and then .12 cents
I remember the same thing!
But when I was looking for a menu, the sites I found all said burgers started at 15¢, once Ray Kroc bought McDonald’s and began franchising the restaurants in the Midwest.
I could swear they had 10¢ burgers and also 5¢ cokes… But the menu I posted is supposedly from 1960, before the Madison one opened.
So I dunno.
They must go through a LOT of bananas!
And I don’t even see a sign that says ice cream, much less banana splits.
That is a lot of bananas. Hope they sell fast because they only last a short time.
I don’t see any sweets. It may be if cakes & candies aren’t available that bananas and apples become ‘desserts’ of choice.
most definitely. It was in the 1950’s and beyond where sugar became almost a staple in the U.S. diet
lots of banana bread being made in Louisiana in the summer of ’36.
You remember that, do you?
And various baskets of fruit.
Maybe the fruit baskets are the customers – all going bananas.
And then oysters by the dozen – add some asparagus and celery and place it near a red lantern.
I see that several people liked this, so I must be missing something…
I don’t understand the reference at all.
Anybody wanna explain?
I was wondering whether they sold bushels of apples or some such.
Louisiana … maybe even peaches.
It does have ice cream.
An “un” or less cropped print of the same stand (this one’s caption says it was taken in March / also that its publishing rights are restricted / the U.R.L. gets you there though).
Open it in a new window for sure because if you forget to go back you lose this page.
https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/275812/570782/restricted
More details from the caption at the Shorpy site:
“…. February 1936. “Roadside sandwich stand. Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.” 8×10 inch nitrate
negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration….”
WIKIPEDIA ON THE “FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION; Walker Evans was its official photographer. There are more of his photographs as part of the article.
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Perfect heart!
Thanks! I almost missed it!
it’s still a NOSE!
,,
Sadly, it is no more.
But here it is in operation.
19 year-old Bogart in 1919
Some people look the same all their lives.
Others change a lot.
It’s a little hard to see the resemblance between Bogie at 19 and his mature face… but it’s there.
For one thing, he was already in his late 30’s when he became famous as a “young” break-out star in “Petrified Forest”, and 42, here, in “Casablanca.”
..
Thanks, Nighthawks! Let me be the first to say I got all nine ~ don’t even need Susan ~ I’m positive I’m right! Cute picture.
I really enjoyed the dance video.
Don’t even… sob... NEED me? Oh!..
«choke» but I thought you… *sob*… you know…..
waaa..aah!
Sorry, Susan. I do …… you know……I’m sure this is a once in a lifetime. And I’m sure I will need you next Saturday. Be happy for me ~ don’t cry.
«Sniffle».. *gulp*… oh… OK, thanks. 🥲
Well, I need you! You know how bad i am at these things!
oh we need you alright.
no question about that
I got all nine, also. They are definite differences, so not too hard to spot.
Stel is again the puzzle-wizard today
I got all nine also, been a couple weeks!
Here we go, Cleo pals and Puzzle People… those who need me and I guess those who… um… sniffle… don’t….
I’m here with your solution anyway.
….
Again, no Cleo in this one, but there’s a sophisticated looking city dog, having a bit of a tag sale.
“Bit” seems to be an appropriate word, though maybe “bitten” world be more so, considering the state of these doggie artifacts.
This is actually another one from StelBel… and I’m kinda glad it’s not the Dutch Mickey Mouse page, cos that picture was so complicated, I’d be hearing the wailing and gnashing of teeth all the way over here in California.
This one is cute…
But if you’re stopping by that sale, I’d suggest gloves and maybe some kind of antibacterial spray.
No offence, doggie.
…
Okay… You know the drill.
Have fun. Do your best… And then…
So, thank you StelBel for this one that makes me feel good for a change. I, too, am glad it wasn’t that Dutch Mickey Mouse one.
tread lightly, oh perky one!
Oh, No!!
I got eight!
Woo Hoo! 😀
Dang it!
How did i miss that !
Me too
Boy, do I know that feeling!
This one was really easy. A nice change.
Picked up all nine after three passes with the “Snip & Sketch” ruler; still under 10 minutes though.
I got nine and quit. It appears I double counted
So I still found 9, but not THE 9.
I still need you Susan, to keep me honest.
i got 8 today. hooray!!! the one i missed was a little tricky (to me).
it was still fun. thanks, stel and susan!
…..
i loved the dance video, too.
Liked the steps — Thanks StelBel — it made it much easier to “section off” the levels for my search(es)… The last one took a bit of time, but nine I got, couldn’t believe I missed that last one on my first (or second, or third or — many — more rounds…)
And, another “No Thanks” to the Dutch MM…
Found ’em.
I went and saw Vici Lawrence at the casino tonight.
She still has it.
She likes to start with jokes for the women. I’m sure that plenty of ladies were poking their guys in the ribs a lot.
I needed the laughs.
I loved her & Carol Burnett. In fact I liked her before she joined Carol:
OMC!
I never made the connection!
I would mention the artist if I knew them.
Australian cartoonist, Tony Zuvela.
Thank you.
Is that the one that had to put his shoes on before he could go out, Old Joke!
feets don’t fail me now
I don’t usually like posting other people’s cartoons here… but for some reason tonight’s “Classic” (as in old rerun) Dilbert cracked me up.
For the artists among us:
pastrami sandwich
open wi-i-i-ide!
VERY wide!
Dracula might have eaten pastrami (when he was human, of course).
It’s a Romanian method for preserving meat and is used on beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and sometimes turkey (Wikipedia research).
In all my cookbooks, I couldn’t find a pastrami dish, but there’s a Romanian cook-book available at the same library branch where I got “Yours Cruelly” from, so I’ll see if it does.
In my life, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “dish” made with pastrami…
You buy it sliced, at the deli, not the fresh meat counter, and you eat it, usually heated, on sandwiches., or sometimes as is, as part of a deli plate.
It’s like looking for a dish to make with bologna, or salami. You might find one, but most people won’t need it.
….
You don’t see recipes, also, because very few people make their own pastrami, though a few more did, back in the days of home food preservation, before WWI.
Even then, they usually stopped with making corned beef, and didn’t cure it into pastrami.
Pastrami or corned beef, it could be either and I’d love it!
Corned Beef for me, Pastrami way to salty for me!
With me it’s not only the salt, but the pepper that’s way too much.
Wow …you rarely see a pastrami sandwich that’s not on rye bread.
I’ve been (jokingly, I hope!) told that I’m disowned by relatives, excommunicated from Judaism (which we don’t actually do anyway) and banned from delis because I don’t like rye bread or mustard.
…
I’d eat it on sourdough, which is what this looks like, but without the mustard.
I prefer corned beef, on whole wheat, with ketchup… don’t throw things!
KETCHUP?!?! KETTCHUP!!!!!! Maybe it’s time Judaism started excommunications!
LOL 😉 To each their own.
My late wife use to put Mayonnaise on hers! Oh Well, to each their own!
Feast of the Donkey
This fuzzy donkey feeding on the leaves of a cherry tree probably doesn’t know that today was once celebrated as the Feast of the Donkey. We think any day is a good day to celebrate donkeys. They’ve carried the load for humans for more than 7,000 years, so let’s give them some love. More than 40 million donkeys do the heavy lifting around the world today, with 11 million in China alone.
Medieval Christians celebrated January 14 as the Feast of the Donkey, or Feast of the Ass—acknowledging the importance of donkeys in the Bible. The passage of Mary, Joseph, and their newborn son into Egypt was usually depicted with Mary and her child riding on a donkey. The festival fell out of favor by the 15th century.
Is the attachment relevant to this site? 😎 🤞🏻 🤞🏻
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Actually food is the only logical reason for risking the environment. Whether it’s to eat meat or to have a supply of fresh, out-of-season fruits & vegetables. You’d make a better case pointing your finger at my beloved air race and all the auto races, blame jet-set vacationers (though I hope to do a little of that after retirement myself), and the RV’ers, the day-trippers (again, me), and the leaf burners, and blame the manicured lawns if you must. But food should be the last thing you look to curb.
I really don’t know. The picture I posted (plus the accompanying text) was from the ‘BING picture of the day’.
Blep!