Winter has arrived and it's time to think about all those comforting,
maybe not so healthy dinners. On a day like today I am going to take
out my old 60's stand by Better Homes and Garden cookbook and find the
tuna noodle casserole recipe. Broccoli will be the healthy addition to
tonight's body and soul, warming casserole. Of course, I will also have
to make some of those decadent, high fat, Pillsbury crescent rolls to go
with it. It's the perfect marriage of two carbohydrates.
The problem with using these old recipes is the every shrinking of canned foods. These days the cream of celery soup that is called for in the recipe, has shrunk a few ounces, so I'm force to buy 2 cans instead of one. For years it was only the candy bars that were shrinking and in recent years Campbell's has joined the ranks of "give them less and charge them more".
Years ago I purchased a set of very, very old cookbooks and was warned at the time that I had to be careful, because apples, for instance, one or two hundred years ago were much smaller. So the apples have gotten bigger, but everything else seems to be shrinking. If I live another twenty years, which is highly unlikely, the candy bars might wind up being the size we now give out to trick or treaters.
Time to check my recently sprouted basil. I have it growing under a grow light in my meditation room along with a big pot of lemon grass.
The problem with using these old recipes is the every shrinking of canned foods. These days the cream of celery soup that is called for in the recipe, has shrunk a few ounces, so I'm force to buy 2 cans instead of one. For years it was only the candy bars that were shrinking and in recent years Campbell's has joined the ranks of "give them less and charge them more".
Years ago I purchased a set of very, very old cookbooks and was warned at the time that I had to be careful, because apples, for instance, one or two hundred years ago were much smaller. So the apples have gotten bigger, but everything else seems to be shrinking. If I live another twenty years, which is highly unlikely, the candy bars might wind up being the size we now give out to trick or treaters.
Time to check my recently sprouted basil. I have it growing under a grow light in my meditation room along with a big pot of lemon grass.
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