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The sandwiches and black coffee

posted 8 years ago by mistamajestyk
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Not only did they look delicious, but they seemed very "1940's", if that makes any sense. I have vivid memories of my grandmother making coffee and sandwiches like that; piled high with meat and slathered in real butter. And piping hot coffee from a similar iron kettle. In this world of vegan food trends and gluten-free everything, it seems like hearty, delicious food like that is practically extinct.

"Oh yeah, one more thing....where can I get a pizza?."

[–] liscarkat (18373) 3 years ago

People used to eat with much less guilt, yet there were far fewer obese children, men, and women than today.

[–] Rolltide (964) 3 years ago

I'm 62 and my grandparents always ordered coffee with every meal when they went out. Not coke, not a beer and certainly not wine.

I could never understand when I ate with them because some foods went better with coffee than others. I did not normally like a hot beverage with a meal so I would get a soft drink.

I remember a line from the film Little Caesar. They had just robbed a gas station at the beginning of the film and stopped to eat in a diner. They ordered "spaghetti and coffee for two". Somebody started a thread here on it talking about how bad those things go together but that was how Americans ate in the 1930s.

Coffee was with every meal not just for breakfast.