Home again.

And I grew up on the Left coast and always remember hearing all three versions. Could be because of the mixed bag of ethnic people I grew up around but I'd swear I heard the term used in commercials back then. Remember, growing up in the media center of the universe (and L.A. was just that back in the 1950's) we had all sorts of different commercials. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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I'm sorry to disappoint you but even when I did eat that way, I didn't gain weight. My problem has always been keeping my weight up.

I know, you hate me for that and if it makes you feel better, my dear departed husband was always on a diet and I was required to know the calorie count of every food that passed his lips.

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Lucille

I usually just lurk but had to reply to this. LOL I grew up in northwest Florida and we had potted meat in our house. Potted meat and crackers for a snack--yum!! LOL

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Donna in NE La.

How lovely. However, it is entirely likely and probable that some of these products are regional in their offering. I never doubted anyone else in other places hearing the phrase, just know that in the areas where I've lived it wasn't used. And I have never seen in the grocery store in any of those places something labelled "potted meat" . I have seen Vienna Sausages, and SPAM - but not with "potted meat" on the label.

ellice

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ellice

If you were really, really hungry then potted meat and crackers would be appreciated. However, my preference would be for tripe and onions.

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Bruce

Hey, the cappucino's won't do anything - they're just milk and some expresso. But, the extra junk if it's full of syrup, etc - that'll drive the calorie count way up.

Ellice

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ellice

I don't know how "regional" distributed the products are, as I have lived all over the USA (both East & West coasts, in the North and in the South), and have found potted meat (labelled "potted meat" or "potted meat product") in grocery stores in every place I have ever lived. It is a pretty standard shelf item. You can even purchase it in "Super" WalMarts in their grocery section (which have their inventory entirely controlled & standardized at a corporate level). It is usually found in markets near the vienna sausages, and the "standard" tin is the same size. (It can also be purchased in "half" tins, which are half the height of a vienna sausage tin)

me

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me

I worked for a couple of architects who owned a tiny firm. Them, an apprentice and me. Swenson's (an ice cream shop) opened up downstairs. Afternoon malts quickly became a semi-weekly tradition. Although it was the partners' treat I quickly realized that no good could come of this and switched my own order to a blueberry phosphate with *lots* of ice and seltzer. The guys stuck to their large hand-scooped chocolate malts.

By about Labor Day, the three of them were bemoaning the extra notches in their belts and were dumbfounded when I pointed out that their Swenson's habit added an extra 3000 calories to their weekly intake. They dropped the malted milk monkey and with no further effort, lost their big bellies within about 6 weeks (I hate guys sometimes).

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Kathleen

We can't help it Kathleen. Dennis :(

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Spike Driver

The iced cappuccinos are usually sweetened, though.

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spampot

Now you're talking, Bruce! Except we "Texans" call it Menudo(may-nu-doe). My brother had lived a number of years in NM and W TX, and when he was dying in Meridian, MS several years ago, I took large containers over there to him with enough to share with the nurses. Then one day, I stopped at a restaurant near the hospital and found the owner's son-in-law was from the interior of Mexico and made the best menudo we'd tasted in many years. My Mother knew how to fix it and I have no idea of how/where she got the recipe, but the taste was perfect. She grew up, lived & died in mid-S MS, the area we call "The Oil Capital of the South." And no, it isn't good for a person to eat on a regular basis, but a treat ever so often. I haven't eaten any since my brother's death. BTW, I told my DS, a nurse practitioner, & his wife, a pharmacist, about this discussion and they laughed and said, "We've bought it at the Post Exchange in both MD and SC. He and wife are actually "real health-food addicts", most of the time, but eat a small can ever so often to remind themselves of their childhood. I thought that was hilarious, knowing her propensity for eating healthy. However, they don't give it to DGD. Nor do either of them eat menudo. Emily

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CypSew

LOL True!

Higs, Katherine

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Katherine

I still love potted meat and crackers! I rarely eat it because it is SOOOO bad for me. But I love it!

Higs, Katherine

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Katherine

I second that. Dennis

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Spike Driver

This person isn't in rctn, probably doesn't even realise they are posting here - argggh I hate cross posting !

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lucretia borgia

And more cross posting

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lucretia borgia

and more

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lucretia borgia

Katherine ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote:

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lucretia borgia

Spike Driver ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote:

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lucretia borgia

Could everyone please do me a HUGE favor? You may notice the title of this thread is "home again" and I started it on June 13 to tell everyone I was no longer in hospital. Being still pretty weak, I cross posted to several groups on which I am fairly regular.

Now, however, because of our collective mastery of topic drift, it has grown into a monster. So,, if you reply to any of the postings, please strip out the extra addresses and post it only on the group you happen to be reading.

Thanks again for all the good wishes, I am improving very slowly, but I AM improving.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Olwyn Mary

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