Show I Diner of 1970 Recalls Good Old DId Days of 1930 Johnson swallowed a concentrated roast beef beet and potato tablet Not like the old days he lie said Eating Is Isan Isan isan an Incident n nowadays It used to be he bea hea a ritual How well I recall those leIsurely leisurely leisurely lei leI- lei lei- surely ten minute lunches In the building pharmacy I 1 can still taste those old fashioned tuna sandwiches I 1 can still hear the musical gurgle of the malted milk ml mixer er and the son song of the carbonated water as It fizzed Into the glass That was 40 years ears ago In quaint 1930 when cookery cookery cookery cook cook- ery was one of ot mans man's arts and eating one of his pleasures We all used to meet on the high stools of the drug store and no mathow matter matter mat mat- ter how bUs busy we were we ve always took 10 lG minutes for a dell deliberate berate delicious de le- le licious meal There were dishes served that you JOU never ne even eyen heard of ambrosial epicurean delicacies ln 10 lovingly ly prepared by a cult of callow callow callow cal cal- low youths In white coats Ah Au those minced ham hum sandwiches those root beers with cracked Ice swimming on top those pound and raisin cakes cales those cream cheese and chopped al almond ulmond ul- ul mond sandwiches But I must stop I fear Im I'm becoming a sentimental old gourmand again Give me a pie piea a la itt mode pill pili and lets let's get down downto to work Kansas lit Kansas Kansas City Star |