Show diner of 1970 recalls good old days day of 1930 johnson swallowed a concentrated roast beef nod potato tablet not like pie file old days lie said eating Is an incident nowadays it used use d to te be a ritual how well I 1 recall those let leisurely 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 mixer and the song of the carbonated water as it fizzel fizzed into the glass that was 40 years ago in quaint 1930 when cookery was one of mans arts and eating one of his pleasures we all used to meet on the high stools of the drug store and no matter how busy we were we always took 15 minutes for a deliberate de illious meal there were dishes ches served that you never even heard beard of ambrosial epicurean delicacies lovingly prepared by a cult of callow youths in white couts coats ali ah those minced ham barn sandwiches those root lb beers aers with cracked ice fee swimming on top those pound and raisin cakes those crenca c chese cheese and chopped almond sandwiches but I 1 must stop I 1 fear im becoming a sentimental old gourmand again give me a pie a to la mode pill and lets get down to work forkl I 1 kansas city star |