Are you old enough to remember colored toilet paper? Then you're probably feeling nostalgic for kinder, simpler days. At least it seems so in retrospect, with this constant fire hose of sad, scary and just plain vulgar "news."
Kind of embarrassing, but food shopping is one of my sorry little hobbies. I enjoy poking around grocery stores thinking of things to cook. Like most people, we have many store choices here, but that wasn't always the case. I've been trying to find a picture of the long-gone A&P market in Quakertown, PA.
This is Youngstown, but it looks similar to the outskirts of Quakertown. Going to the grocery store was a big family excursion on Friday night, with a Dairy Queen cone afterwards in the car.
We lived on a dairy farm and grew most of our food, but mom had to buy staples like sugar, flour and coffee. I wonder if dad had a cup of coffee before he went out to milk at 5:00 am? It's hard to imagine getting going on dark, cold farm mornings without it.
The A&P was ahead of their time, and sold three varieties of beans that customer would grind in the store. This was always really exciting to watch. (Simpler times.)
The "Eight-o-Clock" was "mild and mellow." "Red Circle" was "rich and full-bodied." But the most sophisticated brew was something called "Bokar," described as "vigorous and winey."
How many bewildering varieties of coffee can we buy now? But when you think about it, a choice of three seems just about right.
Yes, looks like the one we shopped at. I do not know if John remembers the one on Olentangy. Wish the prices were the same as in your pics.
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