Talking having a friend in the South, cut back memories with this pre-boomer about the local products I enjoyed like a kid. He thought an excellent after school snack was an RC Cola along with a Moon Pie. My personal favorite, as a Philadelphian, would be a Hires Root Beer along with a Tastykake. It wasn't until i was older and started traveling that each one of us reached taste what are the other liked like a kid because they were regional brands which were not most popular, or in most all cases not available, except in specific regions of the country.
Loving the meals from my hometown, I fondly remembered my top picks: Philly Cheese Steaks, soft pretzels, scrapple, tomato pie (the first local reputation for pizza) in addition to a host of others. It had been great fun recalling these gastronomical memories and my mouth watered when i yearned for just one taste, which may hardly be sufficient.
This got me considering food and drink everywhere. So I contacted several friends who was raised in different parts of the nation and did a little bit of online research to generate some of the snacks and drinks New Seniors enjoyed whenever we didn't have to be worried about our waste lines or our cholesterol.
New Englanders' were built with a drink called Moxie that was popular until Coke (first formulated in Atlanta) and Pepsi (the choice to Coke that moved from the North Carolina roots to Nyc) began to make inroads from the stronger tasting Moxie. The endorsement of Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams' couldn't stop the slide of the once famous drink. That portion of the country, just like other regions, had plenty of flavored drinks made by local bottlers.
In Ny, besides Pepsi, there have been lots of bottlers. Included in this was Dr. Brown's a soda which attracted the areas large Jewish population and spread nationwide due to it. Within the Midwest, where carbonated sodas ("sodas") are called "pop," Vernor's Ginger Ale was common as was Faygo, with all of its flavors. Dr. Pepper would be a big within the Southwest there was Shasta about the West Coast. There have been no diet drinks in those days.
Any of these drinks was ideal for washing down the most popular sub sandwiches. But that is not the things they were called everywhere. Grinder was the reputation for this Italian specialty within the Northeast. A Hero is exactly what New Yorkers ordered. In Philly it had been a Hoagie. New Orleans spawned the name Po' Boy, that was Poor Boy in St. Louis. Chicago had an italian man , Beef sandwich. Blimpie, Torpedo, Rocket, Bomber and Zeppelin are names employed for this hearty sandwich that could change its ingredients, although not its shape, with respect to the part of the country where it's made.
The differences by geographic areas are occasionally striking. Through the same token you might surprised by the similarities of some items, aside from the name the locals refer to it as. Whatever the case, our memories inform us how much we enjoyed the tastes in our favorite foods and drinks from sometime ago.
Don Potter, a Philadelphia native, was created in 1936 and it is a 50 year veteran from the advertising agency business. Now residing in Los Angeles, he's written two novels in retirement, frequently writes on marketing issues, and it has a blog focused on pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945).
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