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  1. 6 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

    If you're a child of the 70's, then any vegetables were disgusting.

    It was probably the mid- to late-80's before logistics and trade got to the point where you got a significant amount  of fresh produce in grocery stores.  Before that, the produce aisle was just that: one aisle.  And it was probably half taken up by apples, oranges, bananas, and heads of iceberg lettuce.  The rest of it was onions and potatoes and a few other things that might be in season (e.g., strawberries or grapes or cherries, depending on the time of year).  As far as vegetables go--if you wanted anything much more exotic than squash or carrots, you were fresh out of luck.

    The only brussels sprouts or asparagus or green beans on offer were usually either canned or frozen.  And there's a limited set of techniques you can use with canned or frozen vegetables.  So yeah--boiled frozen brussels sprouts were common in my house.  Fucking canned peas--we had that shit at least twice a week.

    I love vegetables now.  Asparagus on the grill; brussels sprouts any number of ways; sugar snap peas with just a touch of salt--those are all great.  But none of that fresh shit was available when I was a kid.

    Roger all this.  Canned asparagus and overcooked frozen brussel sprouts were traumatic meal events.  Love them fresh and properly cooked nowadays.  I even love liver in all forms -- properly cooked, especially as a nice pate with brandy and peppercorns.

    The one thing I've never gotten over is oatmeal.  I'd go hungry before I'd eat it as a kid.  Some things never change.  

  2. The Eagles Hotel California Tour Fall 1976 at Austin Municipal Auditorium.  Joe Walsh had just joined the band. He kicked ass. Can't remember if the "Hotel California" single or album had been released by then, but the first time I heard the song was at that concert.

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