Modern Times? Where Did They Go?
You know, it was a big deal when cake mixes were invented, and TV and toasters. I don’t think kids today appreciate what a big break through preservative were. Well, I remember moldy bread and green hot dogs, thank you, and I haven’t died yet from anything weird ending in the letters “hyde.” When I was little I had to put my toast in the oven and turn it over midway. That was partly because my mother would never buy a toaster, but it was a big deal when we did. But now the pendulum has swung and I’m starting to see more and more parents who won’t let their kids watch TV and have to have everything homemade. My grandkids in California aren’t allowed to bring packaged treats to school birthday parties, they have to either get them from a bakery or make them themselves. No one appreciates preservatives anymore. There was such excitement in the fifties about being modern. Modern art, Katherine Hepburn’s clothes, Ford Thunderbirds with that little round hole on t...