Could You Finish This Off In One Hour?

She did it in 24 minutes!

I have eaten there twice, the last time about 30 years ago. The lunch special was 1/2 of a chicken fried steak with gravy, half of that amount of green beans and half of that amount of mashed potatoes. And I had a large sweet tea. It was served on a platter the size of the one with the green beans on it and the meal covered the platter. It was all I could do to finish it. What is pictured on that platter looks like 3 chicken fried steaks, full size. The price is $50 if you don’t finish the challenge. She did and got it for free plus a free t- shirt.

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meggie · F

I knew a big family once who kept having and fostering kids they could ill afford to keep. Every night a meal of something like watery minced beef in gravy with mashed potatoes would be served. Then 2 or 3 large loaves of white bread and cheap margarine would be placed on the table. Most of them would have 6-8 slices of bread as they were so hungry. Then they would have tummy ache afterwards when the bread swelled up. I think too as there were so many of them, the competition for food was great and they didn't know when to stop, as the next meal could be 8 hours or more away.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@meggie I was born just a few years after the great depression and some of those eating practices were still around. A popular one was bread and syrup. Pour syrup on a plate and mop it up with bread. An older friend who grew up in poverty once told me about having to eat Argo Laundry Starch when they were desperate.

meggie · F

@Heartlander yes I'm sure. My great grandparents ate bread and dripping and most of the little meat they had went to the father. I felt these kids should of been fed a little better. I did tell her once and she said they were not making much money from fostering.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Heartlander My neighbor told me that she came from a large family with 8 children. Sometimes they would go without food. She said she would make dirt pies and eat them and thought they were good, she was that hungry. Her parents would take the family to Pow wows in the area every chance they could and they would eat and eat well. That made me sad to hear, she is about 10 years younger than me

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@Heartlander I am not old enough to have gone through the depression but one of my favourite sandwiches is golden syrup. Yes they got a bit soggy by lunch time but they remained just as delicious.

meggie · F

@cherokeepatti the Haitians still eat mud cookies