[nitehawk]

The classic French dessert called charlotte russe is an elegant mold of ladyfingers, filled with flavored Bavarian cream. But to old-time Brooklynites, a charlotte russe was a round of sponge cake topped with sweetened whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, and sometimes a marashcino cherry, surrounded by a frilled cardboard holder with a round of cardboard on the bottom. As the cream went down, you pushed the cardboard up from the bottom, so you could eat the cake...these were Brooklyn ambrosia." ---The Brooklyn Cookbook, Lyn Stallworth and Rod Kennedy, Jr. [Alfred A. Knopf:New York] 1994 (p. 386)

Bought for a dime, if I remember (if one had a dime), eaten --- slowly--- on the way home from junior high.

[Hyacinth Bucket]

nitehawk, I forgot all about them. Memories.

Do they still make chocolate egg creams, at least the way the soda jerk made it way back then.

HB

[nONIE]

I've just gotta put this out there again! BABUSHKA!!! lol lol
Does anyone still wear a babushka? Havant seen them in TV, Thank goodness!

[chelsea24]

Yes, Nonie, I still wear a black on on my chin with light pink lipstick. Old habits die hard! LOLOLOL (Only my Chicago girlfriend would understand this.)

[nONIE]

Chels LOL LOL< or my great great polish grandmother! I bet there are still some of those left in Chicago, Polish grandmothers that is.

[redwitch]

We're back on babushkas on the chin again? sheesh .... Style still sounds awful.

Hmm -- Possibly the worst outfit possible:

plaid or neon lime green babushka between the lip and chin
bullet bra (for those who don't know, the 40s bra that ended in a point)
paisley bermuda shorts
white go-go boots

There, that should cause a nightmare or two!

[nONIE]

Red, that actually caused a little pick me up!(no pun intended)

I didnt wear a bra in the 40's!!! yep, that made me feel real good.

Thanks for the definition, makes perfect sense to me.

[nitehawk]

chocolate egg creams have gone the way of the vanilla 'mellow rolls" - gone

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Nitehawk - all I can say is "oh no."

Are two people who are going out still use the word "steady" or "item" or "pinned"?

HB

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Nonie I forgot all about that word.
Thanks for thinking of it. Perhaps we should have a babushka night? I think I still have a couple.

I might also have my Peter Pan collars that I word on long sleeve buttoned down cardigans that were turned around so that the buttons were in the back.

Then there were the rabbit collars. To go with the neon socks that you wore with your saddle shoes.

These words are bringing back so many visual memories - 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl I feel sorry for the younger generations that doesn't even know about these things.

HB

[redwitch]

I kinda envy the younger generation. They just have to live down multi-colored hair, pants that don't fit and underwear showing.

My brother's generation has saddle shoes and penny loafers (okay, not too bad), cuffed jeans (ugh!), white t-shirts with a pack of smokes rolled into the arm, poodle skirts and crinolines (talk about a word long gone), rabbit collars, cardigans (another dead word, I think) worn backwards, pastel sweater sets. Peter Pan collars and Peter Pan shoes were kinda on the dorky side, too. And let's not forget spit curls, beehives with petals, two-tone ratted flips.

My generation started with those styles but quickly went to English mod -- micro minis, hot pants, go-go boots, babuskas tied behind the head (unless you were from Chicago apparently), 30s-style gangster pantsuits and, of course, madras anything. And let us not forget the extreme black eyeliner with the wings and white lipstick. Yep, true things of beauty if you were into the vampire in neon look. Then, the hippie era: paisleys, tie die, Nehru jackets, bellbottoms (okay, those were cool and looked good), headbands tied around the top of the skull, neon colors, flowers and peace signs. Makeup was painted faces, no shaving anything, bathing was optional.

We won't even discuss the disco era. That was just too painful, especially those leisure suits!

Today's gangsta style is slowly losing some popularity -- I've noticed that girl's jeans are a little higher and the boys can actually walk a full stride.

(Do you get the feeling I rather like the history of clothing and fashion?)

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by Boomer BeBack

Chuck,

Corvair.

You just made me remember going to pick out a Christmas tree for my first married Christmas. I was so excited about finding a big, fat one that I thought would look perfect. I was so caught up in the moment -- until it was time to load the tree into that Corvair trunk and try to drive home. I don't even remember what happened then, but I think I cried.

Boomer

BBB:

Didn't the Corvair have the trunk in the front?

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by Nonie

Chels LOL LOL< or my great great polish grandmother! I bet there are still some of those left in Chicago, Polish grandmothers that is.

Logan Square; home of the Polish Cannonball

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

BBB:

Didn't the Corvair have the trunk in the front?

Yes Chuck,

You read between the lines.

It was my new husband's car, the first, the car and the husband. It was all a very long time ago. And I was so caught up in the whole first grownup Christmas thing that I completely forgot about the trunk. Until it was time to take the tree home. That's why I cried.

Not exactly the stuff of which those Christmas specials on television are made, is it? I truly can be a complete bubblehead at times. I wrote a big long story about one of my bubbleheaded episodes the other night and then lost it to cyberspace. Another bubbleheaded move on my part.

Boomer

[graciegirl]

Did anyone else hear a lot of German words? Schmier(?) case (cottage cheese) bumbershoot, Achy (pronounced AH-kee) but back in the throat, fercuts(?) broken.

We called each other "kid" when I was a kid and some of us wore crocheted "facinators".