stella....what a great story..... I do know about the big roll of balognie and RC.... I used to drink lots of RC. There are still some cheeses with that thick red cover but, wow, it's expensive. I don't remember ever seeing one of the thing-a-ma-jiggies that you told about. Speaking of cheese - at the local store Sat. I noticed the price of cheese has sky-rocketed... $9.00/lb !!! It is somewhat cheaper at WallyWorld but not enough cheaper for me to buy any. The girl in the deli told me balognie is the big seller.....not so many people buying the pricey deli meat these days. paulette in sw fla usa...... where have all the ma/pa stores gone.....I miss them xoxoxoxo -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: busmar1852@webtv.net (Stella Roper) > Paulette...the old grocery stores got cheese shaped in a large "round > wheel" called a hoop of cheese. It came in a round wooden box with a > fitted lid. I still have one stamped with T.U.Crumpton" (The store where > I worked for two years after school and on Saturdays.) The hoop of > cheese, was covered with a thick red covering that held the oils > inside and kept it from drying out...It was placed on the counter on a > black iron "lazy Susan" looking holder with a cover too...The cover was > removed, and the knife that was 'fixed' onto the bottom of the holder > was raided and brought down, to cut into the desired amount.(cut through > the covering which was always left on until eaten) Like a "wedge" of > cheese. The measurements were on the turntable that held the cheese, up > to a lb. I remember the store I worked in in the late forties...had > one...and the men all came in from road work crews and got a small box > of "soda" crackers, and a cut of cheese...usually 5 cents worth, a can > or two of sardines, and a big RC drink(Rotal Crown), and sat on the > ground under a tree for lunch. That was the norm for lunch...or add a > chunk of bologna, that came in a big roll. . > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Whooeeeeee!!! $9.00 for a lb of cheese will never hit my grocery basket. I balked at $6.00 for a 2 lb brick of cheddar cheese. It was Tillamook cheese, a cheese factory on the Oregon coast that makes really good cheese. I think twice before I buy another brand but the Tillamook cheese keeps getting more expensive all the time. I may have to switch brands because I sure like my cheese. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:SmoochieAngelPie@comcast.net> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Sleepin' in.. balognie/cheese... stella....what a great story..... I do know about the big roll of balognie and RC.... I used to drink lots of RC. There are still some cheeses with that thick red cover but, wow, it's expensive. I don't remember ever seeing one of the thing-a-ma-jiggies that you told about. Speaking of cheese - at the local store Sat. I noticed the price of cheese has sky-rocketed... $9.00/lb !!! It is somewhat cheaper at WallyWorld but not enough cheaper for me to buy any. The girl in the deli told me balognie is the big seller.....not so many people buying the pricey deli meat these days. paulette in sw fla usa...... where have all the ma/pa stores gone.....I miss them xoxoxoxo