Comments on: Chicken Sandwich with Chicken Wallpaper, Somewhere USA, 1958

By: Redchairs

Redchairs — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:42:42 +0000

Mmmmmm….Miracle Whip! When we moved to Italy in the ’70s, we couldn’t find our favorite condiment anywhere, so my mom tested and tested and finally figured out the secret: Add sugar and vinegar to regular Kraft Mayonnaise – voila! Miracle Whip!

By: JEANNE

JEANNE — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:40:53 +0000

I notice sandwich was on white bread. I don’t remember having much of a choice in the 50′s – white, raisen, or rye. Miracle Whip sustained us kids. We made a sandwich with just Miracle Whip and that was our snack thru the day. I don’t care so much for it now, but then it was great!!! ……….Jeanne

By: Jerry Foisel

Jerry Foisel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:03:27 +0000

The Chicken Sandwich was incidental to the TANGY MIRACLE-WHIP I WHUPPED-OVER IT!”

When I was a “REALLY PO-BOY”, I used to make a meal of CATSUP STIRRED-INTO A COFFEE-CUP OF HOT WATER. Served up with complimentary Saltines by a sypathetic waitress: MY TOMATO SOUP WAS JUST LIKE THAT MADE BY LUCY IN ONE OF HER TV ADVENTURES WITH FRED & ETHEL!

By: Dee Marcellus Cole

Dee Marcellus Cole — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:43:38 +0000

I really enjoy your weekly slides. I was starting out in the fifties BUT I would never have wallpaper. Some of these things are so gross! I was into the mid-century Danish Modern. Now it is hot. Glad no one is collecting that awful maple furniture with lamps with ruffles…or maybe they are. Dee

By: Laurie Munn

Laurie Munn — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:36:46 +0000

I am reminded of the Yorba Room in the Santa Ana Buffums, and the “Montecristo” sandwich….Served with red spiced apple rings.
Miracle Whip was always in our refridgerator! We loved it!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:39:30 +0000

The reception area of my dorm at Smith College had tan burlap wallpaper with red chickens on it. We always referred to it as the Rooster Room. I was there in the early 80′s and I don’t know how long the wallpaper had been up, but they gave us a makeover my senior year and each of us cut out a rooster for a souvenir. (And by the way, our downstairs restroom wallpaper had little Colonial soldiers on it)We were sad to go back for our first reunion and see how tasteful the decoration now was!

By: Sister Julie

Sister Julie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:44:35 +0000

Didn’t Buffums serve that sandwich open face with a side of spiced apple rings and call it “The Ladies Lunch”?

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By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:42:52 +0000

Ah Miracle Whip. The stuff of family wars, these days. We grew up with it and now some of the “kids” won’t touch the stuff and some won’t use real mayonnaise to save their lives. I won’t say where I stand on the subject, but I do thank you for the recipe. And now, if you will excuse me, I need to go make chicken salad.