Tomatos, poatatos, beans, peas, water

My parents came for a visit yesterday and brought with them the index card on which I wrote my very first recipe (Age 6):

Sounds delicious, doesn't it?

Seeing this card reminded me that my brother, Jon, and I used to play restaurant when we were little, and I remembered writing a menu for it.  More specifically, I remember removing my class photo from the pearly-glossy-cardboard frame it came in, and turning it into the menu, and hoping I wouldn't get in trouble for doing it.  After about 20 minutes of going through some boxes in the attic, I found it (Age 7; 2nd Grade):

Dear Anyone With Artistic Talent, I'm so sorry....

Restruant.  Nice.

That was the cover.  Here's the inside:

At least I spelled everything correctly, but I'm cracking up over the fake-French-accent-thingy after the "t" of Parfait, and how I thought I could make it even more French-sounding by adding an extra "L" to my name.

And to all the fooderati who thought they declared bacon a hot trend, I think I had you beat.  My "restruant" was SOLD OUT of our awesome bacon all the way back in 1975.  So suck it, all you baconphiles.

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Comments

[Tom]

I love this so so much.

[Vicky]

So cool that you have these! I would do the same thing on Sunday mornings when my parents slept in. When I took their order, I had to tell them that the omelette machine was broken, because I didn't know what an omelette was, so I didn't want them to order one!

[Jeanne]

Your prices are INCREDIBLE. Must have had low overhead...

This totally cracked me up. How fun!

[Roman]

First of all, this is history, so you should keep it in safe place from now, not in the attic. Second – frame it! This is way better looking than diplomas and other scientific stuff on our walls :)

[Carol Clayton]

I'm feeling very nostalgic for 70's pricing. And impressed at how healthy your menu choices were. Carrot sticks? Well done you.

[Jeremy]

Like I always say, you can't spell "restruant" without "truant." :)

[Janet]

It looks like you had a little breakfast and lunch thing happening.
Writing a good menu is not that easy. You have a nice balance between meat and veg, but you didn't forget the dessert.
Also, no wonder you ran out of bacon at .35 cents, good price.

[Mike]

What a find! Your menu is cracking me up. And I love that you tried to be French. That's just too, too funny.

[Clay]

Adorable!! I love the super soup recipe.

[amber]

OMG, talk about a blast from the past! I used to do that same thing when I was in jr. high. I had totally forgotten about it until this post. Guess it makes sense that years later, I'd come to love cooking and being in the kitchen. Thanks Carol - trips down memory lane are fun! :)