Ha! Ed T, you obviously ate at a branch plant of my house.

One reason why our diet ranged from dull to downright unpleasant was that our mother was a lousy cook. Between the Depression and the war, she had no opportunity to learn, and the appearance of cheap convenience foods during the '50s and '60s looked like a good reason not to bother when she finally had the time and the means.

To this day, I loathe canned cream soup.