Big and Strong

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Like Keesha, I was told that if I ate all my crusts, my hair would get curly. As it was dead straight, I ate my crusts and everyone else's too because I SO wanted a mop of curly hair, like Shirley Temple!

It wasn't till my 50's that my hair actually started to get some wave in it! Was it the crusts do you think that finally worked? Or perhaps menopause was the culprit! ;)
 
Hmmm. I don't recall that one. For us, it was "fresh air and sunshine" that would make us "big and strong". Looking back, I think it was just a ploy to get us urchins out from under foot.

I do remember being told to eat my fish because it was important for a healthy brain. I liked fresh fish, but hated those frozen rectangular blocks of stuff the grocery stores sold back in the 50s and 60s. :yuk:
 
‘Clean your plate’

No promises

Just threats

….thinking about it, they may have been promises

‘You’ll just sit there…til it’s gone’

I had a problem with food touching each other
Those cafeteria trays were a godsend

Anyway, I just sat there, alone, hand on the side of my head, propped up by my elbow on the table

Hours later, the mixed vegetables, and beet juice soaked hominy had yet to disintegrate on their own

Going to my room was a blessing (win)
I jumped up and ran

Over the formative year period I somehow managed to become fully grown
…and they fought weight problems…..heh heh
 
Why wouldn't someone "eat their crusts"?
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Crusts often were dry and didn't have any jelly on them. My father made me eat mine, only he called them my corners and he didn't promise curly hair. Sometimes he would promise that it would grow hair on my chest. Always a joker, my dad.

Anyway, I just sat there, alone, hand on the side of my head, propped up by my elbow on the table
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Awww. It always seems like it's little boys going through that torture. My brothers had quite a few things they couldn't stand to eat. Mostly it went down our Irish Setter's big muzzle, but even he refused to eat peas. Those went in the kitchen door's keyhole.

My mother told us we had to drink our morning orange juice because our bodies couldn't store vitamin C, so we needed to replenish it every day. On some level all we kids thought if we didn't drink our juice we would be dead by noon.
 
There wasn't one specific thing we were told if we ate would make us big and strong, but I do recall if one of us kids turned our noses up at something on the table or on our plates, we were met with, "it'll put hair on your chest". LOL!
 
Remember being told that we had to eat our dinner as there were starving people in Biafra who would be grateful for the food. Don't think fish and chips would be the diet of many African countries. :unsure:

I was told to eat my carrots as they would help me to see in the dark! If only I could find the right lenses for them!!!!!;)
 

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Remember being told that we had to eat our dinner as there were starving people in Biafra who would be grateful for the food. Don't think fish and chips would be the diet of many African countries. :unsure:

I was told to eat my carrots as they would help me to see in the dark! If only I could find the right lenses for them!!!!!;)
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ROFL, I remember that carrot story. We were told that carrots would give us superman vision, and seeing how we kids all seemed to be heading down the "nearsighted" corridor and needing thick glasses like our dad, I ate lots of carrots hoping this would save me from needing glasses. Didn't seem to work though.

My sister got the idea somewhere as a kid that eating lots of chicken wings would make her able to fly. Eons later, it seems she either didn't eat enough wings or it was all her pipe dream, LOL.
 
Treacle said:
Remember being told that we had to eat our dinner as there were starving people in Biafra who would be grateful for the food. Don't think fish and chips would be the diet of many African countries. :unsure:

I was told to eat my carrots as they would help me to see in the dark! If only I could find the right lenses for them!!!!!;)
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OMG, yes! I totally forgot about the carrot saying! 🥕👓 🔍
 
Ronni said:
Like Keesha, I was told that if I ate all my crusts, my hair would get curly. As it was dead straight, I ate my crusts and everyone else's too because I SO wanted a mop of curly hair, like Shirley Temple!

It wasn't till my 50's that my hair actually started to get some wave in it! Was it the crusts do you think that finally worked? Or perhaps menopause was the culprit! ;)
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I think it has something to do with how the hair follicles are positioned. If they are straight up and down, the hair is straight. If they are slanted, the hair waves or curls, depending on the degree of slant. I know I read this somewhere.

It appears this can change as we grow/get older as it did with you. Both my father and I started out with stick straight blonde hair, but in our teens our hair became curly and darker.
 
Ronni said:
Like Keesha, I was told that if I ate all my crusts, my hair would get curly. As it was dead straight, I ate my crusts and everyone else's too because I SO wanted a mop of curly hair, like Shirley Temple!

It wasn't till my 50's that my hair actually started to get some wave in it! Was it the crusts do you think that finally worked? Or perhaps menopause was the culprit! ;)
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It must’ve have worked for you. I’ve got a mop of curlies ;) and I gave my crusts to the dog 🤭
 
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