Subj : Done Right
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Aug 22 2025 02:52 pm
Hi Dave,
RH> and only one channel. Some years later, my dad tweaked the line in and
RH> we got two channels. Went to college and came home on Easter break
RH> freshman year to find my folks had tied into the cable that brought a
RH> lot of stations from NYC, and one local. Plus, they upgraded to a color
RH> tv set.
DD> Changes to television viewing came thick and fast in the 50s. My
DD> friend John's house got a first version colour TV that used a
DD> "whirling disk" for the colour.
That must have made for some interesting looking people landscapes, etc.
(G)
DD> It was, to me, pretty "monkey motion". By that time (1956) we had
DD> moved to the state capitol and had a 21" B&W TV. Cable was not yet a
DD> thing so we also had a 50' tower with a huge antenna and rotator. It
DD> pulled in stuff from 90 - 100 miles away.
Dad ran a wire, with their OK, from I guess, an antenna wire, that
neighbors had run to get tv. We lived (barely) within village limits but
outside of town, proper (population of only about 800) and about 75
miles from Albany, same (as the crow flies, more to actually drive) from
Binghamton. Had the tv in time to see some of the Mercury space program
and the JFK assasination & week end coverage. We'd just gotten home from
church and Dad put the tv on again in time to see Jack Ruby shoot
Oswald.
DD> Our 1st boob tube had a 4" picture tube that projected onto a
mirror DD> which reflected the programming onto the viewing screen. And
the room DD> had to be darkened to see the programs. That was in 1950.
RH> That was quite the set up! Our black and white set had belonged to my
RH> grandparents. When my grandmother (g'father had passed away) got a
RH> color set, the b&w set came home with us. It wasn't as an involved set
RH> up as you had.
DD> My dad got rid of the "projector" set in '54 when we moved to
DD> Springfield. It's tuner covered buth VHF and UHF bands so we didn't
DD> have to mess with a converter box. After I joined the Navy in '59 a
DD> "Community Antenna"
DD> became available - a forerunner of cable TV. We could get all of the
DD> St. Louis channels and some of the Chicago stations with a strong
DD> signal.
I've no idea what sort of set up my grandparents had but they got a lot
more channels than we did. They lived in a NJ suburb of NYC so were able
to get tv much easier than our rural area.
RH> I do remember, on school breaks, watching "The Galloping Gourmet"
on RH> the b&w set. Us kids always got a giggle out of his starting
most RH> recipies with "first you take a short slurp". He brought down
the house RH> and a quick cut to a commercial by starting one recipe
with "first you RH> take a leek.............".
DD> Chirrun nearly always see the risque
This was a case of the camera crew and the whole studio audience
cracking up, and him too, as he realised what he'd said.
DD> (St. Louis), and Dumont DD> (St. Louis). All VHF band. UHF stations
DD> didn't begin to appear until DD> '52.
RH> Our first station was out of Albany, 2nd out of Binghamton. NBC and CBS
RH> so we could first watch "The Addams Family", then turn over to "The
RH> Munsters"Thrusday nights before bedtime.
DD> I preferred "Car 54" from that time period.
IIRC, that came on later, after we were in bed.
DD> 8<----- CUT ----->8
DD> Just as a note - you can use regular table salt when making this.But
DD> the iodine will give the garlic a bluish/purplish tine. Won't affect
DD> the flavour ...but it can make things look weird before it'sall
DD> blended together. I've begun using Kosher salt (with the thumbprint)
DD> to avoid the bruised appearance of the garlic. Remember to adjust
DD> the quantity betwwen table and Kosher salts.
RH> I don't use iodised salt; generally sea salt is on the pantry shelf.
DD> I'm cheap (frugal) and buy whatever is the least expensive down the
DD> market. Sea salt, pink salt, etc are all premium priced around here.
I looked into my cabinet, the sea salt we have is iodised. Salt we grind
ourselves isn't. TBH, I don't compare prices; I just get what I know we
prefer.
DD> ... The steak was cheap and well done. I'm glad the knife was sharp.
Sounds like the steaks my parents liked.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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