Think I was 6 or 7, first time I imbibed. My alkie uncle consumed it 4-5 times a day, minimum. Showed me how. Oh - note the pic of Lizbeth Scott, next to Gene Tierney, best lookin' Hollywood chick ever.
I remember Coke and peanuts from my youngest childhood days. My Dad and I would go to the garage where he worked and we'd sit around talking. Peanuts, Coke, and the company was a real treat for me. I'd guess I was around 3 at the time. Getting that last half peanut out of the bottle was always a challenge, one was always stuck. My Dad passed about 5 years ago and I contracted Bell's Palsy a couple of months after that. Now I barely have the control it takes to drink out of a bottle, much less enjoy peanuts and Coke. Maybe some day, but at least I have some really good memories.
Holy crap, how I love my Coke and peanuts! Dad got me started in the late 1960's. Back then it was the 10oz glass bottle of Coke, cost a quarter from the vending machine, and a packet of Planters peanuts, cost a dime from the vending machine. For 35 cents I could launch a three-front war on my health, getting my minimum daily requirements of salt, fat and sugar. Good times! I still do it occasionally, but now it's the half-liter bottles of Mexican Coke from the taco truck (I like to call Mexican Coke "The real Real Thing.") and a handful of peanuts from a can. But never the huge blister-cooked Virginia peanuts - delicious as those are, they're just too big for this purpose. I think I'll mix one up tomorrow, in memory of my dad. He passed unexpectedly in 2014, and damn I miss him still.
OK. I've tried Coke and peanuts. The peanuts kept getting stuck in my nostrils and the salt burned the mucous lining. Other than that . . .
ReplyDeleteThink I was 6 or 7, first time I imbibed. My alkie uncle consumed it 4-5 times a day, minimum. Showed me how. Oh - note the pic of Lizbeth Scott, next to Gene Tierney, best lookin' Hollywood chick ever.
ReplyDeleteI remember those days, been there, done that. Miss coca-cola in a glass bottle, it tastes so much better
ReplyDeleteThe food trucks with Mexican food (around here) usually have coke in the glass bottle, made with sugar too.
DeleteI remember Coke and peanuts from my youngest childhood days. My Dad and I would go to the garage where he worked and we'd sit around talking. Peanuts, Coke, and the company was a real treat for me. I'd guess I was around 3 at the time. Getting that last half peanut out of the bottle was always a challenge, one was always stuck. My Dad passed about 5 years ago and I contracted Bell's Palsy a couple of months after that. Now I barely have the control it takes to drink out of a bottle, much less enjoy peanuts and Coke. Maybe some day, but at least I have some really good memories.
ReplyDeleteComing up, it Dr. Pepper and peanuts in my parts.
ReplyDeleteIn Georgia, which leads the nation in peanuts, it was called goobers and Coke.
ReplyDeleteThere's a Billy Carter joke there somewhere.
DeleteIt was RC Cola and peanuts. It is a Southern thing. Just like Moon Pies or Goo Goo Clusters..
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, how I love my Coke and peanuts! Dad got me started in the late 1960's. Back then it was the 10oz glass bottle of Coke, cost a quarter from the vending machine, and a packet of Planters peanuts, cost a dime from the vending machine. For 35 cents I could launch a three-front war on my health, getting my minimum daily requirements of salt, fat and sugar. Good times! I still do it occasionally, but now it's the half-liter bottles of Mexican Coke from the taco truck (I like to call Mexican Coke "The real Real Thing.") and a handful of peanuts from a can. But never the huge blister-cooked Virginia peanuts - delicious as those are, they're just too big for this purpose. I think I'll mix one up tomorrow, in memory of my dad. He passed unexpectedly in 2014, and damn I miss him still.
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