The "doo-wap" era -

[Kitchen Witch]

How about a nice chocolate cake recipe from the doo-wap era!

Many of us remember those days well!

And while your cake is baking - take the Doo-Wap Quiz that follows:

Coco Light Cake

350 degrees for 30 minutes

Measure into mixing bowl
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cups cocoa
3/4 cup milk
2 cup sifted cake flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup Crisco

Beat a medium speed 2 minutes and pour into 2 large pans that have been greased. Cool 15 minutes and removed from pans. Ice with fudge icing

(posted as written dear friends!)

OK, ALL YOU KOOL KATS AND SLICK CHICKS, LET'S SEE HOW KOOL YOU REALLY ARE. DON'T CHEAT CAUSE YOU KNOW THAT AIN'T NEAT.. WRITE A, B, OR C DOWN FOR YOUR ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, THEN CHECK THE ANSWERS AT THE END.
..........REMEMBER, NO CHEATING!!!

(BTW - I got the all right! It comes with AGE! LOL)


1. When did 'Little Suzie' finally wake up?
a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock

2.. 'Rock Around The Clock' was used in what movie?
a) Rebel Without A Cause
b) Blackboard Jungle
c) The Wild Ones

3. What's missing?____ _Baby, Earth_____,_ ____On My Shoulder
a) Angel
b) Head

4. 'I found my thrill...' where?
a) Kansas City
b) Heartbreak Hotel
c) Blueberry Hill

5. 'Please turn on your magic beam, __________ bring me a dream'
a) Mr Sandman
b) Earth Angel
c) Dream Lover

6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
a) Chancellor
b) RCA
c) Sun

7. He asked, 'Why's everybody always pick in' on me?' Who was he?

a) Bad Bad Leroy Brown
b) Charlie Brown
c) Buster Brown

8. Bobby Darin's 'Mack The Knife', the one with the knife was named:
a) MacHeath
b) MacCloud
c) MacNamara

9. Name the song with 'A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom'?
a) Good Golly Miss Molly
b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
c) Tutti Fruitti

10. Who is generally given credit for the term 'Rock And Roll'?
a) {omitted}{omitted}{omitted}{omitted} Clark
b) Wolfman Jack
c) Alan Freed

11. In 1957, h e lef t the music business to become a preacher.
a) Little Richard
b) Frankie Lymon
c) Tony Orlando

12.. Paul Anka's 'Puppy Love' is written to what star?

a) Brenda Lee
b) Connie Francis
c) Annette Funicello

13. The Everly Brothers are..
a) Pete and {omitted}{omitted}{omitted}{omitted}
b) Don and Phil
c) Bob and Bill

14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
a) Jiles P. Richardson
b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
c) Marion Michael Morrison

15. In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started a small record company called...
a ) Decca
b) Cameo
c) Motown

16.. Edd Bynnes had a hit with 'Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb...
'What TV show was he on?
a) 77 Sunset Strip
b) Hawaiian Eye
c) Surfside Six

17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
a) Carol Lynley
b) Sandra Dee
c) Natalie Wood

18. They were a one hit wonder with 'Book Of Love

a) T he Penguins
b) The Monotones
c) The Moonglows


Answers are below-- -no peeking!
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ANSWERS:

1. c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
2. b) Blackboard Jungle
3. a) Angel
4. c) Blueberry Hill
5. a) Mr. Sandman
6. c) Sun
7. b) Charlie Brown
8. a) MacHeath
9. c) Tutti Fruitti
10. c) Alan Freed
11. a) Little Richard
12. c) Annette Funicello
13. b) Don and Phil
14. a) Jiles P. Richardson
15. c) Motown
16. a) 77 Sunset Strip
17. b) Sandra Dee
18 b) The Monotones

[Kitchen Witch]

Don't like chocolate cake?

Make a cheeseless cheesecake!

Cheeseless Cheesecake

4 eggs, separated
1 can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2/3 cup zweiback or graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoon melted butter

In a large bowl, beat egg yolks. Add sweetened condensed milk; blend well. Add lemon juice, rind, vanilla and nutmeg; blend well. In medium bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into milk mixture. Combine crumbs, butter; mix well. Sprinkle half of crumb mixture evenly over the bottom of a buttered 9-inch square pan. Pour in mixture; sprinkle top with remaining crumbs. Bake in slow 325 degree oven 30 minutes. Cool 1 hour in oven with door closed. Makes one 9-inch cake.

[Kitchen Witch]

5 Fabulous Fads From The 1950's


If you were around in the 1950s, you probably remember the Korean War and McCarthyism. But that's not the fun stuff to visit on Memory Lane. It's much more fun to remember the fads, the crazes, and the pop culture sensations that emerged in an age when moms still made dinner every night and a car with fins could get you a date. The following is a list of some of the most decade-defining fads and trends of the 1950s. Don't get too excited, though -- nice boys and girls never do.


Poodle Skirts
Sock Hops
3-D Movies
The Conical Bra
Beatniks

[lvdkeyes]

Drive-in movies for $1 a carload
The Twist
Mashed Potatoes
Elvis's first movie and who was the male lead in it?
DA haircuts
The pink and black craze
Cherry cokes

[Kitchen Witch]

Elvis's first movie was "Love Me Tender" - 1956 - remember it well!
Wasn't it Richard Eagan??? who had top billing for that one?
And do you remember the other two westerns Elvis starred in? (He starred in 3 all together)


a gallon of gas in 1950 was 18 cents - unbelievable!



those were the days!

then it all ended in 1964 with the Beatle Invasion!

[Kitchen Witch]

remember these?

1 Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night
2 Penguins - Earth Angel
3 Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
4 Mellow Kings - Tonight Tonight
5 Elegants - Little Star
6 Channels - The Closer You Are
7 Jive Five - My True Story
8 Dubs - Could This Be Magic
9 Dell Vikings - Whispering Bells
10 Classics - Till Then
11 Skyliners - This I Swear
12 Danleers - One Summer Night
13 Duprees - You Belong To Me
14 Dell Vikings - Come Go With Me
15 Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You
16 Chantels - Maybe
17 Passions - Just To Be With You
18 Capris - There's A Moon Out Tonight
19 Crests - Sixteen Candles
20 Quotations - Imagination
21 Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why
22 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
23 Dubs - Chapel Of Dreams
24 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow
25 Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys - Tell Me Why
26 Charts - Deserie
27 Marcels - Blue Moon
28 Knockouts - Darling Lorraine
29 Heartbeats - A Thousand Miles Away
30 Platters - Only You
31 Chimes - Once In A While
32 Fascinators - Chapel Bells
33 Excellents - Coney Island Baby
34 Moonglows - Sincerely
35 Randy & The Rainbows - Denise
36 Students - I'm So Young
37 Cleftones - Heart And Soul
38 Chimes - I'm In The Mood For Love
39 Cleftones - Little Girls Of Mine
40 Schoolboys - Please Say You Want Me
41 Nutmegs - Story Untold
42 Chords - Sh-Boom
43 Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home
44 The Impressions - For Your Precious Love
45 Tokens - Tonight I Fell In Love
46 Five Satins - To The Aisle
47 Velvets - Tonight (Could Be The Night)
48 Chantels - He's Gone
49 Curtis Lee & The Halos - Pretty Little Angel Eyes
50 Rosie & The Originals - Angel Baby
51 Earls - Remember Then
52 Dells - Oh, What A Night
53 Shields - You Cheated
54 Mystics - Hushabye
55 Impalas - Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)
56 Diamonds - Little Darlin'
57 Platters - The Great Pretender
58 Platters - Twilight Time
59 Bobby Helms - My Special Angel
60 Rays - Silhouettes
61 Orioles - Crying In The Chapel
62 Platters - My Prayer
63 Shirelles - Dedicated To The One I Love
64 Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
65 Phil Phillips - Sea Of Love
66 Dovells - Bristol Stomp
67 Monotones - Book Of Love
68 Jack Scott - My True Love
69 Tuneweavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
70 Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger
71 Don and Juan - What's Your Name
72 Aquatones - You
73 Crests - Step By Step
74 Tommy Edwards - It's All In The Game
75 Capris - Morse Code Of Love
76 Five Keys - Close Your Eyes
77 Cadillacs - Gloria
78 Passions - I Only Want You
79 Three Friends - Blanche
80 Cadillacs - Speedoo
81 Chantels - Every Night
82 Earls - Life Is But A Dream
83 Orioles - Chapel In The Moonlight
84 Ovations - The Day We Fell In Love
85 Velvets - Lana
86 Dion & The Belmonts - Lonely Teenager
87 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - I Want You To Be My Girl
88 Lee Andrew & The Hearts - Long Lonely Nights
89 Rosie & The Originals - Lonely Blue Nights
90 Angels - Till
91 Earls - I Believe
92 Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain
93 Marcels - Heartaches
94 Willows - Church Bells May Ring
95 Time-Tones - Here In My Heart
96 Safaris - Image Of A Girl
97 Paradons - Diamonds and Pearls
98 Crests - The Angels Listened In
99 Drifters - Dance With Me
100 Bopcords - Castle In The Sky

[lvdkeyes]

Yep, it was Richard Egan who had top billing. He also starred in Flaming Star and Charro, both westerns.

[Kitchen Witch]

ta-daaaaa - you've got it right! Those were the 3 westerns he starred in!

[lvdkeyes]

I am of a certain age, you see.

[Kitchen Witch]

Welcome to my world.............................

[lvdkeyes]

I do believe it was my world first. LOL

[Kitchen Witch]

Ok - you win - I let you check things out for me so I could make my Loretta Young entrance! LOL
(but I wasn't far behind!)

[lvdkeyes]

Remember Howdy Doody? My Little Margie? Uncle Johnny Coons on Noontime Comics? Our Miss Brooks?

[Kitchen Witch]

And The Ann Southern Show, Romper Room with Mr. Doobee, Captain Kangaroo, Queen for a Day, Kids Say the Darndest Things, What's My Line?, Rin Tin Tin, Sky King, Sea Hunt, The Lone Ranger, The Rifleman, the original Mickey Mouse cartoons, the Original Mickey Mouse Club, American Bandstand, Ed Sullivan, Ted Mack Amateur Hour, 77 Sunset Strip, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, all those b-rated horror flicks - the Blob, the Spider, etc.

[Kitchen Witch]

going to the theater to see TWO movies with cartoons before each!

and Fizzies, Bosco, Teem, Veep, Hostess Lil Angels (orange or cherry), buying fries at McDonalds by the pound in those white lined bags, good birch beer, Ozzie and Harriet, Jiffy pop popcorn, the steering wheels that had the knob on them for turning (which were banned because that is how Sammy Davis Jr. lost his eye in a car accident), Jayne Mansfield, Pepsodent, Brylcream commercials,


remember having only ONE commercial during a half hour program???

[lvdkeyes]

Before 6pm movies were 14 cents. In addition to cartoons before the movies was a Newsreel. Frozen custard and popcorn with real butter in the theater. And it wasn't a problem to bring in your own treats. I even remember one theater in Chicago (Marbro) that had live stage shows between the movies for 25 cents. That's were I saw The Andrew Sisters.

[Kitchen Witch]

I wish we could go back to those days!

and how we listened so intently to the Newsreels!

remember having a party-line? telephone numbers started with 2 letters and had 4 numbers - then they had private lines available -

[lvdkeyes]

I realized I made an error in my last posting. The theater that had live stage shows was not the Marbro, it was the Chicago Theater downtown.

Phone calls were made by talking to the operator who could listen in on your call just as whoever was on your party line. Pay phones cost 5 cents to call anywhere in the area.

The iceman and milkman made their regular rounds for deliveries. My job was to empty the drip pan for the ice box. If it overflowed (often) I had to wash the kitchen floor.

Our first TV had a round screen. Before we go it we used to listen to the big floor model radio and sit and stare at the lighted dial.

We never locked our doors or worried about it. The neighborhood grocery store would add up the purchases with a pencil on the paper bag. We could "put it in the book" and pay at the end of the week. The butcher always added free parsley to package of meat. He would rotate the liver (free) among his regular customers. I remember one time he wanted to give me the liver (which I hated, as most kids do) and I told him my mother didn't want it that day. When I got home, my mother told me to "march back to the store" and get the liver. He had called her to tell her I refused it.
Times were simpler for sure, but time marches on and there are many things I am grateful we have now, PC's for one.

[Kitchen Witch]

Not only did we have a milkman, but we had the 101 man (he sold bleach in glass gallon jugs - that's it!), the vegetable cart, the Italian baker with all his cookies on a cart, the popcorn man who walked the streets for 12 hours a day, the man who drove around and sharpened scissors and knives, and the man with the truck with the merry-go-round on it - for a nickel you got a ride.

the operator always listened in! So did everyone on the party line!

yes - 5-cent phone calls -

I remember whem I went to the corner store with a penny to buy a stamp and had to go back home - they went up to 2 cents! my mom and gram swore to never mail anything again! LOL

[lvdkeyes]

You jogged my memory further. There was a junk man with a horse drawn wagon who came around calling out "Rags a lion". We called him the "rags a lion man". When I got older I realized he was calling ouy "Rags and old iron".
We also had a waffle man who would come around on Sunday in his cream and pale green colored wooden panel truck blowing his whistle. He make the best crispy waffles loaded with powdered sugar. A pack of 4 was 10 cents. When we heard the whistle I never had to ask, "Can we get waffles." My father would call me frantically to go get some waffles before the guy drove off.
We used to play baseball in the alley. If the ball went into Mrs. Iwicki's yard it was an automatic out because she would sit on her back porch and if the ball went in her yard she would run down and grab it never to be seen again. In her defense, she had a beautiful flower garden.

[Kitchen Witch]

OMG! Yes - the waffle man - and his 4-packs! We had a rag man - but he passed and no one took his place - and of course - what about the Fuller Brush man! He was a regular as well.

We had a Mrs. Iwicki as well - balls were never found once they entered her TWILIGHT ZONE!

There were no dogs in the neighborhood - so dandelions were safe to pick and eat.

everyone knew everyone else - great days