I love vintage sodas!  I tried my first Cheerwine some weeks back and thought I'd share a pic I snapped before I cracked the bottle open.

  My daughter shares an equal love for vintage sodas and we always look for 'em when we're on the road.  This Thanksgiving trip was no exception.  Unfortunately, we didn't find a single vintage or unique soda.  It used to be that we'd find a Frostie soda here and there, but the most unique soda we find nowadays is a RC Cola (which is fine-my Great Grandpa ran a factory in his heyday and we grew up loving them).  Our local Cracker Barrel had this Cheerwine along with some other retro sodas.

What's your favorite pop from the past?

Orange Fluff Salad

Big Sissy brought home a recipe from her Great Grandma this past weekend.  She was anxious to try it and so we went to the store to buy ingredients to make it last night.  It's so yummy, creamy with bright orange flavor.

Ingredients
1 (12 oz.) container whipped topping (we bought an 8 oz. container)
1 (24 oz.) container small curd cottage cheese, (we bought a 16 oz. container)
1 (6 oz.) pkg.  or 2 (3 oz. pkgs.) orange flavored Jell-O gelatin
2 (11 oz.) cans mandarin oranges, drained (we only bought one)
1 small can crushed pineapple, well drained
1 cup  finely chopped nut meats or shredded coconut, optional

Put whipped topping in a large mixing bowl and add orange flavored gelatin; stir well.  Add cottage cheese and drained fruits, mixing all well.  You may serve right away or refrigerate to let flavors develop.

*As you may well have noticed in our little captions, we used different measurements, this was not intentional.  Maybe the recipe was written in a time when some products came with a little more to 'em (I can hardly believe that they'd sell an 8 oz. and 12 oz. Cool-whip being that they're so close in measure).  Other ingredients do come in larger quantity; this was just our shopping faux pas.

Is it even fair to come down with a stomach bug the week of Thanksgiving?  I'm thinking not.  I'm hoping I work my way back up to an appetite by Thursday.  We will see.  Here's hoping that your holidays don't run into such "bumps in the road."

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	Sweet Potato
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	Mashed Potatoes
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