tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post3983618354287772519..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Fine Dining in Hudson 70 Years AgoCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-5013196840542048642013-08-20T15:09:45.352-04:002013-08-20T15:09:45.352-04:00I think what this menu shows is how the rich maint...I think what this menu shows is how the rich maintained their high-flying lifestyles in a world of rationing, death and destruction.<br /><br />Everything on the menu is familiar except one item: Tockyroad Ice Cream. I presume this is a spelling error, which is in itself interesting since Rocky Road was a popular ice cream flavor among the masses during the Great Depression.signifierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601047461286366304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-7392850788759250452013-08-18T13:02:09.653-04:002013-08-18T13:02:09.653-04:00OK, I see it now. My mistake; the 3 looked like a ...OK, I see it now. My mistake; the 3 looked like a 5 on my screen. The War was still still raging. <br /><br />Pretty amazing menu under the circumstances! Goes to show how much better off we were than the other combatants. <br /><br />-- Jock Spivy<br /><br />Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548850334066788444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-58235652086821872992013-08-18T07:24:49.360-04:002013-08-18T07:24:49.360-04:00Look again, Jock. The date on the menu is definite...Look again, Jock. The date on the menu is definitely 1943. The 3 is formed with a straight line at the top, which makes it possible to confuse it with a 5, and the typewriter print isn't all that precise, but the year was 1943. Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-62222026221026324722013-08-17T23:19:04.504-04:002013-08-17T23:19:04.504-04:00The War was over by October 24, 1945 wasn't it...The War was over by October 24, 1945 wasn't it? That's the date of this menu. <br /><br />I think V-J Day was August 15, 1945 (not that there might not still have been rationing &c -- there was rationing in England until the mid-1950s -- but the War emergency in America would have been over). <br /><br />-- Jock SpivySamuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548850334066788444noreply@blogger.com