My mother had a sweet tooth. Do you remember the days of penny candy? You could get all kinds, in all sizes, and shapes and flavors. My mother's favorite penny candy was black licorice. There was a variety store near our house in Gregory Gardens that sold penny candy. In the evening my mom, Bette, would talk my dad, Bal, into a quick trip to the variety store for some black licorice. I remember Dad coming home with licorice, and sometimes other goodies in a flat brown bag. Then it was time to turn on the television set and watch Perry Mason. My mother was a mystery buff and Perry Mason was the king of mystery. He never lost a case in the court room! Through those years I too developed a love of mysteries and black licorice. Evidently, I come by it genetically!
Carol Evans Smith
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Onion sandwiches
My dad loved onion sandwiches. Big, thick slices of onion with some mayonnaise between two slices of bread, had to be his favorite snack. He loved any kind of onions in his sandwich. I don't remember him eating this at meals, but I do remember him snacking on an onion sandwich many times. He must have had little bit of a strange sense of taste, because he was always eating green apricots off his parent's apricot tree. The tree was right by the driveway of the house where my grandparents lived in Oakland, so when we came to visit, he headed strait for the tree to check them out. I can remember tasting the apricots when they were only a little orange, and they were really sour, but Dad loved to eat them off the tree just to see if they were ripe yet...they never were!
Carol Evans Smith
Carol Evans Smith
