We can discuss lunch but I will need some audience participation....
Lunch was prepared by "Mr. Drach" z"l and Mrs. Drach. Mon, Wed, and Thurs. was milchigs: macaroni, wet and cold. This was one of the many foods that caused kids to invent Bais Dovid exclusive recipes just to get the food down your throat. Kids would sprinkle that mixture of sugar and cinnamon, a Mr. Drach special, onto the macaroni.
"Grilled cheese"... That was made by placing slices of Franczos white bread on trays, then with a PAINT BRUSH (yes, I saw it many times!!) The goyim would "paint" them with some tomato concoction. On that would be a single slice of American cheese; from the huge bricks supplied by the USDA.
Theses would be placed in the small ovens, the ones with small doors and baked until brown. Those unique spatulas with the handles spray painted blue would be needed to break each piece loose.....
"Pizza".... Need we go there?! Also baked on those pans and doled out using those spatulas. Pieces were cut in to squares, religiously.
One of the more dreaded "dishes" was fish sticks! Next was potatoes sliced in half and baked with more paprika than any other spice.
Potato knishes were actually pretty popular.
But then there was Tuesday. Tuesday was fleishigs. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that that's better than milchigs. Just that it was a whole different “sugya”. The fleishiger menu consisted of chicken and Meal Mart turkey rolls. It never really varied much from those two items. Chicken was usually baked with two-three inches of paprika on top.
The turkey (or, on rare occasions, salami) was also baked, in deep trays with plenty of fat and oil. The correct, Bais Dovid way to eat it was to place a few slices of turkey on a paper towel (the brown, sand paper ones), place another paper towel on top. Then place the palm of your hand on top and press all the oil/fats out. Then you would eat it. We can spare you the details of the rest of the process… Turkey was ever present. Even the “goulash” had, instead of cubes of meat, cubes of turkey roll!
To be continued….
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ונשמרתם מאד לנפשתכם
To all our Talmidim עמו''ש,
We would like to remind all of our חשובע Talmidim עמו''ש to wear their 'reflectors'/life strap. For those who are interested there will be reflectors available by the Office (a.k.a. Mrs. Lapidusעמו''ש), at the cost of $1. All proceeds go to צדקה.
These should be worn at all times, especially at night. על פי פסק of R' Nussen Horovitz עמו''ש, it is מותר to wear it on שבת. They are meant to be worn on the shoulder but, if you're a true Monseyer, you will wear it as a belt for your G&G raincoat.
May we hear only בשורות טובות.
The Hanhalahעמו''ש
We would like to remind all of our חשובע Talmidim עמו''ש to wear their 'reflectors'/life strap. For those who are interested there will be reflectors available by the Office (a.k.a. Mrs. Lapidusעמו''ש), at the cost of $1. All proceeds go to צדקה.
These should be worn at all times, especially at night. על פי פסק of R' Nussen Horovitz עמו''ש, it is מותר to wear it on שבת. They are meant to be worn on the shoulder but, if you're a true Monseyer, you will wear it as a belt for your G&G raincoat.
May we hear only בשורות טובות.
The Hanhalahעמו''ש
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