-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> bought it in 1947 and Dad installed a big enough generator

 DD> Was the generator petroleum or wind powered?

It used gasoline.

 DD> But we still used the Aladdin (kerosene) lamps and the wood
 DD> stove in the front room.

We had Aladdin lamps to0, prior to 1951 when rural electrification
arrived on our road. They were so pretty that Dad kept some and
converted them into electric table lamp stands. He kept others on
hand in case of blackouts too. When I set up the estate furniture
auction after Mom passed away there were still four working ones
left, two of each kind, and they got a surprisingly good price in
2003.

 JW> My first job was as a grocery store clerk there in 1964, which
 JW> was by then an IGA with no lockers any longer.

 DD> About the same time period IGA was the "big gun" stupormarkup
 DD> Most neighbourhood groceries (remember those Mom & Pop places?)

Yeah, we patronised McGinn's general store alternately with the IGA

 DD> affiliated with Red & White. There are still a few small town
 DD> stores of that affiliation - which started in 1908 to compete with
 DD> A&P. The last smidgen of which disappeared in 2016.

Red & White still exists in Canada. It's now a division of Loblaw's
along with in Provigo Le Marche, T & T Asian Supermarkets, Zehrs,
Fortinos, SuperValu, Extra Foods, OK Economy. Dominion Stores (our
usual Ottawa store in the 1960s), Freshmart (what the old IGA in
Cobden is now), Your Independent Grocer (frasnchise operation where
store owners can use outside suppliers (that's what's in Yellowknife
these days, No Frills (Shawn's store and undoubedly there are even
more banners. Loblaws also owns Shoppers Drug Mart now, one of
Canada's largest drugstore chians.

But if you were referring to A&P, yeah, it's dead. There was an era
when it was the biggest and the best but that was a long time ago.

From my kitchen # 5: whisky and Frangelico.

During the recent cold snap I gave up iced cocktails for spiked hot
coffee. Almost any combination of 3 parts brown liquor (whisky,
brandy or dark rum) and 1 part of a compatible liqueur (Irish Mist,
Bailey's, Drambuie, Creme de Cacao. Amaretto etc.) goes great neat,
at room temperature, or added to coffee. When I needed more the
liquor store was out of stock on quite a few of these so I picked up
a half bottle of Frangelico instead. Its cocoa, vanilla and caramel
flavuoring is most excellent with rye whisky and hot coffee, and
will become a regular part of my flavour rotation going forward.
                                    


Cheers

Jim


... Chocolate is a flavor of milk, and milk is also a flavor of chocolate

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