No, but Fred & Barney made me want to smoke cigars and drink cactus juice.
The lesson to take from this is that pop culture can and do influence behavior.
Didn’t you say watching Popeye made you attracted to skinny chicks named after food?
Can I blame my huge stomach on Wimpy?
I was five when the Popeye franchise abused me. My mom would give bro and me a huge bowl of spinach after a show and we would polish it off. After many years of therapy I am able to convince the ones I love that I am normal .
Popeye ruled!
Though I like spinach, I’m still a carnivore, so I like vegetables on my plate...next to the potatoes and beside the MEAT!!
Spinach, broccoli, brussel sprouts, asparagus and cauliflower sucked as a kid. Love them all now.
Spinach Balls / Makes 36 appys-——nice with drinks.
Or serve as side dish. Seems too easy to be that good.
RECIPE Mix 2 pkg frozen chp spinach (thawed/drained), 2 c Pepperidge Farm stuffing, chp med onion, 4 beaten eggs, 8 tbl melted sweet butter, 1/2 c Parmesan. Form bite-size balls. Bake on sheetpan 375 deg to brown a bit.
NOTE Can do-ahead——freeze on sheetpan.
Defrost 20 min; heat thru 375 deg 20 min.
Not only that, but “I yam what I yam!”
Sweet taters, nom nom!
Nice little getaway...ah....
Let us not forget poor ole Wimpy and his hamburgers...
I like my greens fried and mixed with red beans... whoowhee!
My plan was to eat just enough of it to able to refuse subsequent helpings through physical intimidation.
It just isn't worth it to force a kid to eat something he detests who has massive, tattooed, eight-year-old forearms and the ability to speedbag people five times their size and finish off with socking them over the horizon.
Interesting article! My 4 year old boy loves to watch the Popeye DVDs that we bought him and he loves to eat spinach. It works!
Spinach all alone....YUK!!
Roll into a bread. Bake in oven
Change ingredients to suit your taste.