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After a Thanksgiving dinner on Pan Am airliner, 1949. [Colorized] (lemmy.world)
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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably. Airline food was high end for a long time. We flew across the Atlantic in late 70s, and everyone had Filet Mignon, and dessert was a strawberry moose in a chocolate edible bowl.

Now it's some $18 stale sandwich. Or crackers and hummous for $15 lol

[–] Jessicat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Strawberry moose lol. I chuckled, thank you.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A mousse once bit my sister.

[–] obviouspornalt@fedinsfw.app 5 points 1 day ago

after dinner mint, Mr Crosote? it's wafer-thin!

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I typed mouse, then moose, and I'm like still lookswronge. Fixed now 😜

[–] Jessicat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aww it was cute. Definitely been there! Have a good one