1. Bonkers Candy Bonkers candy commercials in the ’80s were impossible to forget, usually ending with someone getting comically flattened by a giant piece of fruit. The candy itself was a chewy rectangle with a fruity center wrapped in a […]
1. Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup For a lot of kids, grilled cheese and tomato soup was the unofficial meal of rainy afternoons. The sandwich itself was simple, just buttered bread and melted cheese, but it always seemed to taste
1. Sewing a Button Back On For a lot of older adults, sewing a loose button back onto a shirt was simply part of normal life. If something popped off, you grabbed a needle and thread and fixed it in
1. Canned Spaghetti Straight From the Pot There was something comforting about a quick pot of canned spaghetti simmering on the stove after a long day. It was cheap, easy, and filling, which made it a go to meal in
1. A Tin Box of Civil War Letters When someone renovating an old farmhouse pries open a loose floorboard and finds a small rusted tin box, curiosity takes over fast. Inside might be a stack of fragile letters written in
1. Sugar Sandwiches There was a time when a slice of white bread, a slick of butter and a heavy shake of white sugar counted as a legitimate snack. It was sweet, crunchy and somehow completely acceptable as an after-school
1. Leech Therapy For centuries, doctors used leeches to treat everything from headaches to heart problems, believing that removing “bad blood” could restore balance to the body. By the late 19th century, the practice became a symbol of outdated medicine
