Things That Aren't There Anymore
Heya,
One of my favorite singers/women in general is Exene Cervenka. She recently did an interview cataloguing all the things that have disappeared in L.A.
Many things are gone but what is truly shocking is that in the 24 years since I have come to call this city home, even foodstuffs are gone!
I have been reading every bio available on Rock Hudson (my Rock kick seems to be on an endless loop) and I was intrigued that his lover Tom Clark said his favorite go-to comfort food was a dish called Hot Mother Fucker. It was, according to Clark a recipe adapted from a packaged Betty Crocker's Noodles Romanoff. It is made with beef but I don't eat beef and thought that I could substitute ground chicken or turkey and decided I had to try a dish called Hot Mother Fucker...well, just because!
And I found out Betty Crocker's Noodles Romanoff was discontinued eons ago!
The list of things that aren't there anymore is seemingly endless. When I first arrived here I remember loving Coconut Lifesavers.
Gone! Poof!
As Exene and I lament the passage of time and traditions and I bawl each time I see another 76 gas station with its trademark orange ball gone in the name of 'progress' I will try and figure out how to replicate the HMF recipe for myself. All the ones I found online seem not only complicated but lengthy and I got HOT books to write people!
Later...
Aloha oe,
A.J.
One of my favorite singers/women in general is Exene Cervenka. She recently did an interview cataloguing all the things that have disappeared in L.A.
Many things are gone but what is truly shocking is that in the 24 years since I have come to call this city home, even foodstuffs are gone!
I have been reading every bio available on Rock Hudson (my Rock kick seems to be on an endless loop) and I was intrigued that his lover Tom Clark said his favorite go-to comfort food was a dish called Hot Mother Fucker. It was, according to Clark a recipe adapted from a packaged Betty Crocker's Noodles Romanoff. It is made with beef but I don't eat beef and thought that I could substitute ground chicken or turkey and decided I had to try a dish called Hot Mother Fucker...well, just because!
And I found out Betty Crocker's Noodles Romanoff was discontinued eons ago!
The list of things that aren't there anymore is seemingly endless. When I first arrived here I remember loving Coconut Lifesavers.
Gone! Poof!
As Exene and I lament the passage of time and traditions and I bawl each time I see another 76 gas station with its trademark orange ball gone in the name of 'progress' I will try and figure out how to replicate the HMF recipe for myself. All the ones I found online seem not only complicated but lengthy and I got HOT books to write people!
Later...
Aloha oe,
A.J.
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