Whatchamacallit

[Marie Mallory]

My grandmothers 'buffet' was much older, but some idea as to what she called the buffet
I remeber many of the words used that you all have mentioned. Pop was something my aunt who lived in California said. In Texas everything was called Coke , otherwise you had to be specific in your choice of fizzy drinks.
Carts are for grocery items
On a business trip to Wisconsin once, I ordered a tea and hamburger.. Middle of summer, was brought hot tea, and a bun and meat pattie...apparently things were different there than in Texas.
A favorite memory of mine, was a car trip to see my mamawa in Missouri, we stopped in Oklahoma somewhere and It was a lesson to me that people eat different everywhere. Ordered breakfast and lo and behold, there were taters on my plate! I did not know you could eat potatoes for breakfast. I was about 7,but to this day I love potatoes regardless of the meal.

Like a kitchen cabinet, just no top enclosed shelves.
We had one of these in the house that burned down when I was 5, also had China Cabinets.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Indeed, the bubbles are super-fizzy and pop.

My favorite part of the drink.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Baby carriages are baby buggies

Madge, down here we call them strollers.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

My mother had a cabinet similar to that at the old hotel, and it was called a Kitchen Queen, at least that is what she always called it. It had bins for storage for potatoes and flour, and cabinets for other kitchen items.

 

[Marie Mallory]

My mother had a cabinet similar to that at the old hotel, and it was called a Kitchen Queen, at least that is what she always called it. It had bins for storage for potatoes and flour, and cabinets for other kitchen items.

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Yvonne that's the Cadilac of kitchen cabinets.
I do remember the old stand-alone flour bins with the scoops in them. Never seen one in a drawer.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Please refer to my prior comment regarding "liquid." It narrows things down, but that's about it.

John, plain liquid has no fizz. I like the carbonated.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

Madge, down here we call them strollers.

I think there is a difference between the old fashioned baby buggies and the newer strollers. The old buggies were like a rolling bassinet kind of and the baby was usually lying down in it, and could sleep there just fine, and there was a top that could be over the part where the babie’s head was, and it could be either up or down. I used to have a play one to keep my dolls in.

What i think of as a stroller is a place where the baby sits up and is pushed along, but not a place where they could lie down and sleep. They did have old time strollers because my mom had an old one for me back in the 1940’s. This is what mine looked like except not nearly as new as the one in the picture.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

John, plain liquid has no fizz. I like the carbonated.

I love carbonated drinks, too, and I always have. After I started giving up sugary pop, I drank the sugar-free kinds for many years, preferably , Diet Coke, and a cherry coke was even better.
Now, I know that the sugarfree is not healthy either, so I mostly drink the sparkling carbonated water. My favorite is San Pellegrino Sparling Mineral Water.
I still sometimes might have a diet pop, but very rarely.

 

[Marie Mallory]

I love carbonated drinks, too, and I always have. After I started giving up sugary pop, I drank the sugar-free kinds for many years, preferably , Diet Coke, and a cherry coke was even better.
Now, I know that the sugarfree is not healthy either, so I mostly drink the sparkling carbonated water. My favorite is San Pellegrino Sparling Mineral Water.
I still sometimes might have a diet pop, but very rarely.

I also drink the sparkling water at times. Mostly though I will take a few sips of Jakes 7Up.

 

[John Brunner]

I think there is a difference between the old fashioned baby buggies and the newer strollers. The old buggies were like a rolling bassinet kind of and the baby was usually lying down in it, and could sleep there just fine, and there was a top that could be over the part where the babie’s head was, and it could be either up or down. I used to have a play one to keep my dolls in.

What i think of as a stroller is a place where the baby sits up and is pushed along, but not a place where they could lie down and sleep. They did have old time strollers because my mom had an old one for me back in the 1940’s. This is what mine looked like except not nearly as new as the one in the picture.


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Unsafe at any speed.

(I guess most folks here know that Goodwill will not accept strollers, car seats and the like because they cannot research all the possible safety recalls that are out there.)

 

[John Brunner]

I love carbonated drinks, too, and I always have. After I started giving up sugary pop, I drank the sugar-free kinds for many years, preferably , Diet Coke, and a cherry coke was even better.
Now, I know that the sugarfree is not healthy either, so I mostly drink the sparkling carbonated water. My favorite is San Pellegrino Sparling Mineral Water.
I still sometimes might have a diet pop, but very rarely.

The only carbonated drink I liked was beer. Growing up, I either drank water or Kool Aid (made with with scoops and scoops of healthy refined sugar.) The only carbonated stuff we had around was the root beer our father would occasionally make, and his Black Label...and maybe Cold Duck around the holidays. As an adult, after I quit drinking alcohol, I'd have a Coke when I ate pizza...but no other carbonated stuff. I drink water and coffee. (Oh, and hate milk.)

 

[Marie Mallory]

I think there is a difference between the old fashioned baby buggies and the newer strollers. The old buggies were like a rolling bassinet kind of and the baby was usually lying down in it, and could sleep there just fine, and there was a top that could be over the part where the babie’s head was, and it could be either up or down. I used to have a play one to keep my dolls in.

What i think of as a stroller is a place where the baby sits up and is pushed along, but not a place where they could lie down and sleep. They did have old time strollers because my mom had an old one for me back in the 1940’s. This is what mine looked like except not nearly as new as the one in the picture.


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Cute, although it may not be good for small babies, like strollers are. But it is a cute one and gives the baby use to holding on.

 

[Mary Robi]

My mother had a cabinet similar to that at the old hotel, and it was called a Kitchen Queen, at least that is what she always called it. It had bins for storage for potatoes and flour, and cabinets for other kitchen items.

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Those are "Hoosier Cupboards". My grandma had one that had a built-in flour bin with a built-in sifter.

 

[Mary Robi]

Some of the old timers when I lived in North Carolina referred to "a dope and a Moon Pie". The dope term apparently came from when Coke contained cocaine.

Yeh, but they were probably talking about RC Cola. It's a southern favorite.

And I never thought of the cocaine angle. Original Coca Cola must have been Red Bull on steroids.

Ah, the famous "10-cent lunch" of the Depression......a Moon Pie and an RC Cola.

 

[Mary Stetler]

My mother had a cabinet similar to that at the old hotel, and it was called a Kitchen Queen, at least that is what she always called it. It had bins for storage for potatoes and flour, and cabinets for other kitchen items.

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We have one of those in the barnhouse but it is twice as wide and a 'b' to move.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Madge, down here we call them strollers.

The seated ones where baby/child sits, I call strollers, the large, lay baby down inside models that typically have the canopy, I call baby buggies.

It's fun hearing of the many variations depending on country/region.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Has anyone here ever used or heard the term chifforobe? The only time I've heard it was in the movie "To Kill A Mockingbird," when Mayella Violet lured Tom Robinson onto her yard under the pretense of "chopping up a chifforobe."

I have one that's been in the family for a long time (they're not really valuable), and always called it a wardrobe. It's a handy thing when you lack closet space.

Pic from the web:

Apparently a chifforobe is a hybrid piece of furniture with a hybrid name. A chiffonier is what I call a chest of drawers, with or without a mirror on top. A wardrobe is where clothes are hung. A chifforobe has both.

Never before have I heard of a "chifforobe".

 

[Madge Bumstead]

As for the low style cabinets often found in dining rooms, I call those buffets or sideboards.

 

[Marie Mallory]

The only carbonated drink I liked was beer. Growing up, I either drank water or Kool Aid (made with with scoops and scoops of healthy refined sugar.) The only carbonated stuff we had around was the root beer our father would occasionally make, and his Black Label...and maybe Cold Duck around the holidays. As an adult, after I quit drinking alcohol, I'd have a Coke when I ate pizza...but no other carbonated stuff. I drink water and coffee. (Oh, and hate milk.)

John Mabel drank Black Label, remember her?

 

[John Brunner]

John Mabel drank Black Label, remember her?

Yup.