Yes, MaineGreene, there really was a Chef Boyardee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Boiardi

Ettore Boiardi (October 22, 1897 – June 21, 1985) was an Italian-born chef who became famous for his eponymous brand of food products, named Chef Boyardee.

Ettore (Hector) Boiardi was born in Piacenza, Italy, to Giuseppe and Maria Maffi Boiardi. On May 9, 1914, at the age of 16, he arrived at Ellis Island aboard the French ship La Lorraine. His culinary reputation grew and he became the head chef at the Plaza Hotel in New York. In 1915, he supervised the catering for the reception of President Woodrow Wilson's second marriage<1> at the Greenbrier, in West Virginia. His entrepreneurial skill became fine-tuned when he opened his first restaurant, Il Giardino d'Italia, at East 9th Street and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio<2>, in 1926. Patrons asked for samples and recipes of his spaghetti sauce, which he often gave to customers in old milk bottles.<snip>

Seriously.

That makes me really happy to know that that smiling face that brought me so much happiness in childhood is real!

:woohoo:

:D

apparently it made me crazy.

So what if I twitched a bit?

Even with Crunchberries.

x(

Our milkman delivered it fresh from a local bakery.

She was really doing it so she could eat all the good stuff, first.

Where he lectured us and gave us toothbrushes.

:eyes:

Imagine a goodie bag full of nothing but apples, toothbrushes and Chick tracts. THAT'S what we call a festive Halloween!

No going to religious houses for us!

Next thing you will tell me is that there's no Count Chocula...;)

Everybody KNOWS that!

Was there a real chef/cook with that name or did the Cantisanos make him up after they sold their interest in Ragu?

They are still famous.

Ciao.
marco

Grazie, Marco.

world culture.

mark

From wikipedia:

Mama Celeste" was Celeste Lizio (1908-1988), who came to the United States from Italy with her husband, Anthony, in the 1920's. They settled on Chicago's West Side, where they opened their first restaurant in 1937.

In 1962 the Lizios closed the restaurant and began selling pizzas to other restaurants. The Quaker Oats Company acquired the product in 1969. The Celeste brand was later acquired by Aurora Foods, which in turn was acquired by Pinnacle Foods.

Mama Celeste for breakfast?

No problem!

This thread makes me happy!

That is some gross stuff. It was gross when I was a kid too, but gross was cool then.

I don't think it was spaghetti sauce.

I politely declined. You know, in hindsight, I think I probably did the right thing.

:rofl: