[Sca-cooks] (OT) Space Food Sticks

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> (OB Tangent: In Hal Roach's "Our Gang" comedies of the 1930's, a
> great deal of the plotlines feature mush in one way or another. The
> prop mush used for the films looks more like oatmeal to me. Is there
> any possibility or likelihood that something other than cornmeal is
> being referred to? Is mush a generic term for a hot cereal, like
> farina, or does it mean different things to different people, or did
> they simply use oatmeal because it photographed better?)

Mush is a generic term, like porridge and pottage. :)


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