When we were kids my mom didn’t want us out on New Year’s Eve so she would stage a party for us at home with just the family. Mom didn’t normally allow any junk food but on New Year’s she bought a lot of crap we weren’t allowed to have any other time.
My mom fancied herself a gourmet cook and she got two out of three kids that weren’t. My brother inherited the food snob gene. He used to have a fit if you wanted to eat in a chain restaurant except for Dupar’s, probably because 3 restaurants don’t constitute a chain.
Anyway, we ended every year in a junk food coma of cheese, crackers, dips and chips. I had to have Bacon Thins which Nabisco doesn’t bother to make anymore. My sister had to have Bugles which can be hard to find sometimes any place but the dollar store. I can’t remember what Cam had except home made Lipton onion dip. We were allowed to eat the nuts leftover from cookie baking and the rest of the Christmas cookies.
I always had an Edam or Gouda cheese in my stocking which got sacrificed at the party but for some reason Mom always got cheese in a can. I have no idea why but it was the only time she would have it in the house and she would smother crackers in the stuff.
This was way before VCRs or DVD’s so it was either 78’s and 33s on the living room turntable or what ever movie they running on New Year’s Eve. So tonight in honour of a family tradition I got cheese in a can, cheddar bacon, onion dip and Bugles for Alison. I’d get Bacon Thins in a heartbeat if they still made them. And I bought Despicable Me 2 and we will have our party at home, just like when we were little. And probably be rudely woken up at midnight and Alison has to be at work at 6 AM.
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