PASTA AND MAYO

(sigh)

The world is in constant need of macaroni salad to feed 100.

Why IS this? Why have we not gotten away from the creamy, fat-laden salads of the 50s? You know why?
Because all us baby boomers are still stuck in that era, whether we admit it or not.
And what's even more interesting is that I was just asked to bring this dish to a luncheon, which was given by a 30-something young thing, who obviously had been brainwashed by her baby-boomer mother into believing that macaroni salad is still a mainstay at summer gatherings.

I just (pretended) to celebrate another birthday this week and had given serious thought to having a 50s/60s party complete with music from that time (which really WAS much better than the crap out there today), and foods from that era. Know what I came up with as baby boomer staples? You guessed it. Macaroni salad and (OMG) green jello salad! These to be accompanied by pigs in a blanket (which years ago was a Pillsbury bakeoff winner because it used their crescent rolls as the "blanket.") OMG again! We could wash all this down with Orange Crush and quarts of Grapette.

Except for fettucine alfredo, pasta is not MEANT to be doused with anything white. Therefore, the world needs to get over this macaroni salad thing. And we baby boomers need to pull ourselves out of the last five decades and land in the 21st century. I know, I know. Life requires triage, and macaroni salad is way down the line.

(sigh)