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Share Please - Route 66 Menu

Puzzle Piece — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:45:54 GMT

Been invited to a Route 66 theme event and folks are all supposed to bring the Route 66 foods that would have been typical for the day. H E L P !!! Can anyone offer suggestions?

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ilovedaisies — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:48:55 GMT

Chicken fried steak with white gravy, mashed potatoes and buttered corn.

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nomless — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:56:11 GMT

Here's a site that has recipes from Route 66 diners and truckstops: click here.

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stilltamn8r — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:05:00 GMT

Route 66 runs through my city of Glendora CA! the first ever McDonalds was on Route 66 in San Bernardino- Out here- Citrus (orange) drinks and shakes and pies were the rage-

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Cyndog — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:05:06 GMT

My favorite kind of food, wish I was coming, ha, ha.

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Cyndog — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:07:28 GMT

Still, isn't the teepee motel on Route 66 out in your area too?

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Barbarainnc — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:09:31 GMT

I have a couple of Route 66 Cookbooks. One is The Route 66 Cookbook by Marian Clark. The recipes go from state to state from Illinois to California. Here are a few recipe titles:

Hensley's Chicken Enchilada Casserole

The Diamond's Cheese Ball

I'd do a search for recipes from restaurants on Route 66 and see what comes up.

You can probably get this cookbook on Amazon.

I got my copy during 2 week Bus Trip out West, back in 1997. My hubby and I were the youngest couple on the bus!!!!

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Barbarainnc — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:12:28 GMT

nomless-- Thanks for a great site to visit, I bookmarked it!!!

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Cyndog — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:15:47 GMT

I looked up the motel, called the Wigwam on Foothill Blvd. in San Bernadino. So cool, it's still going. I remember driving by it a few years ago.

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Puzzle Piece — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 22:30:32 GMT

Thanks to all! I have some homework to do on this subject.

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stilltamn8r — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 22:41:01 GMT

On 4/4/2014 cyndog said: Still, isn't the teepee motel on Route 66 out in your area too?

no, I am closer to Pasadena- I think the Wig Wam on the way to (or in )San Bernardino.. used to be the middle of nowhere...now the middle of nowhere is all tract homes and shopping malls....

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stilltamn8r — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 22:43:10 GMT

Hey for the party.. I bought my sweetie a cool Route 66 Hawaiian shirt on Amazon last year, and I got a cool long sleeve T that is "route 66" from a catalog.. might have been "Potpourri"

Don't know if you need "costumes" but just a thought...

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Cyndog — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 02:55:09 GMT

I looked it up (see above). Yes, it's a little further from you, San Bernadino. Sure not in the middle of nowhere anymore, ha, ha, but glad it's still hangin' in there.

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Puzzle Piece — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 03:53:59 GMT

On 4/4/2014 stilltamn8r said:
Hey for the party.. I bought my sweetie a cool Route 66 Hawaiian shirt on Amazon last year, and I got a cool long sleeve T that is "route 66" from a catalog.. might have been "Potpourri"

Don't know if you need "costumes" but just a thought...

Thanks. Yes, we are encouraged to dress with the theme in mind.

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beach-mom — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 03:56:41 GMT

Just want to say - what a great theme for a party! Have fun!

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Sooner — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:23:21 GMT

Coke or root beer float; pie--apple, cherry, coconut cream or pecan; hot rolls with butter; jello salad; hamburgers and hot dogs; chocolate sheet cake (Texas sheet cake); canned corn; at least from the Oklahoma section that's what you would have seen. Oh, and for breakfast biscuits and gravy!

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ennui1 — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:33:31 GMT

On 4/4/2014 stilltamn8r said:
Hey for the party.. I bought my sweetie a cool Route 66 Hawaiian shirt on Amazon last year

I am fairly certain that Route 66 never went through Hawaii.

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Puzzle Piece — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:34:34 GMT

On 4/4/2014 Sooner said:
Coke or root beer float; pie--apple, cherry, coconut cream or pecan; hot rolls with butter; jello salad; hamburgers and hot dogs; chocolate sheet cake (Texas sheet cake); canned corn; at least from the Oklahoma section that's what you would have seen. Oh, and for breakfast biscuits and gravy!

Thanks sooner - pie's sound good!

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DiAnne — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:49:15 GMT

On 4/4/2014 stilltamn8r said:
On 4/4/2014 cyndog said: Still, isn't the teepee motel on Route 66 out in your area too?

no, I am closer to Pasadena- I think the Wig Wam on the way to (or in )San Bernardino.. used to be the middle of nowhere...now the middle of nowhere is all tract homes and shopping malls....

I was born in Pasadena and my parents were raised there. Lots of wonderful memories of all the Rose Parades, etc. When I was in third grade we moved to Orange County so I grew up there.

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Marienkaefer2 — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:57:58 GMT

What a fun party! I used to live in Flagstaff.

All this food sounds good...