tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post5664584751275907348..comments2024-03-24T08:17:55.097-04:00Comments on BLOG TO COMM: Christopher Stiglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-23136002234647330492016-06-01T13:46:59.429-04:002016-06-01T13:46:59.429-04:00My local dollar tree sells the hormel chicken tama...My local dollar tree sells the hormel chicken tamales. Very good stuffAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051335234947785572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-5060814685347782672014-07-06T18:53:04.274-04:002014-07-06T18:53:04.274-04:00These were the best before being discontinued over...These were the best before being discontinued over 20 yrs ago. Still sad about it. Need a new favorite! Good luck though because I have not found ANY at the grocers since moving to Canada.<br /><br />http://gogd.tjs-labs.com/pictures/vancamp-day-10-01-1948-027-M5.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-14003284454075870542010-12-20T09:35:26.820-05:002010-12-20T09:35:26.820-05:00I had to google the name Mickey Monus (he's go...I had to google the name Mickey Monus (he's got his own wikipedia entry!)...aahhh, I didn't know Phar-Mor was Youngstown-based. And the story even has a Colorado angle, with Monus as an investor/founder of the Colorado Rockies baseball club. In hindsight, one thing I loved about Phar-Mor was that it was like a Big Lots with a pharmacy attached.<br />I remember Kathleen and I would actually do a lot of our "shopping" there as they had so many odd and cheap off-brands. Interesting that Monus and his partner sank all that money into the World Basketball League...sounds like they were big children who were sports fans and since they could not play sports themselves they would OWN the game. Kind of like a Mark Cuban without adequate funding. Although, despite being a crook, I don't think Mickey Monus would have been as much of an a-hole as Mark Cuban! Do you remember THE YOUNGSTOWN PRIDE basketball club? RIP Phar-Mor...an important part of 80s American culture...for you and me, at least!Bill S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07573129431937332002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-64190258591828709042010-12-20T07:47:59.945-05:002010-12-20T07:47:59.945-05:00Phar-Mor began to capsize after the Mickey Monus b...Phar-Mor began to capsize after the Mickey Monus brouhaha in the early-nineties. By the late-nineties it was pretty much gone for good. Got to admit that they had items there which I just can't find anywhere else, albeit that's the place where I bought the maggot-laden off-brand pop tarts which really was a surprise...imagine biting into one of those!Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-38940616903495656282010-12-19T22:13:26.330-05:002010-12-19T22:13:26.330-05:00A shame I can't still get a can of chicken tam...A shame I can't still get a can of chicken tamales for 18 cents in stamps!<br />I'll have you know that archeologists have found evidence of corn husks and tamale making going back 2000+ years in central Mexico. Also, if you ever get to know any folks from different Central American countries, each country has its own unique spin on tamales, using as the filling whatever items are most common in that area---many use fruits, vegetables, etc.<br />When I lived in Colorado, I used to eat canned "Ellis Tamales," which were made in Denver, the Ellis plant being up in the warehouse/manufacturing area in NW central Denver.<br />Phar-Mor...now that's a name I haven't heard in ages. Is that chain still around? How many great VHS tapes I bought there in the budget bin (this was while living in Virginia). Canned tamales would be the perfect food to eat while watching some Al Adamson film on VHS, washing the tamales down with some Diet Shasta Root Beer...Bill S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07573129431937332002noreply@blogger.com