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I Wanted To Be Like Popeye

I have to have it! I told my mother Because I wanted to be Popeye I wanted to develop those arm muscles I wanted to save the day, and fight the bad guys My mother finally broke down and bought it. Canned spinach. I could hardly wait to gulp it down. Wait a second! YUCK! I did not eat spinach for years after that. Finally ate fresh spinach Accidentally in a spinach salad This was nothing like the canned Popeye had never indicated the truth. Canned spinach tastes like spit out baby food. Nothing would ever help me believe Popeye again.

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/12/2022 7:02:00 PM

Well, they had to come up with something to get kids to eat their spinach!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/13/2022 1:59:00 AM

I will NEVER eat it again! NEVER!

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 6/11/2022 12:38:00 PM

lol fresh is always best, the media sure loves to sell us a fib dear friend, hope all is well, hugs :)

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/11/2022 10:57:00 PM

Sure does Mystic Rose Rose

Ilene Bauer

Date: 6/11/2022 11:32:00 AM

ha! i convinced my mother to buy maypo cereal because of the commercials and she forced my (and my brothers) to eat it, despite the fact that we all thought it was VILE! i would have felt that way about canned spinach, too, if my mother had bought it. (i do like fresh spinach now, though)

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/11/2022 10:58:00 PM

I remember Maypo - not a fan either.

L Milton Hankins

Date: 6/11/2022 10:44:00 AM

I agree! Took me years to appreciate spinach in a salad. Still today, sometimes, I tell the server leave the spinach out of my salad. Popeye lied!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/11/2022 10:58:00 PM

I don't mind fresh but that canned stuff - I will never eat that again!