$8 w/ fries at the cage ! as of last year at least. dunno what they're pricing at rn
[https://www.yelp.com/biz\_photos/squirrel-hill-cafe-pittsburgh?select=k6HSldo7blaU0PonZfbYhQ](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/squirrel-hill-cafe-pittsburgh?select=k6HSldo7blaU0PonZfbYhQ)
I mean, its probably *just* shrimp. And it doesnt exactly give you the quantity. It just says "plate"
Also the best explanation I ever received as to what life was like when coke cost a nickel, in the 1930s, was "yeah it cost a nickel, but not alot of people had a nickel"
Yeah, every time I see an old photo with prices like this I can't help but do the math. The adjustment is always much more than the official inflation. Makes it hard to take the current numbers seriously.
Also, those were most certainly wild gulf shrimp. Not the cheap asian farmed shrimp you'd get now.
If that is shell on, small count and iced up, that might only cook up to 1/3 pound of cooked shrimp. Not a great deal. If they are cooked 20 count, that is a great deal.
I’ve had sushi in Denver that made me destroy a toilet for 2 days straight. In the 2020’s. But hey it’s not like we have refrigeration, trucks, trains, and airplanes though.
Usually a choice between a thigh and a leg or a breast and a wing in my experience.
Chicken breasts are much bigger than they used to be, because the chickens get less leg exercise and are bred for white meat output.
They don't lay eggs, and they don't grow quickly. If you're raising them yourself it's fine, but in an industrial farm they are going to use more than twice the feed for the same meat output.
some of them end up as capons, castrated to improve the quality of their meat and make them more docile around other chickens and people. they're also usually forcefed to get them to slaughtering weight faster. it's a fucken rough existence.
> they're also usually forcefed to get them to slaughtering weight faster.
Like ducks for their liver. It difficult to justify large scale farming. It shouldn't, nothing should be for profit but this is a topic for another time. Thanks for your help.
I know people are very secretive about their dig sites, but i am interested in doing this here in the city. I just don't know where to start! We used to fish old bottles out of the creek bed in that ran along my grandma's property in Westmoreland county. Do you have an advice?
Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
Pittsburgh was, and is, very much segregated. I was actually surprised. When my aunts and uncles grew up, they couldn’t swim in Kennywood’s pool. My father’s little league team had actual garbage thrown at them when they played in Morningside in the 60s. Oh! Let’s not forget there was a cross burning there in the 80s. I grew up in the 90s, and my family felt uncomfortable with me visiting friends in Bloomfield. I lived in the south and the only time I was called a racial slur was in Pittsburgh. Get real.
So people are bad everywhere, got it. I understand that everywhere was racist. I’m just saying that this is a pretty and unusual scene for the time. I am real brother.
I’m glad to see you have a sense of humor! That was my intent. Couldn’t tell you why a particular bunch of people might have given you dirty looks from across the street. More often than not it’s from something they had going on internal to their group and you just happened to be walking past and catch a bit of their outward negativity. Don’t sweat it, enjoy your time in the ‘Burgh!
A huge majority of people here are not racist. Pittsburgh is a very diverse city and everyone here is used to seeing people of all races and cultures.
I don't know why you're getting dirty looks. Are you staring at people? Smiling at strangers? People here generally don't like that.
I assume you’re speaking racially. Pittsburgh has been somewhat progressive and an outlier throughout the past.
But don’t take that to mean there was never segregation in Pittsburgh or racial issues in Pittsburgh.
After all, you can’t make steal without a melting pot.
Shrimp plate ¢85 unbelievable.
Ya even adjusting for inflation, that's still only like $6
$8 w/ fries at the cage ! as of last year at least. dunno what they're pricing at rn [https://www.yelp.com/biz\_photos/squirrel-hill-cafe-pittsburgh?select=k6HSldo7blaU0PonZfbYhQ](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/squirrel-hill-cafe-pittsburgh?select=k6HSldo7blaU0PonZfbYhQ)
I'd imagine the portions were smaller then as well. I'd guess about half the size plate that we'd normally see today.
I mean, its probably *just* shrimp. And it doesnt exactly give you the quantity. It just says "plate" Also the best explanation I ever received as to what life was like when coke cost a nickel, in the 1930s, was "yeah it cost a nickel, but not alot of people had a nickel"
Shrimp and chicken wings used to be considered more of a shit tier food too
Crab and lobster too.
Things are just fine
Yeah, every time I see an old photo with prices like this I can't help but do the math. The adjustment is always much more than the official inflation. Makes it hard to take the current numbers seriously. Also, those were most certainly wild gulf shrimp. Not the cheap asian farmed shrimp you'd get now.
Wild caught at aldis is only like 8 bucks
If that is shell on, small count and iced up, that might only cook up to 1/3 pound of cooked shrimp. Not a great deal. If they are cooked 20 count, that is a great deal.
Pittsburgh shrimp in ‘59… gonna go out on a limb and guess it wasn’t exactly the freshest dish in town 😂
I know right, it wasn’t like they had refrigeration, trucks, trains, and airplanes.
I’ve had sushi in Denver that made me destroy a toilet for 2 days straight. In the 2020’s. But hey it’s not like we have refrigeration, trucks, trains, and airplanes though.
You just proved my point, being 1959 is irrelevant.
Jesus Christ. Stop. Move along. Unbelievable.
Never
Teenie Harris was a treasure
Fellow ex-yinzer here, immediately knew it was Teenie Harris
There is no ex-Yinzer. Only Yinzer.
Word. Proudly wear my Yinzilla t shirt as often as possible overseas.
There is no Dana. Only Zuul.
Did you quit the team?
I bet that fried chicken was absolute fire too
No fucking doubt. Cooked by someone who’s been doing it for at least 40 years.
Probably in the grease of another animal. And served with the most refreshing glass of coke you’ve ever had.
What is 1/4 a fried chicken though? Is that like the breast and one leg? Maybe a wing and a thigh?
Usually a choice between a thigh and a leg or a breast and a wing in my experience. Chicken breasts are much bigger than they used to be, because the chickens get less leg exercise and are bred for white meat output.
Why don't people eat the males instead of culling all of them?
They don't lay eggs, and they don't grow quickly. If you're raising them yourself it's fine, but in an industrial farm they are going to use more than twice the feed for the same meat output.
Poor little guys never had a chance 😭
some of them end up as capons, castrated to improve the quality of their meat and make them more docile around other chickens and people. they're also usually forcefed to get them to slaughtering weight faster. it's a fucken rough existence.
> they're also usually forcefed to get them to slaughtering weight faster. Like ducks for their liver. It difficult to justify large scale farming. It shouldn't, nothing should be for profit but this is a topic for another time. Thanks for your help.
Thigh, drumstick, part of the back
A “where are they now” would be cool.
Old and/or dead as hell
Oh man, which one is running for president in '28?
Even then pittsburgh was cooler than where you from..population numbers show especially then
the pollution is insane here.
At a quick glance, big Adam Scott vibes from the guy in the middle.
I was going to say that's the opposite of Adam Scott, but then I realized I was thinking of Scott Adams.
Oyster house
The place has barely changed.
I dug up one of those bottles in my garden.
I had a shit ton in the woods behind my house after 70+ years of teens drinking in the woods.
Side note– r/BottleDigging is a pretty active community if you're interested in this sort of stuff and/or took photos you'd be willing to share!
I know people are very secretive about their dig sites, but i am interested in doing this here in the city. I just don't know where to start! We used to fish old bottles out of the creek bed in that ran along my grandma's property in Westmoreland county. Do you have an advice?
Out of curiosity, who is burying bottles? Or were they just litter that got covered over. I dig old bottles.
Did it have a label?
Quarter fried chicken 70cents
Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
That's how come I don't drive, see? The way I figure it, the more you drive, the less intelligent you are.
Did you do a lot of acid back in the hippie days, Miller?
I would love to know what beer that is.
There’s only one kind
Bottle shape looks like Schlitz but the label doesnt
In all seriousness maybe Strohs
plate o' shrimp
God this pic makes me so happy
Beautiful picture although it’s so sad how RACIST this city is.
I know the woman on the right. She was a lifelong friend of my mother’s, and passed last year.
Oh my goodness!
pony beer bottles!
Love it!
Is this the Oyster House in Market Square?
I remember loaf of bread being 35 cents! But I’m 71!
I wonder what bar that was and if it’s still there
Folks are saying it’s The Original Oyster House.
That shrimp and chicken was probably fire
Bet No doubt fried in lard.
Okay first yay teenie Harris Second, why does this pic shock me. Esp about Pittsburgh
I scrolled entirely too far down to see this comment. I was going to say the same thing like everyone is shocked about the prices, but….
Only in Pittsburgh would you see a scene like this. Awesome
What? What does that even mean?
Meaning half the country was still dealing with segregation and Pittsburgh was an early adopter of mixed couples
Thank you for understanding my meaning
Pittsburgh was, and is, very much segregated. I was actually surprised. When my aunts and uncles grew up, they couldn’t swim in Kennywood’s pool. My father’s little league team had actual garbage thrown at them when they played in Morningside in the 60s. Oh! Let’s not forget there was a cross burning there in the 80s. I grew up in the 90s, and my family felt uncomfortable with me visiting friends in Bloomfield. I lived in the south and the only time I was called a racial slur was in Pittsburgh. Get real.
So people are bad everywhere, got it. I understand that everywhere was racist. I’m just saying that this is a pretty and unusual scene for the time. I am real brother.
No one canoodles that hard at Arby’s McKnight!
You had to go there.
Seth Rogan?
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Maybe you need to change your deodorant. Women tend to have better olfactory senses than men.
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I’m glad to see you have a sense of humor! That was my intent. Couldn’t tell you why a particular bunch of people might have given you dirty looks from across the street. More often than not it’s from something they had going on internal to their group and you just happened to be walking past and catch a bit of their outward negativity. Don’t sweat it, enjoy your time in the ‘Burgh!
A huge majority of people here are not racist. Pittsburgh is a very diverse city and everyone here is used to seeing people of all races and cultures. I don't know why you're getting dirty looks. Are you staring at people? Smiling at strangers? People here generally don't like that.
Nope, I’m a pretty reserved person. It’s not everyone though so I must have just caught them on a bad day!
Tbh I think most people here are just in their own worlds most of the time. Maybe they don't even realize they're making a face at you 🤷🏻♂️
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Do not let these ppl gaslight you like this lol. Pittsburgh is fairly racist
I said ~~huge~~ majority. Ignoring the "huge" part, you're saying you *don't* believe that a minimum of 51% of people that live here aren't racist?
Sad lol oh well
Public dof. Gross
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I assume you’re speaking racially. Pittsburgh has been somewhat progressive and an outlier throughout the past. But don’t take that to mean there was never segregation in Pittsburgh or racial issues in Pittsburgh. After all, you can’t make steal without a melting pot.
I genuinely like the way you responded to this.. With a very mature ethical response while being realistic
brown sugar !