Mystery Food: Trailer Park Pâté

I'm stunned at how tough it's been for my Facebook followers to figure out what this is:


And granted, it does look an awful lot like this:

but c'mon, I plainly put this post in my rarely-used Bargain Bin Meat category...

In case you're not into Facebook (which planet do you live on? I wanna visit...) here're some of the ideas the folks over there came up with:

chocolate
beans
thousand island dressing
ovaltine
homemade mustard
iced coffee
beer
assorted soups

It went on and on, in spite of my generous clues, like "Depression Era" and "one of the Most American Foods Ever" -- oh, and the main ingredient comes from an animal.

My favorite idea came from Karrie Sue, who said it looks like a green bean chocolate shake. No, but that's a damned good idea.

Here 'tis:

Trailerpark Pâté   

1 can potted meat (aka "potty meat" in my house of origin)

1 large dill pickle, diced

1 tablespoon mayo

Stir it all together 'til the mayo and "meat" are blended. Mixture will be runny, yes, runny like, well, you tell me... Place in fridge for about half an hour.
 
When you pull it outta the fridge, serve it with Chicken in a Biskit crackers (if you can find 'em -- The Editor did on our last foray at Fiesta, but it was the first time either of us had seen that cracker in years and the last box on the shelf.)

The Old Man (whose emails are featured here) would be proud. Except I think he likes Ritz better than Chicken in a Biskit.

Comments

[Lana]

When I lived in Florida, we had the cutest liltte 14ft wide trailer, with a covered patio porch. We furnished it with dumpster diving (yeah they really throw cool stuff away down there) and going to the 2nd hand store down the street. We would go daily and pick up dumpster stuff early in morning was best before picked over .found a mirrow which fit exactly over the couch, sheets, yeah I washed em twice before using, even found a kitchen chair that wasnt broken!!! the coolest part was pete and repete who spent their afternoons on the wall of the patio everday day in the same place, liltte lizards, wow, I loved it down there but way too many people and jobs really sucked in pay .so we came back to kansas .ugh .I had pictures but my computer crashed and took them all with it love your drive byes