Our "School News" feature on CHAB has been featuring some fun, Holiday Season activities in a number of our local schools. They're having red and green days and Christmas sweater and pajama days. I don't recall having that much fun when I was in elementary school.
I do, however, remember one class party when I was in grade 6 - my first year at King George School in Moose Jaw.
We had a really cool teacher. He was a single guy, a sports fan and he drove a nice, new Chevy Camaro. I admired him.
While other classrooms were celebrating with Christmas baking and fruitcake, our teacher arranged for a massive take-out order from The Burger Palace. Remember that place?
I had never had food from there. I asked the teacher what he would recommend. He suggested I order a Baron Burger with fries and gravy. I did. It changed my life.
Those hamburgers had a flavour no one could replicate now. It probably came from years of cooking and seasoning on that old, flattop grill they used. The sauce was one-of-a-kind and that gravy on those greasy fries - oh, my goodness.
I'll bet some of my classmates from grade 6 remember that day as well as I do. Or, maybe not!