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Pream Coffee Creamer Ad, 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:23:55 +0000

I hate getting up when it's still dark out, and being half-asleep and using the powdered creamer as foot powder by mistake. (Or vice versa.) :o

From the May issue of Better Homes and Gardens.

"Enjoy Good Eating Every Day (7)", 1949

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:15:28 +0000

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When you're a square, everyone else is above you. Literally. :(

"Enjoy Good Eating Every Day (6)", 1949

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:15:26 +0000

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"Woodland Nut Cakes" is the name of my 1990s Squirrel Nut Zippers tribute band. "Lever Bros. are picking up the bill..."

"Enjoy Good Eating Every Day (5)", 1949

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:15:24 +0000

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At least Helen got an actual name. Poor Bride. Also, I don't see or hear any Boss in this story. I bet Groom made him up because he hasn't found work yet and the women are just playing along out of pity.

"Enjoy Good Eating Every Day," 1949

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:43:14 +0000

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"...The Easy Spry Way!"

Since I started re-watching *The Carol Burnett Show*, all I can see when I look at Aunt Jenny is Thelma Harper. o_0

Front and back cover of a 50-page promotional published by Lever Brothers Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Originally posted to flickr on January 30, 2011.

"Baking Secrets (5)," 1944

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 05:42:45 +0000

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I've already done the joke about WWII baking booklets always needing to have an aerial view of the finished food in military formation-- to show those Axis powers what for.

Or have I? Covid Brain is real, I'm afraid. :o

(Originally posted to flickr on January 29th, 2011)

"Baking Secrets (3)," 1944

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 05:42:38 +0000

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...Perhaps it's because nobody wants most of a stranger's bare flesh this close to their food? Seems risky for the chefs, and unsanitary for the diners.

National Association of Food Chains Ad,1962

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 02:32:14 +0000

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Yes, all the best cakes have an aftertaste like vanillin-scented plastic. Get on your knees and sing another hymn of praise to NAFC, Girls!!

From the July issue of Family Circle.

Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes (10), 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 04:52:03 +0000

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"There is ample proof that American housewives have known the lure and charm of Baker's Chocolate for generations. I have a worn little diary which belonged to my husband's great-great-grandmother. On one page she has written, '27 March 1798. Prepared sweet pastries this day, using the precious Baker's Chocolate purchased for me in Boston town. Rufus and Abigail gave generous expression to their pleasure...'"

Yeah, thanks, Mrs. Ken Burns. Glad your day went well. :P

Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes (9), 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 04:07:24 +0000

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Other frosting types: Chocolate Butter, Mocha Creole, Bittersweet Chocolate, Chocolate Wonder, Hungarian (?), and... Clever Judy Frosting...? Your guess is as good as mine. o_0

Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes (6), 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 03:17:29 +0000

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Sometimes Mrs. Barton places a recipe right beneath its corresponding photo. Sometimes she doesn't. Frankly, I think she just likes messing with us.

Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes (3), 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 02:29:21 +0000

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Three other evil permutations on the opposite page: Red Devil's, Prize Devil's, and Sour Cream Devil's.

"Runnin' With The Devil" had a very different meaning in the first half of the 20th Century.

Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes (4), 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 02:33:06 +0000

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Seems like the wrong name for a cake where the layers aren't, in fact, the chocolate part. But okay, Mrs. Barton. Have it your way. [shrug]

Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes, 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 02:04:16 +0000

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All those marchers and dancers in The Nutcracker Suite were amateurs, I tell you! Amateurs!!

Gaze at the left side of the image long enough, and the desserts appear to be floating an inch or so above the tabletop. I'd give anything to know if the photographer did that on purpose.

Front and back covers from a 66-page booklet published by General Foods Corporation, New York.

Originally posted to flickr on February 3rd, 2011.

"How To Freeze Foods" (5), c1950

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 07:38:01 +0000

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There's two entire pages about the complexities of freezing sandwiches. Was this a common practice at some point? Should I call my Mom and demand to know why she never proved her love for me by giving me my ham on rye or PBJ on wheat straight from the freezer?

(Originally posted to flickr on February 6th, 2011.)

Baker's Coconut Cut-Up Cakes (7), 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:15:36 +0000

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I had no idea there was so much blue candy in the world before I got to this penultimate spread in the booklet. (The last one shows a lackluster pink birthday cake, duly enrobed by at least six bags or cans of the titular product. Not worth it.)

(Originally posted to flickr on February 12th, 2011.)

Baker's Coconut Cut-Up Cakes (6), 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:15:34 +0000

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"...Whether she's a glad witch or a mad witch is up to you!"

Either way, she's not half as scary as that unholy goldendoodle-turkey fusion down below.

(Originally posted to flickr on February 12th, 2011.)

Baker's Coconut Cut-Up Cakes (5), 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:15:29 +0000

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The sailboat's cute, but who'd be celebrating the return to school in September? Certainly not the kids. Must be the Moms, since they got no cake back in May.

(Originally posted to flickr on February 12th, 2011.)

Baker's Coconut Cut-Up Cakes (4), 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:57:02 +0000

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I've never once looked at that June cake and thought Crown. It better suggests a plaster three-reel movie projector left by aliens.

I think that the eaglet evolved into a butterfly in the Sixties or Seventies version of the Baker's booklet, which suited this configuration much better.

(Originally posted to flickr on February 12th, 2011.)

Baker's Coconut Cut-Up Cakes (3), 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:56:59 +0000

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I've never understood why they decided that the square shape would make a better bunny than the round shape.

As for the "Maypole"... Oh, never mind. It could've been much, much worse.

(Originally posted to flickr on February 12th, 2011.)