amylsacks' photos

Yes! Rose Madder Coffee! My favorite! Front and back covers from a 28-page booklet published by Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc., San Francisco, California.

"C'mon, Junior! We'll get Mom to clean the whole boatload for us while we lounge on the beach eating ice cream! She'll love it!" From the November issue of Sunset magazine.

Before today, I never knew that canned juice could double as a love philter. Thanks, Dole! From the February issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

I felt weird about posting this now, until I took a stroll around the neighborhood and observed that at least 1/4th of my neighbors still have their Xmas lights up.

"Now that you're gone, all that's left is a barge of gold And the memories of what love could be If you were still here with me... " From Sunset magazine.

If "lift" lasts more than four hours, seek immediate medical attention. From the September issue of Family Circle.

Finally come the clippings, but many unsolved mysteries remain. For instance: What's that alien mass in the middle of the frypan? Why do the franks on the left need two pepper shakers? [sigh] The world may never know...

"Bologna Cutlets" should be slang for something. I'm just not sure what...

At least the "blankets" help solve the dilemma of hot dogs that come ten to a pack and hot dog buns that come eight to a pack. As for the mac salad... uh, it would make a nice centerpiece. Just add a big white chrysanthemum in the middle.

You'll need to purchase some bamboo shells to serve your Frank "Scallops" from. Don't forget!

You say "pastrami," I say "pastromi" You say "bologna," I say "baloney..."

Is that tall thing on the right supposed to be a really imposing food chopper or the world's most unstable decanter?

I used to love dropping in on friends and surprising them with a plate of my famous Tongue En Gele. Then they all started moving out of town without leaving any contact info. Strange.

I always save the cellulose casing from the liverwurst. Sliced in thin strips and carefully knotted, it makes adorable bangles.

No, no! Mayo should never get within 100' feet of Pastrami or Corned Beef! Front and back cover of a 16-page promotional booklet published by American Kosher Federally Inspected Products, New York, NY.

Well, I tried composing poetry with the wood, but this pencil seems to work so much better! From the September issue of Family Circle magazine.

"...In the second century the Greek doctor Dioscorides described several varieties of 'Corn lilies' which we have since learned were species of Gladiolus. Alfred M.S. Pridham, of Cornell University, reminds us that these familiar garden flowers were used, together with fragrant herbs, for strewing paths in the time of Queen Elizabeth..."

"More than two thousand varieties of Dahlias are available in the trade in America and Europe..." "The first word in the inconsequential name Eranthis hyemalis means flower of spring in Greek, and species name means winter. Commonly called Winter Aconites, these bright buttercups from the high place of Europe remind us each year of the masses of gold which summer will bring forth..." "Snowdrops deserve a place in every garden. Like the crocuses, the scillas, and the winter aconites, they anticipate spring. Some botanist named this dainty plant's flowers Galanthus, which means milk flower in the Greek..."