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20 June 2011

 

AWARD FOR THE BEST CATSUP MAGAZINE AD IS A TIE - FANTASTIC AND VERY IMAGINATIVE

Sentimental Journey tells us, "I love it when advertising people think outside of the box. Whether it is a magazine ad or a TV commercial, an ad that uses a large doze of BRAIN POWER will usually get my dollar at the cash register.

Posted below are two ads from different years. Just the same, I have placed them in competition against each other. They have tied for the most innovative and imaginative catsup magazine ad. The competition is the "First Annual Catsup Magazine Ad Competition Done Solely As An Exercise In Humor". "FACMACDSAAEIH", for short.

The first ad is from the World renowned condiment manufacturer, H.J. Heinz company, and was created in 1955. 

How could you not love a DEEP RED ad with a giant tomato head in the upper right hand corner. The giant tomato head even has a monocle and a farmer's straw hat. Very imaginative.


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1950's American LasagnaHow to make 1950's American Lasagna

Open Source Food tells us of an adventure in 1950's lasagna making:

"I was browsing through a junk sale here in Tokyo a while ago and happened to find a First Edition of the 1957 Sunset compliation cookbook, "Cooking Bold and Fearless". The book is a collection of recipes sent in by the "Chefs-of-the-West"; male food enthusiasts from all walks of life, from pilots and retired military officers to plumbers and accountants, that submitted recipes to be published in Sunset magazine over the preceding decade."

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The Too Many Tomatoes Cookbook: Classic & Exotic Recipes from around the World

The Too Many Tomatoes Cookbook: Classic & Exotic Recipes from around the World
By Brian Yarvin

Product Description

This new cookbook from the author of A World of Dumplings features over 100 easy-to-follow recipes for everything from down-home fried green tomatoes and classic ketchup to spicy gazpacho, and even sweet and succulent desserts.

Yarvin also includes basic instructions on how to process and preserve your harvest. The tomato bases that you create will provide the basis for many of the recipes featured in the book. Vibrant photographs accompany recipes for salads, side dishes, soups, meat, poultry, and fish dishes, pizzas and calzones, salsas, and sauces that span the globe. 224 color

This book is about $12 and can be PURCHASHED HERE-->

 

 

Tomato Burgers

Thanks to Grammy Gertie for this.

This sounds like the making of a vegetarian recipe, but NO! No it is not! There was no such thing as a vegetarianism in the 1950's!

Tomato Burgers

1 TB butter
1 lb ground beef
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1 ts chili powder
1/2 ts salt & pepper
1 can tomato soup

-Cook beef, onion, celery, chili powder until meat is browned.
-Add salt & pepper
-Add 1 tomato soup and simmer for a few minutes
-Serve sloppy joe style on toasted hamburger buns

 

 

 

Though this commercial isn't for tomatoes, it is a darling stop animation for Del Monte Zucchini with an interesting 'Italian Accent':

You can see this and more on APRON TV-->


FIG. 1. The effect on the growth of tomato plants of 12, 24, and 48 hour cycles of alternating light and dark periods.


A very interesting test done in the 1950's on the affect of life on a tomato plant. It seems having the light on 24 hours did not speed growth but rather the opposite.

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If you are interested in growing your own heirlooom tomatoes check out this free download

Free Download - Growing Heirloom Tomatoes - Huge Tomatoes vs. Huge Yields

 
Red and Yellow Brandywine Tomato Certified Organic Heirloom Seeds 50 Seeds

Red and Yellow Brandywine Tomato Certified Organic Heirloom Seeds 50 Seeds
From Botanical Interests

Price: $2.39

 

Check out some of the fun Heirloom seeds in the CORNER STORE-->