Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Retro-Wednesday.....









Because of the convenience of modern technology and Google, you can search and get any recipe' that your hungry tummy desires. In my opinion, that fact alone will someday make Classic Cookbooks like this obsolete!
I got the idea for this post a few weeks back because of a post by Susie over at Clean and Crazy! This 'Bible' of cooking was first published in 1975, and I've been cramming and clipping and stuffing articles and food tips in it for 30 years!!
As I was perusing the pages, I came across a couple of box covers from Land-O-Lakes Butter. Hehehehehe.....
Anyone male from the Mid-West that is over 40 years of age, knows whats coming next...
Take a sharp knife or razor blade, and cut along both sides and the bottom of the butter box that the Indian maiden is holding in front of herself.
Then fold up from the bottom of the label, about two half-inch folds.
Lift up Pocahontas' buttery flap, and see what treasures she is hiding!!
Dont'cha just Love it?
Peace...!!!
at

24 comments:

  1. buffalodickJanuary 26, 2010 at 8:33:00 PM EST

    I have and hate "Joy of Cooking"- same edition you have! Too much jumping around in the book to find the complete recipe! The butter brings back mammories...HeeHeeHee..

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  2. G-ManJanuary 26, 2010 at 8:37:00 PM EST

    Yeah Buff, a TRUE Michigan Man!!

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  3. Brian MillerJanuary 26, 2010 at 8:53:00 PM EST

    mammories...lol. between the two of you...and i thought we were getting an early 55 reference...

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2010 at 9:40:00 PM EST

    ROFLMAO. That is so true. LOL. You clever little chief you :) My 55 will post Friday as scheduled. Hopefully Susan will remember to link it up. We shall see. But shh don't tell her I said that :)

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  5. ♥ Boomer ♥January 26, 2010 at 10:01:00 PM EST

    For real?

    Oh, and I need to get busy on 55. The week is slipping by.

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  6. limeJanuary 26, 2010 at 10:06:00 PM EST

    LOL! i haven't thought of that butter trick in eons. i'm not a mid-west male but i do know that trick and it still makes me giggle.

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  7. clean and crazyJanuary 26, 2010 at 10:07:00 PM EST

    if someone would please let me in on the secret to linking up?!? i don't know how to do it!! i can't even put a video on my blog!! and hey my book is older!! but it is crammed with other recipes too and hey does the butter still do that? i never saw it!!

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  8. Ms Hen'sJanuary 26, 2010 at 10:09:00 PM EST

    lol..

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  9. G-ManJanuary 26, 2010 at 10:29:00 PM EST

    I don't know how to create a hyper-link either!
    But if you only have one blog, what difference does it make?
    Just click on the pic!!!

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  10. SerenaJanuary 26, 2010 at 10:33:00 PM EST

    I never saw anyone cut up the butter carton before -- but if I ever do, now I'll know what they're doing.:)

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  11. javajazzJanuary 26, 2010 at 10:33:00 PM EST

    i didnt know
    Pocahontas
    had a buttery flap...

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  12. G-ManJanuary 26, 2010 at 10:36:00 PM EST

    Sherry...Do they have Land-O-Lakes down there?

    Lana...She has Buttery flaps!

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  13. SerenaJanuary 26, 2010 at 11:07:00 PM EST

    Of course we do! We even have indoor plumbing.:)

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  14. CindyJanuary 26, 2010 at 11:25:00 PM EST

    Are you kidding? Really, that can not be true regarding the butter. Oh, now I gotta get my exacto knife and cut up the butter box. Hey, I live in a house full of men. They need to know.

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  15. CindyJanuary 26, 2010 at 11:27:00 PM EST

    btw, I had the Joy of Cooking book in the late 70's and it has been my MOST used book for 30 years. For some reason, of late...I'm making up my own recipes. I prefer to think that I'm REALLY a good cook OR, I've become lazy.Whatev

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  16. the walking manJanuary 27, 2010 at 5:31:00 AM EST

    So now you have retroed the Joy of Cooking into a soft core Joy of Sex?

    Well the butter comes from the cream and the milk has to come from somewhere. Now you have my mind churning.

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  17. ShadowJanuary 27, 2010 at 8:41:00 AM EST

    damn. only a boy would've figured that out... hilarious!

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  18. Susan at Stony RiverJanuary 27, 2010 at 8:49:00 AM EST

    Hey Galen, that's a late-edition Joy you've got; Irma Rombauer first published 'Joy of Cooking' in 1931 with her own money, then again in 1936, and it's been updated and revised in countless editions since, with the help of her sister and kids. I used to be a librarian for the Culinary College in Baltimore, who has a whole shelf of these things. My favourite version is from 1977, and I've worn out three copies LOL.

    As to the Land o' Lakes lady... Jeez the ingenuity of adolescent males!! ROFL!!

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2010 at 10:07:00 AM EST

    hmmmmm, someone has too much time on their hands, lmaoooooo!!!! too funny!

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  20. LouJanuary 27, 2010 at 2:49:00 PM EST

    What a coy maiden!

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  21. One Prayer GirlJanuary 27, 2010 at 4:55:00 PM EST

    I have that "Joy of Cooking".

    Naughty boys in the Mid-West need to grow up. :)

    PG

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  22. inappropriatesueJanuary 27, 2010 at 6:01:00 PM EST

    G-Man -The Simpsons showed us that one way before you. As for the Jy of Cooking, I don't cook. Ever read the Joy of Sex? You could use butter in that book too *smirk* LOL

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  23. G-ManJanuary 27, 2010 at 8:35:00 PM EST

    Irish Susan...
    You are exactly right about 'Joy's History. This was about a 1978 printing of the 1975 edition.
    Thank You Ms. Mensa...:-)

    Naughty Susan....
    I prefer Olive Oil!

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  24. inappropriatesueJanuary 28, 2010 at 5:56:00 PM EST

    Naughty Susan says, "ROFL!!!" Hurry up G-Man post post post. I can't hold back any longer. I need release! LOL

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