Yuban Coffee Advertisement. Happy Monday! Where to start with this one? Enjoy! More Fun Discoveries L’Eau de la Vie Recipe 1837 Coffee Monday: Washington’s Coffee British Wine Maker and Domestic Brewer Review ~1835
Coffee Monday: Yuban 1916
Coffee Monday: Yuban 1921
Yuban Advertisements. Happy Monday! And then... Pancakes and coffee - such coffee. It was hard to tell which warmed the heart more, the coffee or the Southern hospitality. It took several butlers and many covered dishes to serve breakfast at Aunt Letty's on Drive, but her coffee was her pride - its preparation was a…
Coffee Monday: Washington’s Coffee
Washington's Coffee, 1919. Happy Monday! More Fun Discoveries Coffee Monday: Good Coffee 1880 A Little Cooking Humor ~1897 How Funny We Feel ~1831
Wine Shipping Prices ~1912
Price of Wine in 1912 Cheers to wine clubs! For those who enjoy the occasional tipple but live far away from the wine , country, wine clubs offer access. Shipping wine from distributer to consumer has been around for hundreds of years. Here's a curious find. Wine distributor prices from 1912 from Clarke's wine: Look closely.…
Heinz 57 Varieties
Heinze 57 Advertisement. Everyone has heard of Heinz 57, but did you realize that there were originally 57 different varieties of Heinz? For some reason I thought the 57 referred to 1957. Stumbled across this fun advertisement from a 1904 newspaper. Check these out: Catsup (obvious) Enriched Figs India Relish Select Queen Olives Cherry Preserves…
President McKinley in Monterey ~1901
Happy Presidents' Day. A small detour from the normal food-themed posts for Convivial Supper. I found a newspaper cutting from 1901 celebrating President McKinley's visit to my small town back in 1901. What fabulous hats! To those in the States, happy Presidents' Day! (For the rest of my wonderful readers, I shall raise a second…
Advertisements 1897
Newspaper Advertisements from 1897. More Fun Discoveries Cocoa ~1886 Mrs. Madison’s Whim ~1866 History of Aunt Jemima ~1919
Grand Opening of Christmas Presents 1881
Inseparable from the Charm of the Turkey Is the Dressing Thereof ~1905
Happy Thanksgiving Ask for our dainty booklet of receipts, every one tested. More Fun Discoveries Directions for Setting Refreshment Tables ~1866 Nut and Wine Pairing Recipe ~1886 Navigating Antique Cookbooks 101
Wesson Cooking Oil ~1900
It is perfectly digestible, which lard is not. It is cleanly and free from disease-taint to which swine, from which lard is made, are liable. Dyspeptics can with impunity enjoy food made with it. It goes twice as far as lard or butter and is therefore cheaper. Wesson's Salad Oil is far greater value than…
Wood, Pollard and Co. Solicits your Patronage 1905
History of Aunt Jemima ~1919
This is a fascinating advertisement. A full page story within a story. The margins have small excerpts with their own narrative (Note the sack of 'Gold' on the table): The main story is two full columns: Interestingly, if the storyline is correct, all of this would have started around 1859. It references the Civil War,…
Fine Family Flour ~1881
This is a fun find! We have Pillbury's Best, Gold Medal, and Red Star - all lasting through the ages. Alas, no Hamilton's Fancy, Plant's Extra, Patapsco (great word), or King of All. More Fun Discoveries Illustration: Pastry ~1886 Cannelons With Cream ~1886 Corn Bread Recipe ~1905
The Dawn of Glad Easter’s Dancing Sunbeams ~1901
A warm Easter greetings! May you have "delighted little folks" to brighten up the day! In no particular order, we have: An Easter bunny ice cream advertisement - 1917 Examples of various Easter-themed ice cream (same company) - 1919 A gaggle of girls beckoning to a giant Easter bunny (The girl in the back is…
“Our house is too big to be fine…” 1881
