I'm not dead!

I'm lazy though. Especially with the holiday and all. I didn't have any splashy Thanksgiving-related recipes to post, so I just ate quietly offline.

But I have this ad left over from summer (June 1954, to be exact), and it may actually be a Jello salad I'm willing to try, perhaps for Christmas dinner. I am just a little nervous about the carrots. Shredded carrots embedded in Jello do not strike me as a pleasant textural experience. What else goes with pineapple and orange rind? And lemon-flavored pigs' hooves?

Wouldn't you kill to have been an ad copy writer in 1954? One phrase, repeated five times. Ka-ching!

Anyone know where I can get one of these molds? All the new ones these days are shaped like brains or hearts.

Technology!

From 1954's American Home, painfully detailed instructions on how to use your stapler around the house to . . . you know, staple things.

Just think, someone actually got paid to write and photograph this feature.

Click on the image to make it big enough to read. Because I'm sure you need to know how you can use your stapler more effectively.
















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