amylsacks' photos with the keyword: turkey

Yeah, be sure to leave your wedding ring on while oiling up the bird. No way could this end with it accidentally roasting in the bottom of the pan and then getting crunched on by an unsuspecting guest. o_0

This cover art looks like the paper cutouts our teachers taped to the classroom windows in Kindergarten. Which is honestly a good thing compared to most of the photographs inside. :D

When your cat is fast asleep and seems particularly happy about it, this is the locale in Dreamland that he or she is visiting. (Originally posted to flickr on February 2nd, 2011.)

This is the inside back cover. I'm kind of sorry that I didn't share the chipper cartoon where a panicky rooster is chased by an axe-wielding Coldy The Penguin™. Also, that thing which looks like a grease spot halfway up the left side of the page is in fact just a shadow cast by some mysterious off-camera food item. Like I said earlier: so much excitement and so little time. (This page originally posted to flickr on February 9th, 2011.)

"...Whether she's a glad witch or a mad witch is up to you!" Either way, she's not half as scary as that unholy goldendoodle-turkey fusion down below. (Originally posted to flickr on February 12th, 2011.)

The bird's quite modestly proportioned. This is definitely from before the era of shooting hormones and antibiotics into everything in sight.

Includes: Wine Barbecue Sauce, Fricassee, Cantonese Duck, and Turkey & Broccoli Au Gratin. Also, an alarming level of seasoning for the time. I guess you were allowed to blame that whole clove of garlic on your grape-induced euphoria. Front of a six-section fold-out published by the Wine Advisory Board, San Francisco, California. (And "approved by Katherine Bele Niles, Home Economics Director of the Poultry & Egg National Board." Bu-KAW!)

Fashion a chic foil corset for your turkey! All the cool families are doing it! One side of a fold-out published by Alcoa Aluminum.

Neither of our Gaseous Mothers got the bulletin about how to make food look edible, apparently.

Re-envisioned Mrs. America is blonder and less sinister than her predecessor, but she's in a distinctly awkward crouch. Also, what the blazes went wrong with Cartoon Mr. America's chin? (Yikes.)

"Table-Dressed Poultry is the modern homemaker's answer to quality and convenience in the chicken, turkeys, ducks and geese which she buys and prepares for her family's enjoyment. The raising of poultry has advanced to scientific mass production methods. Special meaty breeds are fed to produce maximum growth in the shortest time, thus giving uniform, young birds which cook more quickly and assure tenderness and fine flavor..." Hormones and Antibiotics by the truckload! Eat it up, America! Front and back covers from a 24-page promotional published by Armour and Company, Chicago, Illinois.

A young Archie Andrews treasured those dinners over at young Betty's house-- except on Thanksgiving. The Turkey MacStuffing was just too weird.

Enlarged to show detail. The flip side of each card has additional recipes (Utility Stuffing, Delight Pudding, Creamy Hard Sauce, and Hot Pudding Sauce), plus the following pitch: "Franz Bakery: Specialists in Bread, bakers of Franz DeLuxe Bread, Franz Butternut Bread, Franz Whole Wheat Bread, Franz DeLuxe Rolls."

Some of these dishes sound okay to me. I would absolutely attempt the croquettes if my kitchen was suited to deep frying. The mallow-sweet potato combo never did it for me, though. At childhood holiday dinners, I used to trail the person who only wanted the mallow part of the dish. After they'd done their discreet skimming, I'd move in and take what they'd left behind. Win-win.

Always remember: Even without full color, Mrs. America's holidays will forever be tidier, shinier, and better coordinated than yours. Clockwise from the upper left: Two clipped from the December 6th 1951 issue of Western Family. One from the November 1956 issue of Western Family. One from the November 1955 issue of Household.

Okay, unlike nearly everything else posted here, I actually do own some of this stuff. But I don't own the trivet in the upper right hand corner. Now I won't rest until it's mine, but not to cook with. I want it for a wall hanging. From the November issue of Sunset magazine.

Yeah, it's large enough to roast a turkey but it's "wonderfully portable." So long as Mrs. America did amateur weightlifting in her spare time. She'd probably also need the patience of a saint and the contortionist skills of a Yoga master to get the damn thing cleaned afterwards.

"The magnificent, strutting turkey is King in this month of November as millions of us again celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the holiday uniquely and appropriately American. Buckley MacGurrin, who has provided two other WESTERN FAMILY covers (the nostalgic old-fashioned Valentine and the Nativity), painted this gorgeous gobbler from life, catchiing him in all his regal glory to give him a certain grandeur and immortality. Mr. MacGurrin's work is handled by the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles." From the November issue (of course).