amylsacks' photos with the keyword: pear

"Football fans will tear down the grandstand-- if you build it with cheese! This platter, with a simple football field design on green paper, with cheese and olives ingeniously used as players, makes a perfect snack tray for before and after game parties. The clever hostess can develop similar ideas for other events." (Enlarged to show detail. Originally posted to flickr on January 29th, 2011, and it will always be as hilarious to me as it was back then.)

So many weeks of work in that stifling hot kitchen. It's no wonder that in the end, Mom started hallucinating that the produce was alive and doing a ritual dance on the stove...

There are a lot of really nice illustrations in here. No artist's name given, unfortunately.

There's a house down the block which has an outdoor prickly pear cactus. I don't know if they ever harvest the fruit. I'm just impressed that they got it to grow 2'-3' tall in an environment where it rains nine months of the year. :D

I only just realized that durian and kiwi didn't make the cut, and I'm bummed.

I don't remember the origin of the line about staying up all night waiting for a pear to achieve perfect ripeness, but one of these days I swear I'm gonna' try doing it.

So... 40 miracles... 500 foods (or thereabouts) and three different label names (Batavia, Ferndell, & Richelieu). While the company itself had yet another double-barrelled name. (See Picture No. 1) No wonder this stuff isn't still on supermarket shelves. Even the people running the company probably couldn't keep track.

Wheel... Of... Salad...! All contestants receive a set of bubblegum pink pre-Fiestaware, plus-- a lifetime supply of green peppers!

(Upper L) The ducks are just glad it's not them. Front cover, plus Page 4, from a 28-page booklet published by Swift & Company. This series was originally posted to flickr on September 7th, 2011.

Canned pears and mayo... dressing. No wonder everyone was thinner back then. Who in their right mind wouldn't rather smoke than eat this bland, colorless crap? From the September issue of Everywoman's magazine.

Flavors as listed on the back include not just Cherry, Strawberry, Raspberry, Loganberry, Orange, Lemon, and Lime , but also: Scarlet Desire, Golden Desire, Waldorf Desire, Fruitful Desire, and... Festive Desire. I'm just gonna' leave you with that. Oh, and it's the centerfold from the March/April Chefs' and Stewards' Food and Equipment Manual.

Front of a promotional fold-out published by... well, you know. Sorry if these images take forever to load. I wanted so much for the Miracle™ to be seen in its full, unclipped (possibly maiden) glory.

"...Founded in 1892, this Company was the originator of the 'crown cork' or bottle cap and has continuously since that time been by far the largest manufacturer of this ingenious sealing device..." SCIENCE! AND INDUSTRY!! Working together to make your produce IMMORTAL!!!

"It is now possible for even the most inexperienced homemaker to enjoy the satisfaction and savings that come from a pantry well stocked with home canned products..." Cover of a 72-page promotional booklet published by Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.

" ...In addition to making it possible to serve the family their favorite foods at any season of the year, thousands of thrifty homemakers throughout America have also reduced the family food budget very substantially through the economies resulting from the use of Crown Two Piece Mason Caps..."

A rare view of the fruit course without its de rigueur gelatine fixative. From the January issue.

I love these illustrations, and I'm sad they're not credited. But I still prefer my 7up as the good Lord made it: In a glass, with nothing added but some ice and maybe a straw. Front and back covers of a booklet published by The Seven-Up Company, St. Louis, Missouri.

From the Desserts and Fruits chapter, which also includes: Basic Crepe Recipe, Crepes Suzette, Mousse au Chocolat, Coeur a la Creme, Tartes a l'Apricot, Poire Maxim's (Pears poached in sugar syrup, served with Grand Marnier cream sauce-- woo! I'm in!), Souffle' Grand Marnier, Chocolate Souffle', Marrons Chantilly, French Cheesecake, Torte aux Carrottes, Beignets, Baba au Rhum, Brioches, Flan, Strawberries a la Reine (Berries with sugar and Curacao-Brandy sauce), and Rice Imperiale.