We love it! It’s so good!!

it me :)

Boss: You finish that drawing of a vacuum cleaner that will~

Artist: ~haunt their dreams? Sure did, boss.

Credit where it's due, I found these images on this delightful website from 1997: www.timepassagesnostalgia.com/&searchkeywo...

And here's Ronald McDonald himself with a Gobblin, as well as a portrait featuring Ronald on his beautiful lonesome.

Detailed image of the French Fry Gobblins' specifications, official art and size from 1975

Detailed pencil image of the McDonaldland characters' specifications, official art and relative size to each other from 1975

I didn't know what French Fry Gobblins were so I did some research. I think they must have been the Hamburglar's minions?

The menu which follows may be regarded as a compromise between some of the more elaborate ones and that "milk, cereal and peanut" menu of diatetic simplicity. It is in actual use on an Ontario farm. Two meals a day are taken. The adult members of the family sustain heavy manual labor on these two. The younger members, attending school, thrive on it, and are rosy and full of life. SUNDAY Dinner. Baked Potatoes. Baked Beans. Whole Wheat Bread. Rice Pudding. Chocolate. Supper. Graham Bread. Honey. Milk. MONDAY Dinner. Thick pea soup. Graham bread. Baked apples. Milk. Supper. Graham Gems. Maple Syrup. Bread. Milk. Raisins. TUESDAY Dinner. Boiled Eggs. Baked Potatoes. Whole Wheat Bread. Milk. Supper. Graham Bread. Stewed Apples. Corn Bread. Chocolate. WEDNESDAY Dinner. Boiled Beans. Potatoes. Graham Bread. Milk. Baked Apples. Supper. Whole Wheat Bread. Maple Syrup. Dates. Milk. THURSDAY Dinner. Omelet. Baked Potatoes. Bread. Chocolate. Supper. Graham Gems. Honey. Bread. Milk. Stewed Prunes. FRIDAY Dinner. Cheese. Bread. Rice Pudding. Milk. Supper. Potato Cake. Graham Bread. Milk. SATURDAY Dinner. Boiled Eggs. Baked Potatoes. Baked Apples. Bread. Milk. Supper. Corn Bread. Maple Syrup. Dates. Whole Wheat Bread. Chocolate. Butter, sugar and salt are always on the table. A raw apple is frequently eaten at the beginning of a meal.

This is grim! Least Expensive Menu for One Week, 1903.

Five chefs in white jackets and chef hats stand behind a VERY sumptuous banquet table laden with 1970s style foods including molded salads and roasts, all with elaborate garnishes. There's also a fish suspended over the whole thing on the right hand side??

1970s buffet

Wendy's Superbar, 1987

Worth listening to just to hear an English person say Natty Light

"The Bat's A Cute Little Animal: Wiggles Its Ears And Eats Worms" image is a vintage newspaper illustration of a bat. "A Long-Eared Bat."

Rob Nixon, thank you for bringing me so much random joy for so long, wherever you are

A fun non-old news fact: I’ve had my current phone number over ten years now, yet I still get calls for the herpetologist who used to own my phone. He seems wonderful and I hope he gets in touch with me someday. I mean, he knows my number

From the 1944 Batman comic strip, a man, maybe Bruce Wayne, in a double breasted suit and fedora and pretty well-dress woman are in a park, looking out at a lake where a swan is majestically minding its own business.  She says, "A swan- a dangerous bird? But they're so beautiul, so innocent looking-" He cuts her off. "Innocent LOOKING. That's just the trouble! People don't know how visious [sic] they CAN BE!"

screen shot of a newspaper: "A reception was Feld in the church vestry following the ceremony and refreshments were served. The pudding sticks were Mrs. Victor Sonic, Mrs. G. Barry Whitcomb, Miss Marcia Heselton and Miss Louise Waisanen."

Starting in the early to mid 1920s and going through 1969 (though peaking between the early 1930s and middle 1950s), dozens of wedding announcements in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and *nowhere else*, referred to certain women in the wedding party as "puddingsticks." E.g.:

THE BEST EVER Your grocer is authorized to refund your money if you don't agree that - LOFFLER'S 'Skinless Frenks' Are the Perfect Frankfurters Buy 'Em Try 'Em At All Grocers, Chain Stores, Our Market Stands and Peoples Drug Store Fountaiins

This saucy hot dog is one of the best things I've seen in these old newspapers. Look at him grinning as he sheds his... skin?? (1927)

Sausage and Bananas Form one and one-half pounds of country sausage into cakes and roll in flour. Cut three large firm bananas in half lengthwise and dip in flour, or in egg and cracker crumbs. Fry sausage until brown, pour of nearly all the far, then put in the bananas and fry until a delicate brown. Serve on hot plater with bananas surrounding the sausage and garnish with stripes of sweet green pepper.

Sausage and...bananas?! 1926.

The Tampa Times

Florida, August 15, 1917

100% was reading this thinking it was about rock *music* and the band Earth Wind and Fire

VII SALAD SUGGESTIONS Sauerkraut and pineapple with mayonnaise. Grated raw carrot and chopped apple with mayonnaise or French dressing. Grated cheese, raw apple, with mayonnaise. Raw cabbage and pinmento (I believe this was "pimiento" with a typo) with peanut butter rubbed into mayonnaise. Cream cheese, orange and onion with mayonnaise. Cabbage, peanuts and cheese with mayonnaise or French dressing.

These salad suggestions from an ad for a 1924 cooking school are *wild.* Are you having kraut and pineapple or can I set you up with some cream cheese, orange and onion? Anything you like!

A pizza pie with a slice being removed. The copy reads "New Pizza Firenze. Fast Pizza with Slow-Baked Taste. So Good, It's Guaranteed. Only at Burger King."

Two personal-sized pizzas sit on a table with garlic bulbs and tomatoes.

Burger King Pizza Firenze (1991-circa 1993): A line of pizzas from the iconic burger chain, boasted a "slow-baked taste". They were prepared in-house using "special fast-bake ovens" Available in a personal "SingleServ" option for lunch/dinner, or medium size, only available after 4 PM... a 🧵

Now a New Sandwich In the Russian Style HOW YOU MAKE IT Slices of bread (as many as needed). Toast one side only. Spread untoasted side with butter. Cover with sliced uncooked, skinned tomatoes. Arrange three strips uncooked bacon across sandwich. Place thin layer of cheese on top. Sprinkle with paprika. Set in hot baking oven till bacon curls and edges are browned. Serve at once. These sandwiches may be cut in circles for more dainty service, or the crusts may be left on and the sandwich provide a hearty course.

I call this sandwich a "Happy Waitress Special." Was the happy waitress a Russian spy this whole time?!

A new and distinctly different dish is made by standing a row of frankfurters on end around a ring of macaroni and cheese. The frankfurters are held in place by a band of slightly broiled bacon, skewered snugly. Sauerkraut substituted for the macaroni would place it among the first of smart dishes.

This isn't a sandwich but it IS unhinged. I think it's meant to be like a hot dog crown roast with either mac and cheese or kraut (!) in the middle (1933)

World's Fair Sandwich When people name foods, babies and boats for events, those events are certain to have "clicked" and to be eminently worthwhile. Already the Century of Progress Exposition of Chicago has had a sandwich named for it, the World's Fair Sandwich - and we are not at all worried now but the Chicago exposition will be a huge success. The World's Fair Sandwich already has gained wide popularity, and is being served on many railroads, air lines, boat lines and in the more prominent hotels thruout the country. Undoubtedly, it will soon be a commonplace in most of our homes, and rightfully, too, because it is a splendid good sandwich. It is made on toasted or untoasted bread of a half cup of chopped bacon blended in two teaspoons of mayonnaise, and is said to go splendidly with coffee, milk or beer. Anyway, the new sandwich is a fine advertisement for the greatest Fair ever held in this or any other country.

I absolutely love this World's Fair Sandwich from 1933. Made to drive excitement about the event of the summer, it shares the recipe while giving us a fun window into the past.

New Sandwich A hot apple and bacon sandwich will be found appetizing by your family or friends. Spread applesauce thickly on each of two slices of toasted bread and place slices of bacon on the applesauce. Place the sandwiches in a hot oven until the bacon is crisp.

This hot apple and bacon sandwich from 1927 just seems like it would be very *wet*

Line drawing illustration of a picnic and the caption reads "The Picnic Season Opens."

New Sandwich Fillings Peanut Butter and Mint: Spread the bread with softened butter, then with a layer of peanut butter and then with a layer of mint jelly. Bacon and Pimiento: Chop the contents of one No. 4 can of pimientos fine, add three tablespoons chopped stuffed olives and half a cup diced fried bacon. Add enough mayonnaise to moisten. Ripe Olive and Almond: Chop together equal quantities of ripe olives and blanched almonds. Moisten with Thousand Island Dressing. Shrimps and Caper: Drain one can shrimp, and mince finely. Add two tablespoons of chopped capers, an eighth of a teaspoon salt and five tablespoons Russian dressing.

When the 1934 picnic season opened, we were prepared with our ripe olive and almond sandwiches

NEW SANDWICH Chopped crisp bacon and chopped pasteurized dates, combined with a little salad dressing, make an excellent sandwich.

IMPROVES FLAVOR Brussels sprouts are immensely improved by the addition of cheese sauce.

People really were just combining bacon with everything and anything, weren't they? Bonus brussels sprout advice too. (1934)

When you are looking for a new sandwich for that particular picnic or for a Sunday night supper, mix together equal parts of cream cheese and apricot pulp made by pressing through a sieve Richelieu canned peeled Apricots, which have been well drained. Add enough Richelieu mayonnaise to make of good spreading consistency and add finely chopped nuts. Spread between thin buttered slices of bread.

Cream cheese and apricot sandwich from 1926. I'd try this - I like cream cheese and jelly and this doesn't seem too far off

SANDWICH FILLER. Here is a new sandwich filler that will be tasty and healthy for the children's lunch - or for the older people too, for that matter. One cup puffed rice or wheat, one cup raisins, one cup dates, one cup peanuts or pecans. Put all ingredients through a food choper, and moisten with mayonnaise and spread on whole wheat or brown bread.

In 1925, you could make a Rice Krispies salad sandwich: