Month: October 2011

Modern Woman Mondays: Gelatin Edition

After WWII and continuing through the 1960s, an emphasis on kitschy culinary arts kept little women busy in their places: the kitchen. How else do you explain the Joys Of Jell-O?

Perhaps the best thing about the miracle of gelatin based foods was the fact that, other than boiling water, one didn’t ruin their makeup in the heat. No, I don’t think the best thing was food stuff themselves… So bright, yet so wrong. Vegetables? Waldorf Salad? Shrimp?! Even the photos of the desserts make my teeth hurt. …Although that Jell-O and ice cream gum-drop number might be worth it. For more on the miracle of gelatin foods, check out Retro Mimi (my interview with her here) and my Things Your Grandmother Knew blog.

Dames & Dogs #48, Contest Giveaway Edition!

This real photo postcard of a woman and her dog has some signs of wear — but it’s charming and utterly free in this giveaway!

There are a number of easy ways to enter; multiple entries are allowed.

How To Enter

You may do one (or more) of the following:

* Post your entry as a comment — that’s easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy, right?

and/or

* Follow me on Twitter: @DPopTart. (Please leave your Twitter username in your comment so I can check.)

and/or

* Tweet the following:

I entered @DPopTart’s contest to win a kitschy old postcard!http://bit.ly/q3GM3B

(Remember to come back here and leave a comment with your tweet for me to verify.)

You may tweet your entry once a day.

and/or

* Friend me on Face Book: Deanna Dahlsad. (When making the request, note that you are entering the Kitschy Kitschy Coo contest.)

and/or

* Post about this contest at your blog or website — if you do this you must include in your post to this contest post or the main URL of Kitschy Kitschy Coo.

(Please include the link to your blog post in the comments section so that I can find your post.)

Here’s the giveaway fine print:

* Giveaway is open to US residents only
* Contest ends November 11, 2011; entries must be made on or before midnight, central time, November 10, 2011. Winner will be announced/contacted on or around November 12, 2011. Winner have 48 hours to respond; otherwise, I’ll draw another name.

Certified Meats & Giants

Wilson & Co., originally meat packers, liked big things. Big sales and big people, like certifying giants. They certified Henry Hite, born Henry Marion Mullins in 1915, and put him intp sales promotion in stores and on promotional pieces for their certified meats. Hite also appeared on items dubbed as or promoting Wilson’s Corn King.

Great (White) Unicorn Hope For Halloween

Whatever you’re dressing up as this Halloween, eBay wants you to share your costume on Facebook and enter for a chance to win one of fifteen $100 eBay Gift Cards! Winners will be selected at random every day from now until October 31. Of course, they want you to check out their Halloween page too. But I say check out what I’m selling on eBay — certainly part of your $100 shopping spree can be spent with me.

Photo is Stacey Graf’s entry; herself as a white unicorn.

Stick ’em Up Or Put ’em Up?

A mugger wants your wallet, but you’re packing a vintage Dukes Of Hazzard wallet, so what do you do? You know the Duke boys wouldn’t just hand it over…