The Art Of Seduction

Note on an index card:

Jim -  

If you have these already - let me know. 

Jill

Found in "A History of Eroticism, Volume One: Antiquity" by Ove Brusendorff and Poul Henningsen. Published by Lyle Stuart, 1963.

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The Jingle Is Already In Your Head

Recipe for baby back ribs (I love how it's written on notepad paper advertising hypertension medicine):

Baby Back Ribs

Bring to boil and simmer 2 hours

Make mixture:

• 1 part raspberry sauce
• 3 parts barbecue sauce - smoke house (hour?)

When ribs are done from simmer BASTE with this mixture and BARBECUE or broil over an open flame for 2 minutes only

Found in "366 Low-Fat Brand-Name Recipes in Minutes!" by M.J. Smith. Published by Chronimed Publishing, 1994.

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The Bridge

Cut-out illustration on a girl with flowers, looks like it came from a trade card.

In the back of the book is a handwritten recounting of Longfellow's "The Bridge," dated July 22, 1897.

Found in "Friendly Words to Young Women" by H.E. Stone. Published by the American Tract Society, no date listed, I'm guessing mid 1890s.

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Looking Forward

I wanted to share an oddball title with you today - "Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999." It was written by Arthur Bird, ex-Vice Consul-General of America, Haiti, in 1899. Bird attempted to transport the reader 100 years into the future, or his very idealized vision of the future. It's an interesting political and social fossil:

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Fairy Tales winner

This week's winner was @DragonflightGal, who obviously entered over on twitter. Thanks to all who entered, it was a great turnout this week.

Friday Giveaway: The Fairy Tales of Andersen and Brothers Grimm - contest closed

"The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales" and "The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales" both published by Chatham River Press, 1984. Bound in "genuine bonded leather" with gilt decoration and lettering. Each book is about 800 pages and contain black and white illustrations from various artists.

Contest now closed, back with a winner in a moment

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Koshu

Recipe for whole wheat bread. It looks like this is a photocopy, as the left side is a bit cut off.

Whole Wheat Bread - Sesshin (Koshu)

1/2 cup honey or mild molasses
1/2 (cup?) melted butter or liquid shortening
1 teasp. salt
2 tables. yeast dissolved in 1/3 cup lukewarm water
3 cups milk scalded and cooled
Approx. 9 cups whole wheat flour

1. Scald and cool milk.
2. Stir molasses, shortening, salt, dissolved yeast into cooled milk
3. Stir in 1/2 flour and beat well
4. Cover and let sponge rise until light
5. Stir down and add remaining flour
6. Knead adding more flour if necessary, dough should be almost soft but not sticky
7. Let rise until doubled again
8. Turn our on floured board and flatten and let rest (couple of minutes)
9. Shape into two loaves and place in buttered bread pans
10. Let rise until doubled
11. Bake 375 degree oven for 35-40 min or until done

Optional - Add sesame seed at step #3, 1/4=1/3 cup per loaf. Substitute 1/2 graham flour - makes it taste more like cake

Found in "Ginko: A Practical Guide" by Georges Halpern. Published by Avery, 1998.

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First Prize

Three first prize ribbons, all from the summer of 1928.

Found in "The Quill" the 1929 yearbook of Lincoln High School, Jersey City, NJ.

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Miss Larson

Inscription, I believe it's from a teacher to one of her students:

June 1936

To Julia -

May you always win friends with your great brown eyes and may your curiosity never dull or get the better of you.

With love and best wishes for all possible success.

From,
Miss Larson

The inscription was in a terribly worn copy of "The Story of Delicia" by Gertude Newman. Published by Rand McNally, 1935.

In other news, "Handwritten Recipes" is on sale today!

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Friday Giveaway winners

Here are the five winners of "Handwritten Recipes" -

 Justin Allison (via email)
 Lindsay Babroski (via twitter)
 Julie Anne Heikel (via Facebook)
 Ana Moreno (via Facebook)
 Deb (of Singing Needle) via Forgotten Bookmarks.

I'll do my best to get in touch with each of you, but if you see this post, go ahead and send me an email:

fb@forgottenbookmarks.

For those of you who didn't win, there's still one day left in the Goodreads giveaway.