Winner

Used the same protocol as last time, copied comments, pasted into TextPad, used Random.org.

This time I collapsed comments so all entries contained the same amount of lines.

Here are the results:

and then...

which means...


Brandy, you're this week's winner. I'll email you after this posts.

As a special bonus prize, I won't sing the song. Won't even mention it.

Thanks to all who entered, check back later this week for more free books.

CONTEST CLOSED: WINNER AT 12:00


Up for grabs today are six matched volumes from the works of Louisa May Alcott. These six were published by Nelson Doubleday in the mid-1960s and feature black and white illustrations. See the titles in the second photo.
You know what to do, comment in this post to enter. I will announce the winner on Monday around noon.


Roast Beef

Recipe for Roast Beef and Veggies:

Elect skillet brown
fat side down on all sides
brown. Cover Tequilla lemon
or Tuscany (Knorr) sauce
15 (?) per lb after turning it to
200.

Found in "Eight Cousins" by Louisa May Alcott. Published by Doubleday, 1968.

If you like Alcott, I will be giving away this book along with five other matched volumes tomorrow afternoon.


Odds and Sods

I hope to put up a bookmark later in the day, but wanted to post a few things first.

I'm thrilled to see Forgotten Bookmarks showing up in so many places. A sample:

Etsy: The Storque

Ephemera

Languagehat

James Frey's blog

Casual Optimist

The Genealogue

Snopes and Bookcrossing forums

and many, many more... can't tell you what it means to see so many people enjoying the site.

Don't want to just toot my horn here, so here's a submission from FB friend Jan Markley. I recently posted her find 'Open Toed Shoes.' Here's what she sends along:

Bringing Pagans togeather (sic) since 2001

These are the bookmarks I left in my friend Amber's copy of Death Masks by Jim Butcher when I returned it to her. Upon a recent visit to a hospital to visit a relative I went across the street to have a hamburger at the Wendy's restaurant chain where I proceeded to infiltrate a meeting of local Pagans (aka wiccans, wizards, witches, werewolves - well, maybe not the last one). How did I know they were Pagans? Three guys were sitting at a table with a sign that said: "Pagan meeting here." So being a writer, anthropologist, and incredibly curious person who now talks to strangers, I couldn't pass up the opportunity. Upon closer observation I noticed that each one wore a pentagram necklace. So I crashed their meeting (me: so you're like a bunch of Pagans eh?!) and I asked if I could join them.

So the bookmarks left in her book included a business card from Logan Stardust, Organizer - Bringing Pagans togeather (sic) since 2001, a hospital visitor infomation card, which on one side I scribbled down the names of the fantasy books the Pagan's recommended to me, and on the other side is a fundraising ad for the hospital foundation.

The Pagans nearly mugged me out for my friend's copy of Death Masks by Jim Butcher.




Scattered Thoughts


Illustration of two cardinals on card stock, probably trimmed from a larger piece, as the writing on the reverse is cut off.

Found in "Cannibals and Christians" by Norman Mailer. Published by Dell, 1967.


Virus


Work slip for a brakeman working the B&M Railroad.
Written on reverse:

10 P.M. Dr. came to Hazel
Pennicillin for virus +
Codeine for pain in back.
I saw Ralph in hall.

Found in "Life in America: Volume Two" by Marshall B. Davidson. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1951.


Biwa Chop


Found this one in a book I was just about to ship out.
Looks like they are sides of a tea box.

Found in "Principles of Physics and Meteorology" by J. Muller. Published by Lea and Blanchard, first American edition, 1848.


FB Mentioned on Andrew Sullivan's 'Daily Dish'

The train kept a rollin' -

Adventures In Niche Blogging - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Chocolate Krisp Kringles

Recipe:
Chocolate Krisp Kringles

1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup choc. chips

take off heat

stir in:
1/2 cup sugar

beat in:
1 egg
1/2 cup flour
salt
vanilla

put in pan - cover with chips + 1/3 cup nuts.

Bake at 400° - 12 minutes

Found in "The United States Regional Cook Book" edited by Ruth Berolzheimer. Published by the Culinary Arts Institute, 1947.

ED: If someone tries this one out, let me know. They sound pretty good.


Bush Pig


Collectible card from a cigarette package featuring the Bush-Pig (No.97)

Found in "The Food of the Gods" by H.G. Wells. Published by Collins (Pocket Classics series), no date, circa 1950s.