Friday, May 30, 2008

America #40, Annals of Advertising #7, Foreign Lands #26, Food #11


Advertisement for the "Uncle Sam" Range, Manufactured by Abendroth Bros., New York City (1876)

The menu in the world's hand reads:

BILL OF FARE
For the Uncle Sam Range.

ENGLAND
Roast Beef
Plum Pudding

GERMANY
Sausages
[illegible]
Sour Cream

FRANCE
Saddle de Horse
Curried Frogs
Snails
Donkey a la Mode

IRELAND
Potatoes
Fried
Boiled
Stewed
Roasted
Baked
Mashed
Raw

CHINA
Birds Nests
Boiled Grasshoppers
Rats Fricassed with Watermelon Seeds

RUSSIA
Tallow
Candles
Seals Blubber
Train Oil
White Bear