Although Ms. S. and I are clearly not unique in the following, it is one of those things we say or transform around each other that identifies us to ourselves:
Wait, wait. I’m worried what you just heard was, “Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.” What I said was, “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.”
I. Ron Swanson
- Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have (clip on YouTube)
- A Storm of Swansons
- Quotes by Ron Swanson (at quotational)
- give me all the bacon and eggs you have (Tumblr)
II. Meat
And so I’m perusing Buzzfeed last night before bed; it’s a bit like a cup of hot milk or a cup of chamomile tea along with a good book before tucking yourself in, but less fulfilling spiritually or stomachly. And what should I find?
- 18 MEAT Ads
- “SO MUCH RED. Ads from 1940s-50s, via the American Meat Institute.”
This is Ron Swanson’s dream.
It makes me think not just of SPAM but of Burns SPEEF and SPORK.
See also:
- The 8 Absolute Most Disgusting Old Food Recipe Ads (please, absolutely)
- Obsession of the Week: Spork, Speef and other delights
- copyranter: Speef?
- Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825-1949 by Elizabeth Driver, p. 1071
- vinatage Canada advertising cover for Spork meat
- “Everybody likes Spork”. The Meat of many uses … an ad (ca. 1941); linking back to the University of Saskatchewan Archives
- Time Out for Eats from the Canadian Educational, Sponsored & Industrial Film Archive: “Short film about the making of Spork, a canned pork and spice product, by the Burns Company Limited […]”
- Kitchen Retro: The Spork in the Road
- Burns “Meat”, vintage ads entries
III. Sufficient Protein
From SPORK one can always turn to Slow-Cooked Lentil Bourguino-no (via Vegan MofO) … another way to get your protein that doesn’t involve mechanically-separated animal products, potted meat, and the like.
Then one might wonder, What’s the Best Protein-to-Carb Ratio for Weight Loss? (via Peak Health Advocate)
Two (rather obvious?) things catch my attention:
- The sample size (54 people), regardless of other aspects of the design of the study, seems more like the size of a pilot study (that might inspire further work) than that of something from which significant conclusions can be drawn.
- The main take-away is that regardless of relative protein level, weight decreased over the course of the study, likely due — mainly — to calorie reduction (not surprising), but the moderate-protein (compared to the high- and low-protein variants) diet seemed to make it easier for those involved to stick with it, which has long-term value as a lifestyle change.
As for this last part, I’m not sure the moderate-protein version was easiest to stick with because it’s inherently so, or because the women involved in the study already consumed a carb-protein ratio closely aligned with that diet, so they may have just stabilized on what they were already used to. But this all leads back to me reading more about the study itself … something I have little interest in doing right now.
I’ll admit my ignorance and leave it at that.
