[LargeFormat] Dagor77 (Was cult lenses)

[Dan Kalish]

What a weird picture to put on a vintage lens site!

My vote is that the the eggs are resting on grits.  They are probably
poached eggs - less visible egg whites.  Eggs and grits are common in the
Confederacy; eggs and mashed potatoes are NEVER combined.  The whole
combination is resting on toast with the crust cut off.  Again, this is a
common treat.  The shoe-leather-type substances are a version of ham,
perhaps Canadian bacon.  They sure have a lot of fat on them

Dan K..

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> Message: 14
> From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@ix.netcom.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Dagor77 (Was cult lenses)
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:20:34 -0700
> Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Dagor77 (Was cult lenses)
>
>
> > I, for one, would certainly like to see this brochure!
> >
> > Karl Wolz
> >
> >  but am now confused because I think I
> > probably responded to the list about something not posted
> > there, confusing the dickens out of everyone. Isn't
> > high-tech wonderful?
> > ---
> > Richard Knoppow
> > Los Angeles, CA, USA
> > dickburk@ix.netcom.com
> >
>   I found the source: http://yandr.50megs.com/gz/pr/pr.htm
>   There is some other interesting stuff on this site.
>   There are four pages of this Goerz catalogue. On one of
> them is a food photo. _That_ is what we are speculating
> about. According to the caption it was originally in color,
> so the identity of the food-like substances represented
> there may have been much clearer.
>   I am not sure what the things in the center of the
> exploded potatoes, or exploded grits, are.
>  Peach halves on hot mashed anything doesn't sound so
> appetizing. Are they poached egg yolks? Could the exploded
> stuff be exploded egg white? What are the square things they
> are on? Toast with the crust cut off, I thought at first,
> now I am not so sure. Flat biscuits, maybe.
>   I am also not quite clear on the meat type material. Is it
> ham? Or, perhaps funny looking roast beef? I don't want to
> speculate further, people ate some funny things in the
> 1950's.
>   BTW, note the weeds growing up between the "meat" and the
> whatever.
>   I am sure this photo graced some page in Fanny Farmer's
> cook book, or House Beautiful, or Better Homes and Stomachs.
> My mom, who could cook, would never have even considered
> serving anything that looked like high-speed photographs of
> bombs going off (the things in the center are fireballs).
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@ix.netcom.com