[LargeFormat] Dagor77 (Was cult lenses)

[Tim Atherton]

and the weeds...?

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> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Dan Kalish
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:18 AM
> To: LF listserv submission
> Cc: Kalish, Dan
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Dagor77 (Was cult lenses)
> 
> 
> 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..
> 
> >
> > 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
> 
> 
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