SI Cover Jinx; Ants on a Log

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SI COVER JINX

   The January 21, 2002 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED cover story is:

The Cover that
_No One_ Would
Pose for
     Is the
     _SI Jinx_
     for Real?

   I did both "jinx" and "cover jinx" in the old ADS-L archives; the latter citation has been destroyed.  The "cover jinx" unquestionably comes from TIME magazine, SI's parent company.
   The author of the article was on NY1 "Sports on 1" cable television tonight.  I tried to call in but didn't get on.

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O.T.: NEW YORK FOOD MUSEUM

   Another lecture of the New York Culinary Historians is tonight, Thursday, January 17th, 6:30 p.m. registration, Grace Church, East 86th Street (south side) between Lexington and Park.
   The speaker is Anne Houk-Lawson from the New York Food Museum, and she'll talk about NY food.  Food is included in the admission.
   David Shulman was interested in going, but I couldn't promise him pastrami with an egg cream.
   Next month's speaker is William Woys Weaver, who's working on SCRIBNER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOOD.

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"MACADAMIA" IN OED

   I'm a little confused with Fred's results.  Type in "macadamia" on the left side and the hits all show "1904," supposedly the date of the first "macadamia."  You do get the 1858 cite, but _only_ if you pull down "etymology" on the "macadamia" entry.
   The 1858 cite is also noted as "1857" in the AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DICTIONARY.   The 1880 AND cite and the 1893 Periodicals Contents Index hit (both before 1904) weren't used.
   This is just one, corrected food entry....

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ANTS ON A LOG

   I was chatting with a woman about "Ants on a Tree," the Chinese menu item.  She confused it with "Ants on a Log," the Girl Scouts menu item.  Cookbook.com shows a lot of "ants" recipes, most of the "log" variety.
   "Ants on a Log" is not in John Mariani's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK.  I'll try to work on it today.  My first guess is the POOH COOK BOOK (1969), then I'll continue with juvenile cookery.
   A Google/Deja check shows (chime in with any more):

Ants on a log
Ants climbing a log
Bugs on a log
Fire ants on a log
Salmon going upstream
Gnats on a log
Cockroaches on a log
Caterpillers on a log
Poopy on a log

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DELICATESSEN MERCHANT

   The NYPL has a magazine called DELICATESSEN MERCHANT, from 1933 to 1946.
   "Assorted Cold Cuts" is in June 1934, pg. 20.  (Mariani: "The first printed reference to the term appeared in 1940.")
   What did the industry shorten the name to?  From November 1933, pg. 27, col. 2: "The Astoria Grocers tried to raise Hell, But kept far away from Eric's Del."  And from January 1946, pg. 8, cols. 1-2 headline: "_Yankee-style dishes popularize Boston del_."
   A "DO YOU KNOW THAT" cartoon, March 1934, pg. 6:

THE _FIRST_ DELICATESSEN STORE IN AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED IN NEW YORK CITY, BACK IN 1801......AND NOW THERE ARE _OVER 8000_ IN THE U.S.A.!!!

   From February 1946, pg. 8, col. 2:

   _"Dated beverages"_ are a sales appeal that may find wide popularity after awhile, as it has already with coffee.  One Eastern soft drink manufacturer now uses the "date" technique.  His advertising features this label statement: "This beverage is at its best when used before the date punched on this label."

(We don't need no stinking dates.  Over at Parking, our Coke cans advertise the Radio City Christmas Show--ed.)