Mixed Nuts(1880); Steak Sauce(1902); Pink Vodka Sauce(1988); Stone Soup

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MIXED NUTS

   Of interested to the peanut and cashew people out there, plus assorted crazies.


  Display Ad 4 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Dec 13, 1880; pg. 4, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 4 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Dec 7, 1880; pg. 4, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 4 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Dec 6, 1880; pg. 4, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 4 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Nov 27, 1880; pg. 4, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 4 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Nov 24, 1880; pg. 4, 1 pgs
("6 lbs. Choice Mixed Nuts (all new) for...$1.00")

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STEAK SAUCE

   20 July 1902, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 28:
   Harvey Sauce...............29c
   C. & B. Beef Steak Sauce...27c

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PINK VODKA SAUCE

   Google has 664 hits for "pink vodka sauce."  It's served with penne pasta.  Not many hits in ProQuest, though.  Los Angeles and Chicago surely have earlier.


  Personal-Size Pizza in Briarcliff Manor; By M.H. REED, BRIARCLIFF MANOR; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Mar 21, 1999; pg. 646, 1 pgs

  A Song in the Air, and Pizza on the Menu; WENDY GINSBERG; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Dec 20, 1998; pg. NJ26, 1 pgs

  Princeton: A Wilsonian Reminder; By ANNE SEMMES; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Feb 28, 1988; pg. 692, 1 pgs

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STONE SOUP

   Not in OED.  There are 53,700 "stone soup" hits on Google.  It's perhaps more a culinary yarn than an actual soup, but it gets cited and offered on (ironic?) menus somewhat often.  It has a proverbial meaning that should be recorded by OED.


   18 May 1872, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 2:
   Like the Frenchman's stone soup, the stones didn't cost much, but the vermicelli and other ingredients did.  He could make stone soup cost as much as turtle soup.

   29 March 1896, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 23:
   When P. I. Sceysmah, whom, it may be explained, his fellow citizens esteemed to be stingier than stone soup,...

  TRY THIS ON YOUR NEXT MENU.; "Synthetic Soup" Eliminates Meat From the First Dinner Course.; From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jan 9, 1917; pg. 6, 1 pgs
("They insisted upon tasting the 'stone soup,' and pronounced it good.")


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From: J&J (skiea3b at earthlink.net)
Subject: OT-Stone Soup
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.mystery
Date: 2000-11-19 15:01:33 PST

Either posts just are not showing up on my server or everyone has gone
away for the weekend.

I'm bored and...

It's cold outside.  I have a stone.  I'm going to make some soup.  Now,
this soup will be good with just this tasty stone.  But it would be even
better if I had a little something more to put in it.
Anyone?

judi

                        THE STONE SOUP STORY

Once upon a time, somewhere in Eastern Europe, there was a great famine.
People jealously hoarded whatever food they could find, hiding it even
from their friends and neighbors.
One day a peddler drove his wagon into a village, sold a few of his
wares and began asking questions as if he planned to stay for the night.

"There's not a bite to eat in the whole province" he was told.
"Better keep moving on."

"Oh, I have everything I need" he said. "In fact I was thinking of
making some stone soup to share with all of you." He pulled a huge iron
cauldron from his wagon, filled it with water and built a fire under it.
Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary looking stone from a
velvet bag and dropped it into the water.

By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had come to the
square or watched from their doorways and windows. As the peddler
sniffed the 'broth' and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to
overcome their skepticism.

"Ahh," the peddler said to himself rather loudly, "I do like a tasty
stone soup. Of course stone soup with cabbage, now that's hard to beat."

Soon a villager approached hesitantly holding a cabbage he'd retrieved
from its hiding place and added it to the pot.
"Capital!" cried the peddler. "You know, I once had stone soup with
cabbage and a bit of salt beef as well and it was fit for a king."

The village butcher managed to find some salt beef...and so it went,
through potatos, onions, carrots, mushrooms, barley and so on, until
there was indeed a delicious meal for all.
The villagers offered the peddler a great deal of money for the magic
stone but he refused to sell it and travelled on the next day. And from
that time on, long after the famine had ended, the villagers reminisced
about the finest soup they'd ever had.

--Traditional Folklore

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