Jansson's Temptation (1958); Somebody shoot me (continued)

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JANSSON'S TEMPTATION

   Greetings from the NYPL.  I didn't find this in cookbooks before 1958 (so far).  I also did NOT see "Jansson's Temptation" in the two GOURMET books of the 1950s.
   (OT:  I just saw THE PRODUCERS, so I'd say that "Jansson's Temptation" would be the shapely Swedish dish named "Ula.")


SWEDISH COOKING AT ITS BEST
by Marianne Gronwall van der Tuuk
Goteborg, Sweden: Wezata Forlag
1958

Pg. 15:
JANSSONS TEMPTATION   JANSSONS FRESTELSE
(ANCHOVIES AU GRATIN)
   This dish is a real temptation when served on a Smorgasbord, or as an appetizer.
1 cup sliced onions (1 1/2 onions)
1/3 cup butter or margarine
4 cups raw potatoes, cut into thin strips
1 can Swedish anchovy fillets (about 18 fillets)
1 cup cream
(...)

GOOD FOOD FROM SWEDEN
by Anna Olsson Coombs
London: Frederick Muller, Ltd.
1955

Pg. 10:  HERRING TEMPTATION
Pg. 13:  ANCHOVIES AU GRATIN
Pg. 14:  ANCHOVIES AND POTATOES AU GRATIN
   This is another of those temptations: (...)


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SOMEBODY SHOOT ME
(or "Big Apple Corner & David Letterman's THE LATE SHOW," continued)

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   I guess this is it, from the official CBS web site.  The answer to last night's letter number two, "Why is New York called the Big Apple?"
   A staff historian dresses up in garb from the wrong century and gets attacked by actors portraying fictional New York City thugs.
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