Chili Mac (1903); Chile today and hot tamale (1928); Gedunk (1925, 1926)

[Wilson Gray]

On Jun 6, 2004, at 2:39 PM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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> Subject:      Chili Mac (1903); Chile today and hot tamale (1928);
> Gedunk
>               (1925, 1926)
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> CHILI MAC
>
>    "Chili caught fire in the Midwest, where the most popular variety
> was
> 'chili mac,' a relatively bland garlic-free dish served in taverns,
> diners, and
> cafes that was a melange of meat sauce, peppers, tomatoes, and elbow
> macaroni."
> --THE WORLD ON A PLATE: A TOUR THROUGH THE HISTORY OF AMERICA'S ETHNIC
> CUISINE (2003) by Joel Denker, pg. 142.
>
>    I had previously posted 1925 for this dish, but I didn't then have
> the
> ProQuest databases available from home, and the Chicago Tribune wasn't
> in
> ProQuest at that time.  A re-check shows 1903, but the Chicago Tribune
> is nowhere in
> sight!  There's a 26-year gap here?
>
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
>     1.  Front Page 2 -- No Title
> The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Feb 22, 1903. p. 1
> (1
> page):
>      Hot Tamales and Chili Mac, at 503 12th st. nw.  Open till 1 a. m.
>
>     2.  Front Page 2 -- No Title
> The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jun 28, 1903. p. 1
> (1
> page)
>
>     3.  Display Ad 42 -- No Title
> Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Nov 26,
> 1929. p.
> A7 (1 page)
>
>     4.  Classified Ad 14 -- No Title
> Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Feb 17,
> 1933. p.
> A13 (1 page)
>
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> CHILE TODAY AND HOT TAMALE
>
>    A "classic."
>
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
>  Comic 4 -- No Title
> Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Mar 10,
> 1928. p.
> 11 (1 page) :
>    _The Shanghai Jester_
>    "How do you like the climate?" we asked John Chinaman, as he handed
> him
> our laundry check.
>    "Chile today and hot tamale," he replied, as he blew an opium ring
> over
> the clothespin.
>
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> GEDUNK
>
>    "Harold Teen," a popular comic in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, was famous
> for the
> "gedunk sundae."  For whatever reason, the comic does not appear to be
> in the
> search engine's capability.

FWIW: Carl Frank Ludwig Ed was the man who first celebrated the
juvenile teens in a comic strip. ... Ed's talent was noticed by a
co-publisher of the Chicago Tribune, who hired him to undertake the
nation's first strip about a boy in his teens in 1918. 'Harold Teen'
was read widely by teenagers of the day.
[from Comic-Art.com]

-Wilson Gray

> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS) ("gedunk")
>     1.  Other 2 -- No Title
> Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Jan 27, 1925. p. 8
> (1 page)
> :
> _To Eingetunkt Is One Thing; to Gedunk Is ANother._
>    Sir:  For the benefit of those Deutschverderbers who are using the
> Line
> for their outrageous "gedunking," I wish to submit the following
> vocabulary: The
> verb TUNKEN or EINTUNKEN: the perfect participle is EINGETUNKT, and
> the noun
> id TUNKER.  But your benighted contribs use one word for all three
> meanings,
> and that word is spelled wrong!  ES IST ZUM LACHEN!
>    GRETCHEN.
>
>     2.  Other 3 -- No Title
> Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Feb 3, 1925. p. 8 (1
> page)
> :
> _Oh, We Gedunk Our Ice Cream in Black Coffee._
>    R. H. L."  Three cheers for "Just Me" and her poem _Doppa_.  Ask
> her does
> she know about "Sukar pa bit?"  It's the act of dopping a lump of
> sugar in
> unsweetened coffee (the second cup _only_) and sucking it.  Umm!  It's
> done in
> the best of Swedish circles.  Try it, you Gedunkers!
>    DOODLES.
>
>     3.  Other 3 -- No Title
> Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Feb 28, 1925. p. 4 (1
> page):
>    ...but would you mind gedunking this item in your column?
>    WINDY
>
>     4.  A LINE O' TYPE OR TWO
> Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: May 29, 1925. p. 8
> (1 page)
> :
> _Gosh!  They're Going to Gedunk 'em._
> (Children and water--ed.)
>
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS) ("gedunk sundae")
> VOICE OF THE PEOPLE; NOISE.
> Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Mar 10, 1926. p. 8
> (1 page)
> :
>       _GEDUNK SUNDAES._
>    Chicago, March 4.  You possess one comic feature that is changing
> the
> habits of the nation.  I refer to Harold Teen and his Gedunk sundae.
>    I have two children, a boy and a girl, now of high school age, and
> I have
> spent many a painstaking hour teaching them correct table manners.
> Their
> conduct was above reproach until the notorious Gedunk sundae made its
> appearance.
>    First my boy succumbed and then my girl.  I had their father
> investigate
> at our corner drug store, and he too succumbed.
>    The whole situation has been very amusing to me.  Carl Ed is
> certainly in
> a class by himself.  No other comic printed contains as much human
> interest
> and at the same time as much fun.  He is certainly the "Booth
> Tarkington of
> cartoonists."
>    MRS. E. A. EDMONDS.
>