Corn flakes, 1951

[mystical-chickn.livejournal.com]

Mmm, what better way to start your day than with a big, nutritious bowl of--OH GOD ARE THOSE EYE SOCKETS D:




_{okay seriously, I love peaches but that red part around the pit creeps me out a little}

edit: whoops, looks like I broke the perfume trend. Sorry~!

Comments

[whoseline_wlsc]

Yeah, with those peaches, the cereal really does look unappetizing! I looked at that like "What is that?" before seeing it was Cornflakes.

[veryclevername.livejournal.com]

Isn't it somebody's job to make sure the peaches don't look like they're rotting?

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

Yes, some food stylist is falling down on the job here.

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you've only ever eaten cling peaches, the freestone kind can be a bit startling.

(Those are cornflakes? They look like French fries. Or shavings from a wood planer.)

[whomp.livejournal.com]

I don't know why I thought that was a bowl of bacon.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

I don't know why either, but now that you mention it... ;)

[flutterbychild.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't the peaches be cut up more?

[misstia]

exactly what i thought....you'd go to cut them up with your spoon and milk would go over the sides and you'd have a mess....

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

"DE-LUSCIOUS"!

I hate portmanteaux in advertising! Today, instead of saying "BIG" it would say "GINORMOUS!"

The scary peaches have the mother and daughter so freaked out, they won't even look at their food. Mom just stares straight ahead while Daughter looks to her for comfort, but all Mom can say is, "just keep eating, sweetie, and don't look down. That's when they'll get you!"

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

And of course, there's the scientist peering at his test tube to PROVE that cornflakes give you that essential one-third of the day's nutrition.

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

I honestly thought that was a bowl of Beefaroni at first glance.

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

What a coincidence! Having worked for both Kellogg's and the California Tree Fruit Agreement (http://www.eatcaliforniafruit.com/) (the marketing order that promotes California peaches, plums, and nectarines - sort of like "got milk?" but with a much smaller budget) I feel uniquely qualified to comment on this.

Kellogg's HQ in Battle Creek, Michigan, where I worked for a few years, has old ads framed as artwork all over the building. I never saw this one, though.

About stone fruit pits, and the area around them:

What you may not know about the pit is that it is what transports the fluid and nutrients from the stem into the flesh of the fruit. Also, sometimes (especially toward the end of the growing season) the pit will separate a bit from the flesh, and if that happens, the pit will deposit little waxy-looking drops in the pit cavity. They are fine to eat, but every year we got emails from people freaking out and not knowing what they were.

If you ever find a peach or nectarine with a split pit, those fruits are fine to eat, too. Don't eat the seed inside a pit, though - it has a cyanide compound you should not ingest (like bitter almond seeds).

I do remember that Cook's Illustrated found that you should cut away the red part of the flesh if cooking with the fruit, because they found it carried a bit of bitter flavor.

And here is the anatomy of a stone fruit page (http://www.eatcaliforniafruit.com/csppn/stone-fruit-101/anatomy.asp) from a website I wrote the copy for while at the CTFA.