Jell-O ad 1922 "Mammy sent dis ovah"

[albear.livejournal.com]

Don't eat it lady! it has spit! Mu ha ha ha ha!

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EDIT: 10.25 AM PST Transcript of hard to read middle text.

"Mammy sent dis ovah"

Jell-O

Is known to all sections as "America's most famous desert."

In the south for instance, it is inexpensive enough to be found in the cabins of the old plantation. It is delicious enough to meet the standards of good living at the "Big House," it is dainty enough for a milady's afternoon tea. It is appealing enough to turn the sinful, of any color, away from his neighbor's melon patch.

THE GENESEE PURE FOOD COMPANY, LE ROY, N.Y.

Comments

[brianl03.livejournal.com]

"It is appealing enough to turn the sinful, of any color, away from his neighbor's melon patch."

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[misstia]

did it say that? the print was still too tiny for me to read when i enlarged it....

[versailles-rose.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[kayleigh013.livejournal.com]

Whoa.....

[hemlock-martini.livejournal.com]

There's always room for racism, apparently.

[garden_hoe21]

LOL Win!

wat.

[basking-lizard.livejournal.com]

I'm still making the D: face.

[meleth.livejournal.com]

Oh god, really?

[7ofclubs.livejournal.com]

What "Mammy" was trying to convey is "You're sitting up here on your rich white ass while all we can afford is frigging GELATIN!"

[badfae.livejournal.com]

YOU WIN!

[tanwen.livejournal.com]

Love the Color Purple reference!

[nokomarie.livejournal.com]

Why? Were the kids eating the melons again?

[badfae.livejournal.com]

All I could say for a full minute was "What? WHAT?!"

I'm still pretty horrified.