Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie #2

 

Seems thicker this time. Different ice cream and more of it. Vanilla ice cream, 2 oz. creme de menthe, 1 oz. creme de cacao. Mix together and pour into chocolate cookie crust. Freeze again. Used Bluebell homemade vanilla.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_(cocktail)

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/frozen-grasshopper.html

Vodka Meat Sauce with Homegrown Tomatoes and Peppers

 

2 lbs. ground beef. 5 whole Italian sausages. 2 onions, 2 cloves garlic. 3 cans tomato sauce, 1 can tomato paste, anchovy paste. 12 Creole tomatoes, 10 Anaheim/banana peppers. Red wine. Splash of vodka.

For the freezer. 

Puffa Puffa Rice

 

1967 commercial. 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=286 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffa_Puffa_Rice

Roller Boogie (1979)

 

Directed by Mark L. Lester. Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard, Stoney Jackson, Kimberly Beck. Roller disco. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Boogie 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/roller-boogie-1980

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/09/roller-boogie-1979.html 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/185044/insider-info-roller-boogie-behind-the-scenes 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=944

Thank God It's Friday (1978)

 

Directed by Robert Klane. Found on Tubi. Jeff Goldblum, Donna Summer, Debra Winger. Disco.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_It%27s_Friday_(film) 

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/thank-god-its-friday-1978

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1950god.html

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/03/thank-god-its-friday-1978.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6746

Econo Buy Beer

 

1986 New York Deli Potato Chips

 

https://www.retroist.com/p/new-york-deli-potato-chips-my-purple-passion

Sheba, Baby (1975)

 

Directed by William Girdler. Found on Tubi. Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D'Urville Martin. Private detective blaxploitation. Last and least of the 70s Pam Grier flicks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheba,_Baby 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sheba-baby-1975 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/70048 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2012/12/sheba-baby-1975.html 

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2009/08/talk-before-i-put-my-1-foot-down-your-1.html

Black Gunn (1972)

 

Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis. Found on Tubi. Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Vida Blue, Bruce Glover. Blaxploitation. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Gunn

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/9091/black-gunn/

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2014/06/black-gunn-1972.html

Slaughter (1972)

 

Directed by Jack Starrett. Found on Tubi. Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn. Blaxploitation hit. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_(1972_film)

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/69919/slaughter/ 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2013/12/slaughter-1972-slaughters-big-rip-off.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=895

Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N.C.

 

• Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer
• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1902.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016796252/
  

Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)

 

Directed by William A. Levey. Patrick Swayze, Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo, Judy Landers, Billy Barty, Joe E. Ross. Roller disco. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skatetown,_U.S.A.

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2015/05/skatetown-usa-1979.html 

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2014/07/exhumed-films-forgotten-film-festival.html 

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=12320

Supervan (1977)

 

Directed by Lamar Card. Found on Tubi. Katie Saylor, Morgan Woodward, Mark Schneider, Len Lesser, Charles Bukowski cameo. Short-lived vansploitation genre. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervan_(film) 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/supervan-1977-and-short-life-of.html

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/42695/supervan/ 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2016/04/supervan-1977.html 

https://www.avclub.com/supervan-1977-1798221317

1983 Golden Lager beer

 

Truck Turner (1974)

 

Directed by Jonathan Kaplan. Found on Tubi. Isaac Hayes, Nichelle Nichols, Yaphet Kotto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Turner 

http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsn-z/truckturner.htm 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2013/01/truck-turner-1974.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=497 

Corner of general store, Olga, Louisiana

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1938 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017738272/
  

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

 

Directed by Sidney Lumet. Found on Tubi and free on Youtube. Sean Connery, Christopher Walken, Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Garrett Morris, Alan King. I also have this book and the DVD. Quincy Jones music.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/anderson-tapes-1971

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-anderson-tapes/

https://www.tcm.com/articles/235283/the-anderson-tapes 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/12/anderson-tapes-1971.html

Baked Chili #2

 

With fresh Anaheim and banana peppers and Creole tomatoes. 1.5 lbs. ground beef, 1 onion, 1 stalk celery, 1 clove garlic, 1 can Rotel tomato, 1/2 jar salsa. 1 can black beans, red beans, pinto beans, drained. 2 tbl. chili powder, 2 tbl. cumin. 350 oven covered 1 hr. 

Mix of 10-12 Anaheim and banana peppers, sliced in half and cleaned, and layered in bottom of baking pan. 6 whole Creole tomatoes, chopped. Brown ground meat, remove, cook down onion, celery, garlic 3-5 min. Add fresh tomatoes and Rotel, cook 5 min. more. Add all seasonings, beans, meat, and cook five min. more. Pour on top of fresh peppers in baking pan, cover with foil, and cook 1 hr. 

Union Playing Cards

 

• Patriotic illustration.
• c1862.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701493/
  

The Split (1968)

 

Directed by Gordon Flemyng. Found on Tubi. Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Julie Harris, Gene Hackman, Warren Oates, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Klugman, Donald Sutherland, James Whitmore. Burnett Guffey cinematography. Quincy Jones music. Donald Westlake Parker novel, writing as Richard Stark. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Split_(film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-split-1968

https://www.tcm.com/articles/245795/the-split 

https://violentworldofparker.com/the-parker-movies/based-on-the-seventh-the-split-1969/