1984 John Goodman & Bob Uecker for Miller Lite Beer ad

 

Death Wish - Brian Garfield

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Wish_(novel)

Saleswoman at grocery store, Waco, Texas

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1939 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741405/
  

Red Beans 2026

 

2 lbs. dried beans. 2 onions, 3 stalks celery, 3 cloves garlic. Ham bone (hock). Smoked sausage. 2 boxes chicken broth. Thyme, cayenne, bay leaf, black pepper. Traditionally on Mondays. Double batch and freezes well.

This is an early look. Just starting. Will update. Takes a couple of hours. 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/red-beans.html

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

Almost 2 hrs. Add sausage last hr. Remove bay leaf. Remove ham bone or hock, strip off meat, add back. Add hot sauce. Add water as needed. Stir heavily at end to make smooth. 

Dr. Rowand's compound spirituous extract of Sarsaparilla and Burdock roots

 

• c1842.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701430/
  

Prague Fatale - Philip Kerr

 

Trade paperback. From 2011. Ninth book in the Bernie Gunther series. 

https://berniegunther.com/book/prague_fatale/ 

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

Fountain Court Motel sign, Clarence, New York

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1989.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017710503/
  

Baked Potato with Bacon, Cheese, Green Onion 2026

 

One reason I grow green onions. Needed in several things I make often like three bean salad and shrimp pasta salad. This potato is a favorite. 

Mai Tai

 

1.5 oz. rum, 3/4 oz. orange liqueur, 3/4 oz. lime juice, 1/2 oz. orgeat, 1/2 oz. dark rum. Lime wheel garnish. Didn't have mint. Shake with ice and strain. Used Cointreau because I had an old bottle in a cabinet. Layer the dark rum on top.

https://www.liquor.com/recipes/traditional-mai-tai/ 

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

Jimmy the Kid (1982)

 

Directed by Gary Nelson. Found on Youtube. Gary Coleman, Paul Le Mat, Walter Olkewicz, Ruth Gordon, Dee Wallace, Cleavon Little, Pat Morita, Don Adams. Donald E. Westlake Dortmunder novel.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jimmy-the-kid-1982

https://scopophiliamovieblog.com/2022/04/20/jimmy-the-kid-1982/ 

https://hidden-films.com/2012/05/09/jimmy-the-kid-1982/ 

https://violentworldofparker.com/the-parker-movies/based-on-jimmy-the-kid-jimmy-the-kid-1982-1999/

What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)

 

Directed by Sam Weisman. Found on Tubi and free on Youtube. Danny DeVito, Martin Lawrence. From the Donald E. Westlake Dortmunder novel. I have the book. Even worse than Why Me? (1990), which shouldn't be possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Worst_That_Could_Happen%3F

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-2001 

https://www.avclub.com/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-1798192672 

https://slate.com/culture/2001/06/makin-copies.html 

Why Me? (1990)

 

Directed by Gene Quintano. Found on Tubi. Christopher Lambert, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Greist, J.T. Walsh, Michael J. Pollard. Donald E. Westlake Dortmunder novel. I have this book. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Me%3F_(1990_film)

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/comedy/why-me-1990-review.html  

https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=934

Milwaukee's Best

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee%27s_Best

1986 Cocktails for Two Wine Coolers "The worst dates of all time" TV Commercial

 

Blueberry Bounce

 

New wrinkle on the cherry bounce recipe for the holidays. Frozen blueberries, sugar, whiskey, cinnamon stick. Let sit in dark place 3-4 months. 

3 cups blueberries, 3 cups whiskey (one fifth), 2/3 cup sugar, one cinnamon stick.

Hotel Windsor, Atlantic City, N.J.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1880 and 1901]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016798571/
  

First Banana Peppers 2026

 

Picked just a few to use up leftover stuffing from yesterday. Italian sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, red pepper flakes, bread crumbs. 350 oven 23-25 min.

1986 Colt 45 Malt Liquor commercial Billy Dee Williams

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_45_(malt_liquor)

Blind Date (1987)

 

Directed by Blake Edwards. Found on Tubi. Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, Phil Hartman. Kim Basinger's character is from Baton Rouge in the movie. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Date_(1987_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blind-date-1987

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/blinddatepg13kempley_a0cab4.htm

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/3320/blind-date/

First Anaheim Peppers 2026

 

Big ones this year. Stuffing these with Italian sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, red pepper flakes. 350 oven 23-25 min. Also growing banana and tabasco peppers, and Creole tomatoes. 

Sign in tractor store, Brownwood, Texas

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1939 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741393/
  

Green peas, Frank Albert & Co., Baltimore

 

• Illustrated stock label for food product.
• [1878]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2002698026/
  

Lariat Motel sign, Route 50, Fallon, Nevada

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017705929/
  

Manhattan

 

2 oz. rye whiskey (or bourbon), 1 oz. sweet vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, cherry garnish. Add whiskey, vermouth, bitters in mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into chilled glass and garnish with cherry.

Didn't have the right kind of glasses so I broke it in two, with two chilled glasses, and two cherries. 

Next week the Mai Tai. 

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

https://www.liquor.com/recipes/manhattan-2/

Chicken and Dumplings 2026

 

Mary Hill frozen dumplings. Roasted a whole chicken last night. Made chicken stock with the bones and onion/celery/whole peppercorns. Cook the dumplings in stock, add back the chicken. Thickens upon standing. 

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

Corn Pops ad, 1989

 

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

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=94

Roast Chicken 2026

 

An hour and 10-15 min. on the Chicken Rocket in the oven. Beer and onion/garlic in the Chicken Rocket. Making ahead of time for chicken and dumplings tomorrow. 

Heat (1995)

 

Directed by Michael Mann. Found on Tubi. Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Ted Levine, Ashley Judd, Jon Voight, Amy Brenneman, Tom Noonan. I also have this DVD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(1995_film)

 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heat-1995 

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2007/cteq/heat/ 

https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/879-codes-chaos-and-the-world-of-heat/ 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/155112/heat-1995 

https://cinemascholars.com/heat-1995-a-cinema-scholars-oral-history/ 

Heat (1986)

 

Directed by Dick Richards. Found on Tubi. Burt Reynolds, Peter MacNicol, Karen Young, Howard Hesseman. I have this William Goldman paperback and he wrote the script. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(1986_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heat-1987

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2014/08/heat-1987.html 

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film11/blu-ray_review_172/heat_1986_blu-ray.htm

https://hiitsburl.blogspot.com/2014/12/burl-reviews-heat-1987.html

K&B Beer

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%26B

Mr. Mushroom Commercial (1975)

 

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

 

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Found on Tubi. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman. Roger Deakins cinematography. I also have this DVD. 

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hudsucker-proxy-1994

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4123hud.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5496

Hotel St. John, Charleston, S.C.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1905.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016794911/
  

Hero (1992)

 

Directed by Stephen Frears. Found on Tubi and free on Youtube. Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Joan Cusack, Susie Cusack, Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kevin J. O'Connor. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(1992_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hero-1992

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heropg13howe_a0af0c.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heropg13hinson_a0a7b3.htm

https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=48331

1988 Michelob Beer Commercial with Wang Chung

 

[N.Y. drug store, Pennsylvania Station]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1920]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016799154/

Lost Balance Bar, Route 50, Austin, Nevada

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017702274/
  

Coach McGuirk - Home Bartending

 

Season 4, ep. 11. Definite Possible Murder. Coach McGuirk goes to bartending school and then tries it at home.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808668/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/bartenders/comments/1kcegib/this_drink_recipe_from_home_movies/

Bob's Root Beer sign, Fallon, Nevada

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709767/
  

Bininger's Old Kentucky Bourbon, A.M. Bininger & Co., N.Y. sole proprietors

 

• Whiskey advertising label showing woman carrying bundle of grain.
• Heppenheimer, Frederick, -1876.
• c1860.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/99403779/
  

Sandman Motel sign, Reno, Nevada

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017710542/
  

Negroni

 

1 oz. gin, 1 oz. sweet vermouth, 1 oz. Campari. Stir with ice in mixing cup, strain into rocks glass. Orange peel garnish. Very bitter. Trying to learn a few basic drinks this summer.

https://www.liquor.com/recipes/negroni/ 

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

Meatballs & Spaghetti

 

1982-83 CBS. 13 episodes. Promo below is new. This is on Tubi at the moment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatballs_%26_Spaghetti

1992 Kellogg's Frosted Bran "Wildly Delicious. Sensibly Good" TV Commercial

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=1290 

Mr. Breakfast has a box with the cast of Wings on it. 

Alias Smith and Jones

 

1971-73 ABC. Pete Duel, Ben Murphy. I watched a few of these on get-TV. No intro/open available on Youtube, which is kind of unusual. 

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

Arthur (1981)

 

Directed by Steve Gordon. Found on Tubi. Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Anne De Salvo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_(1981_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/arthur

https://www.tcm.com/articles/87355/arthur

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3484arth.html