Hark! The Lard Carriage Approacheth!
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
Oh, how I fondly remember those heady, summer days of my youth, the afternoon sun beating down upon us, baking our epidermises as we played under its harsh glare. It roused in our stomachs a powerful hunger and, as if by some magic, at that moment we would hear it.
From afar it wafted towards us, softly at first but growing ever louder, the musical, porcine squealing made its way up the street. Yes, the appearance of the lard carriage was a welcome sight and we waited impatiently as the ungulate lardsmen doled out delicious, creamy lard — no doubt stripped from the loins of their own siblings — to the children who flocked to the hypnotic sounds of the trumpet. As the carriage rolled off into the distance we stood watching it, our craving for lipids sated until the next day when the swine would again make their greasy rounds.
Tally-Ho! [Vintage Ads]
Categories: Pig, Ads, Food
Posted at 10:31 am on September 11, 2008
5 Comments -
Oh this is a gooood post! Everyone probably already knows this, but Silver Leaf Lard figures in Upton Sinclair’s classic novel The Jungle. Apparently a few workers fell into a huge boiling vat of lipids and were subsequently rendered into lard, which was shipped and sold to hungry consumers worldwide. Speaking of which, I should really get back to work.
Comment by Ian — September 11, 2008 @ 10:52 am
well dressed Pigs, delivering Lard to other well dressed Pigs, from a carriage shaped like a Lard Bucket, pulled by a team of 6 Pigs! This has to be the most meta Pig Chef ad I’ve ever seen.
Comment by Freddie Freelance — September 11, 2008 @ 11:43 am
Check it on Suicide Food:
http://suicidefood.blogspot.com/2007/10/silver-leaf-lard.html
Comment by Ben — September 11, 2008 @ 11:58 am
ummmmm pig fat!
Comment by Lunchboxxx21 — September 11, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
Few people know that George Orwell would slurp gobs of this off a spoon, while writing.
Comment by Rick — September 11, 2008 @ 8:19 pm