Excerpts from the 1884 Japecake Catalog (Part I)
April 15, 2011
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Amazing visuals on this; I love the look. Those would be great posters.
Cheers.
Thanks, but it’s really the Victorians who deserve the credit. They’re the ones who pioneered the vintage clip art CD-ROM.
“Prurient” is a good word to use at confession.
Ten Hail Marys, six Our Fathers, and three Japecakes. Go forth and sin no more.
Love that the mummies are sold by the pound. And around 3:00 today I could use some of that sass-cure. Do you charge extra for express shipping?
You haven’t lived till you’ve had a sass-cure margarita, especially when the rim of the glass has been dipped in powdered mummy.
Is the opium organic? What about the grain alcohol? I only want the best for my saucies.
The poppies came from Whole Foods, so no worries. Of course, that’s why you’re also paying three times more than you would for supermarket opium.
I was on a strict regimen of benadryl and Sass Cure Tonic as a waif. My mother assured me it was normal to sleep 22 hours each day! A fine product!!!
She should’ve used Sass-Cure A.M.™
I’m thinking, if I had a fashionable table in Victorian Times, I would really impress by putting my mummy powder into salt and pepper shakers on the dinner table; yesterdays artisan salts and seasonings. I’m thinking mummified cat would be the trendiest accent, and I’d be a big hit and get follow-up invitations to the best houses in town. The dead, dried, shriveled up cat on the table would just zenith the effect. (even if I had to search alleys and under porches of abandoned buildings to find one)
hhh..sigh. How I long for the ‘Good Old Days’…
You’re in luck. I believe Martha Stewart did an entire episode on this.