Comments on: I Demand an Egg Cup

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:16:50 +0000

The Old Witch books…. coconut cake, blueberry pancakes… I LOVED THEM! (Are they still in print? My kid needs them.)

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Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:25:39 +0000

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By: Ginger

Ginger — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:02:00 +0000

Wow! I can’t really add to this list, but boy oh boy, the memories! I didn’t even realize that there were so many books that I had forgotten about! I was a bookworm, and there were so many stories that that I vaguely remembered that I would like to read to my son as he gets older. And here, just reading the title and perhaps a few words about the book, and I’m going…”oh, I LOVED that book!” My parents have donated most of our childhood books after many moves, so I’m really almost starting from scratch. They just don’t make books like they used to!

By: Cze-Johnson Carrie

Cze-Johnson Carrie — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:54:04 +0000

I remember now. (HOW many days later??)

“Sweet Smell of Christmas” scratch and sniff book… food… SMELLING things… yes… it was hook line and sinker for me. got it when I was about 5 years old, so you KNOW the book is old. I love love loooooved the apple pie and the orange in the end. I was pleased to see it in stores last fall and I bought a copy for Rhena. it’s a regular in our roation now.. even though it’s all balls-hot out and stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Smell-Christmas-Scented-Storybook/dp/0375826432/ref=pd_sim_b_1

the other one was also a scratch and sniff book. It was Raggedy Ann’s Sweet and Dandy Sugar Candy Scratch and Sniff book.
http://www.amazon.com/Raggedy-Sweet-Dandy-Sugar-Scratch/dp/030713542X

what can I say… it was the 70s, and it had to appeal to the senses. but these two are always always going to make me smile.

By: MissGinsu

MissGinsu — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:00:04 +0000

Fascinating! I’d never heard of Bread & Jam for Francis! Someone also reminded me of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie when I posted on this very topic a while back:

http://www.missginsu.com/2007/08/top-10-tasty-tales-of-childhood.html

By: bandick

bandick — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:57:09 +0000

I never knew that the whole world didn’t use egg cups and eat soft boiled eggs until about 4 years ago when I was in a greasy spoon in Sandusky, OH and I tried ordering one. The waitress looked at my boyfriend and said (asked?), “she’s fancy, isn’t she?”

And, if you’re demanding an egg cup, don’t forget to demand the egg spoon!

By: Marilyn @ Simmer Till Done

Marilyn @ Simmer Till Done — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:08:47 +0000

Erin, I love this post. There was food in every single beloved book – even now I’m always wishing to make snow candy like Laura Ingalls or eat flapjacks with Almanzo. I loved Strawberry Girl, and Chicken Soup With Rice…and when I had my own little eating-reader, it was Bread and Jam for Frances nearly every night. The ultimate food book, for slightly older readers, is Alice Waters’ “Fanny at Chez Panisse.” If that doesn’t make you hungry, I don’t know what will.

By: RobynT

RobynT — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:54:30 +0000

very cool! i forgot about all the food in little house! this is not quite food, but i also vividly remember them blowing the pig’s bladder into a balloon or something.

and don’t forget stone soup! i loved that story when i was little!

By: EB

EB — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:06:31 +0000

Omigsh! Bread and Jam for Francis!?! One of my all time faves. My absolute fave that I have to throw out there is one of the Little Golden Books (‘member those?). It’s called Tawny Scrawny Lion. It’s about a lion that goes vegetarian and stops eating all the other animals because some bunnies teach him to cook vegetable stew.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:01:10 +0000

One great book I remember was Adopted Jane. An orphan goes to stay with two different families during summer vacation. She gets to try different types of food and plenty of it. At the orphanage, they had a lot of cabbage and if they had chicken, a rare occasion, they were allowed to pick it up and eat it with their hands. At the first house, she was so self conscious about her table manners. She sawed at the chicken, the green peas were buttery and slippery, only the flecked mashed potatoes could she eat without worry. They had a party with pink lemonade, made pink with cinnamon drops??? At her friends house they had floating island and blancmange (I really wanted to know what those things were) and the girls made fudge and talked about the secrets of really good fudge making. At the other house, it was on a farm and they had homemade peach ice cream. Ah, the memories!