SUMMER FRIDAYS DEP'T.: Cool Off, It's a Hot One
Indignity Vol. 4, No. 133
Previously in Indignity
FAN SERVICE JOURNALISM DEP'T.
Doom loop: What Retread Marvel Actor Should Play the Best Supervillain of All?
ANDY ROONEY 2.0 DEP'T.
Keep Your Dirt on Your Organic Farm, I Don't Want to Eat It
MOVING PICTURES DEP'T.
Copper Plus Tin: The Indignity Getty Image Roundup for July, 2024
COLUMN DEP’T.
MR WRONG: Leisure time overtime
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WEATHER REVIEWS
New York City, August 1, 2024
★★ The humidity was down a little and the heat was up. A pedestrian veered left on the sidewalk and extended an arm toward the backspray from the opened hydrant. The sun stung the skin and made it impossible to cast an eye up anywhere near it. Again the subway platform was hotter than anything above; on board, a woman stood by the train doors with a little pink battery-powered fan in one hand. The taste of sweat mixed with sunscreen trickled into the mouth under the mask. The sun's heat felt punitive, even when facing away from it. Back indoors, the lights stayed off for the afternoon, notwithstanding the air conditioning. Past the crest of the heat, huge insects zigged and zagged over the avenue. A few clouds were in the north but the rest of the sky was empty, slightly haze-faded, and grimier by the horizon. Companionable shadows stretched along the sidewalk in the ripened light.
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TOM SCOCCA
SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of a sandwich selected from Mrs. Ericsson Hammond's Salad Appetizer Cook Book, by Maria Matilda Ericsson Hammond. Published in 1924, and now in the Public Domain and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
Ribbon Tongue Sandwich with Parmesan à la Bernard
Sandwich de Langue au Parmesan à la Bernard
For Six Persons
Eight slices of bread, three tablespoons of butter, one cup of ground tongue, two tablespoons of Parmesan cheese, cayenne pepper and salt.
How to Make It. Slice the bread thin and trim off the crust, stir the butter, add to it the cheese and then stir it to a cream. Add the tongue and stir it until nice and smooth, then add cayenne pepper and salt to taste. Coat one slice of bread with the mixture then put a slice of bread on top of that and coat that again and repeat this until you have used the eight slices of bread; press it together firmly and put in the ice-box to get cold, and when cold, slice it and cut it in diamond shape. These sandwiches are used for afternoon receptions and also as an appetizer.
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MARKETING DEP'T.
Supplies are really and truly running low of the second printing of 19 FOLK TALES, still available for gift-giving and personal perusal! Sit in the crushing heat with a breezy collection of stories, each of which is concise enough to read before the thunderstorms start.
LESS THAN 5 COPIES LEFT: HMM WEEKLY MINI-ZINE, Subject: GAME SHOW, Joe MacLeod’s account of his Total Experience of a Journey Into Television, expanded from the original published account found here at Hmm Daily. The special MINI ZINE features other viewpoints related to an appearance on, at, and inside the teevee game show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, and is available for purchase at SHOPULA.
