Do you have a tired appetite? (What the heck is a tired appetite? Is the same as being tired of a particular food?)
In any case, if this is a problem, here’s a 1918 advertisement with a solution – serve Morrell’s Ox Tongue.
1918 Morrell’s Ox Tongue Advertisement
A Hundred Years Ago 
The old fashioned way to gather a customer data base! Free if you give us your details! I love tongue even if my appetite isn’t tired.
I hadn’t thought about the purpose of a “free” gift – but, you’re right, I bet they were building a data base. The methods have changed across the years, but the purpose is the same.
I was just trying to figure out what to make for dinner. I wonder what my chances are to find it? 🙂
hmm, I bet you won’t find it at the first store where you look. . . . or the second. . . or the third. . .
My appetite is never going to be so tired that I’d put tongue on the menu. Even an exhausted appetite wouldn’t do it. And no, I haven’t tried it, and I hope I’m never forced to!
I have vague memories of having beef tongue a few times when I was a child.
My appetite is usually quite active, so I guess this is not for me! 😀
Somehow this ad doesn’t quite work for me. 🙂
In other words… when you don’t know what to fix because nothing sounds good then give this a try…. hubby loves tongue… me not so much.. have a hard time not seeing that tongue slurping up it’s nose!🤢😳😂
I have vague memories of my mother serving beef tongue right after we butchered when I was a child. I don’t think that I liked it back then; now I’m curious about what it tastes like.
Years ago I tried tongue of some sort that a neighbor cooked. My appetite got very tired of tongue very quickly. I wonder if tongue is cheaper than steak? Mrs. Allen’s cookbook seems to be how to make meat go further.
I’m guessing that tongue was a relatively inexpensive meat a hundred years ago; now I bet that it would be expensive, if it could even be found at all.
Back about a hundred years ago my maternal grandmother was raising her 4 children on a very tight budget. She got tongue because it was cheap. Her youngest daughter when presented with dinner that night politely said, “No thank you, Mama, I don’t like where it licks.” It sure stuck with my grandmother because the story was told at least once a year.
Thanks for sharing the fun story. Kids say the darnest things. 🙂 It’s interesting how some stories about relatively minor events end up becoming family lore.
I had tongue in the home of a relative. I would like to have stuck out my tongue, but good manners stopped me. The person who cooked it is dead, and I wonder if tongue finally killed her.
I know that I ate tongue a few times when I was a child, but I can’t remember what it tasted like. Your comment makes me think that it’s just as well that I don’t remember.
Forgetfulness is bliss. Actually, the taste wasn’t bad. The appearance was gross and revolting.
Not even a no thank you bite! My mother enjoyed beef tongue but I never tried it – ever. Now if my appetite is tired I go out to dinner!! 😉
I’m a little curious about what tongue tastes like – but not curious enough to try to find any to buy. 🙂
Of course, in the old days, every part of an animal was table fare. We’re too modernized and “sophisticated” for this now… 👎
Agreed – though I’m something surprised how some of the variety meats seem to be making a comeback as gourmet fare these days.
I have a long ago memory of my grandmother ordering ox tongue in a restaurant while us kids said ‘yuck.’
It’s interesting to think about food trends, and how foods that one generation might enjoy are considered not tasty by the next. I once read an article about the psychology of good that I found fascinating.