Wednesday 18 February 2009
Flesh-forming Cocoa
In the Royal Academy Notes that I reviewed the other day there is only one advertisement. That’s a shame because I do love Victorian adverts – such a source of interest and amusement. This is the advert – for Cadbury’s cocoa.
At the time there were lots of posters advertising Cadbury's absolutely pure Cocoa - sustains against fatigue - increases muscular strength - with admirable nutritive, flesh-forming qualities. I’m not quite sure what flesh-forming properties were but they were obviously considered very important in 1890!
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I noticed their Easter candies put a bit of extra flesh on me. Perhaps it is true!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, this post made me think of the Miller experiment trying to recreate organic compounds from a mixture of gases resembling Earth's atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteI think it was the "Flesh-forming" part.
Old advertisements are certainly fascinating.
I have always found chocolate to have magically healthful properties. I'm afraid the flesh-forming properties refer to the increased size of one's hips when overindulging...
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