“Try Organic Food…or as your grandparents called it, ‘food’” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts, bags and posters. “Try Organic Food…or as your grandparents called it, ‘Food’” has been cited in print since at least 2009, when the saying was included in the book Give the Bitch Her Chocolate, by Ed Polish and Darren Wotz. “Eat Organic Food” replaces “Try Organic Food” in some versions.
“3 generations ago, organic food was just called ‘food‘“ is a similar saying.
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Give the Bitch Her Chocolate
By Ed Polish and Darren Wotz
Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press
2009
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Try Organic Food…or as your grandparents called it, “Food”
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Jonathan Mead
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Organic food… what your grandparents called… Food.
8:39 PM - 5 Apr 09
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Kumar McMillan
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Try organic food ... or as your grandparents called it, “food” @rpf great fridge magnet http://twitpic.com/7z6ww
8:43 AM - 16 Aug 09
Lesbian In The Kitchen
September 28, 2009 · 6:05 pm
Wisdom from ‘The Youth’s Companion’
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Does a better argument exist for the benefits of local produce? It reminds me of a magnet on my girlfriend’s fridge that reads: “Try Organic Food! Or As Your Grandparents Called It…Food!”
GoUpstate.com (SC)
Get back to the farm on weekend tour
By JAKE GROVE
Anderson Independent-Mail
Published: Friday, June 4, 2010 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 6:54 p.m.
ANDERSON — There was this great magnet that I saw in a store in Myrtle Beach. It read: “Eat Organic Food. Or, as your grandparents called it, food.”
BC Local News (British Columbia)
Trying to separate the wheat from the chaff
By Tara Macart - Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Published: October 18, 2011 8:00 AM
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Recently, I came across some signage that said “Eat Organic Food, or as your grandparents called it, Food.”
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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