Flavor Flav Of Public Enemy Portrait Shoot - NEW YORK, NEW YORK--APRIL 22: Detail of his 'GRILL piece", a jewelry mouthpiece that says "Flavor Flav" when Rapper Flavor Flav (aka William Drayton) appears in a portrait taken on April 22, 1991 in New York City. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
GOOD AFTERNOON! MONDAY was Memorial Day, which means that according to Indignity's publishing tradition, it should be time for our seasonal transition from FOOD FRIDAYS to SUMMER FRIDAYS. However! Today is also the last weekday in the month of May, which means we are also due to present our monthly GETTY IMAGES ROUNDUP.
To keep you, the readers, supplied with visually appealing, topically appropriate, and legally licensed images in our newsletters, Indignity maintains a paid subscription to the Getty Images service. Because even the lowest available tier of the Getty plan still offers more photos and illustrations than we generally use, and because we want to make sure all of us get our full money's worth, at the end of each month we prepare a bonus collection of images to keep using up our annual allotment at the appropriate rate.
In tribute to the convergence of FOOD FRIDAY, SUMMER FRIDAY, and the conclusion of another month, we present our end-of-May photographic roundup, organized around the thematic keyword GRILL.
Woodblock print depicting a mother namazu chasing a mob of people who have kidnapped her two children, with the message on the flag suggesting they intend to GRILL and eat the young catfish.The Namazu, also called the Onamazu, is a creature in Japanese mythology and folktales. The Namazu is a gigantic catfish said to cause earthquakes and tremors. Living in the mud under the Japanese isles, the Namazu is guarded by the protector god Kashima, who restrains the catfish using the kaname-ishi rock. Whenever Kashima lets his guard down, Namazu thrashes about and causes violent earthquakes. The Namazu rose to new fame and popularity after the Ansei great earthquakes that happened near Edo in 1855. This led to the Namazu being worshipped as a god of world rectification (yonaoshi daimyojin), sent by the gods to correct some of the imbalances in the world. Catfish woodblock prints known as namazu-e became their own popular genre within days of the earthquake. They were usually unsigned and often depicted scenes of a namazu or many namazu atoning for their deeds. They were quickly squashed by the Tokugawa Shogunate, the prints censored and destroyed, with only a handful surviving to this day. (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Eisenhower and Hoover Barbecuing Steaks - President Eisenhower stands over a GRILL with former President Hoover on September 2, 1954. Hoover is visiting Eisenhower in Fraser, Colorado, where they will fish together.GRILL in the Mosque of the Sultan Kelaun', c1880, (1904). From Egypt, by R. Talbot Kelly. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1904]. Artist Robert George Talbot Kelly. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)African American Military Men - African American and white military men standing behind a GRILL built into the ground, one man is bending down towards the ground, France, 1918. (Photo by JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado/Getty Images).COLLEGE BASKETBALL: JAN 21 Missouri at Texas - AUSTIN, TX - JANUARY 21: Missouri Tigers guard Caleb GRILL (31) takes a free throw during the SEC college basketball game between Texas Longhorns and Missouri Tigers on January 21, 2025, at Moody Center in Austin, Texas. (Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Duke And Winter 1973 - NEW YORK - 1973: Composer Duke Ellington and musician Edgar Winter get together at the Rainbow GRILL to receive their awards as Playboy Jazz & Pop winners in 1973 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Ronald Reagan Campaigns - During his presidential campaign, American politician (and future US President) Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004), a beer in one hand, GRILLs hot dogs at a neighborhood barbeque, Michigan, August 1980. (Photo Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images)The front GRILL of a 1940 General Motors Futureliner contrasts greatly with the tail end of a late model EV1 parked outside the South Coast Air Quality Management District headquarters in Diamond Bar, Wednesday, May 31, 2000. (Photo by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Mangrove de Guinée. Une femme à la pêche quotidienne dans le campement de Sonfonia, région de Dubréka. La nourriture de base en mangrove est le riz, agrémenté le plus souvent de poissons boucanés (fumés, pour la conservation). Cependant, le poisson reste cher pour les gens vivant dans les campements. Les femmes et surtout les enfants préfèrent pêcher de la friture de "tilapias" dans les rigoles des rizières. Le poisson est consommé GRILLé ou bouilli. Les arêtes sont croquées et apportent le calcium nécessaire. De façon saisonnière, un fort flux migratoire s'opère des régions de l'arrière-mangrove vers la mangrove. Ce sont les plus démunis qui s'installent dans ces campements plus ou moins provisoires. 20010000 La pêche quotidienne dans le campement de Sonfonia (pêche des tilapias). (Photo par Xavier DESMIER /Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)GRILLe d'Egout (left) and La Goulue. La Goulue, stage name for Louise Weber, 1866 - 1929, French can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who featured in Toulouse-Lautrec's portraits and posters. She was known as the Queen of Montmartre. (Photo by: Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)NASCAR Xfinity Series - AVONDALE, ARIZONA - Jeremy Clements, driver of the #51 Wings Etc GRILL & Pub Chevrolet, walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Phoenix Raceway on March 09, 2024 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)Jimmy Page Sighted at the Rainbow GRILL - LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 4: Musician Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin sighted on December 4, 1983 at the Rainbow Grill in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
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★★★ The showers stuck around long after their scheduled morning departure, and even after they'd left, the day stayed soggy and dim. Boots or umbrellas or both stood outside apartment doors. Another umbrella, full-length and not visibly damaged, lay furled on the sidewalk by the curb. Bright beads of water lingered on the clover in the Park after other plants on the ground had gone dry. The air was exactly cool enough to keep the dampness from feeling unpleasant. The dogs out for the obligatory dog-walking hour seemed to be enjoying themselves regardless of the gloom. The clouds trapped and held the clatter of a helicopter, almost drowning out the overlaid shimmering rattle of newly fledged baby starlings calling after an adult as they followed it across the grass. When it was time to cook dinner, the sun quickly and totally broke through, sending warmth and light along the streets and into the living room: the long, fine evening of some other, much nicer, day.
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SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of sandwiches selected from The new Annie Dennis Cook Book, by Annie E. Dennis, published in 1921, and now available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
Ham Sandwiches
Mix grated ham with mayonnaise, and spread between slices of thinly cut bread.
Deviled Ham Sandwiches
Remove ham from can and rub enough to soften; then spread on bread cut thin, and just before putting the pieces together, pass over each one a knife which has been dipped in chow-chow or mayonnaise.
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