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...winner of the California cookoff, concocted his "horse-and-buggy" chili from lean beef, peppers and his own chili powder. The Texas champion, Susie Watson of Houston, used a similar recipe, plus an arcane spice derived from pine cones. Even in Texas, none of the chili heads used the "greaseless" Pedernales River recipe favored by Lyndon Johnson. "L.B.J.'s stuff," growled an oldtimer, "was just low-torque beef gruel...
Perry was prepared. He had perfected a dancing but parched-dry forkball. Or so he said. After being warned about suspicious pitches early in the season, he arranged a special demonstration for senior umpires to prove that his "great stuff' was greaseless. What the umps saw, or thought they saw, was a delivery with the first and second ringers gripping the sides rather than the top of the ball. "They agreed it was not a spitter," Perry reported. "One umpire even complimented me." Since then, Forkballer Perry has been the toughest pitcher in baseball, winning thirteen consecutive games while...
Before pulling on the two-piece, leotard-like, nylon spandex suit, customers are advised to cover their bodies with a light film of greaseless Isotoner Motion Cream. Any movement, explains Aris Gloves, the manufacturer, then causes the suit and cream to work "synergistically." The suit will knead the cream into the body and the fiber will produce an "isometric push-pull action" that makes the whole operation a kind of wear-a-massage...
...family's clothes are probably dry-cleaned with Du Pont Perclene, waterproofed with Zelan, bleached with Oxone. Their food comes in packages that are glued together with Elvacet and wrapped in Mylar, stored in a refrigerator cooled by Freon and cooked on a greaseless griddle coated with Teflon. Their car may be finished with Lucite, their furniture lacquered with...
Vanishing Cream. For workers whose skins are sensitive to industrial materials and housewives who are allergic to soaps or detergents, Abbott Laboratories of North Chicago, Ill. brought out a greaseless protective'skin cream, Covicone, that will not wash off. The cream has a nitrocellulose base, does not clog pores and permits perspiration. When applied twice daily for two weeks, an application every one or two days thereafter maintains the protection. Price: 90? for a 1-oz. tube...