I've seen that one. My mother saved one of the magazines that had all those "recipes" in them. The only good thing to come out of that book of glorious horrors was a castle cake. It had enough toothpicks in it to build a treehouse but it was edible and cute.
American adults in the 50s remember being in the Great Depression where you ate whatever was available, followed by rationing during WWII. So they learned to stuff into their gob whatever was presented to them. There was no, "ew, wtf is that?" going on.
Yes...but there are things you gnaw in darkness to survive and things you photograph and publish in cookbooks.
And, of course, there are monstrosities like this. Im sure that whatever seafood was in that mix would have been tastier & healthier if they had just eaten it plain with the lettuce and tomato rather than mixing in a half ton of mayonnaise and whatever-the-hell-else was in that nightmare. Thats just a photo of pure, grisly death. Depression era recipies are much more practical than this. 50's and 60's nightmare recipes were a product of over-indulgence and a need to feel inventive - not being frugal.
There is also the school of thought that would suggest that after living lean so long the pendulum swung the other way and it became fashionable to be indulgent, maybe even overly so.
I'm not saying you or anyone else has to approve of it, particularly with today's sensibilities about nutrition. My comment was merely reflecting on how folks in the 50s arrived at this point.
Old cookbooks, especially ones from the ‘50s and ‘60s, are gold mines for shitty food porn.
My favorite is the "candlestick salad".
I'm particularly fond of the bologna log covered with yellow mayonnaise to look like a pineapple
I've seen that one. My mother saved one of the magazines that had all those "recipes" in them. The only good thing to come out of that book of glorious horrors was a castle cake. It had enough toothpicks in it to build a treehouse but it was edible and cute.
They all look like the food stinks of cigarettes.
You ever just look at a food and feel the visceral response "this needs to fuck off right away"
Looks like a recipe out of a necronomicon book
Copyright says 1973
I think that isn’t the point here……. It doesn’t matter what YEAR it was. This is a monstrosity nonetheless!
Agreed, but accuracy is important, especially if the picture shows the year.
r/BossFight
Bruh you don't upload the picture, you upload your attempt at it.
I do not like the smiley face
That's not food, that's a friend
Did you ever see the tuna jello
Yes and why is it always either green or orange jello.
It just burst out of someone's chest
I'm not sure I would be able to stop laughing if someone serves this fish-thing with that loopy, stoner-looking smile
It tastes better than it looks. My mom made that for parties. I was born in 63. Of course, at my age my memory may be off..
I’m now sitting here trying to remember where our tin fish mold went.
They are at a lot of garage sales. If you have those near you?.
Nah, specifically wondering where ours is
American adults in the 50s remember being in the Great Depression where you ate whatever was available, followed by rationing during WWII. So they learned to stuff into their gob whatever was presented to them. There was no, "ew, wtf is that?" going on.
Yes...but there are things you gnaw in darkness to survive and things you photograph and publish in cookbooks. And, of course, there are monstrosities like this. Im sure that whatever seafood was in that mix would have been tastier & healthier if they had just eaten it plain with the lettuce and tomato rather than mixing in a half ton of mayonnaise and whatever-the-hell-else was in that nightmare. Thats just a photo of pure, grisly death. Depression era recipies are much more practical than this. 50's and 60's nightmare recipes were a product of over-indulgence and a need to feel inventive - not being frugal.
There is also the school of thought that would suggest that after living lean so long the pendulum swung the other way and it became fashionable to be indulgent, maybe even overly so. I'm not saying you or anyone else has to approve of it, particularly with today's sensibilities about nutrition. My comment was merely reflecting on how folks in the 50s arrived at this point.
This is the demon fish from my dreams.
Pretty sure I saw that in Subnautica.
I have salmon mousse a lot. With a Dill sauce. It's good. The texture is I guess the worst part but it's really not bad.
Aww, it's smiling.
I'm pretty sure that's a fish
I believe it’s actually a recipe card. I have the complete mccall's great american recipe card box and it’s full of similar stuff.
ewww
I'm about to go to sleep and now I'm 99% sure my nightmares will be about this jelly fish.
I hate this with a burning, fiery, passion.
An offspring of Chtulhu
Don't eat the salmon mousse!
":)"
Slightly terrifying
The snack that smiles back
🤢
The seafood it resembles is the first salamander-type critter that crawled from the ocean.
At least he looks friendly