For those of you who enjoy James Lilek’s Gallery of Regrettable food, it’ll be a real treat for you to read through these Weight Watchers recipe cards, c. 1974.
God Almighty. Maybe the idea is that they help you to lose weight by killing your appetite.
Oh my.
On a side note, I have a question for those of you old enough to have been alive in the 1960s. Did people really drink beverages centered around cold beef stock as much as old cookbooks seem to think? I mean, I could maybe see treating my dog with a serving of Pow!, but drink it myself? Never.
THANK YOU!!!
Someone at my meeting on Monday night mentioned these. Particularly the fluffy mackerel pudding. Now I can look at what she was talking about.
Marcy’s “Enchilada”
snort
Just a tip for those budding chefs. Any time you are presented with a recipe in which one word is in quotation marks…
…RUN LIKE THE WIND FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!
The only one which looked like it wouldn’t be too bad is the Caucasian Shashlik. Everything else looked a little weird.
Heeheehee. Fish balls.
Great!
Now I have to clean the Pepsi off my monitor!
Water, sherry extract and…two beef boullion cubes? Gaaak!
Okay, somebody find the chef’s stash. That’s some powerful stuff.
I remember the 60s and NOBODY drank beverages based on cold beef stock. NOBODY.
Is Caucasian shashlik made of … Caucasians???
I love the Mexican Shrimp-Orange Salad. “What the hell’s in that bowl-- bong water?!”
And somewhere in the background you can hear a small voice saying:
"I’m James Lileks. I’m a professional humorist - and you’re not.
I’ve had fish balls in Malaysian dishes. They’re delicious. I have some in my freezer right now.
Yes, I’m serious. The texture is kinda weird (spongier than a superball, less spongy than bread), but they’re really, really good when used in the right dish.
Hmm, that gives me some cool ideas for the next time I make hay-bee sambal…
“Fluffy Mackerel Pudding” has got to be a joke, though. Mackerel should never be used in anything but Ogden Nash poems.
I dunno, “Fluffy Mackerel Pudding” does sound like something Homer Simpson would eat. Or possibly something Tom Servo would make for Mike.
And of course, it’s a great band name.
I like the comment from the website:
Oh yuck.
Although the “Potatos Men Love” or whatever-is that supposed to be a picture of Potatos Anna? I LOVE Potatos Anna!
Snappy Mackerel Casserole-hmmmm…well, as long as it’s “Snappy!”