Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs. That pretty much explains these recipes.
Heh.
Jell-O had some savory flavors that have long since been discontinued. Taking the sweet and fruity flavors out of these makes them less horrific.
When I first saw it, I thought it was a glass of salsa.
whats so bad about hot dog fondue? I mean i wouldn’t eat it, but that’s because i find hotdogs gross in general, but if someone liked hds what would be so gross about that?
They don’t provide the recipe but it doesn’t seem that much different from the cocktail wieners in red sauce that are often served as hors d’oeuvres. Granted, it’s not really a high class entrée` but not something beyond the pale like some of items seen in the link.
I think the idea of cutting the hotdogs into all those decorative shapes to make them fancy cuisine is the funny part.
I saw those steak puddings once in a David Cronenberg movie.
As a pre-adolescent and early-teen, I used to sail at the San Diego Navy Sailing Club most weekends. Of course you can’t go sailing without a hearty breakfast. I got the Polish sausage. They made lateral slices about ⅔ or ¾ of the way through, about ¾ of an inch apart. They repeated the process after rotating the sausage along its longitudinal axis, making the slices between the other slices. This is shown in the middle diagram in the right-hand column of the recipe on the page linked in the OP. The Polish sausage, thus sliced, was put into hot oil and deep-fried until it expanded like an accordion and the edges were just a little crispy. It was drained and placed onto a hot dog bun, where it received a slathering of mayonnaise and chopped white onions. On a cold (for San Diego), grey morning, this was the best fast breakfast ever. Washed down with a cup of hot chocolate, of course.
Hm… The SO is going on her medical missionary trip in a week. I can eat all sorts of things of which she Would Not Approve. I think deep-fried Polish sausages are going on the list. Along with porcupine meatballs
Promise you’ll take a pic? That sounds very cool!
I was impressed at that cooks skill in taking a regular hotdog, and making it look as much like a centipede as possible.
I’m sure carving out a bologna loaf into a perfect hollow square interior took skill too. Imagine if those skills were used for good, not evil!
You try typing when you’re laughing uncontrollably.
I think it has to be the shape and color more than anything else. I mean, I’m generally not much of a fine dining kind of person, but all an aspic is is various ingredients in a gelatin and that goes back hundreds of years. I wouldn’t want to touch some of those Jell-O dishes but would have no problem with a good aspic of some sort.
What, nobody else has had the lime jello with the cottage cheese and mandarin orange segments in it?
And actually I happen to like well made aspic [“chicken or beef jello”] - last thing I did with a shrimp aspic was line an oval mold with aspic, make a little arrangement of a parsley sprig, back it with another quarter inch of aspic, line the vertical sides of the mold with tiny salad shrimp, coat with about an eighth of an inch of aspic, then fill with a shrimp and cream mousseline and chill everything, then unmold to serve on a bed of lettuce.
I would be willing to bet that many of those if presented with better pictures, and described in different terms would get you to try them in a restaurant.
Stuffed salmon and the igloo meat loaf!
I saw it in the '70s episode of The Supersizers; Giles & Sue served an entire dinner menu of '70s erotic-themed food for a key party. IIRC Fanny Cradock came up with the banana candles. Other than the Brussels sprouts I’m not sure what’s supposed to be upsetting about #19. And #20 is just adorable, and look’s pretty kid friendly.
The meat loaf igloo is kind of funny, though not being a fan of meat loaf, I doubt I’d care for it. The salmon, on the other hand…
It’s not so much that it has a head made of hollandaise as the fact that said head appears to be puking parsley. It’s like the poor fish was the victim of a foodie houngan poking a doll with garnishes.
There are some really great cultural efforts that were made in the 1970s. I am certain that there were (though I don’t remember any of the top of my mind) but I am pretty certain that igloo meat loafs and anything dealing with either jello or aspic do not qualify.
I am willing to debate this topic.
Challengers?
Jello pudding pops were pretty good.