1950s fine dining

**PamNY** · 08-17-2011, 08:00 AM

Since some of you are too young to remember these days:

42 weird meals from the 1950s

**Biciclista** · 08-17-2011, 08:05 AM

With one of my husband's cousins and her son, we have spent HOURS guffawing over old cookbooks with recipes like these.
1 lb margarine
1 pound canned peas
when a recipe starts like that you know it's going to be good! (not)

**jessmarimba** · 08-17-2011, 11:43 AM

Darnit, blocked domain.

Many of my cookbooks are from the 60s and 70s. All of my family Christmas cookie recipes come from one of them...but there are a good percentage of recipes in there that have something to do with Jello.

**Owlie** · 08-20-2011, 07:43 AM

Meat and jello should not go together...except on the cow. Urk. I must say that the photography/illustrations do nothing to enhance their appeal.

Also, spam. Lovely spam.

My mom has a cookbook from when she was in college/grad school (late 70s/early 80s). Lots of recipes for things in aspic. Where's the barfing smiley when you need it?

**Eden** · 08-20-2011, 08:05 AM

You may also enjoy The Gallery of Regrettable Foods - http://lileks.com/institute/gallery/
(caution - if you are drinking milk you may snort it from your nose while reading this)

**Owlie** · 08-20-2011, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Eden

You may also enjoy The Gallery of Regrettable Foods - http://lileks.com/institute/gallery/
(caution - if you are drinking milk you may snort it from your nose while reading this)

+1. It's hilarious and stomach-turning at the same time.

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