Weight Watchers Recipe Cards From 1974

1. Johnny Cat
   December 4th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

   I love Marcy's "Enchilada", which apparently may or may not be an enchilada.

2. caroline
   December 4th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

   I laughed until I cried when I first saw these. It's hard to pick a favorite, but the Creamy Mackerel Pudding and the Celery Log are so spectacularly horrifying.

3. tona b.
   December 4th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

   I misread that as "Frankfurter SPURTacular", ha!

   But lordy, that was funny. Thank you.... oh, man.

   *let the chunks slide in* FTW

4. Arwin3
   December 4th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

   I have that book! I have to post (first time ever) just to say its great. I received last year for Christmas and I've hauled it out so many times when people need a good laugh.

   Its both amusing and very horrifying at once.

5. Sid Morrison
   December 4th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

   Wow, looks like some serious white-trash dietetic cuisine.

6. Dave B
   December 4th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashlik

7. Cathy
   December 4th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

   Eat less.
   Exercise more.

   Has worked forever.

8. la petite poi
   December 4th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

   In regards to what a Caucasian Shashlik is:

   In russian, shashlik is a shish kabob.

   Now you know

9. Skipweasel
   December 4th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

   Ever visited the Gallery of Regrettable Food?
   http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/
   There's stuff in there that'd make you pale(r).

10. seekshelter
    December 4th, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    mmmm purple cabbagy goodness

11. Ali S.
    December 4th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Am I the only one who sees a face in that salad? o_o

12. Bruce V. Bracken
    December 4th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    the rosy perfection salad looks like an alien parasite encased in gelatin. Speaking of which, what is it with women's magazine's food writers and gelatin?

13. Evilbeagle
    December 4th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    LOL! These are just so wrong! The celery log ... there are no words.

14. stacyj
    December 4th, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    I liked the "Inspiration Soup" the best - in the grand scheme of things it didn't look half as horrifying as some of the other items in those cards, but you just can't beat a name like that ...

15. Rocky Rook
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    My mom used to have recipies like this. I never knew they were weight watchers! I thought they were gross as a kid and I think they're still gross now.

16. Noelegy
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    My mother just gave me her 1955 edition of the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, which she received as a wedding present. I am in rapture.

17. mrmuggles
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    @Johnny Cat : It looks like vomit
    And melon mousse looks like... you know what.

18. raina_c
    December 4th, 2008 at 11:50 pm

    Now, I know why food stylist get paid the big $$$ LOL!!!

19. raina_c
    December 4th, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    continued from abv comment (hit enter to quickly)but even then I don't think they could help out these disgusting looking dishes.

20. liphttam1
    December 5th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    The hige rud lump in it made me think it looked liked a face. Creepy.

21. EEM
    December 5th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    LOL FOREVER

22. JamesM
    December 8th, 2008 at 1:43 am

    "Caucasian Shashlik (I don’t know either)"...

    Heh. Shashlik is a shisk kabob, often lamb more than anything else when I had it. Skewered and turned over a pit. It's not so much the cooking method, but the marinade that makes it. Very, very high acid marinade and it makes for incredibly soft meat despite being black on the outside, burned for being exposed to direct fire. Mild or spicy tends to depend on family preferences. Mine tended to have it about halfway between mild and hot. What most people comment on is the tenderness of the meat.

    Caucasian Shashlik would just be a white meat version. Chicken, duck, turkey, etc.

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