Yummm. Delicacies include Bean and Mushroom Salad, Fluffy Mackarel Pudding, Caucasian Shashlik (I don’t know either), Snacks on a Stick, Jellied Tomato Refresher, Mackerelly and Melon Mousse. Oh, and maybe my favorite: Frankfurter Spectacular.
Johnny Cat
I love Marcy’s “Enchilada”, which apparently may or may not be an enchilada.
caroline
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.
tona b.
I misread that as “Frankfurter SPURTacular”, ha!
But lordy, that was funny. Thank you…. oh, man.
*let the chunks slide in* FTW 
Arwin3
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.
la petite poi
In regards to what a Caucasian Shashlik is:
In russian, shashlik is a shish kabob.
Now you know 
Skipweasel
Ever visited the Gallery of Regrettable Food?
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/
There’s stuff in there that’d make you pale(r).
Bruce V. Bracken
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?
Evilbeagle
LOL! These are just so wrong! The celery log … there are no words.
stacyj
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 …
Rocky Rook
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.
Noelegy
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.
mrmuggles
@Johnny Cat : It looks like vomit 
And melon mousse looks like… you know what.
raina_c
continued from abv comment (hit enter to quickly)but even then I don’t think they could help out these disgusting looking dishes.
liphttam1
The hige rud lump in it made me think it looked liked a face. Creepy.
JamesM
“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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