Comments on: Weight Watchers Recipe Cards From 1974

By: JamesM

JamesM — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:43:09 +0000

"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.

By: EEM

EEM — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:13:44 +0000

LOL FOREVER

By: liphttam1

liphttam1 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:42:10 +0000

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

By: raina_c

raina_c — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:51:21 +0000

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

By: raina_c

raina_c — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:50:09 +0000

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

By: mrmuggles

mrmuggles — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:58:37 +0000

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

By: Noelegy

Noelegy — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:41:54 +0000

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.

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:08:25 +0000

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.

By: stacyj

stacyj — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:53:59 +0000

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 ...

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:32:28 +0000

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

By: Bruce V. Bracken

Bruce V. Bracken — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:10:58 +0000

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?

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:14:24 +0000

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

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:46:13 +0000

mmmm purple cabbagy goodness

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:12:05 +0000

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

By: la petite poi

la petite poi — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:30:38 +0000

In regards to what a Caucasian Shashlik is:

In russian, shashlik is a shish kabob.

Now you know

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:16:41 +0000

Eat less.
Exercise more.

Has worked forever.

By: Dave B

Dave B — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:59:39 +0000

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

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:32:06 +0000

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

By: Arwin3

Arwin3 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:23:38 +0000

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.

By: tona b.

tona b. — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:16:37 +0000

I misread that as "Frankfurter SPURTacular", ha!

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

*let the chunks slide in* FTW

By: caroline

caroline — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:59:30 +0000

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.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:46:13 +0000

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