This has been around for a long while (like, forever), so I was surprised I hadn't run across it before... but I hadn't, and it's so scary that I figured I should share.
Experience the horror that was Weight Watchers in the 1970s over at Candyboots, where there are many recipe cards like this:
(Link via my mom, who says she remembers making some chocolate roll confection thing with COTTAGE CHEESE FILLING! Gross!! And she made it multiple times! Grosser! What if she gave it to the baby version of me?? Auuugh!!)
When I first saw these, Fluffy Mackerel Pudding was the one that made me almost fall out of my chair laughing.
Posted by: Electric Landlady | 18 October 2007 at 10:17 AM
I feel that it's never too late to suffer aftereffects of food poisoning. Cottage cheese and chocolate? It could still kill you after all these years!
Posted by: Julie Carter | 18 October 2007 at 11:30 AM
I have gifted people with the cookbook version of these... and for the Knitting version of this? It's the kitschy kitsch of Stitchy McYarnpants! And her little "My Hamps" song is not to be read while drinking anything...!
Sadly addicting, this.
Posted by: TadMack | 18 October 2007 at 11:37 AM
I love Stitchy McYarnpants!
Posted by: Leila | 18 October 2007 at 12:52 PM
How in the world does a person make a mackerel "fluffy"?!?
My grandmother gave me her personalized copy of the 1968 edition of the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook as a wedding present. We call it the "cholesterol cookbook" since it features so many recipes like the one above. (Like the recipe for PB&J that includes mayonnaise, bacon, and pickle relish. Oh, and then you grill it). We'd toss it, but it reminds me of Grandma, so it's worth keeping around.
Posted by: Brookeshelf | 18 October 2007 at 04:46 PM
Okay, you people need to read James Lileks' Gallery of Regrettable Food -- and while you're at it, pick up his Interior Desecrations as well. (The latter makes fun of decorating trends from the 1970s.) But do not read either while you are eating, as you're likely to spew food particles everywhere.
Posted by: a Paperback Writer | 18 October 2007 at 11:37 PM