Jelloized tuna, anyone?

[frogmarch]

Mmmm!

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/7-gross-foods-your-grandparents-ate-that-we-taste-tested/

Actually, the pictures even put me off my chunklet Easter bunny.

EDITED TO ADD: A brave soul at Cracked made the one in the second picture. He said that even though it didn't turn out looking like the one in the first picture, it didn't taste too bad. ewww.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I remember seeing recipes like these when I was a kid

although I don't think we ever ate any. For more hilariously dreadful recipes go here: http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/

[frogmarch]

2. haha! I looked for that hilarious site

half the afternoon! Thanks!

I couldn't remember the name of it, only that I'd laughed myself half sick at the pics and commentaries.

[jmowreader]

3. I think I understand why THIS is no longer on the market

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/bbtrix/5.html

Siz! It's a charcoal starter mousse! And probably the favorite tool of arsonists from coast to coast!

[frogmarch]

11. Eek!

It sounds familiar. I don't think Mr. froggy and I ever used it, but someone we knew must have.

[Scuba]

4. Lutefisk.

There's a reason Jello doesn't come in fish flavor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

[frogmarch]

5. "it is gelatinous in texture"

Oh, thank you, thank you for that information. And for putting me off the rest of my chunklet Easter bunny.

Gross.

[Scuba]

6. Just like having a mouthful of fish-flavored snot.

[frogmarch]

8. Thank you for that too!

Yes, indeed. lol

[Solly Mack]

7. It's the Ted Cruz of food.

[frogmarch]

9. Why, yes,

yes it is!

[Solly Mack]

10. My cats would have tried to bury it.

[frogmarch]

12. heh, well, I guess

Ted had better think twice before knocking on your door. Can't you just see it? "Oh, you have kitties! Hello, kit....aghhhhhh!"

[progressoid]

13. To be fair, I expect we will be making fun of today's food fads in a few decades too.

Actually, I'll mock one of them now.

Kale chips?

[frogmarch]

14. Yeah, and

gluten-free dirt!

http://jezebel.com/gross-new-food-fads-for-2014-1495492217

Other foodstuff expected to take off in 2014 are "edible wood," egg-white chips, everything chia, and kale ice pops.

Kale chips...sure, mock away. Why not?

[progressoid]

15. I'll only eat 100% organic, gluten-free dirt.

Washed down with a kale smoothie.



edited to add. I ate a lot of weird jello concoctions as a kid. Church pot luck dinners.

[frogmarch]

16. Gah, I mean yum!

I ate a lot of weird jello things at church pot lucks too. My mom was a fan of meat-based gelatin concoctions. I'll never forget her tomato and some-kind-of-meat aspic.

[progressoid]

17. Ew. I don't get that gelatinous meat thing.

Although some are interesting to look at, I wouldn't put it in my mouth.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. Jelloized fish? I call it "sushi".

Sushi is pretty good, battered with cornflakes and deep-fat fried.

[KamaAina]

19. Silly Bozo. Everyone knows cornflake batter is for use with chicken!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. So THAT's why my sushi tastes like chicken! nt

[MowCowWhoHow III]

21. Americans Try Surströmming