I bought this book from ebay and I have to say it is the most fascinating book I have in my collection. I could have scanned the entire book if I was that motivated. It's that disgustingly fascinating.
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Better Homes and Gardens Salad Book, 1958 |
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I'm taking a side road here. Notice how sad the oil and vinegar is looking at the salad? It's almost like they don't want to be wasted on it. |
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Pears and green peppers together? Who would have imagined? Obviously nobody. Those crafty pears are hiding creamy cheese balls. |
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Greens, foliage, tomatoes, cucumbers everywhere and this poor bunny can't eat them because he's ceramic. Very mean! |
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Another variation on a perfection salad and another head scratch on what makes this perfection. |
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Cheese Aspic peaks would not be where they are today if not for the mayonnaise and perky pimento atop. I would hate to see what a sad pimento looks like. Let's keep it perky. |
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I don't even need to make captions or add my spin. BHG is making my day easy. Shrimp-Lime Double Decker is a high and handsome that holds shrimp in tomato aspic, and cottage cheese in lime gelatin. Pass chili sauce and chived sour cream. This is when the polite "no thank you" hand gesture would be appropriately used. |
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First glance would be a white brain with prions. Second glance says the same thing. Third glance, yep. Verdict is in: White brain with prions. |
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Seashell ice ring. It doubles in keeping this mold from bleeding and a deterrent to that greedy guest who just so happens to have a shellfish allergy. |
Until next time!!!
I lurvs the whipped lemon jello/cream cheese paired with lime green jello/pineapple ~ my mom used to make that and it is tres fantastique!
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Oh my god!! I love salads but this has completely made me lose my appetite - good thing since it is past midnight and I was about to devour caramel ice cream ... But seriously all this gelatin and jello and mayo and cream cheese ... sounds horrible!!! What happened to lettuce, avocado, tomato, heart of palms and corn with a little drizzle of olive oil?? I wonder if some restaurants still serve this kind of food ... do you know?
ReplyDeleteThey are callled a "terrine" in today's culture. I'm glad I was not alive to eat this! I'm trying to imagine myself as an infant grabbing fistfuls of gelatin flavored with mayonnaise and cream cheese. Shudder.
DeleteYou had to be there for the 70s Tupperware parties, and Tiki parties. Aspics, fondue, toasted bread cubes, deviled eggs, yum, yummy, and yum! My mother had this book. I loved looking through it. Just looking, mind.
ReplyDeleteTotally explains why Baby Boomers' parents developed heart disease!!! eee-yuk!!!
ReplyDeletei have to admit ...i secretly love molded salads, collect salad molds (again, secretly), and love making them....
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ReplyDeleteOh my some look so disgusting. But apparently you didn't grow up with congealed salads. Ours were very appetizing. These are the rejects! My "Mom" made a congealed salmon salad. Her daughter said disgusting and even the dog wouldn't eat it.
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