I really thought I was going to take a break from both the Southern Living books and any subject related to meat. I tried. Really. Then this book started to stare at me with its olive eyes and I knew what I had to do. It is a story that needs to be shared.
I'll keep my intro brief. I've found enough corny intros for each chapter of this book that mine is not required. Redundancy is not necessary.
Let the meat speak for itself. Sometimes less is more and more is less.
That was meaty. All I can say is that was meaty. What else is there to say that hasn't already been said?
I'll keep my intro brief. I've found enough corny intros for each chapter of this book that mine is not required. Redundancy is not necessary.
Let the meat speak for itself. Sometimes less is more and more is less.
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The Meats Cookbook, Southern Living, 1971. This cover doesn't need a title. The olive eyes are the window to its soul. I am connecting on a cosmic level with this roast. |
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Scored meat, olives, olives, olives, rice. Plus a bottle that's 1/4 empty. Not 3/4 full. I must find pessimism in everything. |
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Spaghetti Pie. Since color photography is a luxury and this needs to be in color, you all should know by now what's about to happen. |
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Eh. It still doesn't look good. How it retains its shape remains a mystery. |
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Ripe Olive Cabbage Loaf. This one NEEDS to be in color. |
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I'm not going to brag, but I think I nailed it. |
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Crazy Meatloaf. As in I'm not crazy enough to try to color that. |
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Stew With Ravioli Dumplings. That takes a lot of effort. Canned ravioli has to be the most disgusting processed food ever. Why? I grew up eating this. I feed it to my kids. And then this happened: |
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This was possibly a rat. Further analysis showed it to be mold. Either way, gag gag gag gag gag. |
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Beef Wellington. Seen enough of these in all of my cookbooks to know it was popular for decades. But look at those Tomatoes with Horseradish Cream. |
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Crushed velvet cloth and sewing. This book is old. I bet there's golden tassels involved in this too. |
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The flesh of a young calf. That sounds divine. And cruel. I don't eat veal. I have my reasons. The below picture is one of them. |
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The flesh of a young calf it says. |
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Just in case any of you bag a bear while you hunt. Keep this for future reference. |
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You better make sure you disjoint the squirrels. |
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Next time you see a raccoon messing in your trash, shoot the varmint and cook it up. |
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Yeah........No |
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Skewered Pineapple Sandwiches. Is it sad to say that salami and pineapples on bread is the most normal thing I have seen in this entire cookbook? |
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Macaroni with Frankfurter Sauce. That sounds like "broke food". |
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Twin High Boy Krautwiches. If there is "kraut" in a "wich" and salami on it, there's going to be massive GI upset. Man your battlestations! Torpedo turds incoming! |
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Main Dish Noodle Pudding. Oh how the name has absolutely nothing to do with the picture I am seeing. I see spaghetti and Spam. I guess it's all about what lies beneath. |
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Last year, the word that I hated was "piquant." It's safe to say "congealed" anything is about to become my most hated word of 2013 when it comes to food. |
OMG - my loathing of brussels sprouts is famous! You just made me laugh hysterically. My husband and mother are staring at me and wondering what the heck is going on. They will never understand. They actually LIKE brussels sprouts. And don't get me started on the veal, either. It will never cross my doorstep, or my lips.
ReplyDeleteThere weren't any veal pics that were in color :)
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