One more amusingly scary vintage cookbook-- this one for $0.25

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

I think salads and casseroles in terms of vintage cookery have the biggest chances of going awry from excessive creativity. I thought maybe you all might laugh at some of the ones in this cookbook I got for a quarter...

http://thriftshopromantic.blogspot.com/2008/06/whatever-happened-to-baby-greens-or.html

Shape your salad into a turkey? A sea lion? A duck? Or design them into flower pots?

Oh, I am not making this up, my friends.

I have gotten way more than my quarter's worth of enjoyment from this.

[mccoysnina]

Uh, how much cooking sherry was included in all these scary Marilyn Manson salads?  Wonder if the Mrs. put it in the dish or drank it in order to make these artistic delights.  What a hoot.
You certainly got an entertainment bang for $.25  I would still be laughing.
Thanks for sharing.
Jeannie

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

Cooking sherry had to have been involved, though it isn't listed in any of the ingredients.

[Zed Simon]

That "Flowerpot Salad" on the bottom: is that supposed to be a cactus? If so, why? Like I'd need any more incentive to stay away from it!

Did I Mention how glad I am that they didn't print this book in color?

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

Let's me check... the instructions say it's a hyacinth.

They're apparently supposed to be lily of the valley, a tulip and a hyacinth. But, yes-- it absolutely looks like some sort of cactus.

As soon as I saw that page, I knew the book had earned my quarter.

[foutchie]

maybe it was written by Marilyn Manson's mother - and growing up with her led to his "look" today.........

[SeSo_Says_So]

This is just great, TSR.  You know, maybe all you cookbook collectors should get together and open a restaurant featuring some of these yummy recipes (yes, complete with cooking sherry) I guarentee it would be more popular than the "Sex in the City" movie opening.

Carved jellied salad with cooking sherry dressing and unidentified orange-y things on top, anyone?

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

It would have to be a restaurant in New York... where else would folks pay high prices for scary, inedible but artistically designed food?

(PS-- I am allowed to say this. I'm FROM that area originally. )

[SeSo_Says_So]

It would have to be a restaurant in New York... where else would folks pay high prices for scary, inedible but artistically designed food?

(PS-- I am allowed to say this. I'm FROM that area originally. )

  --Maybe Hollywood? San Francisco (or Josh Korthbluth's imaginary city San FranClisco)

I could see this 'raunt anywhere on the "left coast"--Seattle or Portland. Or maybe in the heart of art in Montana--Missoula.

[Krisathome]

Oh my!!  I can just see the woman of the house spending her morning making these fancy little salads.  And all of her cute friends coming over for tea in the afternoon.     Not this girl!!

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

Not this girl, either! But I love these things. The more outrageous and of their timeperiod, the more amused I am.

[Mattie]

YEESH!!   

These must be salads for denture wearers (after the dentures are removed) because there's no chewing required.  Mayonnaise, cottage cheese and gelatin - yes indeed, there's a salad you can swallow whole (or push through a feeding tube if necessary).  I'm gagging just thinking about what those flavors taste like all mixed together.  Thanks for sharing this relic, TSR. 

[mccoysnina]

YEESH!!   

These must be salads for denture wearers (after the dentures are removed) because there's no chewing required.  Mayonnaise, cottage cheese and gelatin - yes indeed, there's a salad you can swallow whole (or push through a feeding tube if necessary).  I'm gagging just thinking about what those flavors taste like all mixed together.  Thanks for sharing this relic, TSR. 

I'm laughing becasue my sister makes a salad of crushed pineapple, cottage cheese and lime jello. She learned to make it in a Home Ec. class in the late 60s/early 70s.  She used to bring it to Thanksgiving.  She quit bringing it a few years agp when she finally realized no one actually ate it, save for my SIL's very  maiden aunt who usually forgot to put in her teeth.
Jeannie

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

Mattie and McCoy... Heh- Maybe they missed an important marketing demographic then for these things-- "Foods to Enjoy Denture-Free!" 

The taste combination is prospectively very, very frightening. I am also not a mayonnaise and dairy product sort of gal, so the prospect of including so many things together that make me queasy individually in one Unified Front is more than I like to think about.

[Jay2TheRescue]

Can somebody please pass the trash can over?  I think I'm gonna hurl...  

-Jay

This is just great, TSR.  You know, maybe all you cookbook collectors should get together and open a restaurant featuring some of these yummy recipes (yes, complete with cooking sherry) I guarentee it would be more popular than the "Sex in the City" movie opening.

Carved jellied salad with cooking sherry dressing and unidentified orange-y things on top, anyone?