How Did 1974 Weight Watchers Cards Influence Diet Food Perceptions?

[Math Is Hard]

Some of the worst ideas (and strangest photography) in the history of low-calorie cuisine:
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html
And people say diet food is boring!

 

[wolram]

I would rather look at your avatar, i am not into fish balls, that melon stuff may
be ok though, i should not have looked on second thoughts, i can still taste the
chili i ate two hours ago.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I was impressed with the http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/spectacular.html" . It really lived up to it's name. A frankfurter - and yet, spectacular.

And then there was http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/caucasianshash.html" . Scary.

 

[Moonbear]

Some of the worst ideas (and strangest photography) in the history of low-calorie cuisine:
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html
And people say diet food is boring!

They look like great props for a Halloween party! That should certainly be scary enough.

 

[hypatia]

I'm thinking somewhere, some family is passing on down to the third generation..grandmas secret frankfurter spectacular.
And Wolram, how could you think that mellon mousse bi-lateral implant looking thing would taste good?

 

[wolram]

I'm thinking somewhere, some family is passing on down to the third generation..grandmas secret frankfurter spectacular.
And Wolram, how could you think that mellon mousse bi-lateral implant looking thing would taste good?

i would reply, but i don't know how without getting in trouble,
i am more into vegie burgers nowadays any way.

 

[Moonbear]

And Wolram, how could you think that mellon mousse bi-lateral implant looking thing would taste good?

I thought it looked a bit like a brain. Someone remind me about this thread next year for Halloween! Really. I think that brain mousse would be excellent, along with that other green bean, pimiento, mushroom, "looks like worms in blood and dirt" gelatin mold thing. Oh, and the bleeding fish...oh, I mean "onion sauce" would be good too.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Oh, man. The jello molds were the most disgusting, weren't they? I haven't seen anything like that since my biology labs. But I remember growing up in the South when jellified things were a big part of our gastronomical culture. You could take any nasty mish-mash of leftovers, cook it up with Knox gelatin, cool it down in a bundt-cake mold or an ice cube tray, and voila - New York City high-society-style elegance! Marshmallows were a frequent ingredient - to add that little extra something.

 

[honestrosewater]

Wow, that was really foul. Thanks. :buggrin:

True story: I accidentally opened a can of black-eyes peas (instead of black beans) the other day. I'd never had black-eyed peas before and didn't know what to do with them, but I don't like to waste food... I was going to look up some recipes but didn't have time, so I decided to just wing it when I ate them tonight. Bad idea. I tasted one -- I can't really describe the taste, like peas but drier, mealier, and less flavorful. I thought they might be good with some dill... so I threw some in. Still bad. Salt and pepper. Still bad. Garlic. Nope. I looked on the package and it suggested using them in chili, so I added some chili seasonings. Getting worse. I needed something stronger. Apple cider vinegar (don't ask me why). Much worse and now even runnier. The texture was horrible anyway, so I mashed up some of them. A little olive oil maybe? Oh, I'm so stupid. I realize nothing in the cabinet can help this. What's in the fridge? Mustard. Eek, very bad. Several sauces, more mashing, and I-don't-want-to-remember-what later, I made myself stop and eat some of it (I really hate to waste food), but I had to just throw most of it in the trash. Anywho, it still didn't look half as bad as some of those. Actually, it looked kinda like that melon mousse... if you threw it in a blender for a few seconds.

 

[wolram]

Don't anyone ever go to HRWs for dinner geez i thought i my mixtures were inventive

 

[honestrosewater]

Don't anyone ever go to HRWs for dinner geez i thought i my mixtures were inventive

Hey, that doesn't count; I was experimenting and short on time and patience. I guess now I'll have to make you a glorious feast just to prove that I can, huh?

 

[hypatia]

At least she didn't put it in a jello mold Though I do half to admit, those have got to be some of the worse things I've heard of done to Black Eyed peas.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Not a black-eyed pea fan, HRW? I love 'em. In the South we have a tradition that you have to have black eyed peas on New Years Day if you want to have good luck all year. On Jan. 1, you have to make yourself have at least a teaspoon of them.

At least she didn't put it in a jello mold

I was thinking about that, too! Yikes!

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, I'm willing to give them another chance (and take some of the blame for making them taste horrible in the first place). How does everyone else prepare them?

 

[BobG]

I'm kind of partial to the Hot Wrap Ups. This would be a nice meal, especially if your favorite color was green.

It's a meal! It's an obsessive disorder! It's both!