unappealing food competition submission....

[misstia]

from Woman's Day May 1973...please vote yes or no in the comments, in addition to your other comments....

do you think people 37 years ago found this appealing looking??

Comments

[seamonkey-mags.livejournal.com]

That's a YES from me. The thought of putting that in my mouth makes me nauseous.

[veronica-jay.livejournal.com]

I vote yes - it took me a few hard seconds of searching to find the actual food in this picture (besides the jar of mayo and the little garnishes)

Oh, yes.

[whoseline_wlsc]

I'm certainly not waiting for that, for sure. I'm not a fan of any kind of food in gelatin, but mayonnaise...ick.

Yes.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to imagine eagerly digging into that with a spoon. It's not a pleasant thought.

[hunnyfreak.livejournal.com]

Yes!

When I saw this I said out loud, "EEEEEEWWWWWW!!!"

[purplesocks.livejournal.com]

Yes - that's horrifying.

My husband has a strong distaste for what he refers to as cold, slimy foods; anything from deli meats to potato salad. I pick on him about it constantly - but this creation is too much even for me to stomach.

Yes

[my-hypocrisy.livejournal.com]

First of all, I have a rule against anything that involves gelatine that isn't dessert. Secondly, two of the three food items I hate most are mayonnaise and vinegar. The only way this could be any worse for me is if they'd included the one food item I hate even more than those -- mustard. *Shudder!* Nightmares!

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Remember, kids…gelatin is made from boiled bones.

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

Boiled bones sounds a lot tastier than that thing.

[mschilepepper.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, hoof squeezins!

nah

[3cthelion.livejournal.com]

as are most animal stocks which most people (at least non-vegetarians) have no trouble with. as gross as it sounds, bone marrow is pretty nutritious.

this is not appetizing to me, but i just don't like cucumbers. if it had sun-dried tomatoes or something i'd probably try it. i guess i'm going to be stingy with my 'yes' votes.

[miss-october.livejournal.com]

I normally like veggie/chip dips....but this? No thanks.

People really loved their molds back then, huh?

[mental-picture.livejournal.com]

I gagged at the sight of this.

No

[charlotterhys.livejournal.com]

It kind of looks like a brain, but I think it'd make good veggie dip.

Great picture, though!

YES

[nonsense-at-all.livejournal.com]

Cucumber mousse? With gelatin?

YES.

[paularubia.livejournal.com]

My eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES

[lexixanatos487.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I think I threw up a litte. I hate mayo in large quantities!

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Oh. god.

Now that I think about it, Kraft continued to advertise some pretty disgusting recipe "suggestions" (especially around Christmas time) into the late 80's, long after this one debuted.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

Oh, the poor cucumbers! I love cucumbers and I can't imagine what they did to deserve this! *shudder*

Yes

[leahtaur.livejournal.com]

Good god. x_x

Yes

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

That looks horrible.

YES

[medren.livejournal.com]

Mayonnaise+Gelatin=barf

Yes

[christhawk.livejournal.com]

Why would you do that to a perfectly good cucumber???

[annamaryse.livejournal.com]

Flavor this with mint, reduce the mayo, add yogurt instead of cream, and serve with curry. But YES UGH!

NO

[koboldmaki.livejournal.com]

I admit, I'd still serve tzatziki this way if people weren't so anti-jigglyfood.

[stefanie-bean.livejournal.com]

Funny, combining yogurt, garlic, cucumber and lemon juice for tzatziki sauce sounds delicious, but this just looks like it got moldy.

[zitronenhai.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you. I have been grossing out a coworker with gelatin horrors and I had been looking all over for this one. As soon as I stop vomiting, I will email it to her.

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

Made it. Tasted it. Hated it.

[misstia]

there's quite a few jello concoction entries posted so far! maybe some won't be so bad?

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

I don't know ... I'm not feeling very tempted!

yes!

[albear.livejournal.com]

Hell yes!