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35 Horrifying Vintage Recipes That Would Have Made Your Party A Success Decades Ago (New Pics)
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Just like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so does taste depend on each person. Some like wild food combinations (think of sriracha coupled with peanut butter), while others opt for more traditionally approved tastes.
And hey, we get it. When it comes to food, to each their own. But weirdly, bygone eras are notorious for serving questionable dishes and spreading bizarre recipes with a straight face. We know it from what we have seen in this insanely entertaining Facebook group titled pretty straightforwardly “Disgusting Vintage Recipes.”
The group’s content is exactly what’s in the title. So buckle up and get ready for a trip down memory lane full of stomach-churning turns. More of the bizarre recipes resurrected from the past and shared on this group can be found in our previous feature.
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Bored Panda reached out to Samuel Brown, the founder of 'Disgusting Vintage Recipes,' to find out what his community has been up to since we last spoke some time ago. Turns out that the group has since moved with an updated link, but engagement is way up.
“People are starting to make these recipes and it's hilarious. The Frosty Law Man is a festive hit,” Brown told us. The founder also said that they are going to see if they can get more traffic to the new page. “We can expand and discuss once we hit 10,000 or so. I know that last time, it was extra work at that point.”
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When asked whether Brown would like to try any of these crazy retro recipes, he said that it is the aspic aquarium recipe that he wants to make the most. “Tell you what: when we reach a 10,000 member goal, I'll make it and post me eating it,” he said.
“I think that many of these recipes are leftovers from old cookbooks trying to sell canned goods, industrially made products and filler for cookbooks. The low-fat craze made this funny as well,” Brown explained the craziness behind the vintage recipes.
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Jessica Bertram 2 years ago
how a generation learned to cook after this monstrosity in their childhood is...
When asked if any of these trends may actually come back, the founder of the group said: “I can see SPAM making a comeback, maybe? There's this weird white covering on meat that could come back, but I don't even know what it is made of.”
When it comes to vintage Christmas foods that people made in the past, Brown said that meat trees are different, that's for sure. “Want to see more? I posted a challenge for members to post their favorite holiday recipes on the page. It sounds like amazing Christmas morning scrolling.”
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
No, no. You spell it "mold". As in, the disgusting structures some fungi can form when growing on something that is rotting. (It's a joke, folks. I'm comparing these "moulds" to gross "mold". Because they look gross. Get it? I'm not actually criticizing the original spelling. Sigh.)
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Barbra E. Nyberg 2 years ago
This is what happens when you are a stay at home wife with way too much Valium.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
I don't like having my frankfurts be swift. They need to take AT LEAST 15 minutes. 5 to 8 minutes is unacceptably swift. That's just selfish.
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Firstname Lastname 2 years ago
Note how Spongebob only lives in the pineapple and doesn't actually eat it.
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Mary Kelly 2 years ago
it looks gross, but tuna, cheese and macaroni is a good combo, especially if you add peas
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
It looks like someone tried to murder it with a knife, but it was already too powerful.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Because whenever I see bananas, my mind screams "tasty, sure, but NEEDS MORE FISH!"
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Sergy Yeltsen 2 years ago
Marcy needs to be taught how to make a proper enchilada by a proper Mexican cook.
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Naillovedinosaur 2 years ago
This sounds pretty delicious actually. I'd sub the french dressing out for sure. And this needs smoked paprika.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Even the prawns look like they're trying to crawl to the top of the olives to escape this dish.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
"Digestible" is definitely the #1 adjective I look for when I'm considering food. Who cares about things like "texture" and "flavor" as long as it's digestible!
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Izzy Curer 2 years ago
The tubes of dog food that they keep in those special fridges in the pet aisle, it looks exactly like that. We call it 'dog sausage'.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
This actually sounds like it might taste delicious, but boy, the picture :|
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
"Fluffy" is not an acceptable adjective of "mackerel". I'm not allowing it. No. Forbidden.
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Sergy Yeltsen 2 years ago
Dear lord, there must have been so many cow's hooves boiled down to make the glut of gelatine used in all those 60s/70s monstrosities.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
"That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die."
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NasiGorengPete Telor 2 years ago
There's a lot of Miracle Whip in this thread, do they even taste good? I'm actually curious
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NasiGorengPete Telor 2 years ago
Sweat and sour chicken ok that's actually good especially if you cut the chicken in small pieces, dip it in a batter, deep fry the chickens and cover the fried chicken with the sweet and sour sauce, but for the love of my kidney WHY THIS????
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I declare it is now a federal crime to suspend things in aspic or clear gelatin.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
"Timbales or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size." ...what
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I feel like you'd take one bite and all those beans would just be all over your shirt and the table.
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LK 2 years ago
This has got to be one of the most appealing dishes on this list. In the dim and distant past, I 've had canned macaroni cheese, and it was fine. Adding cubes of ham, and veggies would make it better. I'd prefer to make it all freshly, but I can see how this would be great as a 'pantry special'.
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Izzy Curer 2 years ago
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
If we ever invent a time machine, the first thing we need to do is go back to the 70s and ask what their effing obsession was with green olives with pimientos.
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ispeak catanese 2 years ago
That'll be a very disappointing first bite if you thought it was sweet potato pie.
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Barbra E. Nyberg 2 years ago
This morphed into tuna casserole, which is pretty good if done right.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
A packet of Lipton Onion Soup mix IS actually amazing in meatloaf. The picture is just unfortunately hideous :(
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
It's as if the color neon green was only just invented in the 1970s and people felt like it had to be everywhere.
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What do you think ?
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
How in the name of all things holy did humanity survive the era of the mould and loaf?!
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
I think the obvious deduction from this article is that food manufacturers all had recipe development kitchens where they kept chefs captive, and they weren't released until they had come up with at 100 recipes involving miracle whip, or 100 versions of jello salad.
Ann-Marie Bentley 2 years ago
After Christmas 🎄 when I go back on my diet I will refer to this list as it seems very effective at putting me off my food! Maybe thanks to this post I'll diet successfully in 2023!
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
I didn't bother clicking the link to the rest of this posting. Nearly all of them are genuine nightmare fuel - as well as VERY unappetizing.
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Dan St John 2 years ago
The sad thing about being old is, I remember way too many of these as a child, when we had family gatherings.
Rhonda West 2 years ago
I had a cookbook with a recipe for Surprise Pound Cake. It listed two ingredients; pound cake mix, and blue cheese. I wonder what the surprise was? 😳
Solidhog 2 years ago
I think we should have a global BP xmas party and everything on this list is on the buffet.
Remi (He/Him) 2 years ago
Thx, nope, I'll be washing my um, feet that day
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Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago
I work on and in sewers, have seen and smelled things that would gag a maggot and didn't flinch...but 99% of these recipes made my stomach churn over so hard.
Remi (He/Him) 2 years ago
I was just looking at these while thinking, "were they high or something?" and then it clicked. it was the 60s and 70s, so yes, that's exactly what they were.
Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
Ngl, if presented to me, I would try every single one of these. I might not like it, but I would take a bite.
Gingersnap In Iowa 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure my Mom had the cookbook for all of these ? food? items.
Stargazer66 2 years ago
I don't believe half of these even made it out of the magazines and on the table.
Stargazer66 2 years ago
Anybody remember canned pear half on a limp leaf of iceberg lettuce with a dollop of mayo in the middle as 'salad' for dinner? Yuck!
Katie Kins 2 years ago
Such crazy food ideas back then. I do wonder what some of them would taste like.
Fraxinus excelsior 2 years ago
Were these recipes from the Cooking for your pregnant wife cook books?
Carole Reid 2 years ago
I NEVER thought that I was a picky eater. But, after scrolling through this, I guess I am.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
How in the name of all things holy did humanity survive the era of the mould and loaf?!
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
I think the obvious deduction from this article is that food manufacturers all had recipe development kitchens where they kept chefs captive, and they weren't released until they had come up with at 100 recipes involving miracle whip, or 100 versions of jello salad.
Ann-Marie Bentley 2 years ago
After Christmas 🎄 when I go back on my diet I will refer to this list as it seems very effective at putting me off my food! Maybe thanks to this post I'll diet successfully in 2023!
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
I didn't bother clicking the link to the rest of this posting. Nearly all of them are genuine nightmare fuel - as well as VERY unappetizing.
Load More Replies... Dan St John 2 years ago
The sad thing about being old is, I remember way too many of these as a child, when we had family gatherings.
Rhonda West 2 years ago
I had a cookbook with a recipe for Surprise Pound Cake. It listed two ingredients; pound cake mix, and blue cheese. I wonder what the surprise was? 😳
Solidhog 2 years ago
I think we should have a global BP xmas party and everything on this list is on the buffet.
Remi (He/Him) 2 years ago
Thx, nope, I'll be washing my um, feet that day
Load More Replies... Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago
I work on and in sewers, have seen and smelled things that would gag a maggot and didn't flinch...but 99% of these recipes made my stomach churn over so hard.
Remi (He/Him) 2 years ago
I was just looking at these while thinking, "were they high or something?" and then it clicked. it was the 60s and 70s, so yes, that's exactly what they were.
Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
Ngl, if presented to me, I would try every single one of these. I might not like it, but I would take a bite.
Gingersnap In Iowa 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure my Mom had the cookbook for all of these ? food? items.
Stargazer66 2 years ago
I don't believe half of these even made it out of the magazines and on the table.
Stargazer66 2 years ago
Anybody remember canned pear half on a limp leaf of iceberg lettuce with a dollop of mayo in the middle as 'salad' for dinner? Yuck!
Katie Kins 2 years ago
Such crazy food ideas back then. I do wonder what some of them would taste like.
Fraxinus excelsior 2 years ago
Were these recipes from the Cooking for your pregnant wife cook books?
Carole Reid 2 years ago
I NEVER thought that I was a picky eater. But, after scrolling through this, I guess I am.
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