Friday, August 22, 2014

Ewww. La. La. More Vintage Recipes.

 I have a real treat to tide you over the weekend -
Vintage Recipes!

 From James Lileks' Gallery of Regrettable Food.
This delightful concoction is Les Oeufs en Meurette.
Eggs?
Really??

Oh, God.
I just noticed the severed duck's head on top of the tureen.

 This is very scary.
Jello around the outside with black olive moons?
Fish/shark/whale with mayo aspic(?) and cut outs of what?
Just why?

I love the bowl of more orange shit,
because you know people are gonna want seconds.

This is Sole en Chaud-Froid.
I'll just have to take their word for it that there's fish in there.
Chaud-Froid translates as hot-cold.
It's an aspic or meat jelly with cream.
It's creamy, meaty Jello!

 Just count the objects that are looking at you.
There's a fish.
There's an owl?
There's Yoda?
Even the flowers have eyes!
And, of course, the food is looking AWAY from me.
Thankfully.

I'm thinking this is some piscatorial delicacy,
although I don't know what the plops on top are.
Heh.
When I first wrote "plops,"
I typed "polps."
And then I thought of "polyps."

Decorate your meat.
Always.
Doilies and ropes.
Put it in bondage.
Cause you know it's trying to escape.

There are no words.

What the hell was the 50s-60s obsession
with incarcerating innocent vegetables in Jello all about?

And no.
The sprigs of parsley and lemon slices
ain't gonna help this quivering mass of ass-pic
and imprisoned vegetables yearning
to break free from their constraints.

You know, after seeing these pictures,
I really need to rethink my food photography.
Obviously, I need more tchotchkes.

If you'd like to send me your own "vintage" recipes, please do.
I'd love to feature them in another post.

Send to:  rosiehawthorne@aim.com
Thanks!

4 comments:

zzzadig said...

That ain't no duck, that's a Snipe!
Fitting for this visual tripe.

Rosie Hawthorne said...

Well, then, a severed snipe head is so much better. Now it makes sense.

zzzadig said...

LOL

Rosie Hawthorne said...

Shit. I'm going snipe hunting tonight!