Thanks, BoB.
I wish I seen this at the beginning of social isolation; I might still fit into my clothes.
Weight Watchers recipe cards, circa 1970
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Thanks, BoB.
I wish I seen this at the beginning of social isolation; I might still fit into my clothes.
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Hello World 
Hello Yvonne.
Very cool post!!! Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
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We forget about the good old days!
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Frankfurter Spectacular takes the cake IMHO.
Yvonne, these are without a doubt the least appealing food (and I use the term loosely) photographs since the Middle Ages.
On reflection, perhaps fluffy mackerel pudding !!!! Or Inspiration soup (which reminds me of a fresh cow pat) are definitely contenders for most revolting.
I’m betting that they are successful for weight watchers because they would put one off eating forever.
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How are you doing, Yvonne?
Just stopping by to leave some ❤ and (((HUGS))) 🙂
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Once, a co-worker asked me how I was doing. I answered that I was a bit disgruntled. The next morning, I found a lovely piece of paper on my desk with a calligraphy message saying “Stay gruntled”.
I am semi-gruntled!
xxxx ❤
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Aw, what a sweet message…and calligraph-ed! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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HA! A feast for the eyes AND the tummy! 😉 😀
Fish Balls…no thanks! (I prefer my fish ball-less!)
HUGS!!! 😛
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Oh, good grief, now I will be closely checking any fish I might buy, to see if it fits that anatomical standard. Thanks a heap.
xxx
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My, hasn’t the stylist made that bean and mushroom salad look irresistible? And I wonder what was in those “snack on a stick”. Almost looks like chocolate. My girlfriend went through a stage of home party selling where you could buy chocolate moulds in the shape of male appendages. The d – – – on a stick style was always in demand.
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Thank you for giving me a hearty chuckle, Gwen.
The book is almost ready for the printer. I am doing the worstvtask ever, compiling the index. I will never ignore an index again, it’s a real PITA to get right.
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Hope the word programme or whatever you are using in making it “somewhat” easier. I’ve only done it occasionally, and for much smaller documents than an entire book. Very tedious.
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No, the programs were of no use, so it is all molto noiosa!
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oh, fiddly-fart!
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For eating ?
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Your choice. 😊
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Oh, Yvonne, I laughed through most of these. Some were alarming (the tomato ones in brandy snifters looked like intestines) and there were so many SHAPES. I remember fellow molds and something called tomato aspic from the 70s, but … thankfully, nobody cooks like that now.
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They’d be perfect for a bad taste dinner.
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And they might even taste bad….
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🙂
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These do not look appetising at all, so if you were basing your Covid iso diet on them you’d be sure to lose weight. 🙂 Who knew mackerel could be served so many different ways.
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Some of the ideas were truly regugnant.
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I’m losing weight just by looking at those pictures. Not one single example looks even remotely edible. In fact I feel a little unwell. Must skip dinner.
Reminds me of the contemporary non-food – kale. Unless you are a cow and want to get your own back on humans by producing milk that starts out tasting revolting and goes downhill from there .
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Oh, I so agree about kale. Who started that daft fad?
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The aesthetic of 1970s food was so strange…
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It truly was.
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Have you tried any of them?
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I definitely have not!
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It seems that there is one, but it costs $2.
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My apologies, Bert. I don’t understand your comment.
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You have pinpointed Weight Watchers stake in the lockdowns.
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And, is there an ‘l’ dish in the offering? That would be my weight watcher program sewn up easily.
You folks have had some serious weather. Hail in Venice, not all that far from you.
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Thanks very much, Yvonne. I’ll see what the Culinary Queen can do.
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Having the same problem here too, definitely need to start the diet.
I like the sound of the casseroles, today though it’s chicken soup! 🙂
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I am of the era when these dishes were considered quite normal. What were we thinking?
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I remember Weight Watchers recipe cards, but I do not remember seeing any of these recipes before. I wonder if they had different ones for different countries?
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Maybe so, Sue.
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It would be fun to have a “Tasteless Dinner” – paper plates, plastic cutlery, fine wine drunk out of jam jars. And serve up Fish Balls, Hot Wrap Ups, and Frankfarter Spectacular.
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You may have given me an idea or two for an upcoming brunch, Bruce.
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No 10 salmon mousse. Absolutely never ever ever. But a lot of the others look very tasty.
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I wish we had a chuckle icon, John.
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