For the people who "refused to believe people actually ate this shit" responders... Peep THIS!

[ReverendDeuce]

I didn't want to reply to that thread because it would be buried below dozens of other responses. That said, you all NEED TO SEE THIS:

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/knox/index.html

I found that page in '99 or so and it has provided many, many years of HOWLING laughter.

Garden Salad #1

Imagine you're hungover. Deeply hungover. Someone presents you with this - and shakes the plate so it wiggles. Frankly, it already looks like someone heaved into a mold and stuck the result in the fridge. But that's Gel-Cookery!

And then I made the mistake of looking at the "Ewww La La" French cuisine cookbook... Dear god, I have tears streaming down my cheeks:

Welcome to a thick tome detailing la glorie de la Fronch food. For all I know this stuff tastes incroyable, but the photos are the most unappetizing things I’ve seen in years. And I’ve seen a lot of peculiar food.

Eggs, they say. Eggs. Really? Not Alien-fetus skulls in butterscotch sauce? Eggs? Not lumps of mashed potatoes soaked with cocoa power and dipped in gravy?

The garnish calls for a quarter-pound of bacon, so it has that going for it, but I can't shake the impression the eggs are floating in a pool of severed and shelled crab legs.

Also, they are sitting on Toast Pads. Kissing.

And then there's the severed bird head stuck in the sweet potatoes. He looks like he's rolling his eyes and wearing a beret, so it's as French as they get.

Ohhhh my god... hahahahahaha

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Ah, The Gallery of Regrettable Food ... a classic !

so many subcategories, so little time ...

[valerief]

5. I have a copy of the book. Hilarious.

http://www.amazon.com/Gallery-Regrettable-Food-James-Lileks/dp/0609607820

Here's another Lileks book I have about Interior Design. As appealing as the food book.
http://www.amazon.com/Interior-Desecrations-Hideous-Homes-Horrible/dp/0307238725/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1PNXHX8VDVEX7HRXKT8W

[In_The_Wind]

2. I'm glad I already finished supper.

[ret5hd]

3. a quarter pound of bacon!!!!!

what the hell you bitchin' about???

on edit:
g#%D@&%$ muslin!

[ReverendDeuce]

4. Dear God I can't make it past page 3 of the French food... I am going to explode

I have no laughed this hard in a long, long time...

I made it to "Oeufs Frits en Aumoniere" and had to STAAAAAAAAHHHP... I am giving myself brain bubbles with this.

When the photographer can’t even be bothered to set the candles alight, let alone straight, you know there’s a smell coming off this thing that makes them want to get it done as quickly as possible. Or he’s just been drinking.

Pierre, I think the tripod, she is not straight.

The devil take the tripod, Jean-Claude.

No, its not “eggs fried in ammonia.” That means “Fried eggs in a purse.”

[LiberalElite]

6. I clicked on the link - saw "as seen on TV" and was reminded of this Honeymooners episode:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

7. "Bleached, washed, plucked Skull of Klingon"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. The Gallery of Regrettable Food is one of the funniest things I've ever read.

The author, James Lileks, is a local wingnut, kind of a mild-mannered libertarian - but I have to give him credit for the GRF. And yes, we did eat stuff like that in the '60s and earlier. You would see the more bizarre items at parties, when the hostess (always the hostess) felt obligated to do something fancy and festive. Jell-O got pretty weird - a lot of strange things turned up in Jell-O. I never saw (or ate) any of the more disturbing meat creations, but I know they were out there because we'd see some very odd recipes in the womens' magazines.