20 Weird Vintage Recipes That Probably Taste As Bad As They Look (New Pics)
According to vintage cookbooks, no good meal could do without some Jell-O, mayo, and peas.
All of us have that one older distant relative who always brings the most bizarre meals to every family gathering - and almost all of them include Jell-O. And if you always wondered how on Earth do the come up with these recipes, just open any vintage cookbook and you'll quickly realize that uncle Elroy's jellied herring is not even the worst of it.
The users of the Questionable Vintage Recipes Facebook group are sharing the weirdest old recipes they've stumbled upon, and some of them will haunt your dreams. Check out some of the worst ones in the gallery below, and if for whatever reason you want more, see our earlier post here!
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#1 Who Doesn’t Love A Little Whipped Cream With Their Angel Food?
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#2 Questionable Vintage Recipes
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#3 Questionable Vintage Recipes
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#4 Tonight’s Dinner Sorted!
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#5 Not Quite Sure What To Make Of This
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#6 That Might Explain Some Things About The 70s...
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#7 Anyone Have The Recipe For This One?
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#8 A Personal Favorite, Conceptually. From That 70s Ww Recipe Deck
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#9 Where A Lot Of 'Salads' Got Their Jell-O From. Special Non Sweet Flavors
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#10 Why Not Slice The Banana?
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#11 Some Of These Look Good...
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#12 May I Present To You.... Shrimptree! Seemed To Be A Trend In 1965
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#13 I Teach Culinary Arts. One Of My Fav Classes Is Garde Manger. My #1 Rule: Tread Carefully With Animals (Cucumber Sharks, Ugh) But Never Make Food Look Like Other Food. Below Is The First Slide In My What Not To Do Presentation
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#14 I Don’t Think I’ve Ever Had A Stuffed Party Pickle Slice. Surprised They Didn’t Suggest Putting The Party Pickle Innards On A Saltine!!
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#15 I’d Eat It
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#16 I’m Going Through My Mom’s Recipe Box Since She Passed Away. I’ve Come Across Some Lovely Recipes (Heh) Including This Gem. I Hope It’s Okay For Me To Share A Few More Later
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#17 Questionable Vintage Recipes
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#18 Questionable Vintage Recipes
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#19 Questionable Vintage Recipes
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#20 Kielbasa Legs! Ahh My Polish Grandmother Would Have Blown Her Cigarette Smoke On This In Absolute Delight
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