The Mystery Science Discourse 3000 Gallery of Regrettable Foods

There used to be a “gourmet” mac and cheese place here.

You can put any fancy ingredients you want in mac and cheese, but at the end of the day, it’s still mac and cheese.

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But if you put fancy ingredients in your mac and cheese, is it still “Kraft Dinner”?

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Another from the Midcentury Menu:

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Unique here is just a Sodium Synonym. If you could assign a rating with pictures, it’d be at least 3.5 out of 5 water glasses.

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What in blazes is a romaine spear ?

I mean, if you like cottage cheese, this is probably fine. But it’s funny that they gave a certain snack corporation a free (?) product placement instead of following their own serving suggestion.

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Recipes & Menus (2), 1948

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Found out about this bizarre beef jerky ad through Twitter.

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F.L. only paid the photographer?

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The Egg Loaf

Egg loaf?!

What kind of bird lays eggs like this?

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One that needs a vet!

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Didn’t they try pitching this here, too?

Hence the joke (in The Home Economics Story I think) about serving a square egg.

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…is that made from actual egg or is it just colored to look like egg?

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Well the translation is

“Cold Boiled Egg” in red

“Even More Delicious” in yellow

Advertising would never lie, would it?

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For those curious:

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I never thought I would hear a phrase so utterly and viscerally terrifying, but… [gestures in the direction of “egg loaf” ]

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And yet, all of this makes me want hard boiled eggs for lunch.

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Definitely a creation of the midcentury period of home cooking.

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Anyone for an egg-, turkey-, and bread loaf?

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HONK!

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Yes, someone deep-fried coffee. It turned out as well as you’d expect.

I’ll just stick to cold brew coffee with milk, thanks.

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WHY.

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