1974 Weight Watchers recipe cards

[AwakeAtLast]

Even if you've never been on a diet, you need to see this at least once. Truly dreadful. As bad as the Sears 1971 Catalog.

You know you want to click it!

http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html

Don't forget to thank me later! :D


Edit to add appetizing picture

[crim son]

1. I'm taking the "Tour" right now.

Cabbage Casserole Tsarina? Who knew? :rofl
Oh my god. Fluffy Mackerel Pudding. Oh my god.

[AwakeAtLast]

6. Any of the mackeral stuff is frightening.

Is that the only kind of fish sold in 1974? I was only 4 then, so I have no idea. :shrug:

[pitohui]

7. there was also tuna EOM

.

[Darth_Kitten]

13. What the hell is a fluffy mackeral?

:rofl:

Could just a regular mackeral be used in the recipe or it's just not the same without a fluffy mackeral? ;)

[peacefreak]

19. I would hate to be a mackrel fluffer

;-) :evilgrin:

[AwakeAtLast]

29. You are so bad. BAD!

:spank:

:rofl:

[Little Wing]

2. uhm

:scared:

[AwakeAtLast]

5. Yup, very

BTW, my Mom was a big Weight Watchers follower in the '70's. I can't wait to ask her about it. She was a leader and everything.

[crim son]

3. Thank you for posting that!

My son and I had a great laugh. FRANKFURTER SPECTACULAR!!!

[AwakeAtLast]

4. So, is that your choice for supper this evening?

:rofl:

[Lisa0825]

8. I had to go back through them a second time,

once I realized that I had missed all the mous-over messages! That site is hilarious!

[flamingyouth]

9. God, I remember those

My mom had them. Just as horrifying as I remember. :puke:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

10. Hahahaha! Thanks for the laugh!

That was actually the year that I got down to anorexia size by going to Weight Watchers. But not by following those recipes, which I do vaguely remember. Nope, I pretty much lived on a couple of cans of tuna a day with some ketchup on the side for a whole year. It's amazing I don't have a full blown case of mercury poisoning, but then again maybe the tuna was safer back then. Anyway, fun pics!

[Strawman]

11. Fish Balls?!

Best of all, it is supposed to be filed under "Fish Spectaculars." :rofl:

[blondeatlast]

16. And a suitable accompaniament, Fish "Tacos."

Including "tortillas" complete with quotation marks. I want to know what those quotation marks are meant to imply.

[SeattleGirl]

12. Well, this would be the perfect diet for me!

This stuff is so revolting, I would never eat!

Thanks for the laugh, WMU!

[AwakeAtLast]

14. Kick for a lazy Sunday morning!

I just have to share the love! :evilgrin:

[begin_within]

15. But I didn't eat the salmon mousse!

[blondeatlast]

17. Get a load of the Slender Quenchers--on second thought, please, for the love of humanity, don't.

These are the saddest diet beverages ever.

The one on the right is skim milk and orange pulp. The one on the left is made with water, sherry extract, and two beef bouillon cubes.

No, really.

Well, there's also celery in it. Oh, and SELF-LOATHING.

[AwakeAtLast]

18. Yeah, no real Sherry, just the extract!

:rofl: :rofl:

If that doesn't make you reach for the real stuff, nothing will!

:D

[terrya]

20. That "Inspriration Soup" looks like....

:puke:.

Seriously. It looks just plain nasty.

[AwakeAtLast]

21. Yeah, it will inspire me to raid the frige!

Double :puke:

[hippywife]

22. Those really are hysterical!

My favorite was Marcy's Enchiladas:

http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/quoteenchilada.html

We don't know who "Marcy" is, only that she thinks "enchilada" is wacky Mexican talk for "shit on a shingle."

:rofl:

On edit: Okay, it may be a tie for my favorite. I just saw the Franfurter Spectacular!

http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/spectacular.html

[baldguy]

23. Roast chicken, Italian-style

Italians aren't that cruel.

[AwakeAtLast]

30. More like "Sopranos" style!

:rofl:

[jmowreader]

24. It's obvious to me how this diet works

They just made the food so revolting you can't eat very much of it. Eventually you lose weight via simple starvation.

I remember that at one time Weight Watchers required you to eat a serving of liver a week.

The other one that was popular in the 1970s was TOPS. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. It seemed to work by berating anyone who didn't lose enough weight between meetings.

[AwakeAtLast]

31. TOPS is still around

In the town where I grew up the TOPS group is so big they have a two-mile stretch of highway that they keep beautified.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. Hideous! Oh, my God.

[philosophie_en_rose]

26. That skewered meat is CAUCASIAN!

[Elidor]

28. I can't stop laughing

:rofl:

Whoever came up with these recipes should never be allowed to cook again. In fact, they shouldn't be permitted to handle utensils, either.

[hyphenate]

27. How funny....

I was just thinking the other day of those cards cause I'd seen them before. I was going to make a search of them as soon as I could remember to do it.....how eerie.

[MissMarple]

32. Hilarious, insane dieticians with WAY too much time on their hands.

These just grossed out the girl child.

[baldguy]

33. This reminds of the Gallery of Regrettable Food

Mmm-mmm! Looks delish. Crispy, savory, radish-studded – what more could you want from a deep-fried meal?

Perhaps you’d like to know what it is? Oh, don't bother your little head. Wouldn't you rather have some sauce?

What do you mean, you don't know what kind of sauce? Ketchup or tartar, what difference does it make? Have a bite. It's delicious, and –

Oh, alright, if you simply must know what it is, we'll tell you. Jeez.

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

[AwakeAtLast]

34. Mmmm....tastes like chicken!

:9

:crazy: