14 Horrific Vintage Recipes That Should Be Lost To Time

 

Nowadays, your average person eats a wide range of cuisines from different cultures, so you might have tacos one night, pizza the next, then a healthy Greek salad to balance it all out. But, back in the '50s and '60s (and sometimes even later) there was less variety in the types of foods available to your average American citizen, so cooks had to get creative in other ways… and often this meant generous use of aspic. We've trawled the archives to find fourteen of the most horrific vintage recipes, guaranteed to put you off your next meal. Check them out!

 

ham-in-aspic
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vintage-recipes-prunes
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vintage-recipes-peanut-butter
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vintage-recipes-mould
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vintage-recipes-meringue
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vintage-recipes-lemon
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vintage-recipes-ham
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vintage-recipes-ginger
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vintage-recipes-chilled
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vintage-recipes-cheese
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vintage-recipes-aspic-quiche
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vintage-recipes-veal
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vintage-recipes-stuffed
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vintage-recipes-stew
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