MetaFilter posts tagged with nostalgia and food

F#@%ed-up-Food-Filter

not_on_display — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:56:33 -0800

Encyclopedia Repulsica, a/k/a The Family Circle Illustrated Library of Cooking (1972 edition): A peanut butter and lettuce sandwich, with a pickle on top • The Weiner Tiara Bake • Watercress Frappé (with optional radish rose) • How not to serve a Hamburger • [These, and many more, via a blog-full of eye-and-gut wrenching (and occasionally sublime) offerings from MeFi's Own™ Mael Oui, a/k/a Curly Wurly] If you haven't yet had your (brurrrp) fill, surf on over to Curly Wurly's Flickr Sets.

Someone has to draw the line.

deusdiabolus — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 01:33:11 -0800

You can't POSSIBLY be serious. The fact that modern breakfast foods (or at least, foods normally associated with breakfast) have expanded to include items such as cereals whose marshmallow content threatens to outweigh the actual nutritious content, slightly more nutritious items covered in frosting, and of course, the wide variety of chocolate flavored items, cereals, milk, muffins, and so on. But that's just breakfast. Now, however, we're getting into personal hygiene. And that may just be Snakes On A Plane dangerous.

Old Time Candy

plinth — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:05:08 -0800

Old Time Candy - ready to say goodbye to your New Year's Resolution diet? Old time candy will sell you gift boxes based on decade! We looked for the nostalgic sweet stuff before, but here is another good collection.

IT'S CHAMPION!

LinusMines — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:16:32 -0800

The World's Worst Food. "A naked imitation of the Gallery of Regrettable Food", featuring late 50's and early 60's-era recipes from the UK.