Have you seen Julie and Julia? Because the scene where Julie laments that they have "entered aspics" reminds me of every cookbook my grandmother ever left me. Beef gelatin. Fish gelatin. You can just read Julia's cookbook, about the elegance of a dinner party with whole poached fish (including EYES!) under aspic and imagine the faces of your nearest and dearest - right before they flee to order pizza.
I also like my Grandma's Extension Homemakers cookbooks, where all the people who put recipes in are Mrs. William Somethingorother, or Mrs. Bob Whosis, and I'm just thinking, "What the heck do William and Bob have to do with it?" Although maybe they did decapitate the hog for the head cheese recipe. Ack!
And what was with all the Jello and RedHots in the 70s? I mean, RedHots?
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I also like my Grandma's Extension Homemakers cookbooks, where all the people who put recipes in are Mrs. William Somethingorother, or Mrs. Bob Whosis, and I'm just thinking, "What the heck do William and Bob have to do with it?" Although maybe they did decapitate the hog for the head cheese recipe. Ack!
And what was with all the Jello and RedHots in the 70s? I mean, RedHots?