Those Crazy People from the 1950sJune 23, 2006 Another "slog"! I have a thing for old cookbooks...not because I like old recipes, but I find the pictures interesting. For instance, I have a set of recipes called "Cooking Magic" put out by the Culinary Arts Institute in the 1950s. The book is actually a binder made up of smaller booklets with titles like "Quick Dishes for the Woman in a Hurry" and "Sunday Night Suppers". Like I said, I like the pictures. These pictures are from the booklet called "Tempting Low-Calorie Recipes". |
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Here's the cover of the book. Shiny food! |
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Children, your father and I are going on a diet. Diiieeet. Now everyone watch me while I take this bite. |
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Mother got the idea to start a diet when she saw how slim her friend Hazel has managed to stay, and how all of the other husbands were always checking her out. |
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Here, children! Keep eating cookies the size of your head and someday you can diet, too! |
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Children! Fido! Can you give your ol' man a hand? I can't read the scale past my giant belly! |
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She can make me eat low-calorie. She can make me lift these little weights. But I'll be darned if I'm going to stop smoking while I do it. |
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Now we can really see Father's level of dedication to this whole diet thing. Lounging and dreaming of cake. |
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Get off yer lazy ass and help me with the yard work! Or at least get me a power mower! All of this dieting has made Mother a bit cranky. |
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Mother has remained devoted to her diet. She jiggles... |
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...and sweats... |
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But no matter how many times she steps on the scale, her ass will always stay a thousand times bigger than her teeny-weeny feet. Spirit Fingers! |
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Goodness, children! Run outside with your hands in the air and your mouth in a little "o" shape! |
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Fido stole a steak that outweighs him by 30 pounds! Whatever shall we eat now? |
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I know! |
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We will have a healthy, low-calorie dinner after all! (I changed the boys eyebrows to make him look evil.) |
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Darling, I think your obsession with dieting has made you... |
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...a less responsible mother. |
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Aww, heck! Let's both be irresponsible parents and just throw our two youngest kids on the bike without so much as a shoelace or chewing gum to hold them on! |
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Mmmmm. Shiny. |
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My email - staci@verypink.com |
Chris' email - barkless3@yahoo.com |
