[Pilsner]

I can't let all this discussion of family favorites that turn out to be old corporate recipes pass without a shout out to The Gallery of Regrettable Foods. A few samples follow:

[Allegra]

Those are abominable! What even *is* that last one? 😆

Oh…Auntie Griselda brought an appetizer.

[texas booster]

Lileks! We used to post a collection of his artwork on Free Republic shortly after he started his website.

His series on early American Jello has become a classic for all to copy.

For now, just a taste ...

Thank you for correcting this crime against humanity by ... including Lileks?

[dandiegirl]

Those pictures are awful. I was flipping thru a Helen Corbitt cookbook from the 1950s and pictures are equally as bad, but she was a great cook!

[ladyjane]

A story from the internet.

“My father sued my mother for, among other things, a tuna noodle casserole recipe. She dropped off a can of cream of mushroom soup at his lawyers office, the recipe was on the back.”