Flashback: Knox Gelatin Cookbook

Flashback: Knox Gelatin Cookbook

August 4, 2009

Flashback: Knox Gelatin Cookbook

I was looking at some old Gourmet magazines the other day and thought — wow, food photography has really come a long way. Then I found this "turn every food you can imagine into a gelatinous mass" cookbook. Three bean jello mold, anyone? How about jellied salmon mousse — in the clever shape of a fish? As I turned the faded brown pages, looking at the sickly gray foods pureed, whipped, and jelled into unappealing shapes with weird backdrops, I understood why the idea of using whole foods now seems so revolutionary. Check out this slide show of what passed for food in the '70s (1977, to be exact) and I'm sure you will agree . . .

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by POPSUGAR Sex & Culture 4

I was looking at some old Gourmet magazines the other day and thought — wow, food photography has really come a long way. Then I found this "turn every food you can imagine into a gelatinous mass" cookbook. Three bean jello mold, anyone? How about jellied salmon mousse — in the clever shape of a fish? As I turned the faded brown pages, looking at the sickly gray foods pureed, whipped, and jelled into unappealing shapes with weird backdrops, I understood why the idea of using whole foods now seems so revolutionary. Check out this slide show of what passed for food in the '70s (1977, to be exact) and I'm sure you will agree . . .

1 / 10

by POPSUGAR Sex & Culture 4

I was looking at some old Gourmet magazines the other day and thought — wow, food photography has really come a long way. Then I found this "turn every food you can imagine into a gelatinous mass" cookbook. Three bean jello mold, anyone? How about jellied salmon mousse — in the clever shape of a fish? As I turned the faded brown pages, looking at the sickly gray foods pureed, whipped, and jelled into unappealing shapes with weird backdrops, I understood why the idea of using whole foods now seems so revolutionary. Check out this slide show of what passed for food in the '70s (1977, to be exact) and I'm sure you will agree . . .

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4 Comments

tlsgirl 3 years 41 weeks

My boyfriend and I actually own this. It was his grandmother's, and it's hilarious.

janneth 3 years 41 weeks

I guess this stuff was considered fancy or gourmet. It was a way to show your artistic creativity.

janneth 3 years 41 weeks

It's like people used to not have teeth, and needed food that would slide down their throats.

weffie 3 years 41 weeks

My ex was a millwright and once had to install some machine in a gelatin factory... He said the smell was so nauseating that nobody who went there ever ate Jello again! But really boiled hoofs, bones and skin don't sound like they should smell good :P I can't believe people eat that stuff!