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lunatica

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74. Maybe it's a genetic thing

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 12:40 PM

Aug 2014

You may just have the recessive one.

I'm actually half serious here. Most humans agree on what tastes good or bad, but there is absolutely no agreement when it comes to liver. It must taste different to people who like it, because most times they'll say they love it. For the rest of us it is a major puke assault on our taste buds and a horrible texture on the tongue and chewing it is also unpleasant. Every aspect of our mouth recoils from it. All this must be felt as pleasant to people who like it.

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I refuse to believe people actually ate this shit in the 60s [View all] Blue_Tires Aug 2014 OP

We we barbarians back in the day The Second Stone Aug 2014 #1

Just the word, "aspic" makes me nauseous... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #2

It gags me, too. GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #18

my Mom did a salad with strawberry jello and cream cheese & some kind of fruit, I think... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #19

Frozen strawberries, maybe? GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #20

yes probably.... I should ask my sister what else was in there. hlthe2b Aug 2014 #22

In my family we call it "green salad" or "lime salad" Boomerproud Aug 2014 #45

ass pick trof Aug 2014 #49

Similar things, only without the shrimp Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #3

I didn't (not born yet) but great and grandparents did. Reason: no AC. politicat Aug 2014 #4

That sounds tasty, actually. amandabeech Aug 2014 #66

We also had Jello with canned pineapple and sliced bananas Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #95

"By itself" wasn't so good, amandabeech Aug 2014 #98

Don't knock it till you try it. Xyzse Aug 2014 #5

The internetz are a veritabe treasure trove hifiguy Aug 2014 #6

Omgeeeee! I almost vomited looking at those pics! I've never seen so much beige food. mackerel Aug 2014 #24

Here's another one, the poster said he got his inspiration from Lileks Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2014 #84

Here's some modern bad food spinbaby Aug 2014 #92

I feel the same way about people who eat liver lunatica Aug 2014 #7

I am a vegetarian now, but in my meat-eating past, RebelOne Aug 2014 #30

Yeah, my mom and grandmother could eat it by the bushel Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #72

Maybe it's a genetic thing lunatica Aug 2014 #74

Those Jello salads were very popular back in the 60's as well as these: Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #8

I love what you've done with that pear. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #9

So does that mean that we both have to ask Skinner to ban us and throw all of Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #10

Skinner is reasonable. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #16

omg! he won't be reasonable when he sees this picture you just posted!!! orleans Aug 2014 #41

Those pears (?) have a decidedly hifiguy Aug 2014 #12

I think those mouses OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #21

best comment EVER! n/t orleans Aug 2014 #42

Ark Granny lululu Aug 2014 #78

I love it - the shrimpy are swimming in the green sea LynneSin Aug 2014 #11

On the other hand... Turbineguy Aug 2014 #13

Someone REALLY needs to redesign the lower-right corner of that box jmowreader Aug 2014 #67

Gross. But, in the 70's, Lark's Tongues in Aspic totally ruled. dawg Aug 2014 #14

and ............... dawg Aug 2014 #15

One of the Ten Great Prog Albums Of All Time. hifiguy Aug 2014 #25

Oh yeah!!! Saw them live in '74. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #31

That Crimson never came to Minneapolis hifiguy Aug 2014 #32

outrage SCantiGOP Aug 2014 #17

My Grandma did an orange jello with shredded carrots mackerel Aug 2014 #23

I have seen that hifiguy Aug 2014 #26

She actually served it at Thanksgiving. mackerel Aug 2014 #27

i put crushed pineapple and chopped pecans in mine. kcass1954 Aug 2014 #40

My mom did lime jello with shredded carrots. logosoco Aug 2014 #69

That's weird stuff my grandmas made to distinguish themselves from our great grandmas. hunter Aug 2014 #28

Chicken fried possum and pickled owl gizzards hifiguy Aug 2014 #29

Didn't she serve vittles too? lunatica Aug 2014 #33

The possum and the owl gizzards WERE the vittles, hifiguy Aug 2014 #34

My great grandmas grew up north of the 'possums. hunter Aug 2014 #35

My mom's family was German hifiguy Aug 2014 #36

haha! grasswire Aug 2014 #48

It is a MN, Dakotas, Iowa, WI thing, I think. hifiguy Aug 2014 #56

north of the possums?? LOLOL grasswire Aug 2014 #57

Possibly. hunter Aug 2014 #64

none of my ancestors came directly from Scandihoovia grasswire Aug 2014 #65

There were also these: The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2014 #37

Hifiguy backs away quietly. hifiguy Aug 2014 #39

I am sitting here crying from laughter so hard I can just about breathe. I cannot see monmouth3 Aug 2014 #91

candle salads??? never heard of such a thing. n/t orleans Aug 2014 #43

It looks yummy. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #44

OMG. Those are really creepy. 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #53

this has... NJCher Aug 2014 #59

That is actually his sister, Amy Sedaris, in the Jimmy Fallon clip. Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #86

LMFAO! adirondacker Aug 2014 #81

Aye, let's get back to real food intaglio Aug 2014 #38

I really want to try haggis OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #46

I had in Scotland while I was on a tour to Loch Ness. RebelOne Aug 2014 #94

I still try to find sweetbreads. Best meat on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! onecent Aug 2014 #47

I didn't eat this shit - LiberalElite Aug 2014 #50

Yup. We actually ate Jell-O. That was before the mad cow prion scare. nt valerief Aug 2014 #51

We had some of those jello salads when I was a kid. drm604 Aug 2014 #52

My high school cafeteria... 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #54

My mother makes soup with a pound of chicken feet. We used to call mackerel Aug 2014 #55

Our mothers were related - loved 840high Aug 2014 #63

this is a great thread grasswire Aug 2014 #58

This thread reminds me of a song, want to hear it? Goes like this. Doc_Technical Aug 2014 #60

!!! hifiguy Aug 2014 #61

WHy do you think there are so many people whistler162 Aug 2014 #62

I make a damn fine jello salad, thank ye very much jmowreader Aug 2014 #68

I ate things like that in the 1960's Generic Brad Aug 2014 #70

Obviously, you didn't see our 'TV Dinners' pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #71

Gads hifiguy Aug 2014 #85

We had astronaut food, too PasadenaTrudy Aug 2014 #73

Reminds me of this video caraher Aug 2014 #75

That is a fantastic song & video! mackerel Aug 2014 #76

It's a favorite of mine caraher Aug 2014 #80

I love Jello molds. lululu Aug 2014 #77

I thought gelatin was from animal hooves? mackerel Aug 2014 #82

animals lululu Aug 2014 #93

Fried baloney sandwiches. kwassa Aug 2014 #79

Leaving the tails on the shrimp is a nice touch...... (nt) Paladin Aug 2014 #83

We ate this stuff when I was a kid: Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #87

I remember seeing something like that at the school cafeteria. mackerel Aug 2014 #88

I believe it might have first been served by the Army in WWII, where it was known as Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #89

Uh, as a veteran of many Midwestern Church Suppers of the sixties to the early eighties..... Burma Jones Aug 2014 #90

I've had a different form of that. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #96

It makes head cheese seem like ambrosia nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #97