21 Vintage Recipes That I Can't Believe Anyone In Their Right Mind Ever Ate

Sometimes old recipes are cool, other times it feels like there was a huge surplus of Jell-O and canned tuna in the '50s. Well, I dug around r/Old_Recipes and r/vintagerecipes to find the best of the best of these vintage eats. And by best, I mean worst. Here are some of the strangest concoctions I managed to dig up:

1.Please don't invite me to dinner if you're serving Super Supper Salad Loaf.

a recipe card for super supper salad loaf that is a square loaf of bologna with jell-o in the center
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2.Or this barbecue lemon Jell-O salad that isn't really living up to its name.

gelatinized barbecue sauce on top of a few leaves of lettuce
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3.Nothing beats the classic combo of lime Jell-O and cheese. Also, could someone tell me what the definition of a salad was in the '60s?

a vintage recipe card for lime cheese salad along with a photo of green gelatin with "seafood salad" in the center
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4.Or better yet, why everything was gelatinized, including this mac 'n' cheese.

gelatinized mac 'n' cheese in the shape of a ring mold
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5.Or this lovely mosaic of hotdogs, eggs, and peas.

an aspic with hotdogs, sliced boiled eggs, and peas arranged in a mosaic pattern
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6.Or this, um, thing?

a recipe card for a tower of different layered gelatinized vegetables
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7.Do y'all ever wake up for Sunday morning brunch and crave a hearty plate of HAM AND BANANAS HOLLANDAISE??

a vintage recipe card with an image of whole bananas wrapped in ham and covered in hollandaise
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8.Followed by banana meatloaf for dinner, of course.

a recipe card for banana meatloaf
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9.And a banana dolphin to take the edge off.

a recipe card for the smiling dolphin drink with a photo of a glass of tomato and orange juice and a banana shaped as a dolphin
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10.But do you know what was loved more than bananas? Canned tuna. So much gelatinized canned tuna.

a recipe card showing gelatinized canned tuna in the shape of a fish

I would actually love to have this mold, TBH.

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11.And tuna in loaf form.

a recipe card for tuna macaroni cheese loaf with an image of a loaf of mac 'n' cheese with canned tuna in the middle
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12.And slop form. Campbell's, love, I've contacted the authorities.

a recipe card for tuna 'n' waffles with an image of two square waffles covered in some sort of liquid, tuna, and olives
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13.The quotes here are terrifying me.

a recipe card for fish tacos with the word tacos in quotes along with an image of toast topped with cabbage and other toppings
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14.Oof, no wonder pirates all had scurvy.

a recipe card for pirate's pie with an image of a child with a pirate hat and a slice of "pie" with canned tuna in the center
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15.Ha, you thought we were done with the "salads." Well let me introduce you to cottage cheese and tuna salad.

a green gelatinized mixture in the shape of a ring with cottage cheese in the middle
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16.Or perhaps some spam 'n' cheese ribbon loaf for the lady?

a recipe card for spam 'n' cheese ribbon loaf along with an image of layers of cream cheese in between slices of spam
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17."Easy fixing!" maybe, "Good eating!" maybe not for this cream cheese, ground beef, and mushroom soup concoction.

a recipe card for ground beef grand style with an image of a tin lined with biscuits and filled with a ground beef mixture in the center
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18.All was well with these Strawberry Salad Pops until I read "1/2 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing."

a recipe card for strawberry salad pops with an image of a child licking a cone-shaped pink popsicle
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19.You're telling me the fussiest member of your family would happily eat cabbage grapefruit salad??

a recipe card for cabbage grapefruit salad alongside an image of a green molded jell-o
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20.These dogs have definitely seen better days.

a recipe card for crown roast of frankfurters with an image of sliced hotdogs surrounding a cylinder of filling
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21.And finally, a chicken mousse with the classic addition of "lemon or orange-pineapple gelatin."

a recipe for chicken mousse with an image of a ring of mousse filled with potato salad
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Let us know which of these vintage recipes you would try in the comments! I call dibs on the tuna fish mold.