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The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan: Classic Diet Recipe Cards from the 1970s

by Wendy Mcclure

The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan: Classic Diet Recipe Cards from the 1970s Cover

ISBN13: 9781594482083
ISBN10: 159448208x
Condition: Standard
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A collection of the notorious retro "Weight Watchers" recipe cards in all their foul, full-color glory.

I found them while helping my parents clean out their basement a few years ago. They were neatly arranged in their own plastic file box. Plenty of the dishes seemed normal enough, but as I flipped through them, some of the recipes began to alarm me. And then I found the card for Rosy Perfection Salad. I fell over. I mean I Iaughed so hard I started coughing and I fell back on the floor and I waved the card at my mom, who just rolled her eyes. "Can I please have these? Please?" I begged. "What do you want them for?" she asked. "To cook?" "No," I said. She let me have them. I think they might have been my grandma's, but she never copped to actually having bought them. Nobody else did, either. As far as I know, I was never served any of these dishes as a child. I probably would have repressed the memory, anyway.
—Wendy McClure

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A collection of notorious 1970s recipe cards for everything from Fish Balls to Celery Logs, Caucasian Shashlik to Frankfurter Spectacular from a popular diet plan have been reproduced in all their scary goodness. Note: This book does not contain actual recipes.

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janetlha, February 27, 2009 (view all comments by janetlha)
This book is hilarious. Wendy McClure has a wonderful sense of humor and it comes out on every page. Her commentary on the recipe cards and the photos of the finished product is priceless. Great coffee table book and whenever you need a laugh.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781594482083
Subtitle:
Classic Diet Recipe Cards from the 1970s
Author:
Mcclure, Wendy
Author:
McClure, Wendy
Publisher:
Riverhead Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
Food habits
Subject:
Form - Essays
Subject:
Diet
Subject:
General Humor
Publication Date:
April 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
121
Dimensions:
6.12x7.98x.35 in. .55 lbs.

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