Since discovering Good Housekeeping's
10 P.M Cook Book on the
Gallery of Regrettable Food page, I've been determined to discover the secret of the beans--and I recently tracked down a copy of the book, from 1958, on eBay. But I get ahead of myself. (Don't worry, we'll get to those beans.)
First things first. What is a 10 P.M. cookbook? Judging from the photography therein, it's a deviously clever method of getting your guests to leave the house, tout de suite.
(Click to embiggen the photos--but beware, they are truly hideous.)
Nothing says "sophisticated" quite like serving punch the same exact shade as your skin.
And now the beans, pictured in the book's "When It's Strictly Stag" section (though the recipe appears in the "Teen-age Triumphs" chapter--and the imagery
does remind me of a recurring dream I had during adolescence).
How are they able to stand up like that--probably for longer than four hours, and, really, shouldn't they call a physician?
And here comes the ultimate letdown: The recipe calls for dumping three cans of beans in a pan with a few other exotic ingredients (like "catchup"), sticking in your wienies (hee hee), and placing in the oven.
There are no secrets for their seeming Viagra-inspired tumescence!
This is worse than the worst M. Night Shyamalan twist ending.
I'll be posting more from this lost masterpiece, but I leave off today with the back cover photo.
Anyone care to venture any guesses as to what this is?
2 comments:
In the gallery of regretable food link, the Meat Meat Meat section is hilarious! I haven't had time yet to explore the rest.
Yeah, I remember laughing for about an hour straight when I found that site.
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