Cooking

[bryce0lynch]

Tomato Aspic
Congealed Vegetables

Yum!

 

[DangerousPuhson]

Aspic? What is this, the 1950s?

If so, say hi to squeen for me.

 

[squeen]

Reminds me of the King Crimson album: Lark's Tongue in Aspic.

Twist your mind into a prog-rock pretzel and listen to Easy Money from that album---could total see Radiohead remaking this song.

Freak out man.

 

[Beoric]

Aspic? What is this, the 1950s?

If so, say hi to squeen for me.

Ha! I have a reprint of a 1953 Better Homes cookbook that has - I checked - a recipe for Tomato Aspic. Good guess.

EDIT: Suddenly I feel like we need a "weird books you own" thread.

 

[squeen]

Ha! I have a reprint of a 1953 Better Homes cookbook that has - I checked - a recipe for Tomato Aspic. Good guess.

I am stunned by the coincidence.

 

[DangerousPuhson]

If anyone is looking to get some laughs/cringe at horrors of recipes past, might I suggest killing a little time on this site.

 

[Beoric]

If anyone is looking to get some laughs/cringe at horrors of recipes past, might I suggest killing a little time on this site.

Most of the links are broken .

I am stunned by the coincidence.

Not really, DP had the time frame bang on. And here is the page:



Check out the picture of "Old-time Perfection Salad", which looks a lot like congealed vegetables. Note this is on the same bookshelf that has my copy of Recipes from Scotland, originally published 1946, which includes two recipes for haggis.

 

[bryce0lynch]

I am tempted to make the aspic my signature recipe this year. There MUST be some formulation of it that DOESNT make it terrible. I'm thinking something that looks/tastes like tomato. Something like bloody mary mix and celery juice. I'm still not sure how to serve a tomato jello though. Crackers seem inappropriate and veg dippers won't work.

 

[DangerousPuhson]

I'm still not sure how to serve a tomato jello though. Crackers seem inappropriate and veg dippers won't work.

Cheese crisps

 

[Beoric]

I am tempted to make the aspic my signature recipe this year. There MUST be some formulation of it that DOESNT make it terrible. I'm thinking something that looks/tastes like tomato. Something like bloody mary mix and celery juice. I'm still not sure how to serve a tomato jello though. Crackers seem inappropriate and veg dippers won't work.

Maybe you need to get out of the American 1950s and look across the pond. I have a couple of recipes (which I have never tried) which use aspic as part of a meat dish as more or less a gravy jello. This one is basically cold braised roast beef in aspic, garnished with glazed vegetables:



I also have one with pork loin. Let me know if you want the recipes.

 

[The1True]

Maybe you need to get out of the American 1950s and look across the pond. I have a couple of recipes (which I have never tried) which use aspic as part of a meat dish as more or less a gravy jello. This one is basically cold braised roast beef in aspic, garnished with glazed vegetables:

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I also have one with pork loin. Let me know if you want the recipes.

This is an abomination. How many HD?

 

[Beoric]

This is an abomination. How many HD?

Hey, man, I'm not the one committed to making aspic a signature dish. I'm just trying to improve on congealed vegetables.

 

[bryce0lynch]

 

[DangerousPuhson]

Oh no, the bots finally got Bryce. We're all doomed!

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[Beoric]

I notice if you put sunglasses on him Karl Marx looks a lot like Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski.

 

[squeen]

I thought it was Jerry Garcia.

 

[DangerousPuhson]

I notice if you put sunglasses on him Karl Marx looks a lot like Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski.

Yeah, well you know that's just, like, your opinion man.