Regrettable foods

[sid]

vintage_ads has been holding a "Regrettable foods (no Jello)" contest this weekend. Follow this tag to see some of the atrocities! And some of the stuff you would chow down on in a heartbeat...

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[ivorygates]

but... but... but....

THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR JELL-O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sid]

Yeah, and typically the "regrettable foods" tag is full of Jell-o. So this is a separate contest. :-D

I have friends who think Jell-o is OMG gross, because they were confronted as children with some of those bizarre salads people make. They have never actually experienced unadulterated, fruity, pretty Jell-o!

[annejack]

Grins, I've always thought jell-o is the most gross-est thing ever, and I only know the fruity ones. (I rather eat fruit as fruit anyway.) I still get goosebumps whenever I see Carter eat that blue stuff! :D Funnily enough my kid is the same and all of her friends think she's weird because she doesn't like it, LOL.

[sid]

I guess the slippery texture alone would put a lot of people off!

I've only made it a couple of times myself, so obviously I don't love it enough to bother, but I always enjoy eating it. :-)

[annejack]

'looks at sad Sam icon' awww, honey, I won't make fun of your blue jell-o anymore, promise :)

[sid]

Sam thanks you!

[archersangel]

i don't really like jell-o, but if you put fruit in it, then is a really big no.
probably because in grade school whenever they'd have jell-o was usually green with some sort of fruit in it. (grapes? pineapple? i don't recall)

[ivorygates]

Green Jell-O with pineapple, or cottage cheese, or both was a staple in my school cafeterial.

Scarred for life, I tell you...

[archersangel]

i've had "porcupine" balls before, they're good. the color of that ad makes them look kind of icky though.
those caramel cones look interesting.

[sid]

The color on the ads degrades over the years, but some things just look horrible END OF STORY. (Not the porcupine balls, as far as I was concerned. I'd probably like them fine.)