People ate the most bizarre stuff in the '70s — and this Twitter account has photos of it all

aspic beef '70s food
Aspic, or food set into gelatin, was extremely popular.
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As you gather around with your loved ones this holiday season, it’s time to look back and gawk at what we used to eat.

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Anna Pallai, a London-based publicity director in the publishing industry, was tired of clean-eating trends and Instagram pictures of perfect food and decided to create dedicated Twitter and Tumblr accounts to highlight the wacky '70s dinner party fare.

The original recipes I found came from my Mum's old cookbooks — mainly Carrier's Kitchen and Supercook,” Pallai told Tech Insider. “Since then, I have tracked down books in charity shops and borrowed from friends and family, as well as googling here and there.”

Pallai admitted that even though some of the presentations are lacking or seem dated, she’d still eat some of the desserts — though there were a number of trends she would gladly skip entirely.

There weren't many recipes that didn't involve some ingredient or other being suspended in [Jell-O],” she told TI. “And the fish molds. So many fish molds.”

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Keep scrolling to see some of the most bizarre “classic” meals.

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These sliced hot dogs look like they're melting.

 

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Eggs with sardines. No need to say more.

 

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Crushed pineapple, bananas, nuts, and red and green candied cherries — sure.

 

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"Chablis" is a region in France, but we're guessing the people there want nothing to do with this egg and scampi platter.

 

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This seems to be green beans, sliced carrots, and some sort of diced meat suspended perfectly in aspic.

 

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We're not exactly sure what's on this platter aside from eggs and seafood.

 

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This tomato chutney is a "delicious first course served with mayonnaise."

 

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This is just disturbing.

 

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There's no way these actually work, right?

 

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This is too yellow to be healthy.

 

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Prunes, olives, and Jell-O???

 

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Roquefort is a type of blue cheese and is apparently delicious with eggs?

 

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Forget the igloo shepherd's pie and check out the aspic salad in the back.

 

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Why mix in the frankfurters when you can leave them on top for a disturbing centerpiece?

 

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Surprise, eggs!

 

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Here's some more meat and bananas to get you excited for dinner.

 

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No thanks.

 

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And finally — prawn. stuffed. apples.

 

For more questionable foods, follow 70s Dinner Party on Twitter and Tumblr.

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