Frightening food and steampunk style

[vilakins]

And now for some more retro. Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974: both terrifying and funny. I can only assume they were trying to put people right off food.

And some steampunk!

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The Gadgeteer

29% Elegant, 66% Technological, 20% Historical, 40% Adventurous and 43% Playful!

You are the Gadgeteer, the embodiment of steampunk technology. Ironically, many of the things that most define your style are probably too large to easily carry about, but given the opportunity you would prefer to be seen surrounded by boiler engines, gear-driven calculators, and incredible automata. Of all the steampunk fashion styles, you place the greatest emphasis on technological accessories, and you are the most likely to create elaborate gadgets that are as much a part of your outfit as your clothes. You probably have goggles, but unlike most people you consider them to be for more than decoration. Whereas most people might look odd carrying a satchel of tools around, for you they may well be essential. Above all, you remind everyone that what sets the genre apart from Victoriana is simply the level of technology.

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Comments

[san-valentine.livejournal.com]

I thought your steampunk would be something like that, or the engineer. We useful folks to have on a steampunk adventure :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Never travel without a steamtech!

[trixieleitz]

There's an alarmingly high occurrence of jelly in those dishes.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

There is and I loathe the stuff. I considered posting a jelly warning. [gag]

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

I got

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test...

The Explorer

32% Elegant, 41% Technological, 20% Historical, 76% Adventurous and 34% Playful!

You are the Explorer, the embodiment of steampunk’s adventuring spirit. For you, clothing should be rugged and reliable, and just as functional as it is attractive. You probably prefer khaki or leather, and your accessories are as likely to include weapons as technological gizmos. You probably wear boots and gloves, and maybe a pith helmet. Most of what you wear is functional, and if you happen to wear goggles people had better believe that you use them. In addition to Victorian exploration gear, your outfit probably includes little knickknacks from your various travels. Above all, you are a charming blend of rugged Victorian daring and exotic curiosity.

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I love steampunk!
This so far is my favourite You Tube Steam Punk clip

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's my favourite one mine too!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I've seen those cards! (Hell, my mum had a set horribly like them but not weightwatchers, so even worse...)

Should I sheepishly admit that I base my warped ideas of shipboard food on this sort of thing?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

That explains a lot. I can't imagine anyone eating that stuff unless they were starving or it was the only thing on board.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Zen's recipes come from the same era as the clothes...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

[snigger]

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

I was a Weight Watcher around that time and I can tell you the recipes are as bad as they look. I would rather drink hemlock than ever eat baked liver again. The basic diet was 2 oz protein for breakfast, that at least gave you the possibility of an egg boiled or poached, 6 oz of protein(meat) for your main meal and 4 oz of protein for your third meal with a very limited range of veggies. Looking back it was no wonder I lost weight rapidly, I just couldn't eat what they said I should so I ended up eating very little.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised. I really couldn't force most of those recipes down. Baked liver is bad enough, but that jelly? I have a horror of anything with a slimy texture.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Those recipe cards - good grief. There's a missing episode of Life on Mars in that lot.

[matildabj.livejournal.com]

Ha! Yes, exactly.

My mum's got a 1960s recipe book that's scarily similar.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

As long as she didn't use it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The Guv's wife goes on a diet and arrests go up as Gene combs the city for some decent nosh.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

I'd been thinking of something like the 'swingers' episode, but where Sam and Annie have to infiltrate a group of Weight Watchers. There's been a spate of muggings - "Give us your chips!" - near the WW meeting room, and, at his horrific first session, Sam begins to understand why...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

...and objects to the blatant violation of the basic human right to eat food that stays down.