“It was a terrible, indescribable thing… a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes forming and un-forming as pustules of greenish light.” - H. P. Lovecraft
Many thanks to Paul Komoda, ever the friend of Coilhouse, for pointing out the eerie similarities between this 1952 advertisement for vegetable-flavored salad Jell-O, spotted in a SocImages post discussing “how tastes are shaped by history” (see also: “The Social Construction of Prunes“), and this 1936 cover of Astounding Stories for Lovecraft’s “At the Mountains of Madness.”
If you wish to further penetrate the Mysteries:
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:07 am
Jell-O salad? How insane!
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:32 am
Happy to be of service.
This has, most definitely opened my eyes about the potentials of Jell-O flavoring.
The SocImages post about Aspic was also interesting, because they look like weird foods you’d find in a dream.
I’ve always loved Dali’s quote, “Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate of all we most desire.”
Not that I’m about to develop a craving for any of those gross looking preparations, but, as a culture, we put so many otherwise revolting combinations of food and drink into our mouths, without giving it a second thought, everyday.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:12 am
I always knew that stuff was pure EVIL.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
OMG SHUT UP I LOVE JELL-O SALAD!!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Irene, I’m with you. That stuff id deee-lishus!
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I made no disparaging remarks regarding the Jell-O salad! Though I don’t find it delicious so much as…. HYPNOTIC.
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:49 am
I suppose the left image could use a catchphrase too
‘Don’t let a week go without eating one!’
September 29th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
UNCANNY
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
http://www.farmanddairy.com/recipes/desserts/corned-beef-jell-o-salad/