The most revolting dish ever devised

Article & Recipe: 'The most revolting dish ever devised'

Italian salad

On the blog that the article links to, one of the posters wonders if 'pears' might be a misprint. Maybe they meant 'peas'? One of the other posters answers, "You could well be right [...] The problem is, if you use peas instead of pears, it's not nearly as disgusting."

Other posters provide links to The Gallery of Regrettable Food, "Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir", Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974, and the Tuna Twinkie Soufflé from Bert Christensen's Weird & Different Recipes.

When the link is posted on the US blog Serious Eats, everyone takes the opportunity to sneer at jello, their in-laws, and their mothers. "Whats with all the middle-class retro housewife hate in the chain?!" asks one poster, legitimately, I think.

The blogger at Nose to Tail at Home decided to make the recipe and try eating it.

Then, the texture dawned on me–the grated carrot is pulp-like, followed by the gummy pasta, then the mushy pear joins the party before I hit the crunchy green beans. It’s almost as if the recipe writer decided on trying to hit every key on the texture piano.