An oldie but goody. You’ll especially like the commentary for each recipe card.
Weight Watchers Recipe cards from 1974. These cards mystify me. None of them have calorie or nutrition information of any kind, and in some instances it’s hard to tell what’s dietetic about the recipes at all, except that they’re unspeakably grim. And yet also, completely insane.
Remember, it takes a while for people to acclimate themselves to what’s “healthy.” Baby steps, baby steps. I recall an article I read back in the day that made fun of French gyms (relative to ours, of course) that noted that the French didn’t go to gyms to workout as much as to spend time flirting over the tablets chocolats and wine in the gym lounges. No other commercial slogan suits this attitude than the Virginia Slims of my day, one generation (in letter) previous to yours,
You’ve come a long way, baby.
I love mackerel, and can’t help thinking that fluffy mackerel pudding might be quite delicious.