I don’t know who this guy is on the cover, but he’s the same crazy guy from the Sealtest Food Advisor serving the holiday eggnog.  Now he’s a smiling chef holding a delicious margarine concoction.   Anyone know who this guy is?

New Recipes for Good Eating cover

First, all of them have slightly maniacal grins, especially Mom.   Mom has a vacant, Stepford wife look about her.  Then, look closer…

How many donuts do they plan on making?  There’s a HUGE platter of sugared donuts already finished.  6 more on the cooling rack.  Another batch currently being fried in Crisco, and who knows how much batter is still in the bowl.  There are at least a 24 donuts already made (and most of them are Chernobyl-sized donuts to boot).   I guess childhood obesity is timeless.

Continuing our survey of Crisco-fried delights, we have a few beautiful examples of deep-fried goodness.

“Fried Devil Dogs”

What’s better than a hot dog?  A breaded and deep fried hotdog!  It’s a egg washed, bread crumb dipped, spiced hot dog, then deep fried.  Well, maybe the next recipes will be a bit healthier.

“Mashed Potato Doughnuts”

Homer Simpson died and went to heaven.  Mashed potatoes aren’t typically the healthiest dish, the best ones have butter, cream and/or other fats.  So let’s deep fry balls of mashed potatoes in Crisco!  OK, so now we have our meat group, our vegetable group (kind of), so how about a fruit dish…

“Fried Peach Halves”

Roll peach halves in cereal flakes and pan fry in Crisco.  “Serve as an accompaniment to meat”.  I am not the best eater, and definitely love meat.  I also enjoy eating Southern food when I’m there.  Ditto for Germany and their extremely hearty breakfasts.  But when I’m home, I can eat lighter occasionally.   I don’t think I can handle my fruit being fried, it sounds like being stuck in a state fair with fried-everything.  Only you can’t leave.