Are you hungry? We hope you are not; otherwise, you may lose your appetite rather quickly. The images we want to share with you today are the absolute opposite of all the perfectly aesthetic food so popular across all social media platforms. They also don’t belong to the category of “interesting” or unique-looking… However, maybe the second one could still be a good description of what you’re about to see…The Twitter page ‘Messed Up Foods’ is dedicated to the most confusing, weird, and very often disturbing pictures related to food. As we learn from the content shared on that page, perfection is overrated, and it’s definite imperfection that attracts more than 1 million followers, only on this single page.This post may includeaffiliate links.
Are you hungry? We hope you are not; otherwise, you may lose your appetite rather quickly. The images we want to share with you today are the absolute opposite of all the perfectly aesthetic food so popular across all social media platforms. They also don’t belong to the category of “interesting” or unique-looking… However, maybe the second one could still be a good description of what you’re about to see…
The Twitter page ‘Messed Up Foods’ is dedicated to the most confusing, weird, and very often disturbing pictures related to food. As we learn from the content shared on that page, perfection is overrated, and it’s definite imperfection that attracts more than 1 million followers, only on this single page.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Bored Pandagot in touch with Rachel, the person behindCursed Cookbooks, an Instagram account featuring images of the most cursed dishes, very often coming from vintage cookbooks, including some recipes guiding us on how to prepare these unique meals ourselves. The profile moderator was kind enough to share a background story of Cursed Cookbooks: “The account basically started as a joke, a few years ago I was reposting ‘weird’ retro food images on my personal social media accounts just to annoy my friends. It had the opposite effect, and people were so into it a friend suggested I create an account specifically for the content. I had also started collecting vintage cookbooks at that point. Everything escalated from there.”
I also need to mention theHoliday Lobster Spreadrecipe where the metal mold and finished recipe end up looking strikingly like a pes. It’s been nicknamed Ck Lobster.”
We get an idea why aesthetic food may be so popular and why so many people are willing to please their eyes with some seamless-looking dishes. However, this time, we were wondering what, in her opinion, attracts people to all the peculiar food images. Rachel shared with us: “Bad food is universal and something people can bond over. There’s also just plain morbid curiosity, did people actually eat these foods and did they taste as bad as they look? So many of the recipes are visually so unlike modern foods, especially from picture-perfect food shots you see a lot on Instagram. I’ve made a few of the recipes and talked friends into trying them, mostly they’ve been as bad as they look.”
Humor seems to play a significant role in Cursed Cookbooks’ content. We asked Rachel how she approaches adding a comedic element to the strange food combinations she shares, and she told us: “I like to keep it light-hearted and not take anything too seriously. I poke fun and joke around, but I never want to be disrespectful or overly negative. At the end of the day this is all about having fun, and maybe even occasionally learning something new or a little history. That being said, some jokes write themselves.”
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