This week on my blog I'd written about some rather funny and questionable recipes found in a couple of vintage cookbooks. You can see that here:

http://thriftshopromantic.blogspot.com/2008/01/dubious-dinners-and-riotous-retro.html

But this triggered a conversation among some folks I know about just what we'll find quirky and bizarre in cooking and design years from now.

Sure, it seems obvious that a 50s Jello-mold filled, not with sweet fruity Jell-o, but a terrifying tomato aspic with Worcestershire sauce is at the very least going to surprise the average guest.

But what will horrify our palates in the future? We roll our eyes now about Martha Stewart's Bionic Woman housekeeping abilities... Will we laugh with mirth over her paper-bootied lamb shanks? Will we chortle over recipes that claim to be time-savers, because we have machines that do our cooking for us?

It'll be interesting to find out what foods fall by the wayside. What styles cause us to laugh out loud (that don't already!). What preparation methods suddenly disappear. Will microwave cookbooks become all the rage to collect... simply because there are no microwaves?

It's fun to consider