All the Vintage Food from "The Astronaut Wives Club," From Meatloaf Cupcakes to Jell-O Potato Salad
Food stylist Emily Marshall spent months up to her elbows in maraschino cherries, pimento olives, and all kinds of canned horrors (corned beef!) while working on the set of ABC's "The Astronaut Wives Club." Take a look at just a small cross-section of the hundreds of insane vintage dishes Marshall created for the show, from Jell-O potato salad to a mini "moon" cake made out of meatloaf and blue Betty Crocker Potato Buds "frosting."
Emily Marshall1/32Pudding pie with marhsmallows.
Emily Marshall2/32Wreath of pigs in a blanket wrapped in Pillsbury crescent roll dough.
Emily Marshall3/32Molded potato salad—also known as potato salad suspended in Jell-O.
Emily Marshall4/32Macaroni and cheese with a hot dog border and a hot dog flower.
Emily Marshall5/32"BBQ Jell-O salad" was Marshall's favorite thing she made for the show. It's got tomato Jell-O cubes, shrimp, hard-boiled eggs, and grapefruit wedges.
Emily Marshall6/32Beefaroni decorated with cheese triangles, pimento olives, and bell pepper.
Emily Marshall7/32These Christmas-themed deviled eggs were among the hundreds Marshall made for the show.
Emily Marshall8/32This "cheese porcupine" appetizer is from a 1964 issue of Bon Appétit—check out those olive eyes.
Emily Marshall9/32A Christmas dinner spread complete with cornbread, deviled eggs, casseroles, Jell-O, and a holiday ham.
Emily Marshall10/32Green Jell-O mold with marshmallows, maraschino cherries, and canned pineapple.
Emily Marshall11/32A meat and cheese plate—with colored toothpicks, of course.
Emily Marshall12/32The "Crown Jewel Mold" from The Joys of Jell-O cookbook features multicolored Jell-O cubes suspended inside a mold of Jell-O mixed with whipped cream.
Emily Marshall13/32Deviled eggs on deviled eggs.
Emily Marshall14/32The spread at one of the "launch party" dinners the wives would throw each time one of their husbands went off on a space mission.
Emily Marshall15/32Tater tot casserole.
Emily Marshall16/32Tuna loaf, with cheese.
Emily Marshall17/32Marshall made the shrimp tree from Bon Appétit's December 1974 issue for a Christmas episode of the show.
Emily Marshall18/32Christmas ham with canned pineapple rings and maraschino cherries.
Emily Marshall19/32Stroganoff casserole.
Emily Marshall20/32Cheerio bars.
Emily Marshall21/32Polka dot mac and cheese, a.k.a. mac and cheese decorated with hot dog rounds.
Emily Marshall22/32Open-face turkey sandwich with cheese, bread, gravy, and peas with pearl onions.
Emily Marshall23/32Pretzel wreath with Lipton's classic onion dip.
Emily Marshall24/32Pimento olives and cocktail weenies. And lots o' toothpicks.
Emily Marshall25/32A meatloaf "moon" frosted with blue Betty Crocker Potato Buds.
Emily Marshall26/32A pull-apart loaf stuff with hot dogs and cheese. Meant to be wrapped in tin foil and thrown on the grill, per instructions from a vintage Better Homes & Gardens grilling cookbook.
Emily Marshall27/32Bacon-wrapped oysters.
Emily Marshall28/32Tomato Jell-O mold decorated with cheese and hot dogs.
Emily Marshall29/32Meatloaves decorated with pimento olives and SpaghettiOs.
Emily Marshall30/32Meatloaf cupcakes—don't forget the potato "frosting."
