Apparently, regional fundraiser cookbooks really liked to troll Gwyneth Paltrow before they even knew who she was or that she would associate the word "goop" with quartz yoni eggs and other weird, overpriced bullshit. While Grangers thought goop should be enough ground beef, spaghetti, and cheese casserole to serve a crowd, the Celebration Cook Book (American Association of University Women, West Chester, PA, 1976) insists the recipe should use more heavily-processed ingredients and be for a smaller party.
Here, "Goop" involves mixing wiener chunks into Kraft Garlic Cheese, mushroom soup, and sherry or vermouth, and garnishing said chunks with canned olives or mushrooms. It's much cheaper (and possibly healthier!) than the crap Paltrow tries to unload on people with (as my grandma would say) more money than sense.
I can see the conversation where this got named now. "What should we call this?" Kid looks skeptical while letting some of the food drip off of a spoon. "Goop. That's what you should call it."
ReplyDeleteAnd there are a LOT of old recipes that could generously be described as goop.
DeleteMaybe this was really meant more as entertainment than food at a cocktail party?
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