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Friday, January 7, 2011

Magic Mushrooms

Did you know that in the Retro WW universe, a mushroom can magically become a peanut? It's true.

Since nuts are strictly forbidden - or illegal as we Retro WW gals like to say - the alternative is to make these tasty little "Roast Peanuts" from the 1966 Weight Watchers Cookbook.


Now, if you have followed this blog for a while, you know exactly what those quotation marks around the title of today's recipe mean, don't you? For a quick review of the significance of quotation marks on Retro WW, please click here.

So now you know: These "Roast Peanuts" are not peanuts at all. They are canned button mushrooms, drained, salted and roasted at a low heat for one hour until they are brown and dry and withered and crunchy. Yum?


Try them if you dare! Jean Nidetch proclaims they are "just like peanuts."

I beg to differ. But in a pinch? They'll do. (And they're ZERO PointsPlus for all of you modern day WW gals out there!)


Many thanks to the fabulous Ms. Bitchcakes for the recent mention and a very big Retro WW Welcome to all of the new readers who have stumbled upon my crazy blog. Enjoy your weekend, everyone! Grab a beer, a handful of "roast peanuts", and paint the town red! Cheers!
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10 comments:

  1. 80sMomJanuary 7, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Huh? What? Just like Peanuts? I think they were dining on a different kind of shroom when they wrote that book!

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  3. JenniferJanuary 7, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    As I read this I am roasting broccoli & cauliflower (from the Celebrating WW cookbook - New Year's Eve Cocktail party) to snack on during a movie. I guess somethings don't change that much, but at least it's better than mushrooms!

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  4. heidiJanuary 8, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    even helen keller would know these aren't peanuts. c'mon jean! wth?

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  5. ~Tessa~ScoffsJanuary 8, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    I love your nails! So retro!

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  6. This Mid 30s LifeJanuary 8, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Urgh. Looks worse than those dried packets of food you take camping. About as similar to peanuts as my toes are!! :-)

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  7. CyndyJuly 15, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    I remember these, it was the 60's and my Mom was an original WW....we didn't call them peanuts, but we ate them :)

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  8. SparkinaNovember 6, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    I happen to like mushrooms a lot (I do a portobello mushroom "burger" that is fit for a Roman emperor!) and think these would be pretty yummy. Not like peanuts but a tasty snack in their own right. Maybe if one called them Munchrooms or Munchable Mushrooms or something

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