If you've already visited James Lileks' Institute of Official Cheer, then you're probably suspecting that the title and purpose of this section was inspired by his own "Gallery of Regrettable Food" pages – and in this, you would be correct. However, my aim is a little different: while James is documenting culinary disasters and questionable products of decades past, here you will find accounts of my own first-hand encounters with modern-day, yet equally bizarre "food" products. Some of these have since been discontinued, to the immense relief of future generations; others are still out there, lurking quietly on the store shelves, waiting to visit their horrors upon unsuspecting consumers...
Rating Scale
Semi-edible, somewhat tolerable, but still best avoided.
"You can live on it, but it tastes like $#!+."
—(Crocodile Dundee)
Will make even an Iron Chef weep in despair.
Proof of the Devil's power in this world. Kills cows at 20 paces.