the good old days

Uh, ok, so there isn’t really that much of an age-old problem of fake food. However, in 1934, Van Olkon and Arthur Cohler (two names you’ll probably never hear again) solved the problem of melty fake food.

In typically over-the-top Modern Mechanix literary style, the article waxes (ha ha!) poetic about the delectable treats that can be made with this process…

Green peppers filled with gleaming macaroni, and topped with rich yellow cheese, turkeys roasted and fairly dripping with delicious gravies, and even chocolate candy are duplicated in wax with a naturalness that is unbelievable.

The chocolate candy would be the easiest of those foods to make.

But anyway, the process of simply casting a turkey (or whatever food) in wax to make it look realistic is cheating. It’s like if Michaelangelo had covered a guy named David in plaster and used that as a mold for the statue, instead of sculpting from marble. Quite realistic, but not particularly impressive — especially since David would have probably had a rather horrified expression on his face while being smothered in plaster.

I suppose you don’t care much about artistry when you want durable fake food for your display window, though.

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