These Old Hollywood Stars Had Bizarre Diets

Oscar-winner Joan Crawford was known for her on-screen talent and alleged off-screen torture of her adopted children. What Crawford should've gotten more attention for, though, was her food habits. Per the Daily Mail, Photoplay magazine claimed in 1929 that Crawford was known to have a lunch of a few spoonfuls of soup, rhubarb, and crackers with mustard, with the publication going on to warn against the dangers of a diet similar to this.

Crawford didn't survive on rhubarb, soup, and crackers alone, though. She wrote a cookbook full of other meals that, albeit more filling than her alleged lunch, are equally as unappealing. One of Crawford's cookbook recipes was veal mousse. The recipe is an aspic, a popular food of the time that's essentially a savory gelatin mold. The blogger of Silver Screen Suppers tried the recipe and said it tasted fine, but the texture was (unsurprisingly) unappetizing. Crawford also had recipes for Bisquick cheese straws, almond soup, creamed white onions in a red pepper cup, and poached salmon with a mayonnaise-mustard dressing, all of which sound ... interesting.