What IS that liquid?Dieter's favourite (or is that least favourite?) company Weightwatchers holds a "special place" in the heart of the Poorhouse. It is apparently the 47th best small company in the UK to work for; "small" presumably being a state of mind rather than any other size-related reflection of what probably is the biggest diet company in the UK.

Its current range of foodstuffs is usually good for a laugh. Of particular note at present are the irresponsibly-named "Simply Fruit". Imagine some real fruit with plenty of extremely non-simple chemicals added, as much natural tastiness removed as possible and put in environmentally unfriendly amounts of packaging at a nice high cost. There we go: "Simply Fruit". Not all of their products are distasteful mind, the "Chocolate Whips" are a smorgasbord of sticky "chocolaty" goodness if you don't mind the taste of the chemical flavourings factory permeating through. But things weren't always this wonderful in the deep dark past.

But things could be worse, and indeed they have been! Thanks to an anonymous person for making known the existence of Candyboots' collection of Weightwatchers recipe cards from 1974. Located by chance in a basement and lovingly scanned in by said site owner, it is essential viewing for those with a twisted sense of food desire, crazily inappropriate props and extreme misnomers. Yes, the nightmarish illustration to this article is indeed a proudly shown something-supposed-to-be-eaten. The Poorhouse has no intention of it going anywhere near its mouth. The only excuse is it was the drug-addled 1970s. Do not miss the tour.