Here's a view of the back cover. In health class, they used to bring in diseased organs to convince us not to use drugs. That roast on the left looks like one; I'm guessing a liver with cirrhosis. And what better to go with Mummified Beef than a platter of diseased pickles and not one, but two sticks of butter?
Inside, you can find recipes for Oven-Buttered Barbequed Chicken, Butterburgers, Garlic Butter Sticks, and Lemon Buttered Nut Bread. It's a shame the free angioplasty coupon is already torn out.
The mother looks remarkably flippant as she ushers them down the path to obesity, tooth decay, and really horrible recipes. "Come, generic husband and child! Put on your weird red highlights and follow the 4-foot-tall bottle of Karo syrup!"
Not until you open the book do you learn that it's really an extended ad for Karo, butter, Spam, butter, Nestlé, butter, and butter. For instance, they want you to put Karo in your pancake batter, on your pancakes, in your jam, on ice cream, and on pudding. Pudding. If you think meals which consist primarily of corn syrup and über-processed meat are good eating, you're in luck.
