We went to a funeral last year, where the lunch served afterwards consisted of chicken salad with mayonnaise, potato salad with mayonnaise, ham sandwiches with mayonnaise, and a yellow gelatin mold with blueberries and tiny marshmallows inside. When we were leaving, my teenage daughter said, "at least they have a sense of humor. That joke with the Jello sure lightened up the atmosphere for me." I told her I wished that were true, but instead it was a weird ricochet of something we thought of as a special treat in the 1970s. Today, as we all know, it's a crime punishable by a month of SPAM sandwiches for lunch.
To be so critical of people's tastes from a bygone era seems a little cruel to me. I grew up in the baby boom era. Some of the jello creations were tasty, and others not so much. However, all of them were visually stunning. Then there was the fondue Era, which no one seemed to know how to make or serve. I remember seeing lots of burned tongues come out of that one. But thanks for your offerings. They're fun
The jello dishes were honestly gorgeous. I admit that as someone who can't stand gelatin, perhaps I was a tad harsh. I have had some of the dessert jellos and they can be pretty good, but they're still not my thing. Thanks for commenting!
Grew up with these. Russian Roulette on a plate. Might be good.....might not. There were several I really liked with lime jello, pineapple, and cottage cheese.
Very nice :=) I recall once seeing a jello salad recipe that actually sounded pretty good, if I remember correctly it was a bland jello mixed with cucumbers and apples, doesn't sound too bad to me. But most of them are crimes that should be tried at The Hage :=)
I loved this video and since I grew up in the 1950s, I was subjected to far too many of these culinary horrors in my childhood and adolescence. In this same vain, can you please do a history of Spam? It's a horrible canned "meat" product that was probably the result of making rations for military folk in WWII. In my family it was a staple of Sunday evening dinners (fried) that we ate off of TV trays while we watched The Walt Disney Show. It still is a major protein (and cholesterol) source for Islanders in the Pacific. I spent a couple of years on Guam and they put Spam into all three meals a day and have a correspondingly high incidence of heart disease and diabetes.
I am an ASPIC lover and I have made it from "real" scratch now and then by boiling bone with pieces of meat and vegetables. I considered it a perfect food. I gave you a "thumbs down" because I was denigrated to committing a culinary crime by a Food Snob such as yourself. Unflavored gelatin is not easy find lately (as is hoof with lower shin bone) but when I find it I will make a huge mold of suspended mixed salad.
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We went to a funeral last year, where the lunch served afterwards consisted of chicken salad with mayonnaise, potato salad with mayonnaise, ham sandwiches with mayonnaise, and a yellow gelatin mold with blueberries and tiny marshmallows inside. When we were leaving, my teenage daughter said, "at least they have a sense of humor. That joke with the Jello sure lightened up the atmosphere for me." I told her I wished that were true, but instead it was a weird ricochet of something we thought of as a special treat in the 1970s. Today, as we all know, it's a crime punishable by a month of SPAM sandwiches for lunch.
You are doing a nice job with your channel !
My grandma was a bit of a jello fiend. It’s so weird, because I know she wasn’t even slightly high.
In spite of what most think, there were some very good gelatin based dessert salads. However, like everything, it took skill and a very light hand.
I vaguely recall seeing on recipe for jello salad that called for tart apples cucumbers and grapes that doesn't sound too bad actually
Never looked at it from an art form pov before. Great videos!
Thank you!
Interesting, Historidame. I remember some of these salads and desserts during 70s and early 80s. Never liked the savoury stuff!!
To be so critical of people's tastes from a bygone era seems a little cruel to me. I grew up in the baby boom era. Some of the jello creations were tasty, and others not so much. However, all of them were visually stunning. Then there was the fondue Era, which no one seemed to know how to make or serve. I remember seeing lots of burned tongues come out of that one. But thanks for your offerings. They're fun
The jello dishes were honestly gorgeous. I admit that as someone who can't stand gelatin, perhaps I was a tad harsh. I have had some of the dessert jellos and they can be pretty good, but they're still not my thing. Thanks for commenting!
Grew up with these. Russian Roulette on a plate. Might be good.....might not. There were several I really liked with lime jello, pineapple, and cottage cheese.
Very nice :=) I recall once seeing a jello salad recipe that actually sounded pretty good, if I remember correctly it was a bland jello mixed with cucumbers and apples, doesn't sound too bad to me. But most of them are crimes that should be tried at The Hage :=)
I loved this video and since I grew up in the 1950s, I was subjected to far too many of these culinary horrors in my childhood and adolescence.
In this same vain, can you please do a history of Spam? It's a horrible canned "meat" product that was probably the result of making rations for military folk in WWII. In my family it was a staple of Sunday evening dinners (fried) that we ate off of TV trays while we watched The Walt Disney Show.
It still is a major protein (and cholesterol) source for Islanders in the Pacific. I spent a couple of years on Guam and they put Spam into all three meals a day and have a correspondingly high incidence of heart disease and diabetes.
I'm glad you enjoyed! The history of spam sounds like it would interesting, I'll add it to my video idea list.
Geez, I remember these awful concoctions from the 50s and 60s. Gross!
Hilarious! 👍🇨🇦😎
now we have jell-o shots 😅
I am an ASPIC lover and I have made it from "real" scratch now and then by boiling bone with pieces of meat and vegetables. I considered it a perfect food. I gave you a "thumbs down" because I was denigrated to committing a culinary crime by a Food Snob such as yourself.
Unflavored gelatin is not easy find lately (as is hoof with lower shin bone) but when I find it I will make a huge mold of suspended mixed salad.
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I cannot stand jelly whether sweet or savoury.anything with a bouncy, rubbery or gelatinous texture makes me retch 🤢
Oh same
it's derived from animal cartilage if I eat it I buy vegan jello
The Bat Kol dessert made from carrageenan?
Jello is nasty. I grew up with a lot of these foods. Le barf
It doesn't look appetizing at all 😂