Holiday Jello Mold: Making A Fun Gelatin Salad
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Gelatin salads and jello molds are a long-standing holiday tradition in many families. The variety of these salads are endless and can go from sweet to savory. He is an easy mold that I like to make for holiday celebrations that adds a little sweet option to the buffet table. It can also be served as a dessert.
Here's the recipe for the version I made. Note that you can use any flavor gelatin you like, and mix in different canned fruits.
1 - 6oz box of strawberry gelatin (or two 3oz boxes)
1 - 8oz container whipped topping
1 - 15oz can Mandarin orange sections, drained and chopped
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup cold water
3 cups ice
Pour boiling water into large bowl and add gelatin. Stir well making sure the mixture is completely dissolved. Add cup of cold water (make sure water is very cold) and combine.
Stir in ice cubes and stir until mixture begins to thicken. It should start to be the consistency of egg whites. Using a slotted spoon, remove any small pieces of ice that may remain in the mixture.
Add half the container of whipped topping to the mixture and stir or whisk in gently until fully incorporated. Add remaining half of whipped topping and combine completely. Put bowl in refrigerator for 20 minutes or until mixture begins to set.
Remove mixture from refrigerator and add chopped orange segments and gently fold them into the mixture. Transfer mixture to an 8 cup mold and refrigerate 3-4 hours, minimum.
Before you remove the salad from the mold, chill the platter you plan to serve it on. It helps keep the salad firm during the meal. Using a bowl that is larger than the mold, fill it 2/3 of the way with room temperature water. Dunk mold in water for a minute or so to help loosen the sides of the gelatin. Trace around the upper edge the salad with a paring knife. You don't need to go deep, just try to separate the edge from the mold. Invert your serving plate/platter on top of the mold and flip over. If the salad doesn't release within a few seconds, give it another quick dip in the water and try again.
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Greetings Kevin! I so enjoyed this vintage jello mold recipe, it looks delicious! I am a mid century girl and my mom always made jello for us 7 kids, especially in the summer, we loved it. Our go to holiday jello mold recipe is really delicious too, it is a staple at both Thanksgiving and Christmas or any time of year. Here is the recipe, hope you’ll try it! Thank you for sharing yours!
Cranberry Jello Mold
1 6oz. pkg. cherry jello
6 Tbs. Sugar
2 cups boiling water
1 16 oz. can whole cranberry sauce
1 pint sour cream
2/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Mix together boiling water and jello. Next add sugar and then cranberry sauce. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Then add sour cream and nuts. Blend together and pour into mold until set.
Hi Suzanne! Thank you so much for sharing your family recipe! I love the sour cream - a nice tangy touch! Perfect for Thanksgiving. I'll have to try it! Thank you!
Informative, nostalgic and useful as usual, thanks Kevin for another trip into America’s food history.
You're welcome rriflemann - appreciate you watching!
Being southern, we love our jello salads. One of my favorites my mom made and I still make it, is lime jello, pineapple,cool whip and cottage cheese. I want to try this one.
My aunt gave my mom a recipe in the 70s that uses plain gelatin, maraschino cherries, pineapple, whipping cream and cream cheese. It's very good.
Morrison's, a defunct cafeteria headquarted in Mobile AL had one with pineapple and cheddar cheese that I liked to get. I still miss them. They had the best fried chicken.
Hi TW - I agree that the best Jello salads come out of southern cookbooks. I always loved the cafeterias of the south - such good homemade food. Thanks!
My mom frequently made a "jello pie" in the 70's and 80's that involved jello, fruit, ice cream, and a graham cracker crust. She would usually make three for dinner parties - orange, raspberry, and strawberry. So simple but so delicious. Orange was my favorite with the canned mandarins in it.
Great memory, acaliaaidras! I haven't seen a jello pie in many years! I remember when they were a popular dessert.
Hi Kevin, call me weird, but my Polish grandma always made a really delicious tomato aspic at Christmas with sliced green olives in it when I was a kid growing up in Chicago in the 1960s. She put it in a Christmas tree shaped jello mold. Still love it LOL. Always brings back such wonderful memories. Happy upcoming Holidays to you too sir. Really enjoy your channel.👍👍 Rusty
Hi Rusty - I won't call you weird because I'll bet your grandma's aspic was delicious. Food memories are some of the best we have! Thanks so much!
Just in time!! OMG I have to get a new bunt pan .. you're wonderful for bringing this back to remind us of younger days.. ❤❤❤❤
Hi Rose! You can use a bundt pan as a mold! Thanks so much!!
Oh yes, I remember that Tupperware jello mold well! My job in the kitchen was to dissolve the jello in the boiling water. Mom used to make an orange jello salad with orange jello, orange sherbet, and mandarine oranges. Christmas it was raspberry jello with canned cranberry sauce and canned pineapple with a whipped topping on top of the jello. My aunt still makes the lime jello with cottage cheese to this day.
Hi Harley - thanks for sharing your jello memories! Your Christmas jello sounds great! Thanks!
Hi Kevin, my mom would make a large Jello mold like you did for the holidays and it really was a yummy treat we looked forward to enjoying this each year. I know things have changed but have they changed for the better? We still have our beautiful memories.
Hi Jade - it's nice to have these special traditions for the holiday season. They always bring back good memories. Thanks!
I just found a vintage jello tupperware mold at a thrift store! I love making jello molds, I don't know why, but they are just fun!!! Can't wait to use my new mold, I always buy them when I see them in thrift stores.
Hi Shannon! Glad you found one! Have fun making the jello molds - the old Tupperware molds are great!
@@cavalcadeoffood Mine is different from yours, it's in the shape of a ring, but still fun. I didn't know the center popped out like you showed to help the mold slip out so when I looked at mine again I realized it had the same feature, so I learned something! I know it's silly, but there is something about jello, and jello molds that are just fun! I also collect a lot of vintage cookbooks for the mold recipes as well I LOVE seeing all the odd mixtures, and creations they came up with!
I loved this video, thank you! Brought back sweet memories of my mom letting me have the tasty ice cubes after she removed them from the jello.❤❤❤
Hi Julie - I'll bet getting those ice cubes was a treat!!
My family still loves jello salads, not the weird vegetable ones, but sweet salads. My favorite is the pistachio pudding one with pineapple. 😊
Hi 1corinthians - the sweet jello salads are great. I know the one with pistachio pudding and pineapple - delicious!
You are a brave soul to unmold that on a live camera. LOL Jello Slouch,,,,,,,, I love it.
Hi Fred! I usually have good luck getting it out of the mold. I was hoping it would work on camera! LOL! Thanks!
Hi, Kevin, Thank you for all the tips on making and unmolding a jello creation. We will have to try this--will have to use a bowl. My Mother-in-law used to make a tasty tomato aspic.
We received a set of pyrex bowls like the one you used for a wedding gift in 1964. When our daughter married, we gave it to her, when her daughter got married, she gave it to her.
Dishes can make us happy with fond memories.
Hi Bluehill - I love how you have passed the Pyrex bowls down with each generation. It's always nice to use things that have a great family history! Thanks!
Dishes themselves do bring happy memories. When my Mother-in-law passed, the only thing our daughter requested was the yellow, squarish pyrex casserole that her Grandma cooked her golumpkie in.
Thanks for this, Kevin! My mom had that Tupperware Jell-O mold with the interchangeable lids for different holidays. But we rarely used it. We had Jell-O salad at every holiday, but it was the tri-colored Jell-O made in a 9 x 13 glass pan. It was my aunt’s specialty!
She made red, white, and green for Christmas; yellow, white and purple for Easter; Red White and blue for memorial day and Fourth of July; and I believe yellow, white and orange for Thanksgiving. Although sometimes I think it was yellow, white and red too. Great memories!
Hi John! I can see your aunt's Jello - we called those "ribbon salads" and they were always fun. Thanks for sharing those great memories!
Kevin love both of the channels. I remember in tge 70s having jello salads a lot. Lover the cavalcade
Thanks for watching, Russell!
My mother always took her line jello mold with frozen mixed vegetables in it to all family gatherings. Always a big hit with everyone but me. I hated those old frozen vegetables with the lima beans. Lime jello did not save them.
I make orange jello with oranges and whipped cream made with orange jello mixed into the cream when whipping. Big hit with my grandchildren. Got the idea from an old jello cookbook I found at the second hand store.
I saw the jello dishes used before massed produced jello, at fancy dinner parties. They maybe held an oz. So tiny and delicate.
It was a doctor in England who came up with feeding jello to sick patients in the hospital. Easy to digest and protein.
My version is always sugar free. Dad was diabetic. So is my husband.
Hi Dawn - your orange jello sounds really good! I think jello and whipped cream are a great combination. Funny they still serve jello in hospitals to this day. I know when I was sick that was something we always had - good medicine!
National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation" has forever left the image of aunt Bethany's lime green Jello mold with dried cat food in it... the modern American pyche has been tainted!! Hee hee hee...
My mom always made Jello salad but I don't remember her using a mold. Very interesting episode! Take care! Sorry for going a little off topic.
Hi Greg! LOL - I had forgotten about the jello in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation! Ha Ha! Jello has gotten a bad rap over the years, in part because a lot of people came up with these bizarre combinations. Most people just made Jello in a bowl, but the molds allowed you to fancy it up for a party. Thanks so much!
I regularly make the Sunset Salad; I have a small book issued by Jell-O with lots of great ideas. Overlooked product.
Hi mrruggles - I'll have to look in my Jello books for Sunset Salad. Thanks!
My mom used to make jello with canned fruit cocktail in a clear glass Pyrex container. We could see the fruits susoended like little gems. I have lemon Jello in my refrigerator right now. I had a bad headcold and it's light, comforting and helps ease a cough and sore throat.
Hi Donna! I can see those pieces of fruit floating in you mom's jello! Hope you feel better soon! That lemon Jello will help! Thanks!
Hi, Kevin! My grandmother always called this, "Pink Salad." It was on the table every Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love it!! thanks for showing how to make it.
Hi Nancy! I think "Pink Salad" is a great name for this! Glad it was a tradition in your family! Thanks!
It's sad that it's become so passé as it was always a nice treat. My sister went to an event at a friend's home a couple of years ago and brought a nice jello mold - sadly, nobody touched it. As you mentioned, I too like to have something a bit sweet while eating a big holiday dinner. I have many recipes for jello that I picked up through the years. You've inspired me to make some jello. Thank you for sharing such an oldie but goodie!
Hi Christine! Hope you make some jello soon! People don't know what they're missing! Thanks!
Brings back memories 😊
I'm glad - thanks, Charles!
Thanks for sharing!! We were just talking about Jello salads at the shop. Everyone likes them. My mom's specialty was lime jello, grated carrot, cottage cheese, and crushed pineapple. My daughter in law drains a can of sliced pineapple, adds jello, and chills. It's an instant mold that looks pretty on the table .
Hi Peggy! Your mom's lime jello salad sounds yummy! I'll bet it was pretty too with the green and orange carrots. I did a video a few years ago on making a mold with the can of sliced pineapple. It was great - glad your daughter in law makes it! Thanks!
What a wonderful video talking a bit about the history of gelatin deserts. If I tried that, I think that skipping the Cool Whip and all its "weird" ingredients and use whip whipping cream. Astonished by the pop-off bottom of the jello mold. Who would have thought. Brilliant and thank you for the mid-century ideas.
Hi kennixox - fresh whipped cream would be wonderful in this! thanks!
So appreciate the history 😊
You're welcome!!
Oh my gosh! I made Jell-O creations in all kinds of containers. My mom commented once that Jell-O looked pretty good in her bud vase. Check in your library Kevin...Jell-O cookbook circa 1972. My first cookbook. Grins. Nancy
Found it second hand at a bookstore. I love old cookbooks.
Hi Nancy - I'll have to look - I bet I have a copy. I've never seen Jello in a bud vase! Thanks!
Grins. Three tone green Jell-O with pickles. Frightening, really.
@@dawnelder9046COOL! Thanks for your comment!
It's a 3 minute stir to fully dissolve. According to this Jell-O nerd
Would be great to see your jello mold collection
Hi Trudy - it's hanging on the wall above the cabinets in the kitchen studio. Thanks!
I make congealed salad with Jell-O, marshmallows, cream cheese, Mayo, pecans, and crushed pineapple. My mother-in-law always made lime in a casserole dish. My Mom made mixed fruit flavored in a Tupperware mold. I’ve tried different flavors like sour apple, cranberry, etc.
Hi Myriska - those are some great old Jello recipes! Thanks!
Great memories….lost art hope will come back😊Thankyou so much 🎉
Thanks, Trudy!
Fantastic! One must remember the Jello Poke Cake. *all my thrifted jello books have the companion “dream whip” as the topping !
Oh, and the sweetest Ambrosia, marshmallows, pineapple, cherries 🍒coconut. Perhaps the jello pistachio mix also.
Hi Elaine! I used to love those poke cakes! Haven't had one in years. Ambrosia was always a big hit. I'll have to make some. Thanks!
a while back I went to a local (in the south of the US) restaurant for brunch. a coworker who is not from here ordered a meal that came with a cranberry salad. She was NOT expecting jello. :-) we all get a chuckle still about her reaction.
Hi Christina! LOL! I think some of the best jello salad recipes I've seen came out of southern cookbooks. Thanks!
What is a great dessert. It is like a Blancmange. Easy and convenient.
Thanks so much, Trent! This is less elegant than a blancmange, but it sure tastes good!
when I use my Tupperware mold I always spray Pam inside first ...then when I turn over to unmold I remove the cap on the bottom which allows air between the food and the mold...I love your videos
Hi Betty! Thanks for sharing your tip about spraying the mold first!
My Grandmother always brought a green jello with cottage cheese and walnuts in it and I think it may have had mayo in the recipe and my mother made the Orange Jello with grated carrots and raisins.. Love these will bring one to Thanksgiving!
Thanks, klb! Glad you are keeping the jello tradition going in your family!
I just love your channel! I always learn so much fun info. I’m a big Jell-O fan! I have the vintage Tupperware ring mold and was looking for a new recipe. I just made an orange Jell-O mold for Halloween tonight. It’s made with orange gelatin, orange sherbet, mandarin oranges, canned pineapple and bananas. Thanks for a great video and several tips to use. I can’t wait for the video on Tupperware! 🥰🎃
Hi Judy! Thanks so much! I love your Halloween jello mold! I'll bet it was delicious! Happy Halloween!
Another great video, Kevin! I do love a good Jell-O salad. My paternal grandmother made a jello called the Apricot Peach Marshmallow Salad. It's so easy to make, the hardest part is finding the apricot jello. After she passed I continue to make this for all the family holidays. It's a family & friend favorite & it always brings back happy memories.
Hi rmgtnsteele! That jello of your grandmother's sounds delicious! I always pick up apricot jello when I can find it. I'm going to have to try it. Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood Let me share the recipe with you & all the other food friends :)
Apricot Peach Marshmallow Salad
2 3oz boxes Apricot Jello
2 cups boiling water
2 cups cold water - or 1 cup cold water plus enough ice to make 2 cups
2 cups drain juice peaches - reserving juice.
½ bag Mini marshmallows
1 can crushed pineapple
1 8oz block cream cheese
1 package Dream Whip
Dissolve Jello in boiling water; add cold water. Keeping the Jello in the mixing bowl, put in the fridge to slightly set (about 10 minutes if using ice cubes). Cut peaches into small pieces & mix into Jello mixutre. Put mixture into a pan and set in the refrigerator until tacky (about 15 minutes if using ice cubes); sprinkle with mini marshmallows.
In a bowl combine the softened cream cheese and pineapple. Fold this mixture into the prepared Dream Whip. Spread over the top of the tacky Jello.
Oh How I love jello salad!!!
Me too! Thanks, Angie!
Yummy. Brings back wonderful memories.
Hi Delphine! Seems like all the old parties always had a Jello mold! Thanks!
Good morning I had a Jell-O mold many years ago just like that and I remember the changeable discs so you have the star I had one that had a Christmas tree a star and a couple of different ones those are a little harder to find nowadays A lot of times those were the first things that got lost or tossed or fell through the racks of a dishwasher and melted on the bottom LOL but they unmolded perfectly every single time I'm going to have to try to find another one Thanks for the Memories
Hi Diana - I think they came with four different tops - a star, a flower, Christmas tree and one other. I often see them at thrift stores and rummage sales. Thanks!
my Aunt made a jello vegtable sald mid 1980s in a mold love to see you make one.
Hi Foxeema - I'll have to do a jello vegetable salad in the future. Thanks!
I like red JELL-O with canned fruit cocktail 😋
That sounds like a good combination, KbB! Thanks!
Looks delightful 😋
Thanks, Canerican!
Kevin-
Made this for Thanksgiving and it was fantastic!
Thank you!
Hi Neal! So glad you let me know! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Now I have to dig out my tupperware mold! Put a dab of whipped cream in the star on top!
Hi Hoosierpioneer! Whipped cream on the star would be perfect! Thanks!
For almost every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, my sister makes a Jell-O salad called "Pink Fluff," which is her all-time favorite. This tradition started almost 60 years ago when our aunt made a vat of it for a family dinner. (Personally, I won't touch it. 😅) There are various recipes for it on the net, and it does contain pineapple. The salad isn't supposed to set up like regular Jell-O, so the bromelain in the pineapple isn't an issue. It's almost like southern ambrosia.
Hi Russ - I'll have to research the Pink Fluff. It sounds good to me! Thanks!
Another great episode. Think I'll make that for Thanksgiving lol❤
My Aunt in the 60s would make a Jello Poke Cake for her daughters (my cousins) and it was delicious. I do still make that occasionally. You should do a 50s/60s show about all those weird foods people made, some are pretty funny if you google it. Thanks.
Thanks, windingroad! That would make a fun episode. I haven't had a poke cake in years - I remember how popular they were!
I love jello with fruit in it…mmm
Me too, Tootsie! Thanks!
Kevin, instead of using cild water & ice, use your juice & fruit directly frim the refridgerated can.
You then can add the Cool Whip, put in the fridge & instead of just stirring once, stip twice.
You get the same results & have the benefit of your fruit's juice.
I've been doing that for over 50 years with no problems & fewer "left overs".
Another thing you can do wuth this is add cottage cheese to it, the same size as your cool whip size.
I do this with crushed pineapple or occassionally fruit cocktail as the fruit... allergic to oranges.
Thanks for the great tips, ameliainpdx!!
Looks interesting. Thanks for sharing this recipe! I hope you have a happy Halloween and get a lot of trick-or-treaters. :)
Hi Mary! We saw lots of trick or treaters today! Happy Halloween!
My mom still makes her cranberry Jell-O salad with strawberry Jell-O, hot water, crushed pineapple, a can of cranberry sauce, an unpeeled apple cut into matchsticks, and chopped pecans. Always a hit at Thanksgiving and made in a bowl or Pyrex dish. Maxfield Parrish did the illustrations for some of the first Jell-O booklets in 1924. Have you seen those? I have one and the food looks delicious. So does your Jell-O mold. Thanks for the demonstration.
Hi Jonathan - your mom's jello salad sounds great. I always loved when there was the crunch of apples in a jello salad. I have some of those early Jell-O recipe booklets. Beautiful illustrations. Thanks!
Just wondering if in your vast library of vintage cookbooks if you have any of the Joys of Jell-O recipe books? I have 2 of the original soft covered books, 1st. & 2nd. additions! So many very creative recipes! Since a kid of the late 50’s and 60’s it seemed like we had jello on the table at most meals, at least once or twice a week, sweet memories 💕👍 not always fancy but usually full of fruit or veggies. I happen to own a Tupperware Jell-O mold like yours👏👏. Thanks🍁
Hi Diana - Yes, I have a few editions of the Joys of Jello and a number of Jello publications going back to the 1920's. Glad you have one of the classic Tupperware jello molds - they are wonderful! Thanks!
I love all your tips! I’m going to try the hot plate, cold plate idea and using my jello mold again. I donated some of those, since I wasn’t using them. I rebought a small Christmas one, but it doesn’t have the removable small lid to help release the jello.
Hi Anna - hope you make something with you Christmas jello mold! Thanks!
Looks beautiful and delicious, thank you!
Thanks, JC!
I grew up eating a lot of jello with bananas. We did that instead of waiting for bananas to be ready for banana bread. It was cheaper and better for my grandparents.
Hi hrhkittkatt! Jello and bananas are a great combination!
I watched you video last night and been thinking about it all day.
I just made it with cherry jello and sweet red cherrys.
I will let you know how it turns out 👍
Thanks, Tracy! Let me know - a double cherry Jello! Sounds terrific!
It’s was delicious! Everyone loved it. Now I need to find an old Tupperware jello mold
@@tracywhittington3350 So glad! Thanks for letting me know!
My mother in law makes crazy combination recipes. For a family dinner, she made an aspic jello mold. Top layer was tomato, middle layer was sour cream and bottom layer was guacamole. She served it at Thanksgiving. We were not a fan.
Hi Meredith - I have to say your mother in law's aspic doesn't sound too exciting. LOL Some things just shouldn't be turned into Jello or put together. Thanks!
That’s funny. It sounds awful. Good thing there’s better combinations to be had! Happy holidays 😊
Shirleys Lime Salad, Ill be making this one too, 1 box lime jello,120 miniature marshmallows,8 oz softened cream cheese,1 cup chopped pecans,1 cup undrained crushed pineapple,3 tbsp mayonnaise,1/2 pint heavy cream whipped with 3 tbsp sugar,1 1/2 cups boiling water, Dissolve Jello and marshmallows in boiling water, beat in cream cheese until well blended, add pecans pineapple and mayo, chill until partially set Fold in cream whipped with sugar, pour into a mold and chill.
Hi Hans! Thanks for sharing Shirley's Lime Salad! I love that it calls for exactly 120 marshmallows! I'll bet it's a pretty green salad. Thanks!
Kevin do you ever do any canning? I’d love to see a video if so 😊
Hi waybackwhenvintage - yes, I do some canning in the fall. If you search my channel you'll find episodes of me canning bread and butter pickles. Thanks!
My Aunt Mables Cranberry Salad, this is a Betty Feezor recipe,,1 package orange Jello, 1 package Cherry Jello, Both 3 oz packages, 2 cups hot water,2 cups coarsley chopped cranberries, 2 oranges, I zest both, then peel the oranges, chop them coarsley,1/2 cup very finely chopped celery,1/2 cup very finely chopped pecans, 1 cup sugar,Dissolve gelatin in hot water, chill until it slightly thickens, add everything else mix well, pour into a mold and chill, Run the oranges and cranberries thru a old fashioned crank food chopper with the coarse plate on it, Lord willing ill have this when yall come visit.
Hi Hans! It will be worth a trip down there just for Aunt Mable's Cranberry Salad! Sounds incredible!
Listen on You Tube to any old Jack Benny radio show and the Jell-O commercials were great “… J-E-L-L- Ohh” 😀🎶
Hi KbB - Jell-O sponsored Jack Benny's program for many years. Jell-O was one of the biggest commercial food products of all time. "There's always room for Jell-O!"
😀😋
The big Jell-O salad the year I was born was called Sangria Gelatin Ring. It features a variety of berries, sangria, club soda, and Jell-O, molded in the Tupperware mold. We serve it still, and there are never leftovers.
Hi Arkay! Sign me up! that Sangria Ring sounds great! I'll be there are no leftovers!
Lime jello with shredded cabbage, pineapple and carrot shred!
Hi Trudy - interesting combination. Sort of salad and dessert!
Over here we see jelly cubes, rather than granulated.
Or clear gelatine leaves.
Oh yes Kevin, i always heat my plates for hot food 😊
Hi Lauren - I've always been fascinated with those gelatin leaves! We learned early on about hot plates. Thanks!
Could you freeze this and serve it like a sorbet or ice cream? That would be so refreshing.
Hi Sara - I'm not sure how this would freeze. I don't know if it would have the consistency of a sorbet. Thanks!
I make jello every Sunday and divide it into little covered pyrexes. I top them off with vanilla greek yogurt to take to work for lunch.
Sara - that's a great idea! Thanks!
My grandma always made green fluff as she called it. It was nothing more than the Watergate salad. I make it every year at Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's expected.
Hi Corey - glad you are keeping the tradition going. Watergate salad is usually a hit around here! Thanks!
Looks good, but I would have to have orange Jello for the oranges, and or strawberries for the strawberry. I used to make a pineapple walnut dish with the Americana Jello custard and Cool Whip. Jello stopped making it, and I have tried other custard packs, but it's never like the Jello custard was.
Hi Scooter - I forgot about the jello custard...haven't seen that in years. Too bad they stopped making it. Thanks!
Tried to thumbs up, but would not work . I have learnt I can use pineapple, and to use room temp water for loosening my mold. So you deserve a few thumbs up just for that.
Thanks so much, Dawn!
Lime jello with carrots shredded into it.
Hi Russell - that is a classic combination. Thanks!
The pink thing looks like a sick starfish.
LOL!
Oh, goodness yes! My maternal grandmother made a jello mold wreath at Christmas-lime jello mixed with sour cream, cranberries and walnuts, piped with more sour cream on top and studded with maraschino cherries...so festive, yet so disgusting! And let's not forget the classic orange jello "salad" mixed with shredded carrots and diced celery- 🤢.
Hi kvcooks - there were so many bizarre recipes over the years. Some didn't really work well, but there were many that really tasted great. Thanks!
I had a very long period of economic distress in my time and when I was fortunate to get better employment the first things I bought was Tupperware.
Hi Derek - Tupperware was always more expensive, but you knew you were buying the best. That's why so many older pieces are still around to this day. Thanks!
At a 4th of July picnic, a neighbor brought Perfection Salad. One cup of boiling water, 3 oz pkg of lemon Jello, 2 tbs vinegar, one tsp salt, 1 cup cold water, 1 cup finely diced celery, 1 cup finely shredded cabbage, one tbs dried onion flakes. You can substitute 1/2 cup celery and one cup grated carrot. It tastes like a slightly sweet cole slaw. Do you remember celery flavored Jell-O?
Hi hydractor! The Perfection Salad recipe goes back a long time, to the 1930's, I think. I don't know that I've ever had it. I don't remember the celery flavored Jello, but I know they also made a couple other savory flavors in the 50's and 60's when molded salads were popular. Another flavor may have been tomato. Thanks!
Love plain, fuited, Cool Whipped Jell-O...but I just can't with the aspics, veggied, meated ones.
Hi bbymks - yes, some of the savory gelatins can get a little much. Thanks!
@cavalcadeoffood right! When your food starts looking/smelling like a cold can of pet food, it's time to stop!
@@bbymks5 LOL!
I would like to see your recipes, but I cannot BEAR to hear you say "anyways" UGH! There is no "S" on anyway!
Hi Gerri - I so sorry my common midwestern vernacular tortures you to such a severe degree. Perhaps another recipe source can offer a syntax better aligned with your tolerances. Happy New Year!