Growing up in the ‘50’s & ‘60’s, my mother had that very mold hanging up with 5 others of a set of different shapes. She made & taught me to appreciate gelatin salads, though she called them “aspics.” They were always delicious & always made supper interesting, which is quite a homemaker achievement while parenting 3 kids under age 10. I’ve inherited the lobster & all 5 “sisters” & nothing makes me happier than offering a delicious “aspic” @ covered dish meals, especially since they’re now new discoveries for my younger friends. Old-fashioned becomes new-fashioned once again! And that wonderful BH & G Salad Cookbook has been on my cookbook shelves since it was handed down to me in 1970. I love it!
It’s the dollop of mayonnaise that had me super confused. 😂😂 and I definitely didn’t see a lobster at first!! 😂😂 you are a brave brave woman! Thanks for committing for us!! ❤❤
I think I would give it a try. I make a spiced orange jello with mandarin oranges for Thanksgiving--VERY refreshing! Also, I have copper molds on my wall (dual purpose). Thanks, Serena!!
You remind me of my grandmother, in the way you dress, and your home. That was her exact style. She wore clothes from that era her entire life. She was a small, slender lady, like you. Her kitchen, built in 1951, had all of the newest 50's appliances. Her oven was up high, in the wall, and her electric stovetop was on an island. Very new, and trendy for the time. She used them until she passed in the early 2000's. Still in near new condition. She took meticulous care of everything. ❤ Just thought I would share.
We had these same copper molds in our kitchen, and they got passed down to me, but I tucked them away. We used the lobster 🦞 all the time for all kinds of different salads, as well as the other molds. What a blast from the past this video has been! You've inspired me to pull them out and use them again. I'd forgotten about them. Such fun memories of growing up with my six siblings! Thank you! ❤
Haha! The faces I really can't move on haha. Oh god, yah I wouldn't prefer Pecans in that, such a solid off texture in a largely transparent gelatinous main background texture. Same with icecream, which just melts in your mouth leaving awkward pecans or what have you to crunch on as all the icecream dissipates. Lovely dress!
I’m a writer with a book setting in the early 1960s. My mother hung a set of copper molds on the wall but I have forgotten if there was a rule about what could be put into which shape. At that time, was there a rule that savory molds went into the fish container while the dessert and fruit salads were put into the rings and other non-fish shapes? Thanks for your help!
Yes! Definitely takes me back to my Grandmother Sarah. She made these gelatin salads for her various women’s groups she was a member of during the 40’s , 50’s …all the way up to her leaving this world in the early 2000’s. She was an Eastern Star, AAUW, very active in her church and the city she was from in Virginia. ❤️ Thank you for keeping these memories alive. ❤
It's a work of art! 👍😸 Your dress is marvelous! 💛🧡🤍 Yes, we ate these things back then. My mother being from England did not make them, but my Aunt Jeanne was an artist with a Jell-O mold. 😂
I adore that we both use Green Life, the same brand of colored cooking pots/pans. Yours are in your beloved yellow and mine are in my beloved Lilac. That brand makes such affordable and decent quality cookware in lovely colors. They are not Le Creuset by any means. Yet, they get the job done and are pretty to look at. 🖤
Being of a certain age…I hated trying these jello mould concoctions. However, when I moved to the upper mid-west….know this is where you find the most interesting mixtures. Jello should not have vegetables in it nor pasta. I do have a collection of these moulds hanging on the wall in my guest area kitchen. 😊
She’s a savage for that. She had plenty of colorful jellos to choose from. 😂 I know she saw the comments on the last video. I was so interested in the stove I didn’t notice 🦞
There’s that vintage recipe guy… Dylan somethin and he makes so Uber delicious recipes… (and some funky ones too. This would be a cool series!! (Anything to use that sweet stove!!
My mother used cottage cheese instead of mayo on the side. It was pretty good. Definitely a cool treat in a time when we did not yet have air conditioning.
I would try it, if I had some Bold Eaters to help eat it. I love your matching dress & facial expressions (to paraphrase others).🧡 (The feelings are genuine, even if the response is not "original") Best wishes to you
I wonder why back in those years the gelatin dishes were always called "salads" and such strange combos of fruits (sweets) and then like the strange savory tastes like the paprika or another vegetable
I have a problem with the pecans and the lobster mold. My mouse to make a canned pear and a dollop of (ugh!) Miracle-whip and a little cheddar shredded on top that I would probably hate now because I prefer mayo so the dollop of mayo was surprising but I won't dis it since I've seen it used in unexpected ways and liked it but it doesn't sound great, lol
@@SewRena yes, I use it for a family recipe "green jello" which has a few things like lime jello, cool whip, crushed pineapple, crushed walnuts and the relish. I'm not a fan of it because I'm allergic to pineapple but I make it for my family when they come over. Also love making recipes from a recipe book called "foodarama party book" 1959. If I could send it to you I totally would haha
Love these cooking shorts that you've been making! Be careful using vintage copper molds, especially with citrus! I was told you can accidentally give yourself copper poisoning by using un-tinned molds, especially with acidic foods like citrus. Keep up the amazing vids!
My grandmother had that same lobster mold hanging in her kitchen…. Along with a few others 😊 ….. childhood memories….. when did the big fork and spoon come along?
This is totally authentic: my mother used those jello molds- there was always jello with fruit cocktail in it! I love her sewing and decorating but the kitchen takes the cake! We had “slow time” then- and only Dads worked. Mothers created a the HOME that’s why they were called Home Makers! Then Mom got her PhD- and the dark spirit of feminism moved in. It all ended for us in 1966.
The lobster shape would totally throw me off😂😂😂you are brave!
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Me too. 🍆 😂😝😜
Same!
Yes. A lobster shape. That is definitely what it looks like to me too
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💀💀💀😂🤣😭😆
That look. It looked like your loved ones were being held hostage and you had to eat it to save them.
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I love that you commit to your time period enough to make that crazy ass food
Mayo on the side??? 😂
It could have been Miracle Whip....@@musicneurons7807
I cannot get behind the idea of gelatin salads 😂 the 50s were a wild time
It’s the facial expression after tasting then the smile afterwards! 😂
Growing up in the ‘50’s & ‘60’s, my mother had that very mold hanging up with 5 others of a set of different shapes. She made & taught me to appreciate gelatin salads, though she called them “aspics.” They were always delicious & always made supper interesting, which is quite a homemaker achievement while parenting 3 kids under age 10. I’ve inherited the lobster & all 5 “sisters” & nothing makes me happier than offering a delicious “aspic” @ covered dish meals, especially since they’re now new discoveries for my younger friends. Old-fashioned becomes new-fashioned once again! And that wonderful BH & G Salad Cookbook has been on my cookbook shelves since it was handed down to me in 1970. I love it!
Wow I have that cook book and many others from my mother.
So retro! Kudos to you for actually trying it!
Thank you 😂
It’s the dollop of mayonnaise that had me super confused. 😂😂 and I definitely didn’t see a lobster at first!! 😂😂 you are a brave brave woman! Thanks for committing for us!! ❤❤
You’re so brave. I would gag!
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I just found you. You are so adorable! I am 73 and your outfit reminds me of my mom when I was small…. ❤
Without the gelatine and pecans this mixture might make a good blended spritz cocktail 🤔
You are on to something!!! What alcohol?
@@SewRena I'm thinking prosecco and rum
I think I would give it a try. I make a spiced orange jello with mandarin oranges for Thanksgiving--VERY refreshing! Also, I have copper molds on my wall (dual purpose). Thanks, Serena!!
You remind me of my grandmother, in the way you dress, and your home. That was her exact style. She wore clothes from that era her entire life. She was a small, slender lady, like you. Her kitchen, built in 1951, had all of the newest 50's appliances. Her oven was up high, in the wall, and her electric stovetop was on an island. Very new, and trendy for the time. She used them until she passed in the early 2000's. Still in near new condition. She took meticulous care of everything. ❤ Just thought I would share.
The paprika is an unusual addition to a sweet dish!
You have a very nice voice for voiceover work, not only is your content fun to watch, it also kinda relaxes me.
Thank you very much 🥰
I feel like some sort of lobster version of a crab dip in this mold would slay
We had these same copper molds in our kitchen, and they got passed down to me, but I tucked them away. We used the lobster 🦞 all the time for all kinds of different salads, as well as the other molds. What a blast from the past this video has been! You've inspired me to pull them out and use them again. I'd forgotten about them. Such fun memories of growing up with my six siblings! Thank you! ❤
A vintage stove, gurl you rock!
You have the absolute BEST vibe! I love your outfit and apron in this one ❤
I love your face when you bite into it like “ummm 😬”
"a dollop of mayo" is SO upsetting and for what?? psychic damage????😭 honestly so smart to just put it off to the side like that
My mama had all those old molds, you brought back good memories. Thank you ❤
Haha! The faces I really can't move on haha. Oh god, yah I wouldn't prefer Pecans in that, such a solid off texture in a largely transparent gelatinous main background texture. Same with icecream, which just melts in your mouth leaving awkward pecans or what have you to crunch on as all the icecream dissipates. Lovely dress!
I’m a writer with a book setting in the early 1960s. My mother hung a set of copper molds on the wall but I have forgotten if there was a rule about what could be put into which shape. At that time, was there a rule that savory molds went into the fish container while the dessert and fruit salads were put into the rings and other non-fish shapes? Thanks for your help!
Having survived the gelatin salad era, I think jello molds are best used for plain old jello, no added nastiness.
Sparkling smile and beautiful hairdo!
Yes! Definitely takes me back to my Grandmother Sarah. She made these gelatin salads for her various women’s groups she was a member of during the 40’s , 50’s …all the way up to her leaving this world in the early 2000’s. She was an Eastern Star, AAUW, very active in her church and the city she was from in Virginia. ❤️
Thank you for keeping these memories alive. ❤
I love your channel so much, thank you for being authentic to you ❤❤❤
It's a work of art! 👍😸 Your dress is marvelous! 💛🧡🤍 Yes, we ate these things back then. My mother being from England did not make them, but my Aunt Jeanne was an artist with a Jell-O mold. 😂
The lobster mold cracks me up. What were these people thinking when they wrote these recipes?
That dress though 🥰
This is diabolical. And the dollop of mayo is insane 😂 you’re such a good sport for trying it
Thinking the same! 😂
My grandma had that lobster mold as a kitchen decoration! Thank goodness she never made this for us hahaha
I adore that we both use Green Life, the same brand of colored cooking pots/pans. Yours are in your beloved yellow and mine are in my beloved Lilac. That brand makes such affordable and decent quality cookware in lovely colors. They are not Le Creuset by any means. Yet, they get the job done and are pretty to look at. 🖤
I saw that lobster mold on the wall during another of your videos. Did not think it was a lobster lol!
lol I know that’s why I took it down for this video 😂 so many ppl were shocked by it in that video
I saw it too!! But I thought, I'm no going to be the who comments about it 😅😂!
I love your dress
It seemed fine until the salt and paprika. Who looked at fruit and soda and decided to make it savory?
Hahaha that’s a VERY good point
Same here, no salt or paprika. I had some of those BH&G little cookbooks, back in the day. I got them as a wedding gift.
You're an inspiration to me and I adore you 1950s Kitchen
Being of a certain age…I hated trying these jello mould concoctions. However, when I moved to the upper mid-west….know this is where you find the most interesting mixtures. Jello should not have vegetables in it nor pasta. I do have a collection of these moulds hanging on the wall in my guest area kitchen. 😊
I love how your outfit matches the jello! Co-ordinate (in john witherspoons voice from boomerang).
You are a brave, brave woman.
Ok... I'm not the only one who thinks that the mold is shaped like... and the salad looks like a big... Am I the only one?
Correct
Nope!😂
No you are definitely not the only one. 😂
You're a braver woman than I to try that . . . I've always been suspicious of those gelatine salads 😄
Will you give us a video where you go over what cookbooks you have?
Jello on a bed of lettuce! Brings back memories.
😊 I made a dress from that same fabric back in the late 1970s. I still have some of the scraps!
I could watch you all day long!! 🥰
It matches your dress!
I love your vintage kitchen. Your stove is AWESOME!!!
My grandmother used to make this for holidays making it with 7up...
She’s a savage for that. She had plenty of colorful jellos to choose from. 😂 I know she saw the comments on the last video. I was so interested in the stove I didn’t notice 🦞
😂😂 so many comments about the 🦞 across all my platforms I just had to use it 🤭
Yes! I don’t hear pecan pronounced like I do in ages (I grew up in NC but moved away to where they say pa-cawn). Music to my ears!
Thank you for your honesty I like my pecans very sparingly in my jell-o's the fruit is good😊❤😅
Beautiful dress
Use pecans and/or walnuts in many desserts. Adds that extra texture and taste to desserts.
I have that cookbook! LOL!
One of my neighbors had a big set of jello molds, including the lobster.
Currently watching this with my 20 months old son and he said "Barbie" when he saw you. ❤
Omg!!! That’s so sweet thank you both
I want that kitchen
you are definitely worth the subscription!!!
It looks pretty but I have not try it.. I made the Egg nog you made it was so good ❤❤❤
Wasn’t it! I found another egg nog in my Barbie book that seems like it would be perfect for Christmas in July I should make it really quick
@@SewRena yes I would love the to see Barbie eggnog
There’s that vintage recipe guy… Dylan somethin and he makes so Uber delicious recipes… (and some funky ones too. This would be a cool series!! (Anything to use that sweet stove!!
My mother used cottage cheese instead of mayo on the side. It was pretty good. Definitely a cool treat in a time when we did not yet have air conditioning.
I remember those. Some of those Jello veggie salads...
Icky😂
I have to give you credit😅😅
I agree with you, I have a texture issue also thought I was the only one.
Hell nah😂.... But that stove is everything ❤
I love aspic. LOL This sounds delicious.
😂😂 it wasn’t bad
I would try it, if I had some Bold Eaters to help eat it.
I love your matching dress & facial expressions (to paraphrase others).🧡
(The feelings are genuine, even if the response is not "original")
Best wishes to you
I wonder why back in those years the gelatin dishes were always called "salads" and such strange combos of fruits (sweets) and then like the strange savory tastes like the paprika or another vegetable
And the dollop of mayo on the side lol. I'm still quite confused by that 😂
My mom has the same lobster mold!
If you let the jello set up in a bowl for a bit then add the fruit, it will be more evenly distributed throughout the mold
My aunts used to make salads like that!
How festive!
Love your channel! So cute!! ❤
your face says it all... your definitely brave to try these...
I would like the pecans.....
Is it a lobster...
😂
Umm that shape for your mould completely looks like a naughty one lol
I would definitely eat this.
You are so beautiful!
I have a problem with the pecans and the lobster mold. My mouse to make a canned pear and a dollop of (ugh!) Miracle-whip and a little cheddar shredded on top that I would probably hate now because I prefer mayo so the dollop of mayo was surprising but I won't dis it since I've seen it used in unexpected ways and liked it but it doesn't sound great, lol
No. But your dedication to this series in the face of questionable concoctions is admirable.
Very cool
Chopped walnuts would probably taste good, too.
SO CUTE OMG
My mom used to make this all the time
Pinapple-grapefruit jello sounds good to me. And pecans are nice on their own... But the mayo sure is scary! Thanks for showing us
I have a lobster mold too!!
Have you used it?
@@SewRena yes, I use it for a family recipe "green jello" which has a few things like lime jello, cool whip, crushed pineapple, crushed walnuts and the relish. I'm not a fan of it because I'm allergic to pineapple but I make it for my family when they come over. Also love making recipes from a recipe book called "foodarama party book" 1959. If I could send it to you I totally would haha
This mold is on the wall on the Golden Girls set. There has been long debates about what it actually is. 😂
Hahaha well now ya’ll know it’s a lobster with claws and everything 😂😂😂
Love these cooking shorts that you've been making! Be careful using vintage copper molds, especially with citrus! I was told you can accidentally give yourself copper poisoning by using un-tinned molds, especially with acidic foods like citrus. Keep up the amazing vids!
Hhmmmm. It’s cool that the crushed pineapple sank into the “ mini-lobster.” I like Jell-o salads, but. . . anyway, it looks pretty!
I liked the way that this one looked out of all the ones I’ve made
My grandmother used to make tomatoe aspice. It was like a Bloody Mary Jello.
The shape!! 😂 But yes is a lobster
I have a lobster tattoo; that is as close as I'm getting to this recipe ❤🦞❤
😂😂😂 also what a cool tattoo
My grandmother had that same lobster mold hanging in her kitchen…. Along with a few others 😊 ….. childhood memories….. when did the big fork and spoon come along?
I used to have a roommate who had that exact lobster mold hanging up on her wall and it took me months to realize it was a lobster 😂
Lobster shaped....... Girl......Bruh.
This is totally authentic: my mother used those jello molds- there was always jello with fruit cocktail in it! I love her sewing and decorating but the kitchen takes the cake! We had “slow time” then- and only
Dads worked. Mothers created a the HOME that’s why they were called Home Makers! Then Mom got her PhD- and the dark spirit of feminism moved in. It all ended for us in 1966.
I may consider this recipe because I have this lobster.
Oh God lol. Presentation though? 10/10