Why would you do that to jello?

[gfrancie]

Well Here we are and it is Thursday once again. I adore Thursday.

Tonight I thought it would be a good evening to discuss another aspect of Thanksgiving.
Jello salads *cue ominous music*

Jello salad has received a bad rap in recent years. Which is understandable considering what people in the past have done to the salad/dessert/jiggly stuff. People have put dollops of mayo on top. They have filled it with vegetables. They have made it in the shape of Susan B. Anthony's head. (that may be a minor exaggeration, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone actually did that)
I know that the texture puts many people off, but there are some out there who enjoy a good jello salad. I am one of them.

We in our family have a nice recipe we like to bring out now and then for the holidays. It is quite simple and gives the jello a slightly different texture.


Ingredients:
one package of jello
2 cups of boiling water
2-4 tablespoons of Red Hot candies (available in the baking aisle of your grocery store)
2 cups of apple sauce

First you stir 2 cups of boiling water into gelatin (you use some sort of red-colored gelatin of your choice) in a large boil.
You then add 2-4 tablespoons of red hots (it depends on how much spiciness you want) and stir until it the red hots dissolve. This does take a bit of time. Sometimes the last little bits don't want to melt so you can just remove those.
Then you add 2 cups of apple sauce (remember you want to use unsweetened) and stir everything together.
If you are feeling fancy just pour into a mold. Or just use any decent sized bowl.
Place in the ol' fridge for 4-8 hours until firm.

Ta-da a slightly opaque and rather pretty jello salad for Thanksgiving. This is a nice simple dish with which you can wow your Great Auntie Elma from Minnesota because she appreciates a good jello salad recipe.

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Lately my body is reverting to my adolescence. My hair is looking atrocious, my skin is breaking out and I feel poopy. I need to explain to my body that I am not 14 anymore and I want to look somewhat decent when I go out in public. *berates her hair for awhile*
I am going to lay on the sofa, read Harper and Queen while eating champagne chocolates. Fuck it.

...

To the guy who said to me, "well Borders had a whole bunch of copies of this book"...Go fuck yourself and go back to Borders because I don't give a rat's ass.

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I sense that food will be ordered tonight.

Comments

[carrieann.livejournal.com]

My hair is looking atrocious, my skin is breaking out and I feel poopy.

Man, welcome to my world over the past few months. Ain't it grand?

As for Jello salad, there are all sorts of 'out of the norm' things I had in/on top of it while growing up. I've tried to introduce them to Joe, but he's not such a fan. [ie. Raspberry jello salad made with a pretzel/butter crust on the bottom. The salty with the sweet is really good. Or a mandarin jello salad with some sort of cream cheese/cheddar cheese topping. I swear, as odd as it sounds, it's also very good. Joe likes to refer to such things as my trailer trash recipes. I prefer to think of them more along the line of kitschy, 50's style.]

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I am sure you are asking yourself, "So when does the pretty pregnant glow appear?" heh

I think I need those recipes for your jello salad. I always like new ones and they sound kinda tasty.

I don't think they are white trash. They are merely middle america mid century fare.

Tasty!

[cogshiftingman.livejournal.com]

Were you born funny or have you been honing your skills since nappies?

I presume Andrew has already filled you in on "Jelly and Blancmange", a favourite birthday party treat in the UK? Quite a delicious combination ... whoever thought of combining the two deserves the George Cross.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Well...truth be told I was kind of funny as a child (I was queen of the peek-a-boo genre of comedy) but I was much too serious and my mother would say things to me to try and get me to lighten up. Most of the time I would break down in tears.

He did describe the dish to me. He said he is quite keen on jelly with fruit in it. He doesn't quite see the appeal of the jello salad I wrote about tonight. I told him he has to taste it. Fortuntely Thanksgiving will give him proper time to understand the complex taste of this dish.

[(Anonymous)]

oh gen he's going to be trying many things on thanksgiving especially when we get there,I'm really curious, why do you really want us over I know you're going to say because I've never hosted thanksgiving before and I have always wanted to do this but no not really what you're really planning to do is kill us I just know it oh well that is enough from me, I'll stop see you later and hope you're day goes well

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Yes I am going to kill you.
*smirks*

Seriously now...why would I kill you?

[thiscantbesoy.livejournal.com]

Oh my God!

1. My grandma puts mayo on any Jello.

And

2. I thought that recipe was our secret! My aunt and I ALWAYS make that cinnamon Jello. It's SO GOOD.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Oh my God!

1.Your Grandmother is wacky.

And

2.You are so cool! Let's get married and have babies!

[claritapita.livejournal.com]

I don't know what it is about jello..anything IN jello is scary to me..except fruit. Trifle is an exception. The british pantry in redmond sells a yummy trifle but I bet that you could make a great one yourself.
BRING ON THE JELLO!

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

fruit in jello is always good.
But this recipe is very good too.
thiscantbesoy verifies that this particular recipe is quite nice so don't be scared of the jello.

Oh their trifle is sooooo damn good. I get weak in the knees for their custard. Especially when it is warm over their fruit pies.

I have not made trifle yet. I am a little scared too. Andrew's Mother makes this incredible trifle that will put anyone else's to shame.